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TX: Teachers With Guns Could Eventually Become The Norm in Classrooms
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Armed teachers could one day become the norm in Central Texas schools. State law currently allows teachers to carry concealed handguns, as long as they are licensed and allowed by their districts. The Texas Government Code includes a provision that allows firearm instructors, who participate in a training course, to teach educators how to use concealed weapons to protect their students. On Friday, the Texas Department of Public Safety wrapped up its first-ever training course. Among the twelve participants was local firearm instructor Bruce Kaase. |
TX: Guns in Churches? Pastors Debate Church Security
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The Texas legislature is considering a law that would allow churches to hire security officers. Many Wichita Falls churches have security, but not everyone believes armed guards belong in church. "If you think you need to have a gun to go to church, or have someone there to guard you, it makes me wonder if we need to test the depth of our faith," Cheryl Murray, Pastor of Wesley United Methodist Church, said. "Maybe we are just sticking our big toe in the shallow end instead of diving all in." |
Gun Research Will Get Even More Difficult Under NRA-Friendly Trump
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Gun violence research is notoriously hard to fund. Since 1996, when an National Rifle Association-pressured Congress pulled all Centers for Disease Control and Prevention funding for gun-related research, UC Davis epidemiologist Garen Wintemute has shelled out over $1 million of his own money to keep his Violence Prevention Research Program going. That investment has paid off; 20 years later, the UC Davis program is one of the best in the country, and this week published a study finding registered California gun owners with a DUI or other alcohol-related crime on their record are four to five times more likely to be arrested for crimes involving a firearm.
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WI: Brooks Bill Would Allow Concealed Guns at Schools
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State Rep. Robert Brooks has helped turn up the heat on the smoldering gun control debate. Brooks, whose 60th District covers most of Ozaukee County, along with State Sen. Mary Lazich (R-New Berlin), proposed a bill last February that would allow school districts to prohibit concealed carry within school buildings while allowing concealed weapons on school grounds.
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KS: KU Planning for Metal Detectors on Game Days at Allen Fieldhouse, Memorial Stadium
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Starting this fall, prepare for an experience reminiscent of pro sports when entering Allen Fieldhouse and Memorial Stadium for games: metal detectors and security guards. Kansas law requires state universities to allow concealed handguns on their campuses beginning July 1, but KU anticipates banning guns from athletic events where attendance is expected to be more than 5,000 people, according to newly released concealed carry implementation information from the university.
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SD: Gun Measure Defeated in Committee
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A measure that allows liability against public entities that ban firearms on their property, and an individual is subsequently injured during a crime of violence, was defeated in the Senate Judiciary Committee today. Senator Stace Nelson of Fulton accused lawmakers of their willingness to "blithely trample over South Dakotan's Constitutional rights." |
NC: Gun Raffle Helps Fund Town Gym
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Gun enthusiasts gave the most recent boost to a newly opened town gymnasium. Stanley dedicated the Tug Deason Gym in December, but bills still linger to pay the remaining $150,000 price tag. Town Recreation Director Tug Deason has been a pivotal part in fundraising for the gym and adjoining Harper Park on Blacksnake Road. He credits grants, large donations from philanthropists and a caring community for the project's success.
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Gun Test: CZ 805 Bren S1 Carbine
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The Czechs have been making some very high quality firearms for many years, and that tradition continues with the CZ 805 Bren S1 Carbine. It’s a lightweight, semi-automatic with a 16.2-inch barrel chambered in 5.56x45mm, the standard NATO cartridge.
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Army Confirms 9mm for Modular Handgun System
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The Army today confirmed the caliber for its new Modular Handgun System will be 9mm, one week after the service announced it selected a version of Sig Sauer’s P320 to replace the M9 service pistol.
Army officials sent out a press release with additional details on the MHS but did not explain why the service chose 9mm, a decision that Military.com asked the Army to explain its reasoning behind.
The selection of 9mm is a shift from one of the goals of the MHS effort. Army officials at Maneuver Center of Excellence said in 2014 that the Army and other services want a sidearm chambered for “a round that will have better terminal effects — or cause more damage — when it hits enemy combatants” than the current 9mm round.
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Minnesota’s Gun Laws Could Become Every Gun Activist’s Dream
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Minnesota’s House of Representatives is reviewing several new bills that could mean major victories for gun rights supporters in the state. Three major bills were introduced last week and a fourth is currently being worked on to loosen restrictions and support citizens’ Second Amendment rights. Each bill was authored by House Republicans, according to Twin Cities Pioneer Press.
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AR: Lawmakers Advance Campus-Carry Bill
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A panel of state lawmakers advanced a bill Tuesday that would require public universities to allow faculty and staff with concealed carry permits to carry firearms on campus. In a roll call vote taken around 12:40 p.m., legislators on the House Judiciary Committee voted 12-5 to pass the bill to the full House. |
Ruger American Compact Pro in .45 ACP
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Ruger updated its American Pistol product line with the addition of the Compact Pro model in .45 ACP in 2017, removing the thumb safety present in earlier models. The Pro model incorporates a trigger-bar safety in place of a mechanical thumb safety, removing a potential stopping block for those using the gun for self-defense. Another safety feature is an automatic sear-block system. The pistol also features a short-takeup trigger with a positive reset, made possible the company's use of a pre-tensioned striker system. |
NM: Gun Background-Check Bill Advances
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A legislative proposal in New Mexico to require background checks on nearly all private firearms sales won its first committee endorsement Tuesday while igniting an impassioned public debate, involving representatives for the National Rifle Association and a rival national gun-safety organization. |
ME: Lawmakers Again Consider Bill to Arm Forest Rangers
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A proposal to allow Maine’s forest rangers to carry guns resurfaced Tuesday in the State House, once again drawing support from law enforcement groups and opposition from large landowners and the LePage administration. This is the fourth year in a row that lawmakers have considered proposals to arm or better protect Maine Forest Service rangers who patrol the state’s vast timberlands. Past proposals have fallen victim to cost concerns and political wrangling.
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Word on the Hill: Pelosi, Others to Screen Gun Violence Film
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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Reps. David Cicilline, D-R.I., Robin Kelly, D-Ill., and Katherine M. Clark, D-Mass., on Wednesday will host a screening of the documentary “Making a Killing: Guns, Greed, and the NRA.” The film tells the story of families who have lost loved ones to gun violence and draws a line from their stories to the National Rifle Administration.
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MA: Gun Owners Want Silencers Legalized
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Gun enthusiasts are aiming to lift a ban on silencers, saying the devices long associated by Hollywood with gangsters and assassins have practical uses such as protecting hearing and reducing the noise at shooting ranges. Massachusetts is one of nine of states that ban silencers, sometimes called sound suppressors. While law enforcement is allowed to use them, the general public is not. |
WI: Boutique Indoor Shooting Range to Open in Mequon
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A boutique indoor shooting range will be opening in Mequon. Bear Arms is Wisconsin’s first indoor boutique shooting range, dedicated to gun safety and recreation that offers gun enthusiast clothing, accessories and skin care products for men and women. The indoor shooting range will offer gun enthusiasts a place to hone their shooting skills and socialize.
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Semi-Auto Hunting Likely to Start This Fall
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It appears likely that by this fall, hunters in Pennsylvania will be allowed to use semi-automatic hunting arms and those who pursue pheasants will have to pay for a permit. Both plans received preliminary approval by the state Game Commission board during its Tuesday meeting in Harrisburg. |
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