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Kentucky: Campus takes security measures after shooting.
A sign posted outside Kentucky State University’s Exum Center warns people that carrying a gun into the basketball arena could be a felony. After a shooting near campus earlier this week, officials aren’t taking any chances. Early Wednesday morning, KSU basketball player Patrick Dawson was shot while inside an apartment on Landings Drive, not far [...]
NV: ATF reviewing concealed carry licensee background check exemption
Thanks to a letter written by a concerned citizen, Nevada owners of a concealed weapons (CCW) permit may soon be able to purchase more firearms without further background checks and the associated $25 fee. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE, also commonly referred to as ATF) is reviewing legislation passed this last [...]
GA: Gun proposal to require training of concealed licensees “would promote safety.”
OK, so maybe state Reps. Roger Bruce, Howard Mosby, and Stephanie Benfield, all Atlanta Democrats, and their Democratic colleague, Rep. Gloria Frazier of Hephzibah, are engaging in a bit of political gamesmanship with House Bill 735. But even if that’s the cause, they’re doing it in service to a worthwhile legislative end. The bill, which [...]
TX: Time to revamp policies banning guns in parking lots.
Many employers have workplace violence policies that prohibit employees from possessing firearms in or around the workplace. They’ll have to rethink those policies, now that Texas has a new law—Senate Bill 321—that limits most employers’ right to bar employees from having firearms in vehicles parked at employers’ parking areas. The law applies, with certain restrictions, [...]
CA: Man pleads ‘no contest’ to airport gun charge.
LONG BEACH, Calif.—A Southern California man has pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge for trying to board a Long Beach Airport flight with a gun in his bag. The Long Beach Press-Telegram ( http://bit.ly/wUghjq) says 49-year-old Darius Bossinas was sentenced on Thursday to 40 hours of community service and he was ordered to register [...]
Weed and weapons – some Colorado potheads want to carry guns.
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO) – In order to carry a concealed weapon, the federal law says you can’t use any illegal drugs. “The question on the permit is pretty common sense. It has to do with whether the applicant is using stimulants, depressants, or any illegal narcotic, drug or marijuana that’s illegal essentially,” says Heather [...]
2012 Editions of each gun laws book available – California, Nevada, Colorado, and Georgia
The 2010/2011 books, the Georgia Firearm, Knife, and Weapon Law Compendium, the California Firearm, Knife, and Weapon Law Compendium, the Nevada Firearm, Knife, and Weapon Law Compendium, and the Colorado Firearm, Knife, and Weapon Law Compendium, have been updated to include all noteworthy developments since the original printing. Available now, the 2012 editions are a [...]
Special Session in Texas – Potential to Revive Campus Carry?
Here are a few articles about what is going on with the special session in Texas: Special Session – WFAA Dallas Special Session – KPRC Houston Special Session – Lone Star Report Word around the campfire is that the campus carry bill may get legs in the special session – we’ll see. It would be [...]
Texas Foster Parent Carry Passes (HB 2560) – Sent To Governor
The Texas gun laws improved just a little, as Texas HB 2560 (Foster Parent Carry) was approved by the Legislature and has been sent to the Governor’s desk for signature. See below for the text of the bill: H.B. No. 2560 AN ACT relating to transporting a foster child in a vehicle where a handgun [...]
Texas SB 321. Parking Lot Bill – Not law yet.
The Texas gun laws will likely see this change this year, as it appears that SB 321 is to become law… S.B. No. 321: A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to an employee’s transportation and storage of certain firearms or ammunition while on certain property owned or controlled by the employee’s employer. BE [...]
