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South Carolina Subcommittee Advances Permitless Carry Bill

The legislation would allow adults legally allowed to own a firearm to carry a concealed weapon without a state-issued permit. The bill includes provisions regulating where firearms can be carried in the state. South Carolina would continue issuing concealed carry permits for those who want them in order to take advantage of CCDW reciprocity in other states.

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West Virginia House Passes Bill to Prohibit Using Credit Card Information to Track Firearms Purchases Without a Warrant

The legislation would prohibit any West Virginia governmental entity from accessing or obtaining a record of a transaction involving a credit card that is retrieved, characterized, generated, labeled, sorted, or grouped based on the assignment of a firearms code without a warrant or a subpoena in most situations.

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Nebraska Committee Holds Hearing on Bill to Ban State Enforcement of Most Federal Gun Control

The proposed law would also bar any Nebraska government entity from utilizing assets, state funds, or funds allocated by the state to engage in any activity that aids a federal agency, federal agent, or corporation providing services to the federal government in the enforcement of the same.

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Arizona House Committee Passes Bill to Expand Ban on State Enforcement of Federal Gun Control

an Arizona House committee passed a bill to expand a current law banning state and local enforcement of federal gun control to specifically include certain federal taxes on firearms.

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Mississippi Committee Passes Bill to Prohibit Using Credit Card Information to Track Firearms Purchases

Titled the Second Amendment Financial Privacy Act, the proposed law would prohibit a financial institution or its agent from "assigning" a specific firearm or ammunition merchant code to any firearms business located in Mississippi.

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Permit not Required: “Constitutional Carry” Bills Filed in South Carolina

COLUMBIA S.C. (Jan 26, 2023) – Two bills filed in the South Carolina House would legalize permitless carry in the state. The enactment of a so-called “constitutional carry” bill would also foster an environment more hostile to federal gun control. Rep. Bobby Cox (R) and 61 Republican cosponsors prefiled House Bill 3594 (H3594) on Dec. […]

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Minnesota Bill Would Ban Police From Denying Firearms to Medical Marijuana Users

Under the proposed law, a person could not be denied the right to purchase, own, possess, or carry a firearm solely on the basis that the person is a qualifying patient in the state's medical marijuana program.

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Utah Bill Would Limit State Enforcement of Federal Gun Control But Includes a Loophole

A bill introduced in the Utah House would take on federal gun control and end state and local enforcement of many federal acts that infringe on the right to keep and bear arms within the state. But the bill includes a loophole that could severely limit its effectiveness in practice.

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Maryland Bill Would Ban State from Denying Firearms to Medical Marijuana Users

Under the proposed law, a person could not be denied the right to purchase, possess, or carry a firearm solely on the basis that they are authorized to use medical cannabis. The bill includes specific provisions prohibiting access to the state's medical marijuana database "for the purpose of approving or disapproving an individual from purchasing, owning, possessing, or carrying a firearm."

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Colorado Bill Would Take on Federal Gun Control; Past, Present, and Future

Titled the “Second Amendment Preservation Act,” (SAPA) the legislation would ban any entity or person, including any public officer or employee of the state and its political subdivisions, from enforcing any past, present or future federal “acts, laws, executive orders, administrative orders, court orders, rules, regulations, statutes, or ordinances” that infringe on the right to keep and bear arms.

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