With the recent Seventh Circuit opinion in Moore v. Madigan holding that the Second Amendment right to bear arms extends outside the home, we now have at least a partial circuit split with the Second Circuit that makes it likely the Supreme Court will need to resolve the issue.
Gun rights supporters should hope this occurs before any of the current conservative justices retire since any nominee that President Obama puts forward will almost certainly be an enemy of self-defense laws.
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Larry Pratt, Executive Director of Gun Owners of America, has a great article in Opposing Views today in which he takes on the logical fallacies inherent in ‘gun-free school zone’ laws.
“I wish to God she had an M-4 in her office locked up so when she heard gunfire she pulls it out and she didn’t have to lunge heroically with nothing in her hands but she takes him out, takes his head off before he can kill those precious kids.”
Texas law does not allow permit holders to carry at K-12 schools unless “pursuant to the written regulations or written authorization of the institution.”
One of the talking points that always comes up when there is a mass shooting is whether or not an armed citizen confronting the shooter would be effective in stopping the rampage.
For those unfamiliar with the case, California Right to Carry has filed a lawsuit challenging California’s ban on loaded open carry. The Chief Magistrate Judge for the Central District of California has recommended that the lawsuit, 
Students were robbed at gunpoint last night on the campus of Ferrum College in two separate incidents. Police say they are looking for two men, at least one of which was armed.
FBI statisics show that background checks for gun purchases have more than doubled in the last decade.
The Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newton Connecticut has been the scene of a shooting this morning.
When a man entered Modern Nails in Casper Wyoming on December 3rd, he immediately raised red flags by offering to sell diamonds to the employee working the front counter. When the employee declined his offer, he reached into his jacket and started to pull out what witnesses could only describe as a ‘silver pistol.’
