2nd Amendment
Wyoming Congresswoman Harriet Hageman voted to overturn the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (A.T.F.) rule classifying all firearms with barrels under 16-inches and an attached stabilizing, or “pistol” brace as short-barreled rifles (S.B.R.). House Joint Resolution 44 was introduced in March and passed largely on a party-line 219-210 vote on Tuesday, June 13.…
As the N.R.A looks for a new home, Governor Mark Gordon thinks Wyoming is the ideal place for the organization to “recalibrate its sights” on the future. Governor Mark Gordon and Secretary of State Ed Buchanan have signed and sent a letter to the National Rifle Association (NRA) inviting the NRA to explore relocating its…
Senator Lummis’s latest endeavor in the U.S. Senate is the SAME Act, which argues if 18-year-olds can vote and serve in the military, they can buy a handgun. United States Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) has introduced legislation to reinstate the right of adults between the ages of 18 and 20 to purchase a handgun from…
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear an appeal to expand gun rights in the United States in a New York case over the right to carry a firearm in public for self-defense. The case marks the court’s first foray into gun rights since Justice Amy…
Wyoming Congresswoman and House Republican Conference Chair Liz Cheney (R-WY) issued the following statement in response to President Joe Biden’s executive orders. She says the president’s intended actions will “infringe on the Second Amendment rights of the American people.” “The Second Amendment protects an individual’s right to keep and bear arms. I will always defend…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden, in his first gun control measures since taking office, announced a half-dozen executive actions Thursday aimed at addressing a proliferation of gun violence across the nation that he called an “epidemic and an international embarrassment.” “The idea that we have so many people dying every single day from gun…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden, in his first major gun control measures since taking office, is announcing executive actions Thursday aimed at addressing what the White House calls a “gun violence public health epidemic.” Biden also is nominating David Chipman, a former federal agent and adviser at the gun control group Giffords, to be…
The top law enforcement officers in Wyoming are concerned the language of the 2nd Amendment Preservation Act will harm their efforts to enforce the law in the state. The Wyoming Sheriff’s Association submitted a letter to the Wyoming Legislature to have their voices heard. Two potential pieces of legislation have caught the organization’s attention. Senate…
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