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WV: Campus carry discussions continue at WVU
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Wednesday afternoon, frontline professionals hosted a meeting for WVU faculty and staff regarding the Campus Self-Defense Act that goes into effect on July 1st. The meeting featured the university’s dean, the chair of the campus carry sub-group, and deputy general counsel in a discussion on the process of campus carry. With the date approaching, Dean of Students, Corey Ferris believes it’s important to have everyone on the same page.
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TX: Grand jury indicts man on murder charge in shooting death of Texas girl during ATM robbery
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A man accused of fatally shooting a 9-year-old girl when he was robbed at a Houston ATM in 2022 has been indicted on a murder charge in her death.
Tuesday’s indictment against Tony Earls comes nearly two years after another grand jury declined to indict him in the death of Arlene Alvarez.
Gwen Alvarez, the girl’s mother, said the indictment brought her family some relief, knowing it is the “first step of receiving justice for my daughter.”
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Authorities said Wednesday an arrest warrant has been issued for Earls, who has been a fugitive for about a year now on an unrelated assault charge. |
TN: Nashville Homeowner Shoots Armed Intruder Breaking into His House
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A Nashville homeowner shot a man who allegedly attempted to break into his house early Saturday morning, with police deeming the act self-defense, according to local authorities.
The incident occurred in the Trinity Hills neighborhood just before 6 a.m. when homeowner and his family were startled by loud banging on their front door and windows, reported WSMV 4. Anton Cosby, 32, is accused of trying to forcibly enter the residence on Shreeve Lane. |
The Border Crisis and Crime: Considerations for the Armed Citizen
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Pertaining to the criminal threat, make no mistake: we already have plenty of bad actors domestically, so the criminal element that is flooding over the border is adding gasoline to the fire. The truth is, the vast majority of these people are likely fleeing desperate situations and may, indeed, be searching for a better life. The threat remains in the small but present percentage that is of nefarious intent. Even if the percentage of bad actors is incredibly small, the sheer magnitude of the influx points to the undeniable reality that many criminal actors have infiltrated. How does, and how should, this impact the decisions of the armed citizen? |
From The Galand Revolver to the Velo-Dog
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Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! In the late 1800s, René Galand invented a peculiar pocket revolver originally marketed for cyclists to defend against aggressive dogs. Dubbed the “Velo-Dog” by combining the French words for “bicycle” and “dog”, it featured a shrouded hammer for double-action fire only. Many later models lacked a trigger guard entirely, with the trigger folding flush into the frame when not in use. Early Velo-Dogs were chambered in a proprietary 5.75mm cartridge slightly less powerful than .22LR, though .22LR and .25ACP became common options after 1900. |
TN: NSSF Commends Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee for Signing Second Amendment Privacy Act
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NSSF®, The Firearm Industry Trade Association, commends Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee for signing into law SB 2223, the Second Amendment Privacy Act. This NSSF-supported law protects the privacy and sensitive financial information of people purchasing firearms and ammunition in The Volunteer State. With Tennessee, there are now 13 states with laws that protect the Second Amendment financial privacy of their citizens. |
SCOTUS to Hear Another Second Amendment Case
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The U.S. Supreme Court recently announced that it will hear VanDerStok v. Garland, a case that challenges the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ (ATF) so-called “ghost gun” rule, later this year.
The ATF rule, initially issued in 2022, treats some firearms parts and part kits as if they are actually functional firearms. It requires that these parts, such as a frame or receiver, be treated like they are a completed firearm.
Ed.: Vanderstock is an FPC case, joined by SAF on appeal. |
PA: Bill Addresses Second Amendment Rights for PA Medical Marijuana Users
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Senate Bill 1146, proposed by Sen. Dan Laughlin, R-Erie, aims to clarify Pennsylvania’s Uniform Firearm Act regarding medical marijuana cardholders. Current law does not exempt medical users from being considered unlawful users, potentially placing them in legal jeopardy. Although enforcement is not rigorous, instances like Warren County District Attorney Rob Greene being asked to forfeit his firearm license upon revealing his medical marijuana card highlight the issue. |
NC: Gun rights group calls on lawmakers to further loosen state firearm regulation
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Members of Grass Roots North Carolina will be lobbying lawmakers on the opening day to pass “constitutional carry” for North Carolina. The gun rights group has been working behind the scenes, collecting signatures and on Wednesday will deliver a hand truck with thousands of petitions to Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger urging him to support a proposal to enshrine the freedom to carry a concealed firearm without a permit.
In the last legislative session, lawmakers repealed North Carolina’s longstanding pistol purchase permit requirement and were quick to override Governor’s Roy Cooper’s veto of Senate Bill 41. |
TN: Tennessee lawmakers ignored our pleas not to arm teachers in schools. We'll vote them out.
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Students across the state are massively disappointed by our Tennessee House of Representatives' decision to pass HB1202, the “arming teachers” bill. We did all we could, and still our legislature refused to listen to its own constituents.
We wrote open letters, called, emailed, snail-mailed, visited offices, signed petitions, walked out of school twice, marched, rallied, educated, and posted videos. We gave all we could, and still our representatives did not listen. We got nowhere. |
FL: Florida lawmaker to propose bill allowing college students to carry guns on campus
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Students on college campuses in Florida are used to carrying laptops and iPads on them, but should they be allowed to carry guns?
Florida lawmaker Randy Fine said 'yes' and announced on the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, that he plans to introduce a bill to end universities as gun-free zones and provide funding for students who want to carry a gun, saying, in particular, it’s time for Jewish students to start carrying.
Carlos Ruiz is a student at FSW and he supports students like himself being given permission to carry guns on campus. |
Shooting Straight With Robert J. Cottrol
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A1F: You wrote this book during a very interesting time, as you finished your book just after the NRA-backed Second Amendment case New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen (2022) was decided.
Cottrol: Yes, indeed. It’s rare for a historian to have a stop-the-presses moment. Basically, we had this with Bruen. We had written a book that basically takes us from the founding to Heller (2008) and McDonald (2010), but then we saw Bruen coming and we thought, My goodness, we can’t omit Bruen. This is incredible. They’re talking about the right to carry outside the home. |
Kyle Rittenhouse tells students to carry guns on campus to protect against Hamas
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Kyle Rittenhouse, who at 17-years-old killed two people and injured another after traveling to Kenosha, Wisconsin in 2020 to "protect businesses" during Black Lives Matter protests that erupted after the police shooting of Jacob Blake, is now the author of a book who goes on speaking tours.
But his current college speaking tour is being hit by outrage as he spreads messages including telling students to carry arms on campus, according to a report. |
KY: Former Kentucky superintendent charged with gun on school property has case dismissed
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However, Circuit Judge Dan Ballou, citing the Supreme Court case, dismissed the charge against Gunn.
Ballou ruled the prosecution had not shown “that the Nation’s historical tradition of regulating the possession of firearms extends to an individual carrying a firearm on property not utilized as a school, during a time when neither students nor school employees were present, and with no other alleged criminal acts being committed, regardless of the ownership of the property at issue.”
Hoskins said he and Gunn were happy with the decision. |
VT: Working on ghost guns and tax yields bills
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Why, you might be asking yourself, as I asked the people who introduced this bill, would a criminal take a ghost gun to a firearms dealer for a serial number or a background check if that person was going to get busted? The answer is, that’s not the point. The point is, these guns frequently make their way to other people and then are used in crimes. It’s not ideal to have untraceable guns used in crimes. We vote on this Wednesday, April 24, and I’m in full support. |
TN: Tennessee lawmakers pass bill allowing teachers, school staff to carry concealed handguns
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Tennessee House Republicans on Tuesday passed legislation to allow some trained teachers and school staff to carry handguns despite pleas from Democrats, students, and gun-reform advocates to defeat the bill.
Dozens of protestors in the galleries began chanting "Blood on your hands" as soon as the legislation passed, prompting Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton to order state troopers to clear the galleries. Many protestors continued to chant and stomp down at lawmakers as the House floor fell into chaos over parliamentary issues. |
SAF Travel Advisory: Avoid Turks & Caicos Islands ~ DO NOT VISIT
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To all U.S. gun owners, Do Not Travel to the Turks and Caicos Islands, a British Overseas Territory located southeast of the Bahamas. If you have already made plans, reconsider your destination.
SUMMARY: Since November 2022, at least eight American tourists have faced “firearms prosecutions” for inadvertently having ammunition in their luggage. In the past, tourists had been able to pay a fine, but as of a judge’s ruling in February of this year, violators are subject to severe prison time. |
PA: Should cities bite the bullet on gun laws?
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This case highlights one of many families affected by gun violence. According to the city’s Office of the Controller, “Homicides, the vast majority of which are committed with a gun, have increased every year since 2016, while non-fatal shootings have increased every year since 2017.” Additionally, 2021 was cited as Philadelphia’s “deadliest year,” with 562 homicides. Similarly, in Pittsburgh, there were 71 homicides in 2022, a record in the last 10 years.
Given this information, Pennsylvanians may want to reevaluate the UFA and its priorities, and stop biting the bullet. |
The Founders’ Case for a Strong Militia Over Standing Armies
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One of the primary reasons the founders wanted a strong militia system with a well-armed general public was to minimize or even eliminate the need for a large, permanent standing army, even in times of peace.
Most people in the founding generation were extremely wary of standing armies. They were often referred to as “the bane of liberty.”
They knew this from experience. From the standing armies that led to the massacre in Boston, to the gun control scheme that kicked off the war for independence – they lived it firsthand. As colonial resistance to taxes and other policies grew in 1774, the British responded by attempting to disarm the colonists. |
VT: Vermont House passes bill that would outlaw untraceable ghost guns
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The Vermont House on Wednesday afternoon gave its final approval to legislation that further regulates ghost guns.
Ghost guns are firearms that are assembled by their owners from individual parts.
The bill, S.209, requires individuals to take their weapons to a federally licensed gun dealer, so they can conduct a background check and emboss a serial number on the gun. It already passed in the Senate. |
TN: Tennessee lawmakers join movement allowing some teachers to take guns into schools
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Some public school teachers in Tennessee could gain new powers to carry concealed guns into the classroom, a year after a deadly school shooting in the state’s capital city stirred impassioned debate about the best ways to curb such violence.
The Republican-led Legislature in Tennessee gave final approval to the legislation Tuesday, just days after Republican governors in Iowa and Nebraska signed laws that also expand the potential for armed personnel in schools.
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TN: Knox County Schools leaders are reviewing whether to allow teachers and staff to carry guns
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Knox County Schools administrators have not made a decision whether to allow teachers or staff members to carry concealed guns in classrooms. The new law passed this week has not been signed by Gov. Bill Lee. If Lee does not sign the bill within 10 days, excluding Sundays, it will become law.
"At Knox County Schools, we are fortunate to have a highly trained, armed security officer in every school. We are aware that the bill is headed to the governor’s desk, and we will be reviewing it," Knox County Schools spokesperson Carly Harrington told Knox News.
Metro Nashville Public Schools administrators quickly announced the district will not allow teachers or staff members to carry concealed handguns on its campuses. |
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