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GOA AND GOF RE-FILE LAWSUIT AGAINST NEW YORK CONCEALED CARRY LAW
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 21, 2022 Washington, D.C. – Yesterday, Gun Owners of America (GOA) and Gun Owners Foundation (GOF) re-filed a federal lawsuit in the Northern District of New York over the poorly named Concealed Carry Improvement Act, which took effect September 1st. Several additional plaintiffs who are willing to break the law or …
Study: Concealed Carry Permit Holders Break Laws Far Less Than Cops
A study of gun statistics across the country found that concealed carry permit holders break the law far less than police officers.
Constitutional Carry Is Now The Law In 29 States
This month is a big one for the Second Amendment and law-abiding citizens who don’t want to surrender their right to legal self-defense when they leave home. Governors in Louisiana and South Carolina signed Constitutional Carry measures last week. The law became effective immediately in the Palmetto State, while residents …
Concealed Carry Crime Stats 2024: The Impact of Open Carry on Crime in the U.S.
Report Highlights There are 26 states with permitless concealed carry freedoms Washington, D.C., has the highest rate of firearm-related homicides even though it has strict carry laws 83% of states with permitless concealed carry have a homicide rate at or below the national average 45% of states with no permitless …
How to Prepare for Your Concealed Carry Class
Some of us are fortunate enough to live in a state that doesn’t require a concealed carry permit to protect ourselves outside our homes. The official term for this, at least here in Missouri, is “permitless carry,” the ability to carry a concealed weapon in certain places within the state’s borders without …
Gun Control Laws & Enforcement Trends 2024
Report Highlights The amount of State gun laws nearly doubled between 1991 and 2016 (Source). The first Federal gun control law was passed in the 1934 National Firearms Act, which limited civilians’ access to machine guns, suppressors, short-barreled shotguns, and others (Source). Between 1886 and 2023, the Supreme Court of …
PARTIAL VICTORY AGAINST NY’S MISNAMED “CONCEALED CARRY IMPROVEMENT ACT”
We finally have an update for you on our lawsuit against the badly named Concealed Carry Improvement Act (CCIA) in New York! This past Friday, GOA secured a partial—yet significant—victory in our legal fight to repeal the onerous concealed carry restrictions enacted by Gov. Kathy Hochul. This battle is not …
NRA Files Lawsuit Challenging Lujan Grisham’s Unconstitutional Order Banning Public Carry
Today, NRA led a coalition of parties in a legal challenge against New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham and Department of Health Secretary Patrick Allen’s unconstitutional orders banning the carrying of firearms in Bernalillo County and on all state property under the guise of a public health emergency. Last Thursday, …
I Carry: EAA/Girsan MC P35 PI 9 mm Pistol in a Galco Holster
For fans of the Browning Hi Power, particularly the elusive Detective variant, models have been few, far between and pricey. That changed recently with the addition of the MC P35 PI model to EAA’s offerings of Hi Power-style pistols. Let’s start with a little history lesson. In the latter part of …
Right To Carry’s Progress Proves Who Is On The Right Side Of History
Gun-control advocates like to pretend that the arc of history is on their side and that America will inevitably follow its “peer” Western democracies in heavily restricting firearm ownership and banning armed self-defense. If you limit your reading to anti-gun newspapers like The New York Times or The Washington Post, you might be …