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On April 6, 2016, the Senate Rules Committee amended proposed legislation in Oklahoma that would enable anyone without a felony conviction over the age of 21 to open carry without the need to obtain a permit, and voted to pass the committee substitute bill as amended, and sent the bill to the full Senate for... [Read More]

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  Last week, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) sent a memo to Republican Committee members detailing new documents related to Operation Fast and Furious. These documents reveal efforts by senior officials at the Department of Justice to withhold key materials related to the botched gunwalking operation. Chairman Jason Chaffetz released... [Read More]

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  Dear Members: U.S. Law Shield will soon be shipping our first-ever Florida Gun Law: Armed And Educated, a comprehensive handbook written to provide essential law every Florida gun owner needs to know! It was written by experienced Florida attorneys David S. Katz and James D. Phillips, Jr. in a manner everyone can understand. The authors are... [Read More]

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Last week, Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant (R) signed a bill into law that allows unlicensed “Constitutional Carry” in the state. The measure, House Bill 786 (HB786), was originally introduced as a church security bill to allow those with a concealed carry permit to have a firearm in church. The law goes into effect immediately. It was... [Read More]

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Iowa became the 42nd state to legalize suppressors when House File 2279, introduced by Rep. Matt Windschitl and Rep. Terry Baxter, was signed by Governor Terry Branstad on March 31. After three years of efforts by the American Suppressor Association (ASA) and the Iowa Firearms Coalition (IFC) to educate lawmakers on the benefits and realities... [Read More]

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  A legal review conducted by the Office of the Attorney General in 2015 pursuant to § 18.2-308.014 of the Code of Virginia identified several jurisdictions that failed to meet the statutory requirements required by Virginia for recognition of the concealed carry permits they issue. The Attorney General then attempted to terminate the reciprocity agreements... [Read More]

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  On March 10, 2016, House Bill 3098 passed with an overwhelming 73-15 vote. Sponsored by state Representative Jeff Coody (R-63), HB 3098 would allow for the open carry of a handgun, rifle or shotgun for lawful self-defense without having to obtain a permit. This bill would allow a law-abiding citizen to open carry a firearm... [Read More]

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  On Thursday, March 24, 2016, Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe vetoed House Bill 1096 that sought to reverse elements of his executive order that banned guns in executive branch office buildings. McAuliffe also nixed House Bill 382 that would prevent most government agencies from prohibiting their employees from keeping firearms in their vehicles. State workers... [Read More]

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  Governor Butch Otter (R) signed SB 1389, which allows for permitless carry into law on Friday, March 25, making Idaho the eighth state with permitless/constitutional carry. Idaho comes right on the heels of West Virginia, whose permitless/constitutional carry law will go into effect on June 5, 2016. SB 1389 will not eliminate Idaho’s current... [Read More]

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Efforts to change how and where more than 1.5 million people with concealed weapons licenses in Florida can carry handguns easily passed the state House — but did not receive the same treatment in the Senate. Several pro-gun pieces of legislation passed by the Florida House of Representatives and sent to the Senate for consideration,... [Read More]

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This legislative session, Georgia lawmakers pushed forward two separate bills regarding weapons on college campuses in the State, House Bill 859 regarding guns and House Bill 792 allowing stun guns on campus. On March 11, 2016, the state Senate passed House Bill 859 and it now awaits action by Governor Nathan Deal. If the Governor... [Read More]

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  The Missouri Legislature is pushing forward several pro-gun bills this session, including allowing concealed carry without a permit, limiting permit fees, and campus carry. Campus Carry Missouri lawmakers during a March 14, 2016, House committee hearing, weighed proposals that would expand gun access on college campuses by allowing people to carry concealed firearms. The... [Read More]

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