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Texas Law Shield supports the members of Florida Carry in their efforts to preserve and expand gun rights. The group points out an often-overlooked point of law in Florida: The Florida law prohibiting the carry of open firearms and the Florida law requiring a license to carry concealed weapons, do not apply to a person... [Read More]

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WARNING: Video Contains Mature Content Our condolences go out to the families whose loved ones were murdered or injured in the recent spree killing by the troubled son of a Hollywood director. Police said Elliot Rodger, the 22-year-old gunman and the son of a director who worked on “The Hunger Games” movies, carried out the... [Read More]

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Texas Law Shield notes that the Chipotle restaurant chain has asked its customers to stop bringing guns to its restaurants. Recently, participants from an open-carry demonstration in Texas brought guns into a Chipotle, “causing many of our customers anxiety and discomfort,” the company said in a statement. The statement continued, “Because of this, we are... [Read More]

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Texas Law Shield sympathizes with the people of Mexico who are organizing themselves into militias to fight off cartel gangs because their own government can’t or won’t do it. According to the Washington Post, a so-called “self-defense” movement has sprung up among townspeople to defend themselves against drug gangs because local police and the military... [Read More]

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As we tell our members in seminars, police officers don’t always know the laws regarding concealed handgun licenses. In our view, that seems to be the case with the case of Amelia Pickens. According to a Fort Worth Star-Telegram story, Pickens had called the Arlington Police Department to investigate a car she thought might have... [Read More]

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Law Shield was disturbed to see that the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) has been investigating the possible role of the federal government —specifically the Department of Justice’s “Operation Choke Point” — in influencing banks in their lending and business-banking relationship decisions regarding firearms companies. The investigation that Justice Department officials dubbed “Operation Choke Point”... [Read More]

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Law Shield notes that a recent lawsuit filed in New Jersey by the Brady Campaign has potentially catastrophic effects for gun ownership in the state. The Brady Campaign, joined by the Mercer County chapter of the Million Mom March, seeks to force the state attorney general to take the first step in the implementation of... [Read More]

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A man was shot in South Toledo, Ohio while attempting to attack a couple with a bat. The Toledo Blade reported the suspect approached the woman and her boyfriend with a bat. He hit the male victim in the arm, but that’s when the woman pulled out a gun and fired twice. The Full Story:... [Read More]

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            Here at Texas Law Shield, we always want to pass along to our members the experiences we encounter across the Great State of Texas. In this newsletter, we would like to offer practical advice for the real world if you carry a firearm, in order to keep you out of the legal system. If... [Read More]

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As Law Shield members know, you have to have a gun in order to use a gun in self-defense. An armed store clerk thwarted a robbery in Fort Dodge, Iowa last Wednesday morning, reports KCCI-TV. The would-be-robber came in just after the book store had opened. As he walked in, he started coughing and then... [Read More]

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An article over at Cheaper Than Dirt! along with an Oklahoma congressman have asked a question we at Law Shield continue to ponder: Why is the USDA soliciting the “commerical [sic] acquisition of submachine guns, .40 Cal. S&W?” That’s what the Department of Agriculture asked for in a May 7 solicitation on FedBizOpps.gov. The website... [Read More]

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Video: http://www.kaltura.com/index.php/kwidget/wid/1_ay1gj6yj/uiconf_id/12411302   There are a couple things in the video below that Law Shield thinks is worth pointing out to members: What we don’t know: Was the target of the robbery a CHL holder? Based on the video, the target of the robbery ceased firing after the threat tried to escape. A wise move. And... [Read More]

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