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Constitutional Carry Bill SB 1 by Senator Blake Miguez is scheduled for hearing this upcoming Tuesday, February 20th at 9:00 a.m. in Senate Judiciary C.

SB 1 restores the ability of law-abiding gun owners, 18 years and older, to carry a concealed handgun in Louisiana without a permit, subject to certain carry restrictions found in the concealed handgun permit statute La. R.S. 40:1379.3.

Additionally, Senator Miguez has filed SB 2, a bill limiting liability for persons who carry a firearm under Louisianas concealed handgun permit statutes. SB 2 will also be heard this upcoming Tuesdayin Senate Judiciary B.

Specifically, SB 2 limits potential liability based on the actions of an individual who owns, possesses, uses, or carries a concealed handgun under Louisianas concealed handgun permit statutes.

Both of these bills are important steps in fully restoring the rights of Louisianans to defend themselves, their families, and their communities.

Currently, 27 states recognize that Americans have the right to carry a firearm for self-defense without first seeking government permission. These states, not coincidentally, are among the safest in the country. Its well past time that Louisiana joined these states and removed the unreasonable and unconstitutional limits on Louisianans exercise of their Second Amendment rights.

I am asking that you please take action and contact the members of Senate Judiciary B and C and ask that they support your constitutionally protected right to keep and bear arms!

In Liberty,

Joshua S. Barnhill

Louisiana Director

Gun Owners of America

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OPINION:

As a young lobbyist for the National Rifle Association, Wayne LaPierre found himself in the offices of powerful then-Rep. John Dingell, Michigan Democrat, with then-Rep. Larry Craig, Idaho Republican, facing the fact that they didnt have the votes to defeat a bill the NRA opposed.

The NRA, founded in New York in the years after the Civil War, counted among its early presidents the likes of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Gen. Philip Sheridan. It focused on gun safety training, competition running national firearms matches and promoting civilian gun ownership and use.

It was bipartisan, avoided politics whenever possible and employed no lobbyists, for there was no real need to do so. There was little argument about the meaning of the Second Amendment, though the NRA had fought some former Confederate states that had enacted legislation restricting gun ownership and possession along racial lines.

That changed, and by the 1960s, gun control had become part of the liberal agenda. The Gun Control Act of 1968 had been enacted at the behest of then-President Lyndon Johnson, and his Republican successor, Richard Nixon, favored even stricter regulations. Gun owners, hunters and those in Congress who represented them were worried.

It was in this atmosphere that Dingell observed that Second Amendment supporters had to be careful because, as he put it, the NRA was essentially a paper tiger. She can roar, but she has no teeth, Mr. Craig remembers him saying.

As Mr. LaPierre, a former high school teacher who grew up in Virginia, and Mr. Craig left Dingells office, they looked at each other and agreed that theyd better get the tiger some teeth. And that is exactly what they did.

Dingell, a staunch Second Amendment supporter, had earlier pushed the NRA to get more involved. The result was the creation of the NRA Institute for Legislative Action in 1975, which Mr. LaPierre would build into a powerhouse able to mobilize hundreds of thousands and later millions of gun owners to vote for their principles.

As head of the institute and later as executive vice president of the NRA itself, Mr. LaPierre built the NRA into one of the most influential and, yes, feared lobbying operations in U.S. history the teeth it so badly needed.

Under his leadership, the NRAs membership grew fivefold. NRA members won victory after victory in Congress, state legislatures and the courts. Today, more than 17 million Americans have permits allowing them to carry concealed weapons. Attempts to ban guns have been defeated time after time, and American gun owners have learned to look to the NRA and Wayne LaPierre for leadership in defending their rights.

That has made him one of the most loved and hated public figures in the country. His success has come at a price. NRA members love him, but those who disagree loath him and have been on the attack against him for years.

Gun control activists have celebrated the demise of Mr. LaPierres activist NRA more times than one can count. Following the passage of the Clinton administrations so-called assault weapons ban, The Washington Post featured an above-the-fold. front-page headline predicting the end of NRA influence. They were wrong then, and those celebrating Mr. LaPierres departure now will be proved wrong, too.

Mr. LaPierres influence and ability to provide teeth to what was a paper tiger when he took over is a tribute to his sense of mission and hard work, along with a lifelong identification with the values of the millions of American gun owners who make up what he has always referred to as the NRA family.

He may have headed the family for more than 30 years, but he knew better than anyone that it was not he but the millions of Americans who make it up that have made the NRA the powerhouse it has become. For all of that, every Second Amendment supporter owes him a debt of gratitude.

David Keene is editor-at-large at The Washington Times.

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Maine lawmakers are considering a bill to prohibit unauthorized paramilitary training, leading to concerns about 2nd Amendment rights, and difficulties for Maine firearm trainers.

This bill is a slippery slope, a solution looking for a problem, said Joshua Raines, vice president of Gun Owners of Maine (GOME).

The bill came as a response to a failed attempt by Neo-Nazi Chris Pohlhaus and former Democrat activist Fred Ramey to build a neo-Nazi compound in Springfield, Maine.

[RELATED: Co-Owner of Neo-Nazi Compound in Northern Maine, a Former Democratic Activist, May Be Prohibited from Owning Firearms]

The bill, LD 2130, appears to target a problem that has already been resolved and has raised concerns about violating the rights of firearms instructors and gunsmiths.

LD 2130, makes it a class C. crime if anyone instructs a person in the use of a firearm or explosive, or in the construction of firearms or explosives, if the instructor knows or reasonably should know that training will be used in the furtherance of civil disorder.

Although the bill does define civil disorder, it does not explain what would be considered furtherance of civil disorder.

The bill also fails to specify how the state will determine whether an instructor reasonably should know if someone intends to use their instruction in service of civil disorder.

The bill also has a clause allowing the Attorney General to take civil action against anyone whom they suspect is violating the law, or anyone whom they suspect is about to violate the law.

The bill empowers the court to place a temporary injunction on someone to prevent the suspected crime or future crime.

Ralph Perkins, a firearm instructor and owner of 207 Firearms, expressed concern to the Maine Wire over how the bill could impact his business.

Do you interrogate someone because they want to learn about construction or they go to a welding class? Like, you dont know the intentions of use. You know, your job as an instructor is simply to educate those that are unfamiliar with that hardware, said Perkins.

Perkins believes that the bill is far too vague in explaining what constitutes an offense, and has the potential to threaten his livelihood.

Is this going to affect our way of life, our ability to feed our families, or just educate the public in general, asked Perkins.

Another firearm instructor, Paul Mattson of CWP Training, was less concerned that the bill would directly harm his business, but did see the bill as a violation of Second Amendment rights.

Para is just somebody exercising the Second Amendment right [under] Maine Constitution Article One section 16, said Mattson.

GOME also responded to an email from The Maine Wire, expressing similar concerns as Perkins about the vagueness of the bills language.

Who is to say what constitutes intent to cause civil disobedience, said Joshua Raines. If you ask 10 different people what intent to cause civil disobedience is, youll get 11 different answers.

In addition to their concerns about the bills vagueness, GOME highlighted the power it gives the Attorney General to bring suit against anyone even suspected of a future violation of the law.

The main concern is the amount of unbridled power this hands to the Attorney General.That specific clause could very easily lead to an abuse of power, as well as being used in a political manner, said Raines

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By: Teresa Binkley, Brookings

Updated: 4 hours ago / Posted Feb 6, 2024

Editor's note: This Speakout was submitted byTeresa Binkley of Brookings.

Did anyone else find the governors Feb. 2 Speakout as appalling as I did? Do South Dakotans truly want California gun manufacturers to come to our state and for our great state to become known as a Second Amendment haven?

The governor needs to realize the gun-toting days of the wild west are over. Hunting and shooting family activities the governor describes are a far cry from constitutional carry, waiving all fees for conceal carry permits, and inviting gun manufacturers to our state. Governor Noem is encouraging all of this when there are mass-shootings in our schools and communities on a regular basis. Do we really want our state to be known as a gun haven?

The South Dakotans I know are logical, ethical and hard working. Current leadership in our state is skewing attitudes toward illogical, unethical, and freedom working. And honestly, please Governor Noem, quit saying that South Dakota does not rely on aid from the federal government. A KELO news report Dec. 7, 2021 (Federal money is a big help to South Dakotas budget) stated, Since fiscal year 2019, the state has received at least $1.6 billion in federal aid each year that helps fund schools, parks and other operations in the state, according to the state Bureau and Finance Management budgets. But our governor says we dont rely on the federal government? The only federal funding our governor did not rely on was a federal program that would have provided $7.5 million to feed hungry kids.

As South Dakotans, we are respectful and neighborly people who seek the best in others. We need leadership that reflects those qualities, not leadership that pushes extremist views to gain attention on the national scene. We have much more to offer as a state than to become the most Second Amendment-friendly state.

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