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TX: Universities Formulating Rules On Campus Carry of Guns Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://inrigare.wordpress.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
With concealed carry on campus just a few months away, Texas' public universities have written plans with wide variations on where and how they will allow people to carry guns. So-called campus carry goes into effect in August after the Texas Legislature last year voted to require public universities to allow guns carried by licensed adults.

TN: 128 Illegal Guns Seized from Known Gang Members By Chattanooga Police in 2015 Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://inrigare.wordpress.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
When police officers found the handgun inside a backpack tucked behind a tree on East 12th Street, the man in handcuffs was quick to speak up. "That's not my tree," the suspect said. Police Lt. Eddy Chamberlin laughs as he recounts the story. "He didn't say, 'That's not my gun,'" Chamberlin said. "Just, 'That's not my tree.'"

CA: 3 People Shot, Dozens Of Cars Damaged By Vandals With BB Guns In San Leandro Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://inrigare.wordpress.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
What started as BB gun vandalism in the East Bay, has escalated into violence. BB guns may be considered toys, but this is not kids play. At least 3 people have been shot and dozens of cars have been damaged in San Leandro. Police think things might get worse.

WA: Lost Gun Just 1 of Oak Harbor Police Department's Problems Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://inrigare.wordpress.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
A gun that the Oak Harbor police chief left in a supermarket bathroom was turned in Thursday night. The recovery of the pistol is the culmination of an embarrassing incident that earned Chief Ed Green a written reprimand and coverage on TV news. But its not the reason that Mayor Bob Severns is planning on making management changes in the police department.

OK: OSB Boy Scouts Experience Archery, Shooting
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A history lesson with a modern twist found dozens of boys camped out at a Civil War battle site. Cub and Boy Scouts from six area towns spent three days learning wilderness and camping skills at Honey Springs Battlefield Historic Site. The overall theme is a perspective of Honey Springs battle and to learn various things Civil War soldiers may have experienced, said Joe Morris, the chairman of the Scouts Neosho District.

GA: Lawmakers, Advocates Dig in for Deal's Decision On Gun Bill
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Gov. Nathan Deal could deal another major blow to conservatives in the Republican-dominated Legislature as lawmakers await his decision on another controversial piece of legislation: a bill to allow college and university students ages 21 and up to carry a concealed handgun on campus with a permit. Rep. Buzz Brockway, a Republican from Lawrenceville, co-sponsored the bill, but said he did not want to predict which way the governor would lean.

MS: Dead and Alive- Where Do Bills Stand? Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://inrigare.wordpress.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
With one month left in the 2016 Legislature, some of the most widely discussed legislation has died while some, like charter school expansion and 'religious freedom' bills, make their way to the governor's desk. Wednesday was the deadline for passage of general bills that originated in the opposite chamber, though many of the bigger bills died earlier at the committee deadline.

TN: How to Remember This Legislative Session Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://inrigare.wordpress.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Wait a minute what are we doing? Rep. Matthew Hill posed the question to Rep. Susan Lynn last week while she was presenting a bill to the House Health Committee. With this years legislative session nearing an end, Republicans and Democrats will soon face questions from their constituents about their legislative accomplishments.

FL: Palm City Man Wins State Clay Shoot in Lakewood Ranch Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://inrigare.wordpress.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Doug Vine of Palm City on the east coast in Martin County won the first Florida State Sporting Clays Competition held at Ancient Oak Gun Club, leading all Florida shooters in Sunday's main event by breaking 186 clays.

WI: Walker Signs Additional Hunting, Trapping, Fishing Protections Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://inrigare.wordpress.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
A new Wisconsin law adds additional protections for hunters, trappers, and fishers. Governor Scott Walker signed Senate Bill 338 into law during a stop at the Wisconsin Bear Hunter's Association Conference in Rothschild Saturday. Walker says the bill, "provides our hunters with additional protections from interference.

The Folly of Guns On Campus
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The legislation being considered allowing concealed weapons on our campuses would, if passed, have many negative consequences. I urge the Legislature to reconsider moving this bill (SB 174) forward and I urge the community to make our dismay over the bill known. I believe this legislation is actually an existential threat to the university for a number of reasons. In my view, the first and last are the most important.

TX: Dallas Anti-Muslim Protest Features Masks and Lots of Guns Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://inrigare.wordpress.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
A tense, armed protest in front of a South Dallas mosque had police out in force Saturday afternoon. It happened in front of the Nation of Islam mosque, reports CBS Dallas. Anti-Muslim demonstrators, dressed in fatigues and masks and most of them armed, were easily outnumbered approximately 10 to 1 by the mosque supporters, some of whom were also armed.

MO: Campus Gun Bill Moves Forward With Concessions
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Dorm rooms would be off limits for firearms under the latest version of a proposed law aimed at allowing concealed weapons on the campuses of Missouri's public universities. Seeking to address concerns raised by university officials including Missouri State President Clif Smart Rep. Jered Taylor, R-Nixa, added the exemption to a bill he is sponsoring that would allow concealed weapons to be carried in many areas on college campuses.

How Neighbors and A Gun Range Coexist in A Vermont Town Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://inrigare.wordpress.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
The valley was booming. Gunfire from the Upper Valley Fish and Game Club, neighbors said, drowned out peepers in spring and thrushes in summer, hollowing the peace in this corner of rural Vermont. The noise was different from 20 years ago a barrage of high-powered, rapid-fire guns that, as one neighbor upset by the noise put it, created a Fallujah soundtrack on Five Corners Road.

Docs vs. Glocks: If You Own A Gun, Tell Your Kid's Doctor Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://inrigare.wordpress.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
"Do you have guns in the home?" It's a standard question pediatricians ask patients and their parents, an entry into a conversation about storage and safety.

Hillary Clinton Visits Brooklyn Churches, Denounces Gun Violence and Police Shootings Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://inrigare.wordpress.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Hillary Clinton stumped at black churches in Brooklyn Sunday, touting her tough stance on guns as she sought support in her home states primary against Bernie Sanders. Clinton also vowed to improve strained relations between police and black communities and was joined by Nicole Bell, the fiancée of police shooting victim Sean Bell, who endorsed her Sunday.

ME: Brunswick woman forms local 'Grandmothers Against Gun Violence' group
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Tyrrell Hunter held her first Maine 'Grandmothers Against Gun Violence' meeting Sunday afternoon in Brunswick. Hunter said she's starting this local group because she's fed up with gun violence in this country. Hunter first started working on the group in December after the mass shooting in San Bernardino, California but shortly thereafter the issue of gun violence hit much closer to home making it even more important to her.

CT: 2 Arrested After Fight Over Crab Legs Turns Violent Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://inrigare.wordpress.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Police say two people were arrested after a dispute over crab legs at a Connecticut restaurant turned violent. WVIT-TV reports police were called to Royal Buffet in Manchester, Connecticut, on Saturday evening after a juvenile was punched in the face.

WI: Sarah Palin Talks Gun Rights Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://inrigare.wordpress.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Sarah Palin campaigned for Donald Trump in Central Wisconsin Sunday afternoon. She stopped at Zingers and Flingers in Marathon County for a meet and greet where more than 100 people attended.

The Trump-Loving Alt Right Turns to Guns to Provoke and Offend Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://inrigare.wordpress.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
The punditrys dissection of the origins of the Donald Trump juggernaut has lately been joined by exhaustive analysis of a corollary phenomenon: the rise of the self-described alt right. The alt right is a confrontational strain of conservative thought that has recently crept out of the shadowy online precincts where it was born to assert its influence on the 2016 campaign.

In West, Region of Guns and Suicide, Outreach To Curb Deaths
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Keith Carey is a gunsmith in Montrose, a town with a frontier flavor set amid the mesas of western Colorado. He's a staunch, though soft-spoken, defender of the right to bear arms. Yet now he's a willing recruit in a fledgling effort to see if the gun community itself - sellers and owners of firearms, operators of shooting ranges - can help Colorado and other Western states reduce their highest-in-the-nation suicide rates.

Cruz Talks Youth, Guns, Religious Liberty in Wisconsin Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://inrigare.wordpress.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz told Wisconsin voters ahead of their primary vote that he will not compromise their religious liberties and will fight to protect their right to bear arms.

CA: Group Seeks to Ban Dispersed Target Shooting in Los Padres National Forest Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://inrigare.wordpress.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Los Padres ForestWatch is calling for an end to dispersed target shooting in the Los Padres National Forest and the establishment of formally managed shooting ranges after a five-year study revealed an epidemic of target shooting debris and damage across the forest.

The Issues That Matter to Gun Owners, Part Two Submitted by: David Williamson Website: http://inrigare.wordpress.com	There are no comments on this story Post Comments \| Read Comments
Liability Laws: This is the pet issue for one of the currently unindicted Democratic candidates for President. She is pushing the idea that gun companies are somehow completely free from the product liability laws which cover improperly made or dangerous products, but nothing could be further from the truth.