Gun Law

Source: crime.about.com --- 30 days ago
How well do you know the Gun laws of Alabama? Take this quick 10 question quiz and find out. ...

Source: www.washingtonpost.com --- 37 days ago
THERE WAS BOTH a triumphal and defeatist cast to the news conference that D.C. officials held yesterday to unveil new firearms legislation. The agreement by the District's sometimes-fractured political leadership on a course of action was worthy of celebration. But it was hard to stomach the need to promulgate rules allowing ownership of handguns -- something the city had forbidden for decades until the Supreme Court's recent decision. Nonetheless, the proposal strikes the right balance in allowing residents to exercise Second Amendment rights articulated in the court's landmark decision while aiming to keep guns out of the wrong hands and prevent their misuse. ...

Source: www.reuters.com --- 22 days ago
TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) - Florida employers cannot bar their employees from keeping guns locked in their cars at work but businesses can stop customers from keeping firearms in cars while shopping, a U.S. judge has ruled. ...

Source: www.moreover.com --- 7 days ago
In response to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that overturned its handgun ban, Washington has approved a new set of regulations on the registration and storage of firearms in the city. ...

Source: www.moreover.com --- 11 days ago
Philadelphia is ready to put the squeeze on irresponsible Gun owners. Beginning today, citizens who fail to report a lost or stolen firearm within 24 hours can expect to be fined up to $1,900, city officials said. ...

Source: online.wsj.com --- 1 day ago
Florida employers are trying to get around a Law allowing workers to keep guns in their cars. Companies from Disney to NBC Universal are claiming exemptions from the Law to maintain Gun-free workplaces. ...

Source: online.wsj.com --- 4 days ago
Walt Disney World is exempt from a new Law that allows employees to keep guns locked in their vehicles, the Florida attorney general's office said. ...

Source: blogs.usatoday.com --- 37 days ago
Florida Gun Law crosses line of common sense "How can it make sense to exempt a public school property from Florida’s Gun-toting Law, but not an amusement park?" By DeWayne Wickham Edwin Sotomayor is the crash- test dummy in an... ...

Source: www.npr.org --- 39 days ago
The Supreme Court decision has led Washington, D.C., to draft a new handgun Law. D.C. Council Member Phil Mendelson, chair of the Committee on Public Safety and the Judiciary, says the new measure will likely include a self-defense exception. ...

Source: www.moreover.com --- 37 days ago
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Source: www.moreover.com --- 5 days ago
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Source: www.wtopnews.com --- 14 days ago
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Source: www.star-telegram.com --- 1 day ago
Meanwhile, Tarrant County school officials say their policies prohibit guns unless carried by police. ...

Source: www.nysun.com --- 36 days ago
WASHINGTON — The District of Columbia Council approved new firearms legislation today that will allow residents to begin applying for handgun permits this week. The council's unanimous vote comes as officials try to comply with last month's U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down the city's 32-year-old ban on handguns. The emergency legislation will allow handguns to be kept in the home if they are used only for self-defense and carry fewer than 12 rounds of ammunition. Handguns, as well as... ...

Source: www.bignewsnetwork.com --- 31 days ago
Many who apply for concealed-weapon permits in Gallatin County do so with a more specific purpose, but some find it simpler to just have one in the event they want to buy or carry a Gun.The U.S. Supre... ...

Source: www.prairiestateoutdoors.com --- 30 days ago
A guy called in late last week to tell me his brother had stopped at the Cabela’s store in Owatonna, Minn. and was unable to buy a long Gun due to a new “state directive.” As the story went, the new directive does not allow Illinois residents to buy long guns in Minnesota. Sound familiar? No. But a call to the Owatonna store this morning confirmed the directive. Charlie Dresser in the Gun department told me that according to the information he has, Illinois residents can only buy long guns in the following states: Iowa, Missouri, Indiana, Wisconsin and Kentucky. And any purchases require the buyer to have a valid FOID card and to wait 24 hours. Those last two items are familiar to me. The first part is not. Anyway, right now I’m trying to track down the veracity of this “directive” and attempting to find out from where it originates. Adding intrigue to the plot is new information from the original caller. He now claims Illinois residents can purchase a long Gun in Minnesota if they also purchase a non-resident hunting license. That sounds ridiculous to me, but we’ll see. More about this later. Have any of you heard about this? ...

Source: www.bnd.com --- 35 days ago
Governor Rod Blagojevich has signed a bill that puts the adult who provides a Gun to a minor in the same legal hot water as the minor who uses it to commit a crime. ...

Source: jacksonville.injuryboard.com --- 32 days ago
On Tuesday, Florida got a new Law that some feel makes the workplace safer. Others feel it makes the workplace more dangerous. It's a very emotional issue, Gun control, so let's not go into that here. But some Florida businesses are "just saying NO" to the expanded rights of Gun owners . JEA, the utility of the Jacksonville area, has sent a letter to employees telling them NOT to bring their guns to work. The "Preservation and Protection of the Right to Keep and Bear Arms in Motor Vehicles Act of 2008" was signed recently by Gov. Charlie Crist. It allows employees, who have a valid concealed weapons permit, to bring their Gun to work and keep it in their car. JEA says there are exemptions and they fall into one. Banks, churches, court- they are all exempted from the Law. JEA doesn't say explicitly what the exemption is that they fall under. Many say they will bring guns anyway and not tell. At Walt Disney World in Orlando, employees will not be allowed to keep guns in their cars at company parking lots. Disney is not making any friends with backers of the Law such as the National Rifle Association and lawmakers. "You've got to be kidding me," according to state Sen. Durell Peaden, one of the authors of the bill and a Republican from the Florida Panhandle, tells the Orlando Sentinel . But Disney has a long standing policy against guns on the 30,000 acre property despite what the NRA says. And Disney has clout. It employs more peopl ...

Source: www.ledger-enquirer.com --- 9 days ago
Georgia Gun rights advocates and the city of Atlanta are squabbling over whether gunholders should be able to carry weapons into parts of the world's busiest airport. ...

Source: www.washblade.com --- 5 hours ago
Hill vote on D.C. Gun Law alarms gay activists Some fear conservatives are usurping home rule, would overturn marriage bill By LOU CHIBBARO JR, Washington Blade | Aug. 20 at 2:55 PM Aug. 20 at 2:55 PM A decision by House Democrats to allow a vote next month on a proposal to gut the city’s handgun Law has stunned local home rule advocates and could foretell a congressional overturn of a future same-sex marriage bill, according to city hall insiders. Developments surrounding proposed House action to weaken the city’s controversial handgun Law come at a time when some gay activists are urging Mayor Adrian Fenty and the D.C. Council to approve legislation legalizing same-sex marriage in the District. Members of the Council are said to be considering introducing a same-sex marriage bill next year. “The issue at hand is not so much Gun-related as ... ...