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Law Shield regrets to inform our Missouri Law Shield members that the City Council of Kansas City voted unanimously earlier this week to ban open carry in the state’s largest city. As our members know, open carry is common in Missouri, but cities are allowed to ban it under current law. The 9-0 vote was... [Read More]

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Florida Law Shield was sorry to see a ruling last week in which Alachua County Circuit Judge Toby Monaco said that universities may ban guns in college residence halls. The ruling was a setback for Florida Carry, Inc., which last year won a decision by the 1st District Court of Appeal that said the state... [Read More]

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Law Shield reported last week on the landmark decision in Palmer v. District of Columbia, in which the District of Columbia’s ban on concealed carry outside the home was declared unconstitutional. Then, the District asked for and obtained a 90-day stay of the decision, purportedly to work out details of an acceptable carry licensing plan.... [Read More]

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One of the unsavory things Law Shield has to do is monitor anti-gun groups’ messaging so we can keep our members informed about threats to legal and safe gun ownership. One such group is former NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s Everytown for Gun Safety. Inadvertently, Everytown makes a pro-gun point in a recent video, as Katie... [Read More]

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Law Shield would like to point our members’ attention to a recent report released by the Crime Prevention Research Center, which shows that as the number of concealed-carry permits issued nationally has increased, murder and other violent crimes decreased. While correlation isn’t causation, we do not think that is a coincidence. According to the report... [Read More]

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U.S. Law Shield and Texas Law Shield would like to let our members know about four exclusive new designs for Magnum Research, Inc.’s Desert Eagle 1911G and Desert Eagle 1911C offered through Cabela’s. The first two models are the .45 ACP “G” and “C” pistols, model numbers DE1911GSBCAB and DE1911CSBCAB. The frames on both are... [Read More]

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Law Shield believes the 2:48 video below is worth watching for our members who are still deciding which carry method works best for them. There’s good advice in this NSSF video about choosing a belt, holster style, and other carry considerations. The presenter is Randi Rogers, a professional shooter who also serves as the sales... [Read More]

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Law Shield recommends to our members an article by Marion P. Hammer, past president of the National Rifle Association and currently executive director of Unified Sportsmen of Florida. In an op-ed distributed across the state, she wrote about the recent “Docs vs. Glocks” law: Physicians interrogating and lecturing parents and children about guns is not... [Read More]

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Law Shield believes our Multi-State members will share our disappointment in the discipline handed down to four Wisconsin ATF agents involved in the wrong-headed Operation Backfire. As reported by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, ATF agents running an undercover storefront in Milwaukee used a brain-damaged man with a low IQ to set up gun and drug... [Read More]

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Texas Law Shield would like to let our central-Texas members know that tickets are now on sale for the Texas International Firearms Festival (TIFF), a two-day event scheduled for November 8-9, 2014, at Best of the West Shooting Sports northwest of Austin. Members who attend can test-fire handguns, rifles and shotguns from ArmaLite, Advanced Armament,... [Read More]

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Texas Law Shield alerts our members to a recent $77,500 settlement between the Panhandle town of Estelline and Laura Dutton, who had $29,000 confiscated from her during a traffic stop two years ago. The 64-year-old Dutton’s federal suit filed last year alleged that the cities of Estelline and Memphis, former Officer Jayson Fry, and Memphis... [Read More]

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Law Shield recommends this NSSF Video to our members who own Modern Sporting Rifles. In it, Gunsite Academy instructor and gunsmith Cory Trapp demonstrates the proper way to field-strip, clean and lubricate an AR-15 carbine. Trapp also offers several important technical tips and hints for maintaining your modern sporting rifle, including lube points. Length —... [Read More]

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