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Virginians may carry weapons for personal protection into places of worship while religious services are being conducted, according to a legal opinion from Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli II.
Virginia law bars carrying weapons in churches and other worship houses while a religious meeting is being held unless a person has "good and sufficient reason."
In an opinion written Friday and posted on his Web site Monday, Cuccinelli (R) indicates that the "right of self defense lies at the heart of the right to keep and bear arms." Therefore, he concludes, "carrying a weapon for personal protection constitutes a good and sufficient reason under the statute."
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Lawmakers heard hours of arguments Monday about the right to self defense versus the state's obligation to protect the public as they considered proposals to loosen laws dictating when and where someone can carry a concealed gun.
Bills seeking to rewrite Maine's concealed weapons permit system are introduced seemingly every legislative session. But with a new Republican majority in the State House, advocates for gun owners' rights hope for more success this year.
Read more: Maine: Bills seek to respect Right-to-Carry in more places
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Today, the state House voted 69 to 29 to adopt the Conference Committee report for NRA-supported House Bill 271. Sponsored by state Representative Krayton Kerns (R-Laurel), the current language of HB 271 simply says that the prohibition on concealed carry does not apply to “a person who is eligible to possess a handgun under state or federal law.”
Read more: Permitless Carry Passes Montana House; Pending in State Senate
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A top Senate Republican is trying to find out whether the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives intentionally blocked its employees from cooperating with his inquiry into a gunrunning sting which authorities suspect may be connected to the death of a U.S. Border Patrol agent.
Read more: Grassley questions whether BATFE tried to thwart gunrunning probe
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The National Rifle Association today thanked Members of Congress for taking an important step in the right direction for wolf and game species conservation. The continuing resolution FY 2011, scheduled for votes later this week, includes a general provision that delists certain populations of wolves from the Endangered Species Act. Wolf populations in Montana and Idaho as well as portions of Utah, Oregon and Washington would be declared recovered by reinstating the 2009 ruling from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), paving the way for regulated wolf hunting seasons. The NRA would also like to thank the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation, the Boone and Crockett Club, and Safari Club International for joining together in this important effort to place the states in charge of wolf conservation.
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