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A proposed state law that would repeal restrictions and make permits to carry concealed firearms optional has drawn opposition from some Alabama sheriffs.

Senate Bill 24 is sponsored by state Sen. Gerald Allen, R-Tuscaloosa, who said he believes in the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which protects the right of the people to keep and bear arms for the security of a free state.

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Open carry draws fire | Senator says bill about Second Amendment - Sand Mountain Reporter

NRA-ILA Executive Director Chris W. Cox took to NRATV Monday to announce that President Donald Trump will be speaking at the National Rifle Association Annual Meetings & Exhibits next week in Atlanta, Ga.

During his appearance, Cox spoke on President Trumps historic first 100 days: "We now have a Supreme Court back on the side of individual freedom, back on the side of the Second Amendment," he said. "We have someone in the White House who supports the Second Amendment. Thats a big shocker after 8 years of Barack Obama."

He continued: "So, were already seeing some great benefits. Were already seeing some great action items as far as Second Amendment and as far as gun owners, but were just getting started."

Cox then discussed the excitement around President Trumps involvement with this years NRA Annual Meetings: "Having the president at the meeting I think is going to send a great message to the country and a great message to NRA members who worked so hard last year to help him get elected."

Trump will address the crowd at the annual NRA-ILA Leadership Forum onApril 28 at the Georgia World Congress Center. Last year at the same event, NRA-ILA Executive Director Chris W. Cox first announced that the NRA was endorsing Donald Trump for president, kicking off several months of unwavering support that in the end helped Trump defeat Hillary Clinton.

You can watch President Trumps historic address to the NRA-ILA Leadership Forum on NRATV.

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Chris W. Cox: Support For Second Amendment Back In White House - America's 1st Freedom (press release) (blog)

The U.S. Supreme Court, including the newly confirmed conservative Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch, will soon conference to discussa gun-rights case from California that has the potential to expand the Second Amendment.

Related: Supreme Court denies hearing case challenging assault weapons ban

In Peruta v. California, the justices would decide whether the Second Amendment entitles law-abiding citizens to carry handguns outside of the home for self-defense, including concealed carry when open carry is prohibited by state law. Edward Peruta and other gun owners who were denied concealed-carry permits by the San Diego County sheriff appealed the case to the Supreme Court in January, The San Diego Tribune reported earlier this year. California has some of the strongest gun laws of all 50 states. Regarding concealed carry, every state and Washington, D.C., allows it in some form.

Perutafirst filed a lawsuit in 2009 to challenge the countys policy of requiring good cause to obtain a concealed carry permit, saying the policy violates the Second Amendment. The strongest concealed carry laws in the country require applicants to demonstrate good cause or a justifiable need as to why she or he needs a permit. In California, for example, good cause exists to issue a concealed carry weapons permit when there is a clear and present danger to the applicant or the applicants spouse, family or employees, according to the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence.

The gun-rights advocatesmost recently lost on appeal in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in June 2016, when federal judges ruled that San Diegos policy is constitutional. Earlier this week, the court rescheduled discussion related to the case. It remains unknown when the justices will meet to consideranddecide whether to hear it.

Judge Neil Gorsuch is sworn in as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, as President Donald Trump watches in the Rose Garden of the White House on April 10. With Gorsuch as the courts ninth justice, it could soon decide to hear a case involving gun rights in California. Carlos Barria/Reuters

If the justices decide to take on the case, though, it could be the most important ruling on guns since the 2008 landmark decision in District of Columbia vs. Heller. In that ruling, the justices recognized, in a 5-4 vote, an individuals right to keep firearms at home for self-defense. Scalia, who was a strict originalist and conservative, wrote the majority opinion in Heller, joined by Justices John Roberts, Samuel Alito, Anthony Kennedy and Clarence Thomas. Besides the late Scalia, those justices allstill serve on the court. But the high court hasnt yet ruled on the right to carry a gun outside of the home.

Since, the Supreme Court has rejected taking on dozensof cases fighting gun laws, including a challenge to an ordinance in an Illinois city that bans assault weapons and large-capacity ammunition magazines. The exceptions are the 2010McDonald v. City of Chicago, which basically extendsHeller beyond the federal government to the local andstate levels, and the 2016Caetano v. Massachusetts, which dealt with the use of stun guns, not traditional guns, for self-defense.

After President Donald Trump nominated Gorsuch in January, the National Rifle Association gave him a strong endorsement. The organization aired, for example, a nearly $1 million advertising campaign across the country duringhis Senate confirmation hearings to emphasize his impact on the Second Amendment.

But Gorsuch, who is considered an originalist much like Scalia, hasnt written extensively on gun rights. In 2012, he wrote that the Second Amendment protects an individuals right to own firearms and may not be infringed lightly. In one case, he sided with a Colorado police department after an officer killed a 22-year-old man with his stun gun in 2006. He ruled the officer didnt use excessive force.

Gorsuch also argued in favor of a convicted felon, who appealed his conviction for possessing a gun and said he shouldnt be held accountable because he didnt know he was considered a felon.

Gorsuchs confirmation, which passed the Senate mostly on a partisan vote, restores the Scalia-era balance to the Supreme Court. Despite vehement opposition from most Democrats,three from red states joined their 51 Republican colleagues, who hold the majority, to solidify Gorsuch as justice.

Meanwhile, Republican lawmakers in both the House and Senate have introduced a separate, but similar, bill in their respective chambers to allow for national concealed carry reciprocity. The policy, backed by Trump and the NRA, would require states that issue permits allowing gun owners to carry concealed weapons to recognize such permits from other states.

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Guns in America: Gorsuch and Other Supreme Court Justices to Consider Gun Case That Could Expand 2nd Amendment - Newsweek

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Second Amendment protects the assault rifles Washington Times For decades the federal judiciary has been trying to interpret the Second Amendment out of the Constitution. It is, as Sanford Levinson has termed it, an embarrassment to an elite class of legal scholars that finds firearms to be unusual and ...

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Second Amendment protects the assault rifles - Washington Times

Latest State to Restore Gun Rights

Fairfax, Va. The National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) today applauded Gov.Terry Branstad for signingHouse File 517 (HF517) into law. The newly enacted law strengthensIowans fundamental right to self-defense and follows a national trend to expand Second Amendment rights.

It is a great day for freedom. Today, Iowa joined the nationwide movement to expand law-abiding citizens constitutional right to self-protection, said Chris W. Cox, executive director, NRA-ILA.The NRA and our five million members thank the IowaLegislature and Gov.Branstad for working to strengthen Iowans Second Amendment rights so they have the freedom to protect themselves and their families.

Included in HF 517:

Established in 1871, the National Rifle Association is America's oldest civil rights and sportsmen's group. More than five million members strong, NRA continues to uphold the Second Amendment and advocates enforcement of existing laws against violent offenders to reduce crime. The Association remains the nation's leader in firearm education and training for law-abiding gun owners, law enforcement and the armed services. Be sure to follow the NRA on Facebook at NRA on Facebook and Twitter @NRA.

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Iowa Governor Signs Monumental Pro-Second Amendment Legislation - NRA ILA