Maryland: It’s 2013 All Over Again – House Speaker Mike Busch, Senate President Mike Miller, and Attorney General Brian Frosh, the same officials who passed the so called “Firearm Safety Act of 2013,” are back at it again. Yesterday morning, a press conference was held to announce leadership support for a package of anti-gun legislation designed to further infringe upon the rights of law-abiding citizens in the State of Maryland.
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| Open carry in Texas began not with a bang, but a whimper.The new, and somewhat controversial law allowing licensed gun owners to carry their firearms openly in public took effect Jan. 1. Predictions that the law would cause panic or even put the public in danger have, so far, proven to be off-target. |
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| The power has been out for two months. Word of mouth, around the FEMA depots, says it should be back soon. That’s what they said last month too. Suddenly, in the wreckage of your home, you hear the footsteps of a band of looters. You reach for your gun, but it won’t unlock because its battery died last week… |
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| The results were just one more sign to Bloomberg’s advisers that he may have an opening as Democrats and Republicans embraced candidates they said were unlikely to resonate with voters in a general election. Bloomberg is expected to meet with Frank Luntz, the pollster and market researcher, this week, according to a person familiar with the matter. |
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| The legislation — along with two gun-control bills proposed Tuesday by Senate Majority Whip Jamie Raskin — could set up a new standoff with Republican Gov. Larry Hogan, who was endorsed by the National Rifle Association during his 2014 campaign. |
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| A series of gun bills that would expand the places where valid permit holders can carry their weapons were the center of attention during a Senate Judiciary Committee meeting held Tuesday. |
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| A state constitutional amendment on the right to bear firearms does not allow nonviolent felons to carry guns, the Missouri Supreme Court ruled in a set of opinions announced Tuesday. |
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| An ongoing dispute involving Harrisburg’s mayor and the National Civil War Museum, and another between the top city leader and the National Rifle Association, came together this week.Mayor Eric Papenfuse, who has no love for the NRA, wants to close the museum. Now, the gun rights group is helping fund it. |
