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California Assemblywoman Melissa Melendez wants to make filing a false Gun Violence Restraining Order (GVRO) petition a felony — a move Law Shield would support. Melendez (R-Lake Elsinore) has introduced AB 225, which would make it a felony to lie in a petition for an ex parte gun-violence restraining order or a gun violence restraining... [Read More]

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Law Shield recognizes that a recently introduced bill to allow teachers with concealed weapons permits to carry firearms in Colorado public schools is unlikely to pass in the Democrat-controlled Colorado House, but we think it has merit. State Rep. Patrick Neville has introduced HB 15-1168, which, with certain exceptions, would amend the current law that... [Read More]

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Law Shield gives a big Mason the Bear high-five to Conoy Township in south-central Pennsylvania, which recently put up a dozen road signs that say “Welcome to Conoy Township. This is not a gun free zone.” Supervisor Stephen Mohr said the signs were a response to recent home invasions. After the signage was noticed, requests... [Read More]

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Law Shield would like to inform our members that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is seeking public comment on the proposal to ban commonplace 5.56 M855 ball ammunition as “armor piercing ammunition.” Commonly available “green tip” M855 and SS109 rifle ammunition that is primarily intended and regularly used for “sporting purposes,”... [Read More]

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Texas Law Shield is pleased to see Texas U.S. Senator John Cornyn re-introduce a Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act — his 2014 effort came up three votes short in the Democrat-controlled Senate. The 2015 version was introduced on Feb. 12. The legislation would allow individuals who possess concealed carry permits from their home state or... [Read More]

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Law Shield would like to let our members know that Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty (D-Connecticut) who represents Newtown, Connecticut recently introduced a bill called the Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Act “to prohibit the transfer or possession of large capacity ammunition feeding devices, and for other purposes.” The act defines “large capacity” as any magazine holding... [Read More]

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Law Shield would like to inform our NFA members that on Jan. 20, 2015, ATF updated its progress on clearing out the backlog of pending eForms and paper NFA applications. The highlights: As of Jan. 14, 2015, ATF has reduced the number of pending NFA applications dating back to February, 2014 from 81,000 to 38,000... [Read More]

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Law Shield members will be happy to hear that a recently introduced U.S. House bill, H.R. 131, would more comprehensively address the interstate transportation of firearms and ammunition for law-abiding gun owners. Current federal law allows law-abiding persons to transport firearms between two locations where they have a legal right to possess them.  They may... [Read More]

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Law Shield is gratified to see that almost a quarter-million Wisconsin residents have submitted applications to get licenses to carry concealed guns, with more than 37,000 applications filed in 2014, the third full year after concealed carry was approved. An annual report from the Department of Justice said nearly 34,000 applicants were issued permits, raising... [Read More]

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Texas Law Shield would like to tell our members a little about House Bill 1179, introduced by Rep. Charlie Geren (R-99). It is a pro-suppressor measure that would require Chief Law Enforcement Officers (CLEOs) in Texas to sign NFA applications within 15 days of receipt, unless the applicant is found to be a prohibited person.... [Read More]

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Today, Dauphin County Judge Andrew Dowling granted a preliminary injunction against the City of Harrisburg, ruling that the city “is in violation of State Law with three of their city ordinances” which prohibit the possession of firearms in parks, in public during a state of emergency, and by minors. These ordinances were found to “unlawfully... [Read More]

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Law Shield helps our members with what happens after the “bang.” The First Person Defender online TV series looks at what happens before the “bang.” The show takes regular “good guys” and puts them in an intense, real life, self-defense situation, using Simunition guns and ammo in force on force training to see what works,... [Read More]

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