Hawaii: Anti-Gun Bills Scheduled for Hearings Tomorrow – Tomorrow, March 15, three anti-gun bills are scheduled for a hearing in the Senate Public Safety Committee. Please contact the members of the Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs Committee and urge them to OPPOSE these bills!
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| he 2016 Virginia Legislative Session has come to a close and included the passage of historic firearm legislation |
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| Tomorrow, March 15, Senate Bill 304 is scheduled for a hearing in the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee. As previously reported, this critical bill seeks to solve the significant disparity in concealed weapon permit fees between counties. SB 304 will accomplish this fix by allowing law-abiding individuals to apply for a permit in any county in the state. Please contact members of the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs and respectfully urge them to support SB 304. |
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| Today, March 14, Senate Bill 1389, NRA-endorsed permitless carry legislation, passed the Senate State Affairs Committee. SB 1389 will likely head to the Senate floor for a vote this Wednesday, March 16. Time is crucial. Please contact your state Senator TODAY and politely urge him or her to SUPPORT SB 1389. |
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| Today, the Louisiana Legislature convenes for its 2016 Regular Session. Several important pro-self-defense measures were pre-filed in advance of session and will soon receive referrals to the anticipated committees listed |
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| Tomorrow, the Georgia Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled to vote on NRA-backed House Bill 1060. |
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| College students are a governor’s signature away from being able to carry concealed guns onto campuses after the state Senate on Friday gave final passage to a bill that would legalize firearms at all public colleges in Georgia. |
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| Virginia lawmakers again passed legislation meant to make it easier for victims of domestic violence to carry concealed firearms, rejecting Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s call for additional requirements. |
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| South Carolina Rep. Bill Hixon, R-Aiken, still feels confident about the fate of his bill designed to allow gun reciprocity between South Carolina and Georgia. |
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| The Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee of the Maine Legislature voted 7-6 to recommend passage of LD 1572, which was introduced in response to a case involving 67-year-old tenant Harvey Lembo of Rockland. Lembo, who uses a wheelchair to get around, shot and wounded an alleged intruder he said was trying to steal his prescription medications inside his residence on Aug. 31, 2015, at the Park Place Apartments. |
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| Under the proposed legislation in the Senate, carry laws would largely homogenize across the state, allowing those over 21 who are legally able to possess a firearm to carry a concealed handgun statewide without first obtaining a permit, while those between 18 and 20 could still carry them outside of city limits and apply for a permit for carry in those urban areas. |
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| Former President Bill Clinton hit upon a variety of themes tonight during a 46-minute campaign stop at the University of Toledo on behalf of his wife, Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton, but perhaps none as hard gun control. |
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| Did you hear about the man who fired back at an attacker who had shot him and two of his friends at a New Orleans gas station in January, hitting the perpetrator and potentially saving his life and those of several others? Or the Uber driver who likewise shot and wounded a man who had opened fire on a crowd of people in Chicago last April? |
