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Dean Weingarten has been a peace officer, a military officer, was on the University of Wisconsin Pistol Team for four years, and was first certified to teach firearms safety in 1973.
He taught the Arizona concealed & carry course for fifteen years until the goal of constitutional carry was attained.
Governor Greg Abbott has signed the Texas Constitutional Carry bill on 16 June 2021. The law goes into effect on 1 September 2021. Several years of effort culminated in the passage of the bill.
Short barreled rifles were added to the NFA all because a confused congressman from Minnesota did not realize he was asking for exactly the opposite of what he claimed he desired.
The number of NICS checks broke records for each month starting August of 2019 until May of this year, 2021, for 21 months of record gun sales!
Otis Brown, recently released from prison, attempted an armed robbery in Miami, FL. The victims were both armed. Brown was shot and killed. One victim was wounded in the shoulder.
The Biden administration has put forward a trial balloon of a “proposed regulation” which is not a legally proposed regulation.
..the primary controversy isn’t about making guns. It’s about having guns the government doesn’t track and cannot easily confiscate.
The Louisiana legislature has passed Constitutional Carry bill SB 118. The bill will be sent to Governor Edwards. He has said he will veto the bill.
A working paper published in May of 2021 confirms turn-in of guns to the police for money (buyback) events do not reduce suicides or homicides. They temporarily increase crime committed with guns.
A Jewish family was walking in Bal Harbour, Florida, on vacation, from New Jersey. They were threatened. An Armed Samaritan helped stop the threats.
The Texas Legislature has passed the Conference Committee report for HB1927 Constitutional Carry, in both the House and the Senate. Governor Greg Abbott has said he will sign the bill.
Representative Matt Schaefer, Chairman of the Conference Committee working on HB 1927, known as Constitutional Carry, announced an agreement has been reached. The bill may be voted on next week.
The Texas Senate State Affairs Committee is about to kill a popular bi-partisan knife law reform bill. The bill is very important, but time is limited. Take Action.
An old Grizzly bear charged three bow hunters in an unprovoked attack from eight yards. The three bow hunters had pistols, a .45, a .44 magnum, and a 9mm.
The Louisiana legislature has passed Constitutional Carry with overwhelming margins. The Senate bill was 27 – 11. The House bill was 73 – 26.
Rock Island Auction has developed into a premier gun auction site on the Internet. A conversation with President Kevin Hogan helped to explain how they work.
Correction to the AmmoLand article on HB3094 of South Carolina. Some provisions about Second Amendment sanctuary were included from HB3096, in error.
A mass murder in Fort Smith Arkansas was stopped by an armed Samaritan with a rifle, according to witnesses at the scene.
Members of the conference committee to work out differences between the House and Senate versions of Constitutional Carry in Texas have been appointed.
Carey McWilliams has guns, has hunted, and has had concealed carry permits for 20 years. Minnesota is denying him a permit, because he is blind. The denial probably violates the ADA.
Alabama Representative Shane Stringer has been fired from his position as a Sheriff’s captain in the Mobile County Sheriff’s department because of his support for Constitutional Carry legislation.
The Texas House has refused to concur with the Senate amendments to Constitutional Carry from the House. They have called for a conference committee to work out the differences.
The South Carolina House has concurred with the Senate amendments to HB3094. The open carry with permit, plus amendments, will go to Governor McMaster.
April 2021 NICS checks and gun sales broke another record, but just barely. We may have reached a new normal for the level of gun and ammunition sales.
A cheap gun opportunity is scheduled for 15 May in Canton Ohio. There will be a gun “buyback” or turn-in scheduled to start at 10 a.m. Private sales are legal in Ohio. This is a chance to buy.
A Walmart customer openly carrying a pistol and a Walmart customer concealed carrying a pistol meet in a dispute over a shopping cart. The result was predictable.
During the debate at the Texas Senate over Constitutional Carry, Senator Brandon Creighton collapsed on the floor, but was able to cast a critical vote for passage of the bill.
The Texas Senate Special Committee on Constitutional Issues passed Constitutional Carry bill HB1927 on the Senate floor for debate and a vote, 29 April, 2021.
Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards has threatened to veto any Constitutional Carry bill that comes to his desk.
After a setback in the Senate Judiciary Committee, Open Carry with Training, HB 3094, is recalled to the Senate floor for debate.
It has been claimed some homemade shotguns were purchased at the Pensacola, Florida gun “buy back” on 20 March, 2021. They were approved for sale, but not purchased.
