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Law Shield is happy to report that the Second Amendment Foundation won a significant victory on behalf of legal resident aliens in Arkansas. SAF challenged the state’s citizen-only concealed carry licensing law in federal district court, seeking a permanent injunction against its enforcement on behalf of a man named Martin Pot (pronounced Pote), a citizen... [Read More]

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Little-known fact for our Law Shield members: Washington, D.C. is the only place in the country where no one is allowed to legally carry a gun outside the home. District residents are trying to challenge the law in court, but the justice system has denied them due process, reports Emily Miller at FoxNews.com. The almost... [Read More]

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Law Shield was happy to see that author Alan Korwin and the Goldwater Institute in Arizona won a suit challenging the removal of a gun-business advertisement from 50 Phoenix bus shelters in October 2010. The Arizona Court of Appeals struck down Phoenix’s decision forbidding a pro-gun advertisement at city bus stops. The suit said the... [Read More]

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Law Shield doesn’t endorse products, but we do like to make our members aware of new offerings, such as Scorpion X2 Revolver Grips for large-frame Taurus revolvers. ATI’s new Scorpion X2 Revolver Grip, $50, employs the company’s Scorpion recoil-reduction material, helpful if you’re shooting large-frame hard-recoiling Taurus revolvers. The Taurus revolvers compatible with the new... [Read More]

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We stumbled across a unique gift for the AR-15 aficionado: A chess set made using spent .223 cases. Made by Olde World Collectibles and Creations, one side of the set uses steel casings and the other side uses brass casings. The kings and queens are the only four pieces with an actual bullet re-set in... [Read More]

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The U.S. territory of Guam has aligned itself with a recent 9th Circuit opinion striking down concealed carry laws that required a good cause showing for license issuance. Guam’s “may issue” law gives the police chief the authority to approve concealed firearms applications at his discretion on a showing of “exceptional cause” for a Guam... [Read More]

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[Image Courtesy of Washington Times] In North Carolina, three robbers set upon a BBQ Restaurant called “The Pit” in Durham.   The men were armed with handguns and held up the restaurant, ordering several staff members to the floor before escaping! Ironically, the restaurant has a large “No Weapons” sign posted at the entrance, specifically excluding... [Read More]

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Law Shield was interested to read a story about the Children of Jewish Holocaust Survivors, who recently organized a day of firearms instruction at the Angeles Shooting Range in northeast Los Angeles. The Jewish Telegraphic Agency article described how Doris Wise Montrose, president of the group, and seven others — three of them children of... [Read More]

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Texas Law Shield and U.S. Law Shield want to advise members that the office of Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has announced he will sign a bill expanding concealed carry with a permit into restaurants that serve alcohol. This is another Southern state that is incrementally growing where our members and others can carry concealed. The... [Read More]

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Texas Law Shield supports the recent actions of the  attorney general of Texas, who along with the AGs of 21 other states has filed an amicus brief in a lawsuit that seeks to overturn New York’s SAFE Act, claiming the law is unconstitutional. Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange filed the brief in the 2nd U.S.... [Read More]

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Law Shield was happy to see the results of a recent Pew Research Center analysis of government data that showed national rates of gun homicide and other violent gun crimes are strikingly lower now than during their peak in the mid-1990s, paralleling a general decline in violent crime. Compared with 1993, the peak of U.S.... [Read More]

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Law Shield doesn’t endorse products, but we do like to make our members aware of new products that some may deem appropriate for concealed carry, such as Viridian’s new Reactor TL (RTL) taclight for the Smith & Wesson M&P Shield. The RTL taclight has a 140-lumen light with constant or strobe settings, and ECR Instant-On... [Read More]

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