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GA: Bill banning local gun lock requirements in vehicles passes Georgia Senate
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The Georgia State Senate has given final approval to a bill that would ban cities from requiring gun owners to lock up their weapons when leaving them inside vehicles.
The measure passed along party lines and follows an ordinance adopted by the city of Savannah that requires firearms to be stored securely. Supporters of that ordinance say it has helped reduce gun thefts in the city since it was implemented.
Republican state Senator Colton Moore praised the bill’s passage.
“We’re putting freedom back into the hands of the citizenry,” Moore said. |
SC: South Carolina Bill Aims to Fortify Firearm Industry Against ‘Lawfare’
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As state legislatures across the country grapple with how to address the criminal misuse of firearms, South Carolina lawmakers have taken a decidedly different path with the introduction of House Bill 4723 — a measure aimed at strengthening legal protections for the lawful manufacture, distribution and sale of firearms and related products. The proposal, known as the “South Carolina Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA),” reflects a proactive effort to block what supporters describe as “opportunistic lawsuits” that seek to hold honest businesses, like South Carolin-based FN America and Palmetto State Armory, liable for criminal misuse of their products. |
NH: ‘Campus carry’ bill has NH college students divided: Do guns mean freedom or fear?
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At age 19, Alexander Fenton can legally vote, fight in a war and carry a gun.
When he steps onto the campus of the University of New Hampshire, where he studies business, the latter goes out the window. The college prohibits the possession and use of firearms.
Fenton doesn’t think that’s fair — and a proposed law could change it.
“College students in New Hampshire are legal adults,” Fenton told a legislative committee on Wednesday. “We vote, we sign contracts, we serve in the military, yet the moment we step onto campus, we lose a constitutional right that every other adult in this state enjoys.” |
OH: Columbus Shooting Leaves 20 Year Old Dead After Self Defense Claim
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Columbus police say 20 year old Kenneth Grace was shot inside a northwest side business on Hayden Road and later died at a local hospital. Two people who stayed on scene told officers they were the ones who fired and claimed they did so to defend themselves during an attempted commercial robbery.
According to a Columbus Division of Police media report, officers responded to the 2900 block of Hayden Road after a call about a shooting inside a nearby business. When they arrived, they found Grace unresponsive and suffering from a gunshot wound. Columbus Fire medics rushed him to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead shortly after midnight at 12:08 a.m. |
Fifth Circuit Rejects DOJ Delay in ATF “Engaged in the Business” Case
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On Tuesday, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a significant order in a high-profile Second Amendment lawsuit, denying the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) request to delay proceedings further. The case, stemming from the Northern District of Texas, pits several states and Gun Owners of America against the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) over a controversial Biden-era rule redefining who qualifies as “engaged in the business” of dealing firearms. |
TX: Claudia Jordan's Fiery Texas Reunion Sparks Conversation on Self-Defense Laws
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Claudia Jordan put up a picture of her and her friend Instagram user @deedeefbaby whom she is using emojis to tell her story along with a very easily understood message. ‘It was so nice to catch up and talk to my girl,’ she wrote. The following lines signaled a change in the tone: ‘We ride at dawn. By the way, Texas is a place where people can carry guns! Come visit us if you want; we have laws here!!’ The message, which was sent with a knife, kiss, and angry face emojis, frames a friendly visit in the context of state gun regulations. |
MT: Second Amendment Talk with Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen
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We visited with Montana's attorney general in the past year and spoke to him about his feelings about the Second Amendment and his drive to defend it on a nationwide basis.
Guns.com is headed to SHOT Show '26 and wanted to clean out the old content closet from SHOT '25, highlighting some non-product-related videos that just didn't get enough eyes at the time. This 20-minute interview with Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen is great. While we used it in conjunction with several articles and have it on our social media channels (Rumble, etc.), it really deserves to live free in its own article.
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Why Liberals, People of Color, and LGBTQ Need the Second Amendment More Than Ever!
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This moment forces a rethink of how we talk about gun rights. The Second Amendment does not belong to one party or one culture. It exists to protect people, especially when the balance of power is not in their favor.
When communities that have historically been targeted begin exercising this right, it exposes the flaw in treating gun ownership as a partisan identity. Rights only work when everyone can use them without fear or exclusion.
It also challenges progressives to hold two ideas at once. Gun violence is real and devastating. So is the need for self defense among people who are openly threatened. These truths do not cancel each other out. |
Chris Murphy Wants To Jack Up Taxes On Certain Accessories And Guns Sky High
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Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut introduced an amendment to an appropriations bill Monday seeking to impose a massive tax increase on suppressors and certain firearms.
The reconciliation bill signed into law by President Donald Trump in July contained provisions that reduced the taxes on suppressors, short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns and guns described as “any other weapon” to $0 after the Senate Parliamentarian struck language that removed those items from any coverage of the 1934 National Firearms Act (NFA). Murphy’s amendment, known as SA 4159, would restore the taxes and increase them to $4,709 per item. |
MI: Legislation To Reduce CPL Fees Clears State House
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Legislation to reduce concealed pistol license fees in Michigan has passed the state House.
The plan would reduce C-P-L renewal fees from $115 to $30.
Republican State Representative Mike Harris of Waterford commented “Our American right to bear arms shouldn’t come with a ridiculous price tag. CPL license fees have become so expensive that it’s preventing lower-income folks from obtaining a CPL. Our rights are afforded to us by the Constitution, not our pocketbooks.”
Before seeking office, Harris worked in law enforcement for 26 years and has served as a firearm instructor since 1997 and a CPL instructor since 2001. |
NV: Attorney General Ford argues that legal cannabis users have no gun rights
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The government argues the sweeping ban should be upheld by the high court and that even occasional users of a substance that has been made legal on the state level should have their Second Amendment rights revoked.
And to be clear, the argument isn’t merely that users of marijuana should be prohibited from handling or carrying a gun while intoxicated. Such a narrow rule would, like driving while impaired, be a reasonable limit on the right to keep and bear arms.
Instead, the argument is that even when sober, users of legal recreational or medical marijuana can’t be trusted with their constitutionally protected right to own a firearm. |
NY: Bragg wants to ban 3D-printed guns in New York and across the US
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Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said he plans to push for a nationwide crackdown on 3D-printed firearms, building on legislation he’s promoted to New York state lawmakers in recent years.
Gov. Kathy Hochul unveiled the proposal during her 2026 State of the State address on Tuesday. It would require 3D printers sold in New York to include technology that blocks the unlicensed production of firearms and gun parts. It would also make it a crime to possess, sell or distribute digital blueprints for printing illegal guns. |
Supreme Court likely to reject limits on concealed carry but uphold bans on gun possession by drug users
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The U.S. Supreme Court in early 2026 will hear oral arguments in two cases testing the limits of gun rights under the Constitution.
Can a state outlaw carrying a concealed weapon in businesses or restaurants unless the owners post a sign allowing it? And can the federal government criminalize the possession of firearms by a habitual drug user?
The plaintiffs in both cases claim that these laws violate their Second Amendment rights. As a close observer of the Supreme Court, I suspect the rulings will split. The court will likely strike down the limitation on concealed carry and uphold the law denying gun rights to drug users. |
MO: 2 dead in north St. Louis shooting; Self-defense alleged
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The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department (SLMPD) reports that a man in his 30s and another man in his 40s were both fatally shot.
Preliminary findings suggest that the two men were related and had a disagreement inside an apartment. That led to the man in his 40s allegedly shooting the man in his 30s.
An additional person who was inside the apartment then fired at the man in his 40s “in self-defense,” police say. The second shooter has been taken in for questioning, but no arrests have been made, and no information about their identity, as well as the victims’, has been released. |
MS: Free Legal Use of Force class to be held at Sportsman’s Warehouse in Southaven
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A free educational course on the legal use of force will be offered Jan. 29 at Sportsman’s Warehouse in Southaven, focusing on when and how individuals may legally defend themselves, their families and their homes.
The class, titled “The Legal Use of Force,” is scheduled from 6 to 7:15 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 29, at Sportsman’s Warehouse–Southaven, located at 130 Marathon Way. The course is open to the public at no cost.
Organizers say the session will cover the legal standards that must be met before any level of force can be used, including the distinction between force and deadly force. |
NH: House committee recommends passage of bill to lift college gun bans
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Law enforcement leaders from the University of New Hampshire and Plymouth State testified Wednesday in Concord against a bill to ban campus regulation of firearms.
UNH Police Chief Steven Lee told lawmakers that he does not believe a bill to ban the school's ability to regulate firearms will improve campus safety.
"The extent to which we would be able to control that and the impact this bill has on our ability to safely control that space and provide for adequate responses, law enforcement responses as well as fire, EMS and instances where it's necessary, would all be dramatically impacted by this bill," Lee said. |
TX: Texas AG forces Corpus Christi to allow license to carry guns at City Council meetings
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For the first time in Corpus Christi history, a legally carried handgun was brought into a City Council meeting.
The moment came after the city removed its no guns allowed signs, following an enforcement letter from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. The ruling requires cities to allow licensed gun owners to carry handguns into public meetings including City Council chambers.
Open carry advocate Matthew Rankin wasted no time testing the change.
Rankin entered Tuesday night’s City Council meeting wearing a .45-caliber handgun in a holster on his hip becoming the first person to legally carry a firearm inside the chamber. |
OH: Budget proposal would begin replacement of Akron Police officer-owned long guns
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“Since that shooting, we’ve looked at this and this is the direction we want to move in,” Malik told reporters earlier this month in a preview of his budget proposals. “I do understand the perception that exists from an officer carrying a personal weapon and I think, all things being equal, this is a direction we want to move in.”
The line item represents .08% of the budget — the city has not indicated how much of that will go to rifles. It is unclear how much Fields paid for the rifle used to kill Tucker, but used models online are typically sold for $800 to $1,200, and his gun has hundreds of dollars worth of accessories. |
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