To the joy of self-defense minded firearms owners throughout the state, Illinois recently passed concealed carry legislation. However, the law is rather restrictive (it establishes the lengthiest training requirement in the country — 16 hours). Some of those restrictions prevent CCW permit holders from carrying in several locations, including stadiums, government buildings, … [Read more...]
Legislators across the country are proposing bills requiring all new pistols would be sold with identifying technology, rendering the firearms inoperable for anyone but the legal purchaser. Along with this motion, all extant handguns, with the exception of military and a few antique firearms, would need to be retrofitted with this technology within three years. As with the … [Read more...]
The US Attorney General, Eric Holder, has announced the direction he wants to take the DOJ with regard to "gun safety," but the wheels are already in motion to legally mandate "smart gun" technology. At the end of February—2/27/14—Congress proposed Bill S. 2068, called the "Handgun Trigger Safety Act of 2014." The spirit of the bill is laid out in Section 2: Findings. Summed … [Read more...]
Yesterday marked the deadline for New Yorkers to register their newly defined "assault rifles" in compliance with the SAFE Act. However, it seems New York firearms owners are not submitting to the legislation peacefully. It is presumed by several sources that as many as 90% of the estimated 1.5 million applicable firearms have yet to be registered. The SAFE Act, which passed … [Read more...]
If you're a firearms enthusiast in Illinois right now, you may want to pay special attention to a new proposal submitted last month by State Representative Kelly Cassidy (D). The proposal, HB4715, is referred to in its text as the "Firearms Registration Act." Flying against the motion last fall that struck down Chicago's 45-year-old firearms registry, this new proposal would … [Read more...]
From the Virginia Tech shooting in 2007, to the more recent tragedy at Sandy Hook, school shootings have stoked the subject of campus concealed carry into even more heated debate. The polarizing issue seems to have two main responses: Some react with a call for tighter restrictions on firearms and tougher measures to keep guns off school grounds. The other response, in the … [Read more...]
