Status of your state?

In Florida, things are staying about the same. I just posted in Activism that the GOP Senate Rules Chairman is killing the Open Carry and Campus Carry bills for 2016. And if he is still in the Chair in 2017, he will do a rerun.

The arrogance is enough to make even Harry Reid blush.

Progress.

In the last decade a lot of locations have been removed from the list of places off-limits to carry, which (other than requiring a permit to carry at all) is really all we can hope to improve on at this point in time.

One such bill was called the "guns everywhere" law even though ,well, it does no such thing and plenty of other states have fewer restrictions on where one may carry...but it passing is yet one more example of GA going the correct direction

Progress here in Utah.

Getting better here in Indiana.

jcwit said:

Getting better here in Indiana.

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What have they improved? I am unaware.

Warp said:

What have they improved? I am unaware.

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Short barrel shotguns are no longer prohibited. I believe there's another bill working its way through the house to enact Permitless/Constitutional Carry.

Should have never left Indiana, I can't wait to go back.

Colorado seems to be at a standstill. The worthless governor will go along with whatever the wants, but after the last round of stupid restrictions were passed some of the chief actors were booted out of office (thank the Lord for recall ballots). The long term trend is not favorable, what with the riffraff of both coasts arriving daily.

brewer12345 said:

Colorado seems to be at a standstill. The worthless governor will go along with whatever the wants, but after the last round of stupid restrictions were passed some of the chief actors were booted out of office (thank the Lord for recall ballots). The long term trend is not favorable, what with the riffraff of both coasts arriving daily.

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I know Colorado is a popular destination for a lot of tax dodgers from the People's Republic of California. I agree, I think it's over for CO and if you value your guns and freedom it's best to get out of dodge.

New Hampshire is in a similar situation. All the libs from Massachusetts run away to escape taxes and wind up in NH and it's not going to be long before it becomes just like Mass with an approved handgun roster and mag capacity limits.

I think New Hampshire is in a better situation than Colorado tho as they've learned how to deal with Massachusetts for decades and there's not as many invading migrants as CO is being subjected to, especially now that they've legalized weed.

TruthTellers said:

Short barrel shotguns are no longer prohibited. I believe there's another bill working its way through the house to enact Permitless/Constitutional Carry.

Should have never left Indiana, I can't wait to go back.

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I'm visiting Indiana (Fishers/Indianapolis) this summer for the first time. Can't wait, always hear good things about it. Sister and BIL say it's an amazing place to live with really balanced laws, politically.

Gonna make it a point to also visit Copper Custom Armament in Valparaiso.

^ Sounds a lot like WA and 594. King County ruling the rest of us, with 33 elected sheriffs throughout the state publicly opposing it. Certainly, WA is more known for liberalism than CO, but that part sounded eerily familiar.

I'm in Arizona. Not much has changed lately. Constitutional carry happened in mid-2010, which made me wonder if CCW's might fade away somewhat, but the classes at the local range are booked months in advance. We've had some legislative attempts to address some fine points, bills for which can be seen at the AZ Citizens' Defense League site here, but nothing major lately. It amuses me that I can carry as many swords, switchblades, and firearms as I like, but nunchaku will put me in jail.

Things are static in South Carolina......for now. I say for now because our Republican Governor is in her final term and we had a Republican Governor before that so there the Democrats are itching for a chance to take back the SC Governor's mansion and will no doubt try to use the Charleston Church Shootings as an excuse to pass additional restrictions against law abiding gun owners.

The last major legislation dealing with guns that passed was Pro 2A and allowed CWP holders to carry in establishments that serve alcohol for onsite consumption, as long as the CWP holder does not consume in while in such an establishment and carrying. I think legislators missed the mark here, I would have preferred the Bill read zero Blood Alcohol Content while carrying.

Republican Senator Lee Bright always submits some "Pro 2A" Bill every session but they rarely go anywhere. His latest attempt is to eliminate the requirement to have a concealed weapons permit and also allow open carry. I don't particularly support either of those ideas.

On the Democrat side, a State Senator (can't recall his name right now) is using the Charleston Church shootings to lobby support for a Bill he introduced that would require positive affirmation through NICS before a transaction is allowed. Obviously I'm not a fan of that idea either. But neither this Bill nor Senator Bright's Bill will go anywhere so SC will most likely remain static for a few more years.

I would like to see language added to our current CWP laws that would specifically allow for "momentary and unintentional" exposure of a concealed weapon but other than that and one or two other minor tweaks I think we have some fairly common sense laws on the books in SC.

Oh, I almost forgot, the Department of Natural Resources is acquiring/has acquire a private shooting club on Highway 378 between Columbia and Sumter and opening that up to the public however, as with other DNR ranges in SC it will be unsupervised so I doubt I will use it much but it does give the general public more access to designated ranges.

Here in Ohio, since shall issue passed in 2004, things have only gotten better. A few highlights of bills passed since 2004:

* State preemption passed and was subsequently upheld by the state supreme court.
* Legal carry in restaurants/bars for licensees.
* Ohio now recognizes carry licenses of all states
* Landlords cannot forbid tenants with licenses from carrying or possession in leases.
* If police confiscate someone's gun and refuse to return it, a person can take them to court and the police will have to reimburse them for legal fees.

Nothing seems to be changing much here in PA, which is generally a good thing. With the exception of a handgun "NOT A" registry and FFL dealer transfers required for private handgun sales, we've got some of the very best gun and carry laws in the country.

(Getting better here in Indiana)

It might stay this way if we would quit supplying guns to Chicago, LOL.
(According to Obummer)

Massachusetts...

What can I say? It pretty much stinks, because they make everything so tedious. It's not as terrible as people think, but there's a whole lot of room for improvement. Not as bad as a few other states but certainly worse than many.

It might stay this way if we would quit supplying guns to Chicago, LOL.

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Yeah, we get all of our guns from Vermont and NH.

Ohio also approved some center fire pistol rounds for for hunting with a rifle.
Kaisch is in his last term and no telling who will be in the clubhouse next.

VA is (mostly) holding steady. Other than the temporary loss of reciprocity, which is leading to increased reciprocity out of the hands of the AG, nothing is changing.

Still no BG check for private party transfer.

Open carry is still legal without a permit.

C/C permits are still easy to get.

NFA items are still legal... and you can hunt with them.

So, other than the expanding blight surrounding DC... it's pretty steady

Oklahoma is doing OK.. Yeah, a state endorsed pun... So, suppressors are gaining ground...

Copied from an NRA email:
"Yesterday, February 18, House Bill 2637 unanimously passed out of the House Wildlife Committee. HB 2637, introduced by state Representative Kevin Wallace (R-32), would make it legal for Oklahomans to hunt with a suppressor on both public and private land. HB 2637 is now awaiting a vote by the full House of Representatives."

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Nothing seems to be changing much here in PA, which is generally a good thing. With the exception of a handgun "NOT A" registry and FFL dealer transfers required for private handgun sales, we've got some of the very best gun and carry laws in the country.

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Yep, but you can't transfer a handgun at a FFL if the owner is dead It still needs to be challenged in court again. But as a whole things are good. I won't lie, our current Governor scares me. Thankfully the state houses are republican controlled. But the Governor is doing what he wants instead of what the people want.