Kansas: Right to Hunt and Fish Constitutional Amendment Passes out of House – Today, the Kansas House of Representatives passed House Concurrent Resolution 5008 by a resounding 117-7 vote. Maine: Shooting Range Protection Legislation to be Considered Tomorrow – On Tuesday, February 23, the Joint Committee on the Judiciary will hold a public hearing for Legislative Document 1500, legislation which would protect and promote access to shooting ranges. The committee hearing will be held in State House Room 438 at 3:00pm. If you are available, please consider attending this hearing to voice your support for LD 1500. Also, please contact the members of the Joint Committee on Judiciary and politely urge them to SUPPORT LD 1500.
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| Today, the Georgia House of Representatives passed House Bill 859 on a 113-59 vote. |
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| Today, Monday, February 22, House Bill 4145, NRA-endorsed legislation that would allow an individual to lawfully carry a concealed handgun without a permit, passed the state Senate with a bipartisan 24-9 vote. HB 4145 will now be sent back to the House of Delegates for a concurrence vote. Please CONTACT YOUR DELEGATE immediately and politely urge them to concur with the amended Senate version of House Bill 4145. |
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| As previously reported, government leaders in Virginia struck a bipartisan deal to postpone the revocation of reciprocity agreements until March 1. |
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| The Board of Mayor and Aldermen (BMA) will hold a public meeting tonight, February 22, to discuss the special conditions and standards for an indoor shooting range to open in Collierville. The meeting will take place at 6:00 p.m. at the Town Hall Chambers. |
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| A potentially groundbreaking hearing in Bridgeport, Connecticut will determine whether the families of victims in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre can sue the companies that manufactured the gun used in the shooting. |
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| Maryland is appealing a decision by a three-judge panel that sent the state’s assault-weapons ban back to a lower court for review. |
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| All California gun sales would have to be videotaped under a proposal introduced in the state Legislature.The requirement mirrors an ordinance adopted by San Francisco in November that prompted that city’s last gun store to close. |
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| Lawmakers who want to open parts of public college campuses to students with concealed handguns are getting a vote on their bill in the state House on Monday. |
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| Lexingtonians (ph) are proud of their revolutionary history and the role a local militia played in resisting the British. Guys dressed as minutemen with muskets are a common sight here. But in recent months, local resident Robert Rotberg decided he’d heard enough about violence committed using modern weapons. |
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| Legislation that would limit but still allow default gun sales when background checks take longer than expected was held over in the Oregon House on Friday amid concerns the proposal would fail. |
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| A Pennsylvania corrections officer who says he was the victim of a drunken driving accident in New Jersey ended up facing charges himself when he told police he had a handgun. |
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| The bill, sponsored by Rep. Matt Salmon (R-Ariz.), was referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security and Investigations on November 11. The measure seeks to amend the Internal Revenue code to remove a $200 transfer tax on the purchase of silencers and “treat any person who acquires or possesses a firearm silencer as meeting any registration or licensing requirements of the National Firearms Act.” |
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| Houses of worship could designate members to undergo firearms training and carry guns to protect the congregation under a bill advancing at the Mississippi Capitol. |
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| On Monday, February 22, Senate Bill 2647, is scheduled for a Senate floor vote. It is imperative that you contact your state Senator immediately and politely urge them to OPPOSE Senate Bill 2647. |
