concealed carry Archives

MACDONALD: Campus Carry Action Alert

April 27, 2026 Steve MacDonald

The Campus Carry bill would remove an unconstitutional exemption we shouldn’t even need that has allowed Colleges in the state that take tax money to create and enforce gun-free zones. HB1793, the Protecting College Students Act, ends special gun-free zones on public college campuses and extends New Hampshire’s constitutional carry law to every corner of … Read more

Is This Wyoming or Whineoming?

March 3, 2025March 3, 2025 Steve MacDonald

The Wyoming legislature took a big step toward respecting the Second Amendment with House Bill 72. It is, AN ACT relating to concealed weapons; repealing gun free zones; providing for the carrying of concealed weapons as specified; creating a criminal offense for prohibiting entry to a person carrying a concealed weapon as specified; clarifying that only … Read more

NH House Protects Concealed Carry In Its Legislative Chamber

January 10, 2025 Steve MacDonald

Whenever Republicans hold the majority in the lower chamber of the legislature, they ensure the House Rules allow for concealed carry of a firearm. Democrats repeal the rule and prohibit firearms everywhere they can, when in charge. And they try to get them banned when they are not in charge. We’ve had armed Reps on … Read more

Things You Never Expect to Hear

October 31, 2022 Ian Underwood

A pro-gun state senator in New Jersey recently testified against a bill that would expand concealed carry in the state, in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ruling in Bruen.

If People Serving Alcohol are Liable for Harms by Drunk Drivers, What About …

September 11, 2022 Steve MacDonald

For years liability concerning harms resulting from the consumption of alcohol has been a subject of debate. Not liquor stores and spousal abuse, but bars and patrons. Homeowners and their guests.

You know how this goes, right? An Armed Society….

May 2, 2021May 2, 2021 Skip

The guy lying on the floor was quite impolite. The men standing there were very polite in telling the guy on the floor “Bad decisions yield bad consequences: Of course, Gun Grabbers all will kvetch that it was an unfair fight because the bad guy didn’t bring three other friends… I noticed that all three … Read more

Constitutional Carry Advances in Tennesee Legislature – Liberals Lose Their Minds

March 4, 2021 Steve MacDonald

Tennessee has a lot of liberal crybabies in it. Want to know how I know? Governor Bill Lee has a package of legislation walking its way through the Legislature that includes Constitutional Carry. It would allow any law-abiding gun owner over 21 to carry open or concealed without a permit.

Nearly 2000 Women Participate in Detroit Firearms Training Class

August 23, 2020 Steve MacDonald

I love it when I hear stories about women training in the safe use of firearms, especially in cities like Detroit. These ladies have come to the sad realization that they are the only ones responsible for their safety. That they are their own first responders.

Armed Citizen Takes Down Active-Shooter Outside Tulsa Shopping Center

March 29, 2020 Steve MacDonald

A woman who had some sort of disagreement outside a shopping center in Tulsa, Oklahoma on Friday returned after several minutes with a firearm. When she began shooting a concealed carry-permit holder drew his weapon to defend innocent bystanders.

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New England has Three Constitutional Carry States and an 18% Decline in Homicides

October 8, 2019 Steve MacDonald

With a few reports on the FBI’s annual crime index already under our belts, we’d like to thank ZeroHedge. They just made this next one that much easier and that much more unpleasant for Democrats and their anti-gun narratives.

Women a Key Demographic in Dramatic Rise in Concealed Carry Permits

October 6, 2019 Steve MacDonald

Three days ago, we reported on the 308% rise in concealed carry permits since the election of Obama. A number bolstered by some unknown quantity in the 16 states that allow law-abiding gun owners to carry without one. It turns out, a significant part of that increase is due to women.

1.4 Million More People Obtained Concealed Carry Permits in the Past Year

October 3, 2019 Steve MacDonald

Barack Obama wasn’t just the best gun salesman in history. He was also the biggest motivation for carrying concealed. Permits have risen 304% since 2007 and 1.4 million more people obtained concealed carry permits in just the past year.

Wal-Mart Bans Open-Carry in its Stores – Will Discontinue Selling Handgun Ammunition

September 3, 2019 Steve MacDonald

This has no effect on me, but the left is getting its way again. Wal-Mart has announced a nationwide ban on open carry in their stores. It is also discontinuing short-barrel rifle ammunition and all handgun ammunition.

The People in El Paso are Smarter Than Most Democrat Politicians as Gun Sales Surge

August 15, 2019 Steve MacDonald

If Democrats are to be believed, the law-abiding people of El Paso are lining up to turn their firearms over to “authorities.” Nope. Gun Sales are up in El Paso.

Carrying a Concealed Firearm is Not Reasonable Suspicion of a Crime

June 7, 2019 Steve MacDonald

In 2014 a patron at a Gas-Station Convenience store in Pennsylvania was observed on CCTV showing a firearm to another patron before holstering it under his shirt. A phone call from a store employee and a few police officers later, the armed citizen was arrested on a Drug possession and a DUI charge (but no gun charge).

QuickShot: Permitless Carry Clears Oklahoma House

February 24, 2019 Steve MacDonald

Two weeks ago we reported on Oklahoma’s HB2597 clearing a house committee. The bill would allow permitless carry in the state. Last Wednesday the bill cleared the State House and moved to the State Senate. A bill in the Oklahoma Legislature that would remove licensing and training requirements for handgun owners cleared the state’s House of Representatives on … Read more

This Weeks Facebook Poll Question – Local Schools as Gun Free Zones

February 17, 2019 Steve MacDonald

The gun-grabbers love to whittle away your ability to carry. Require permission. Make that process more complicated and expensive. Make it inconvenient to carry so that you are first forced and then get used to not doing it. Maybe get someone busted for carrying in some location where they have made it “illegal.” Use the media to … Read more

Sheriff: Conceal-Carry Permit Holder “eliminated a threat” by Shooting the Suspect.

February 13, 2019 Steve MacDonald

Do you carry at the Dentist Office? I mean, in the office. A concealed carry permit holder in Kingsport Tennessee was (probably) thumbing through a copy of Reader’s Digest. ‘Laughter is the Best Medicine.’ The door opens and a man comes in whom we’ll call ‘The Husband’ and guns down a woman we’ll call ‘The … Read more

Quick Shot: Chicago Woman With Concealed Carry License Kills Man Who Tries to Rob Her

January 10, 2019 Steve MacDonald

A 19-year old man reportedly approached a woman near a Chicago Bus stop and tried to rob her. The woman, a concealed carry permit holder, drew her weapon and shot the perpetrator in the neck. A 25-year-old woman with a concealed carry license shot and killed the man trying to rob her at gunpoint near a Chicago … Read more

Fans of NH #Resistance Shouldn’t Object to Concealed Carry “Here or There or Everywhere”

January 5, 2019 Steve MacDonald

We spent half the day (Wednesday) discussing the Democrats move to prohibit firearms on the floor of Reps hall in Concord. No more concealed carry. A solution to a non-problem for which the obvious remedy is knee-jerk, heavy-handed, gun-grabbing, unconstitutional, partisanship. Democrats and one “Republican” voted to disarm the entire body. Related: Parkland Commission Says “Arm Teachers” … Read more