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Last news: July 8, 2010 00:49:29

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The Supreme Court on Tuesday seemed poised to require state and local governments to obey the Second Amendment guarantee of a personal right to a gun, but with perhaps considerable authority to regulate that right. The dominant sentiment on the Court was to extend the Amendment beyond the federal level, based on the 14th Amendments guarantee of "due process," since doing so through another part of the 14th Amendment would raise too many questions about what other rights might emerge. - [Read more]

The Supreme Court is wrestling with a major case questioning whether Chicago’s handgun ban violates the Second Amendment, but 69% of Americans say city governments do not have the right to prevent citizens from owning such guns. - [Read more]

In the "living Constitution" era, the Supreme Court rediscovers original intent and rightly rules that the right to bear arms applies to all Americans just as the rest of the Bill of Rights does. Its hard to conceive how the justices could have decided otherwise. But by the narrowest of margins -- 5-4 -- they have reaffirmed that keeping and bearing arms is an inalienable and individual right like speech and religion, and that it applies to all individuals as the Founding Fathers intended. - [Read more]

Based on a quick read of the oral argument transcript, a few things stood out: 1. The Privileges or Immunities arguments never really got off the ground. None of the Justices seemed in favor of that approach, at least based on the questions. (Justice Thomas, as is his custom, asked no questions.) Only about 10-12 minutes of the questioning even concerned the P or I route, and the questioning seemed mostly focused on trying to understand the nature of the claim. For my VC co bloggers and... - [Read more]

For Robert Millage, killing the first wolf in Idahos inaugural hunt was a dubious honor. In May 2009, the gray wolf was taken off the list of endangered species for the Northern Rocky Mountain region, and debates between hunting advocates and wolf sympathizers raged in the months leading up to the start of hunting on the first of September. Shortly after the sun rose that morning, Millage, a real estate agent from northern Idaho, shot the historic wolf. Within a few hours, he started getting... - [Read more]

Nebraskans have long held our rights close to our hearts especially our Second Amendment right to bear arms. The Second Amendment guarantees an individual the right to keep and bear arms; however, for too long this right has been denied to some Americans simply because of where they live. Law abiding citizens who live in Chicago and Washington, D.C., have just as much right to protect themselves and their families as do Nebraskans, yet these two cities have such restrictive gun access... - [Read more]

Two years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the District of Columbias ban on handguns was unconstitutional. Now, it should take the opportunity to affirm Americans Second Amendment rights across the nation. - [Read more]

The bill states that as long as a person has a permit to carry a concealed weapon, and its locked away, they can have a gun in their private vehicle on work property. Democratic Senator Roger Bedford introduced the bill. He says he wants folks to be able to protect themselves in case something happens while traveling to and from work. - [Read more]

A House committee is considering a bill that would prohibit most private employers from telling employees they cannot keep a legal firearm in their locked vehicles while parked at work. - [Read more]

An Alabama House committee has defeated a bill that would have kept employers from preventing workers from keeping weapons in their vehicles on company property. Members of the House Commerce Committee on Thursday by voice vote tabled action on the bill by Democratic Rep. Craig Ford of Gadsden. A similar bill by Democratic Sen. Roger Bedford of Russellville has passed the Senate, but it appears dead with just seven days remaining in the 2010 session. - [Read more]

Alabama Gov. Bob Riley recently signed legislation into law requiring the state maintain no net loss of hunting lands by "expeditiously" replacing acreage it owns or manages that is closed to hunting where feasible. The legislation passed unanimously in the House and Senate with the backing of the National Rifle Association and the state conservation department. - [Read more]

At the urging of the National Rifle Association, Democratic Sen. Roger Bedford of Russellville got the Senate to vote 26 2 for his bill. "This vote is about one thing only: Do you support Second Amendment rights?" Bedford told the Senate. His bill would ban businesses from having policies that prohibit legal firearms from being transported to the businesses parking lots. But the guns must be locked out of sight in the glove box or trunk of private vehicles. - [Read more]

The Tuscaloosa City Council Public Safety Committee voted unanimously to ban firearms from city buildings and facilities. The city already prohibits city employees, except police officers, from possessing firearms on the job. The new ordinance would ban all citizens from entering city facilities with firearms. The new ordinance must go before the full City Council for approval. - [Read more]

The Alaska State House today passed House Bill 381, legislation expanding the right of an Alaskan to stand their ground to protect themselves. House Resources Committee Co Chair Mark Neuman, R Su Valley, sponsored the bill, which passed on reconsideration by a vote of 32 to 8. - [Read more]

The House Finance Committee advanced two bills Thursday to expand gun rights. One bill expands the lawful use of deadly force in self defense. The other restores gun rights for some nonviolent felons. Both now go the House floor. - [Read more]

A lawmaker on Monday agreed to rework a bill intended to protect Alaskans who use deadly force in defending themselves or their property. Neuman, R Big Lake, said he wants Alaskans to know they have a right to protect themselves, and he wants to keep law abiding citizens from ending up in court justifying acts of self defense. - [Read more]