“Gun politics” on The Daily Caller

James Roe, a 64-year-old computer consultant from rural Pennsylvania, spent a recent Saturday in a Pittsburgh suburb learning about riflings, hangfires and powder charges. The gun safety class was for people seeking a concealed-firearm permit in Utah, some 1,500 miles away. Never mind that Mr. Roe has not been to Utah in 20 years and has no plans to visit anytime soon. (more)

Chicago’s City Council today approved a new ordinance on the possession of handguns that was proposed by Mayor Richard Daley just days after the Supreme Court ruled in McDonald v Chicago that an all-out ban on guns was unconstitutional. The measure was approved 45-0. (more)

Following the Supreme Court’s ruling in McDonald v. Chicago, which struck down the city’s ban on handguns, officials are fighting back hard. In the words of Mayor Richard Daley, the city “will publicly propose a new ordinance very soon,” that will restrict gun ownership without violating the court’s decision. (more)

The Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision striking down Chicago’s gun law in the McDonald v. Chicago case was a significant victory for Second Amendment rights but it also exposed how tenuous our fundamental constitutional rights have become, and the extent to which our freedoms have eroded. (more)

City Hall is rewriting Chicago’s gun ordinance to tighten registration requirements in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark ruling Monday that crippled the city’s handgun ban and granted citizens across the country the right to legally keep weapons in their home for protection. (more)

A round-up of various reactions to the historic Supreme Court case, McDonald vs. City of Chicago, that extended gun owner rights across the country. (more)

Concern about crime and personal safety is behind a sharp increase in the number of concealed firearms permits issued by the Maine State Police, firearms instructors and gun rights advocates say. (more)

The Louisiana House passed a bill yesterday that will enable places of worship to allow congregants with permits to carry concealed guns, purportedly so they can protect other constituents in case of a shooting or other violent act. (more)

Although the Michigan volunteer militias are still big on gun rights, and wary of Washington, they aren’t necessarily violent. There is a new, gentler militia in America, an NPR News Investigation has found. (more)

Virginia Beach Police Chief Jake Jacocks Jr. recently asked Gov. Bob McDonnell to veto the “concealed handguns in bars” bills that have passed both houses of the General Assembly. (more)

Following publication this week of an MSNBC.com report about the record number of American citizens who are now legally licensed to carry guns for personal protection, there should be little mystery remaining about why the gun prohibition lobby has lost so much traction and credibility in recent years. (more)

When President Obama took office, gun rights advocates sounded the alarm, warning that he intended to strip them of their arms and ammunition. (more)

Harrisonburg resident Beth Huddleston is working to get her concealed handgun permit. (more)

Monday was the dawning of a new era for people on both sides of the gun rights issue as a new federal law too effect, allowing loaded firearms to be legally carried into national parks by private citizens. (more)

The Virginia Senate today cleared the way for Virginians to be allowed to carry concealed guns in cars and bars. (more)

Imagine the turmoil that would erupt if a shrill lobbying effort were mounted against a well-known American business, demanding that this company refuse service to Muslims, or servicemen and women in uniform, or people with lip rings or tattoos, or some other identifiable group. (more)

What does it reveal about an organization’s philosophical extremes when it publicly slams a political figure the group embraced only months before, giving that politician a dismally failing grade? (more)

Gun activists called on CSU’s Board of Governors on Monday to scuttle a proposal banning all weapons, including concealed handguns, from campus. (more)

An excerpt from The Heritage Guide to the Constitution (more)

The notice posted in the window of the Peet’s Coffee & Tea seemed out of place. It was from the Peet’s corporate office letting the public know about a policy that prohibits customers from carrying firearms. However, a closer look uncovered a bigger issue. The reason for the notice stems from a movement led by pro-gun groups, such as Opencarry.org, encouraging Americans to come out of the closet and exercise their right to carry a firearm. (more)