Ohio: Kasich Signs Critical Self-Defense Bill Into Law! -Today was a Second Amendment victory for law-abiding gun owners as Governor John Kasich signed into law Sub. Senate Bill 199 which will go into effect after 90 days. This important self-defense law is another step forward in protecting the Second Amendment rights of active duty members, employees and law-abiding Ohioans across The Buckeye State.
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| The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has released for public comment a plan that will determine what lands within the Sonoran Desert National Monument (SDNM) will be closed to target shooting. |
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| Police say an auto repair shop owner turned the tables on a would-be robber in Southwest Philadelphia. It happened just after 6:30 p.m. Saturday in the 6800 block of Paschall Avenue. Police say the owner shot a 30-year-old man in the chest, right shoulder and right buttock – once each – as he tried to rob the shop. The suspected robber was armed when the store owner shot him, police say. |
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| A pizza delivery driver shot a would-be robber during an attempted holdup in Northeast Philadelphia. It happened in the 1400 block of Wellington Street around 9:30 p.m. Saturday. Police say the driver was approached by a 19-year-old man, who tried to rob him. The delivery drive shot the man twice. |
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| An Uber driver, confronted by a robber who had a pair of guns, shot the man on Sunday next to a causeway near the Aventura Mall, police said. The driver, who wasn’t immediately identified, was not hurt in the violent robbery attempt next to the Lehman Causeway, according to Aventura police. A passenger inside the Uber, who was heading to the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, also was not harmed. |
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| Anti-gun lawmakers in Trenton appear that they will push their agenda right up until the final gavel falls in 2016. |
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| Democrats pressing for legislation to address gun violence are reassessing their strategy after a year in which they staged high-visibility demonstrations in the House and Senate to demand action. |
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| Gov. Jerry Brown’s approval of sweeping gun control legislation in July has triggered a run on firearms in California, with some stores reporting sales have doubled since then. |
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| Michigan public schools can ban guns from their premises, the state appeals court ruled Friday, rejecting a challenge by gun rights groups and parents who are licensed to carry firearms. |
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| State Rep. Jim Lucas, a Seymour Republican, is leading the push for Indiana to join the 11 states that already allow so-called “constitutional carry.” Supporters say repealing the requirement for handgun permits would take away barriers to Second Amendment gun rights. |
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| Concealed firearms and other weapons are already banned from more than a dozen specific places in Florida, like polling sites, schools or sporting events. |
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| A record 25,474 concealed-carry gun permits were issued in Ohio during the third quarter this year, a 59 percent jump over the same period in 2015. |
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| Since July, Idaho adults 21 and older have been able to carry concealed weapons in most public places without the need for a county-issued permit.Even so, applications by Idaho residents for concealed weapons permits have remained fairly steady. The big difference is that a larger number of the applications are for enhanced permits that allow users to carry concealed weapons in other states. |
