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Here we bring you all things Second Amendment because without the Second Amendment nothing else will matter.
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National Constitutional Carry Reciprocity Advances in House
Tom Knighton – Bearing Arms
Constitutional carry is kind of the Holy Grail for gun rights in most states. When you get that, you tend to have pretty permission laws on the books. Sure, they might not be perfect, but if you can get permitless carry, you tend to have the right environment to get anything else pro-gun you need to get passed.
Unless you’re in Florida, apparently.
Anyway, one issue with constitutional carry, though, is that if you’re traveling to a non-constitutional carry state, you have to go through the permitting process of your home state if you want to carry in that other state. That is, of course, assuming that your state has reciprocity with your destination.
National reciprocity has been high on gun rights advocates’ wish lists for quite some time. Constitutional carry reciprocity is even better, and it just advanced in the House.
Allowing people with state-issued concealed carry licenses or permits to conceal a…Read more here.
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NSSF Cautiously Pleased With How New Mexico Legislative Session Ended
Tom Knighton / BEARING ARMS
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has no fear at all in overstepping her authority in the name of gun control. We know good and well that she has no problem with that because, well, she’s done it. We all remember her unilaterally trying to ban the lawful carry of firearms completely in Albuquerque.
It was so bad that even anti-gun allies took issue with it. It probably wasn’t out of some supposed deference for the Second Amendment and more because it tipped their hands, but they still took issue with it.
And she desperately wanted some gun control passed in this last legislative session. She didn’t get it.
In fact, it’s enough to make the NSSF feel relieved, though their relief is a bit tempered considering Grisham’s history.
Not unexpected, Gov. Lujan Grisham made it clear that she wasn’t satisfied with the inaction of the legislature and she vowed to plow ahead on her own, invoking her power to call a special legislative…Read more here.
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Judge Upholds Stun Gun Ban Despite 2016 SCOTUS Ruling
Tom Knighton – Bearing Arms
Stun guns are less lethal devices that, well, stun attackers rather than killing them outright. They’re also kind of fun to use on your drunk friends at parties, though I will specifically tell you not to test this out for yourself.
However, like anything else, bad people can use them for bad things. Some used stun guns to incapacitate people for nefarious reasons, even if only for a short time, and so some places moved to ban them.
Because we all know that if you ban something, bad people can’t find any way to get it at all.
In 2016, though, the Supreme Court found that stun guns fell under the Second Amendment and couldn’t be banned. At least, that’s my memory of the finding. Apparently, though, a judge recently figured that wasn’t really the case and upheld a stun gun ban. Read more here.
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This Is What I Meant When I Said Things Were Getting Ugly
Tom Knighton / BEARING ARMS
On Sunday, I published a piece here saying that things are getting kind of ugly, particularly with the hatred toward Tesla. It was a warning, but I was hoping I was just being paranoid. After all, I’ve been concerned about where things were going before, and stuff settled down in time. I hoped this time would be the same.
I’d rather be worried over nothing than not worried when I should be, after all, and I figured I had an obligation to at least mention it where others might start thinking about it. Assuming, of course, they hadn’t already.
But when I talked about where things were going, I was talking about stuff from our sister site, Hot Air:
“Remember when Donald Trump’s candidacy supposedly represented lawlessness and a threat to democracy? Good times, good times.
In yet more evidence of a case of projection, Austin police discovered multiple…Read more here.
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