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Legislative Update — January 2023
Cash Only, Please Just when you thought cash was becoming a thing of the past, credit card companies decided to implement a de-facto gun registry. In September of last year, the International…
Continue Reading →Can a Felon Use a Gun in Self-Defense
What does the Second Amendment cover when it comes to felons protecting their lives and the lives of those they love? A viewer wrote to the USCCA explaining that he is a felon and knows he is not…
Continue Reading →Outthink Our Opponents: Challenging Gun Fallacies
There is broad consensus in the gun-rights community that the media consistently portrays guns in a biased, inaccurate and often deliberately deceptive way. That is true in news, entertainment and…
Continue Reading →Legislative Update — November/December 2022
Oregon: No. 114 and Counting “Violent crime is the story of Portland’s summer,” wrote Lucas Manfield on July 16, 2022. Lucas reports on “cops, courts and crime” for the Willamette Week in Willamette,…
Continue Reading →Mexico Sues U.S. Gun Manufacturers
*This post was originally published on August 28, 2021. Read the latest updates in the case. On August 4, Mexico filed a lawsuit against U.S. gun manufacturers with the U.S. District Court for the…
Continue Reading →‘Assault Weapons’ Licensing Bill Introduced in Congress
On September 19, Congressman Chris Jacobs (D-New York) introduced legislation that would require a license to own some of the most popular semi-automatic rifles, such as the AR-15 and AK-47, that…
Continue Reading →Legislative Update — October 2022
California: Major Data Leak On June 27, California Attorney General Robert Bonta announced that the California Department of Justice was releasing a 2022 Firearms Dashboard Portal that listed 242,727…
Continue Reading →States React to NYSRPA v. Bruen: New York
On October 6, 2022, a federal judge ordered a temporary injunction on a portion of the new laws passed in July. The latest updates have been added. *Read the latest updates. New York has some of the…
Continue Reading →Do the Police Need to Know You’re Carrying?
This is a top question asked by those who are new to the concealed carry lifestyle. When you’re interacting with law enforcement how much do they need to know? Subscribe to the USCCA YouTube Channel…
Continue Reading →Legislative Update — September 2022
Delaware: Restrictions Coming Your Way Senate Bill 6, sponsored by Sen. David Sokola (District 8), defines a large-capacity magazine as an ammunition-feeding device with the capacity to accept more than 17 rounds. Citizens possessing such magazines, if this bill becomes law, must relinquish them to a state law enforcement agency.
Continue Reading →States React to NYSRPA v. Bruen: Massachusetts
Massachusetts was one of nine states that had some form of may-issue laws before the Supreme Court ruling in the Bruen case that struck down a centuries-old law in New York. May-issue means…
Continue Reading →The Gun Laws You’re Getting Wrong
Do you know how many gun laws there are in the country? Too many to know them all. Which gun laws are you getting wrong? Warning Shots Warning shots are the No. 1 thing new or inexperienced gun…
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