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The Camden County Commission, on Friday, announced its intentions to stand by the statewide Second Amendment Preservation Act when it comes to the ATF trying to enforce Federal gun laws and regulations in the State of Missouri. The issue came to light earlier this week when the Missouri Supreme Court decided the Second-Amendment Preservation Act will be sent back to the Circuit Court for further review and the ATF contacting the planning and zoning office requesting information about firearm dealers in the county. Presiding Commissioner Ike Skelton says the actions by the ATF are really nothing more than the Federal government coming after our firearms.

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First-District Commissioner James Gohagen chimed in with his thoughts saying that the ATF isnt worth much.

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Sheriff Tony Helms was also on hand and says, until the issue is fully resolved in the courtroom, itll be business as usual for his office.

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County Commissioners, the sheriff, County Attorney Jeff Green and Country Treasurer Kendra Hicks all signed off on a reply letting the ATF know that their actions constitute attempted coercion of county employees to break the law in Missouri by providing the information requested.A copy of the reply by Camden County and full audio transcript of the press conference follows.

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A permit would not be required to carry a concealed handgun in Arkansas under a bill lawmakers sent Thursday to Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, which supporters say is meant to clear up a decade-old disagreement about the state's gun laws. Sanders' office said she plans to sign the measure approved by the majority-Republican House on a 81-11 vote.

'The governor strongly supports the Second Amendment,' spokeswoman Alexa Henning said in a statement. 'This bill further clarifies that Arkansas is a constitutional carry state.'

Both gun rights and gun control advocates already widely considered Arkansas to be one of more than two dozen states that doesn't require a concealed carry permit. That's followed a 2013 change to the state's gun laws that's prompted differing interpretations on how it's affected the state's concealed carry requirements.

The bill was approved Thursday with no debate in the House, but opponents have questioned the impact the legislation would have on a 2017 law that allows concealed handguns in certain locations, including the state Capitol. That law allows guns in the previously-barred locations if someone undergoes additional training and gets an 'enhanced' permit. 'This is going to cause huge amounts of confusion with respect to the enhanced concealed carry,' Democratic Rep. Nicole Clowney told members of the House Judiciary Committee earlier this week, referring to the 2017 law.

But supporters of the bill said it wouldn't have any impact on that part of the law and the enhanced carry requirements would still exist. 'I believe we need this bill to pass to provide that clarification out there so we don't have citizens basically being harassed because there's a misunderstanding of what you can or cannot do,' Republican Rep. Marcus Richmond, the bill's co-sponsor, told the House before Thursday's vote.

There are more than 190,000 active concealed handgun licenses in Arkansas, and about 30,000 of them are enhanced licenses, according to the state Department of Public Safety. The bill heads to Sanders' desk as Republicans in other states have been loosening gun laws, despite mass shootings in recent years, including the fatal shooting of three children and three adults at a Nashville, Tennessee, Christian school last month.

Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis this week signed a new law that will allow concealed handguns to be carried without a permit. That law takes effect in July. When Sanders signs Arkansas' legislation, it won't take effect until 90 days after the Legislature adjourns its session, meaning the measure wouldn't be enforced until this summer.

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Professor of History David Raney was elected to a three-year term on the board of the National Rifle Association and will be sworn in on Saturday, April 15, with duties beginning the following Monday.

Raney has taught at Hillsdale for almost thirty years and has written extensively about firearms and the Second Amendment.

I began teaching at Hillsdale in 2005, Raney said. In 2013, the college awarded me an endowed chair the John Anthony Halter Chair in American History, the Constitution, and the Second Amendment.

Raney has also lectured on the Second Amendment for various Hillsdale summer programs.

I lecture every summer for the firearms/Second Amendment-themed Liberty & Learning Youth Conference, sponsored by the Admissions office, he said. I also speak for the Institutional Advancement offices Ladies for Liberty and Couples for Liberty programs each summer.

At a young age, Raney became involved with the NRA.

I decided to join at the ripe old age of 14, he said. I scraped together money from a paper route that I had.

Raney said he became a lifetime member in college and a benefactor member the highest tier in the 1990s.

As a board member, Raney said he will have the opportunity to serve on at least one of various committees ranging from legislative policy to college programs.

Before I was elected to the board, I was asked to serve on the Collegiate Programs Committee which deals with shooting programs and college competitions, Raney said.

Raney said he would like to remain on that committee but would also like to explore the popular legislative policy committee.

Everyone wants to be on that one, he said. Some nationally known politicians are members of that committee, and they know a thing or two about legislation. Its a hard committee to break into.

Raney said he appreciates both the history and the purpose of the NRA.

Its the oldest nationwide civil rights organization in the country, he said. It was founded in 1871 by Union veterans and was primarily oriented toward improving marksmanship skills on the part of the citizenry.

During the second half of the 20th century, the NRA began to focus more on protecting Second Amendment rights, according to Raney.

The NRA has the name recognition and the ability to mobilize resources to defeat these serious challenges to the right to bear arms, Raney said.

Students said they are excited to have a Hillsdale professor on the NRA board.

He really understands the history of the right to bear arms in America and cares a lot about protecting that right in alignment with the Constitution and the Founders ideals, said Hannah Tully, a freshman in Raneys American Heritage class.

Another freshman from Raneys American Heritage class, Porter Jihaad, said Raneys knowledge of the Constitution prepared him for the board position.

Dr. Raneys passion and vast knowledge of the American Constitution and early American history make him, in my view, more than qualified for the job, Jihaad said.

Students outside Raneys classes said they are excited as well.

It shows how our faculty overall are very supportive of originalist interpretations of the constitution, said Anna Teply, a freshman who has become involved with the colleges shooting center.

Raney encourages students who are passionate about the Second Amendment to consider becoming involved with the NRA..

You have to protect the means by which you secure that right to life, and that means is the ability to possess and to carry firearms for your own self defense, he said. Its my hope that students would appreciate that, and I would encourage them to seek out additional information about the association.

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The Student Government Association (SGA) Senate rejected two amendments to SGAs Constitution and celebrated its last regular season meeting Tuesday.

Attendees were rambunctious and sentimental with many exclaiming aw as Senate Speaker Daniel Gaffin struck the lectern with his gavel to commence the session for the final time.

Senior Senator Emily Butters proposed two amendments to SGAs Constitution, both of which were rejected by the senators. This is the first time an amendment has been rejected at SGA.

The first amendment proposed wouldve added a fifth clause in Article X, titled Amendments. The amendment proposed for any change to be made to the constitution, it must be approved by a majority vote by the student body.

Butters proposed this amendment to increase SGAs accountability to the student body and focus on the good of students when passing resolutions.

Junior SGA Representative Matt Haynicz disagreed with Butters, calling the reasoning behind the amendment confusing and said the student body would be making decisions on the Senates governing document.

If you were to ask most students at this school to say anything about student government, they probably wouldnt be able to tell you a lot, Haynicz said. It is confusing that they would be making decisions on the governing documents.

Junior Marcus Rand, SGAs sergeant-at-arms, agreed with Haynicz and said putting the constitution in the student bodys hands was a bad precedent to set. Rand also said this amendment poses the risk of giving the student body voters fatigue when theres already a low turnout for schoolwide elections.

Butters and senior Student Body President Shawdee Bakhtiari argued SGA should include the student body in its proceedings, but it wasnt enough to sway the Senates opinion.

Butters second amendment wouldve changed the current 14 academic college senator limit which was proposed by sophomore Academic Affairs Chair Zachary Fleming and approved by the SGA on Feb. 23 to 50 total across all seven academic colleges.

The amendment would also allow all academic college senators, graduate senators and class council members to participate in the election of the next Speaker to the SGA Senate.

Butters said the goal of the SGA is to represent, serve and inform, which she feels isnt being fulfilled by the low limitation number for academic college senators which could be counteracted by increasing the maximum number of academic college senators to 50.

Sophomore SGA Senator Lexi Alston, said the 14-senator limit in Flemings original amendment made the most sense because students in each academic college knew who their two representatives were and would feel comfortable approaching them.

Alston also added the 14 seat limitation increases competition in elections, which she compared to the real U.S. Senate, which has two Senators per state.

Fifty is an ideal number, but unfortunately right now there is not enough interest. That is the baseline of the issue, sophomore Representative Brielle Lacroix said. I think having two people per college is what we need for what the current student body is.

Bakhtiari, who supported the amendment, told the Senate theyll never be able to grow if they keep stopping themselves because of lack of a student body interest.

Butters called for a line-item vote to decide the amendments fate. This allowed the Senate to vote on specific parts of the amendment instead of all of it at once

Voting was divided into two parts, one for the 50-limit academic college senators and the other for allowing academic college senators, graduate senators and class council members to participate in the election of the Speaker to the SGA Senate.

Haynicz motioned for a roll-call vote to determine the approval of changing the senator limit. Twelve senators voted against the proposal, shooting it down. Eleven senators were in favor of the amendment and 11 senators abstained from voting. The proposal for participation in the election of the Speaker to the SGA Senate failed due to two-thirds of the Senate failing to approve.

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Recently, a news report quoted a local leader of a Second Amendment advocacy group as saying the one incident of the Saint Francis shooting last June should not impact Oklahomans' Second Amendment rights.

What happened that horrific day was not just one incident. For the families and loved ones, it was four murders, one suicide and countless lives forever changed.

For the police officers and first responders, it was a chaotic scene where split seconds saved lives. For the hundreds of health care professionals and patients on lockdown, it was wondering, "Are we next?"

It was five loved ones who did not return home that night. It was five funerals. It was five lives with belongings painstakingly sorted and donated to loved ones or people in need.

For the families, friends and co-workers of those impacted, it involves counseling and ongoing nightmares. It is endless hours of trying to make sense of why and how this happened, and then trying to explain it to your children.

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From June 2 through Dec. 31, 2022, there were 448 mass shootings across the United States, seven occurring in Oklahoma. In total last year, there were 646 mass shootings in the country, with eight in our state, according to the Gun Violence Archive.

Each of these one incidents injured or killed four or more people. Each incident required a law enforcement response and left families to deal with the aftermath of a senseless act of violence.

There have been many more in 2023, including recently in a Nashville, Tennessee, elementary school. How many more one incidents of gun violence do we have to observe before we look at public safety differently?

June 1, 2022, was not one incident. What happened that day was not a Second Amendment issue. It was a public safety issue.

It was an infringement on Oklahomans' rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Gun safety and responsible gun ownership are public safety issues.

We have many rules and regulations implemented in other areas of our lives. Speed limits, seat belts, drinking ages, food preparation regulations and smoking bans are all public safety measures. Simple gun safety legislation would save lives and help the citizens of Oklahoma heal from the Saint Francis tragedy.

Because our legislators fail to act, many believe nothing can be done. If you are affected by one of these incidents, saying nothing can be done is not an option.

Survivors and family members of gun violence cannot change things by ourselves.

Contact your legislators and tell them you are concerned about public safety. Tell your legislators you want them to support gun safety legislation to make Oklahoma a safer place for your family.

Tell them that expanding access to firearms to younger Oklahomans and reducing training requirements are not the path to a safer Oklahoma.

Educate yourself and understand a candidates position on public safety issues, including gun safety, before you vote in the next election. Survivors and family members of gun violence will never stop trying to make Oklahoma a safer place, but we need more voices.

Another way to have your voice heard is by wearing orange on June 2. City leaders across Oklahoma have agreed to issue proclamations in their communities to support and promote National Gun Violence Awareness Day on June 2 and Wear Orange Weekend on June 3-4.

Wear Orange is a nationwide event honoring survivors and victims of gun violence by turning landmarks, businesses and communities orange with lights, signs and clothing.

For more information on how you can participate, go to wearorange.org. Our family will wear orange in honor of our daughter, Dr. Stephanie Husen, Dr. Preston Phillips, Ms. Amanda Glenn and Mr. William Love and far too many others who have been victims of gun violence.

Greg and Joyce Husen are the parents of Dr. Stephanie Husen, a sports medicine physician who died in a mass shooting at Saint Francis on June 1 last year. They wrote this op-ed on behalf of her family.

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