Right to Keep and Bear Arms is a DKos group of second amendment supporters who also have progressive and liberal values. We don't think that being a liberal means one has to be anti-gun. Some of us are extreme in our second amendment views (no licensing, no restrictions on small arms) and some of us are more moderate (licensing, restrictions on small arms.) Moderate or extreme, we hold one common belief: more gun control equals lost elections. We don't want a repeat of 1994. We are an inclusive group: if you see the Second Amendment as safeguarding our right to keep and bear arms individually, then come join us in our conversation. If you are against the right to keep and bear arms, come join our conversation. We look forward to seeing you, as long as you engage in a civil discussion.
Fog dude:
Campus-carry bill revived, then killed again
The Texas Senate on Tuesday breathed new life into legislation allowing concealed handguns inside buildings at public universities and colleges, but the revival was short-lived.
Sen. Jeff Wentworth, R-San Antonio, managed to get the handgun legislation approved as an amendment to a higher education bill, but the author of that measure withdrew it rather than accept the change.
"This was an important bill for higher education in Texas because it offers colleges and universities relief from unfunded mandates, among a lot of other things," Sen. Judith Zaffirini, D-Laredo, said after the 19-12 vote in favor of the gun provision. "But there's no way I'm going to let it out the way it is. Not with my name on it."
A blog note:
Think you can name the fastest growing high school sport in Minnesota? Guess again.
Maggie Horan craddled her 20-gauge shotgun, took aim at the orange clay target that flew through the air, and squeezed the trigger.
Bam! The disk exploded. Maggie, 14, of Edina, smiled.
While many Minnesota high schools have been forced to slash programs and boost fees in the face of serious budget woes, the fledgling Minnesota State High School Clay Target League is, well, booming. Maggie’s team is one of 16 new squads this year. Last year, 243 students at 13 schools competed.
“This year, we have 29 schools and more than 700 students,” said Jim Sable, the league director. He expects participation to double next year.
I can’t help but wonder, though, how they get around the rules prohibiting guns in school.
Delaware:
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The National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) Improvement Act of 2007 was enacted by Congress in response to the Virginia Tech shooting tragedy. Among other things, it requires states to provide certain information to the federal National Instant Criminal Background Check System (“NICS”) database about persons prohibited from possessing firearms, including mentally ill individuals. Delaware is one of only 10 states that have provided no information on mentally ill individuals to the federal database.
This bill would help remedy that problem by authorizing state agencies to provide such information to NICS. It also creates a federally mandated “relief from disabilities” program, which allows individuals adjudicated as mentally ill to once again become eligible for gun ownership by showing they are not likely to act in a manner dangerous to public safety. Once the new system is established, the bill will also abolish the state’s existing firearms transaction program, which will be duplicative.