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Along with the very good news about legislation allowing Open Carry, Campus Carry, civil remedies for illegal posting of 30.06 signs, and clarification of legal Class 3 device ownership in Texas, there were some bad measures that were stopped in the Legislature. From our friends at the Texas State Rifle Association comes the list below... [Read More]

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Texas Law Shield wants to point out to our members that in addition to the heavily-covered Open Carry and Campus Carry legislation signed by Gov. Abbott, another bill that protects legal gun owners in the State was passed and will go into effect in September. SB 473, by Rep. John Frullo and Charles Perry, amended... [Read More]

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Law Shield would like to inform our members that a federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Kansas Second Amendment Protection Act, saying the suit from the Brady Campaign was “without merit.” In the decision, U.S. District Court Judge Julie Robinson wrote, “Brady Campaign lacks Article III standing to challenge the... [Read More]

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Law Shield would like to alert our members to the recently filed federal legislation called The Handgun Purchaser Licensing Act of 2015. It is a remarkably Draconian assemblage of 2nd Amendment infringements. Introduced by Congressman Chris Van Hollen (D-MD 8th District), Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT), and Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty  (D-CT 5th... [Read More]

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Getting the Picture Law enforcement officers know that video cameras can be integral tools when it comes to criminal investigations. Most departments across the country now have dash cameras that can record events taking place both in front of an officer’s vehicle and in the vehicle itself. These cameras have helped officers corroborate their side... [Read More]

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The ATF has once again decided to delay publishing proposed Rule 41P, this time until December of this year. The rule, if implemented in its current form, would make it significantly more difficult to acquire National Firearms Act (NFA) items like suppressors and short-barreled rifles through the use of “legal entities” such as an “NFA... [Read More]

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed landmark open-carry legislation today, making the Lone Star State the 45th to recognize the right to open-carry a modern handgun. More than 800,000 Texans currently hold concealed-carry licenses, and they will be the ones who can take advantage of the new law beginning in 2016 — and not before. HB... [Read More]

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Texas Law Shield is grateful that we live in Texas — and not New Jersey — a state whose gun laws prevented a recently murdered woman from defending herself. Carol Bowne, 39, obtained a restraining order because she was afraid of Michael Eitel, a 45-year-old ex con, whom she had broken up with, according to... [Read More]

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Texas Law Shield would like to advise our members that Texas-based Defense Distributed, the Austin-based company that has published a 3-D printable gun code online, filed a complaint in federal court last month against Secretary of State John Kerry, the Department of State and other federal officials, seeking to stop the government’s censorship of information... [Read More]

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Though it’s a long-shot effort, Law Shield appreciates the efforts of a group of more than 50 House Republicans who are backing a measure that would restrict the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’s ability to regulate ammunition and guns by reclassifying them. Chairman of the House Committee on Natural Resources Rob Bishop (R-UT)... [Read More]

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Law Shield notes that our worries about the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision not to hear a case about two San Francisco-imposed gun-control measures is already bearing bitter fruit. The court denied certiorari in the case of Jackson v. City and County of San Francisco, letting stand some onerous and silly San Francisco regulations that... [Read More]

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Law Shield wants to advise our members that when the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) decided not to take a case about two San Francisco-imposed gun-control measures, gun owners lost. The court denied certiorari (review) in the case of Jackson v. City and County of San Francisco. Our program attorneys were closely monitoring Jackson v. City... [Read More]

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