Going to be hard to stop the Train.

Rucker61 · Jun 1, 2017

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http://gunwatch.blogspot.com/2017/05/ks-gun-phobic-professor-leaves.html?m=1

We'll have both and BYE BYE prof
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Does Kansas have "great" universities now?

Small Town Guy · Jun 1, 2017

Rucker61 said: ↑

Does Kansas have "great" universities now?
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Oh no but things are improving!

DoctorWho · Jun 2, 2017

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Oh no but things are improving!
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Toto University.
A P.h.D. in Doggy sciences.

lol
leetle Roosian joke

Small Town Guy · Jun 11, 2017

http://gunwatch.blogspot.com/2017/06/open-carry-at-yuma-regional-medical.html?m=1

On the morning of June 8th, 2017, I was openly carrying a Glock 17 in a Fobus retention holster. I had to get some medical tests done. I did not have any problem where I had blood drawn. There were no "gun free zone" signs on the door.

Next I went to the Yuma Regional Medical Center (YRMC) to get a chest X-ray. It serves as a place to have medical tests done for the entire area. It is part of the Yuma hospital complex. They have banned guns on their facility ever since the concealed carry shall issue law was passed in 1994. Arizona law requires public facilities to "check" firearms if they are banned in the facility. The symbol on the door at YRMC consists of the standard gun in a red circle with a slash mark. I think Texas, with its 30.06 and 30.07 signs, has the right idea.
I ignored the sign and walked in. There were a dozen or two people in the waiting room. I walked up to the counter and handed over my referral. The lady immediately said "go to the third desk", pointing through a doorway. I did not have time to declare that I was armed. No one seemed to notice or care.

I went to the third desk. A pleasant woman was on the other side. She started to give me instructions, so I interrupted and said, "I have a personal firearm. The procedure to check it has been to call security, then they come and check it for me." She did not hesitate, but said "We trust you". She gave me some simple instructions and told me to have a seat in another waiting room down the hall. There were another dozen people there.

I had barely been seated and opened my book when a lady called my name. It couldn't have been more than a three minutes since I entered the building.

She introduced herself as the technician who would take my x-ray, and asked me to follow her. It wasn't a difficult task. She was a lovely young woman.

She told me to take off my shirt, because she did not want the buttons to interfere with the x-ray. I asked if I should remove my phone from the belt holster, and she said it was not necessary. I had removed my sunglasses and hat, and had already placed the holstered Glock on the counter. She was completely unconcerned. I was not required to do it.

The X-rays were quick and painless. She escorted me to the corridor and pointed the correct way out. I walked out into the sunshine and decided to take a couple of pictures.

I put down my book on a bench and moved away for some different perspectives.

When I came back, the book was gone. I went inside, through the same door, ignoring the sign, and went up to the counter for a second time. The book was on the counter, cover still warm from the sun. Someone had turned it in, believing it was forgotten. There was no reaction to my being armed, just an acknowledgement that the book had just been turned in.

As I walked out, a woman sitting on one of the benches said she had turned the book in. I thanked her. She said, in a pleasant voice, that I looked like I was on Safari. It has been said a time or two before. Mostly, I get complements on the hat.
The next day I went back to my doctor's office, to discuss the test results. I was openly carrying the Glock. When I was on the examination table, the holstered Glock was on the counter a few feet away.

My doctor isn't a shooter, but she or her staff, have never had a problem with my carry. On that visit, the receptionist made a joke about me having to rid my self of "twenty pounds of gear" before I was weighed. I am sure that my gear weighed less than 10 pounds. I had my camera, Sony recorder, spare batteries, and change with me.

In spite of the Hospital administration, open carry has been normalized in Yuma, Arizona.
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Sorry but I just had to post this feel good story, though I am surprised the gun didn't jump up on the counter and start shooting people.

Small Town Guy · Jun 11, 2017

http://gunwatch.blogspot.com/2017/06/north-carolina-house-passes.html?m=1

HB 746 Passed the North Carolina House 65-54 on Wednesday, June 7, 2017. Eight Republican joined all Democrats in voting against the bill. The Republicans who voted against the bill were: Davis, Faircloth, Fraley, Horn, Iler, McGrady, Watford, and Williams.

From newsobserver.com:
It would no longer be necessary to have a concealed handgun permit to bring a gun anywhere that firearms can already be carried openly, under a bill a divided state House tentatively approved on Wednesday.

The change would eliminate the need for concealed-carry permits for adults who are at least 18 and are not otherwise prohibited from owning firearms, except where open-carry is barred. That would change current law that requires concealed-carry applicants be at least 21 and complete firearm safety training to obtain a permit. The opening paragraph is interesting because of the way the debate is framed. Most Establishment media frame the debate as an expansion of gun rights that eliminate the requirement for training while carrying concealed guns. From an article about proposed Constitutional Carry in Wisconsin:
MADISON -- A proposed bill would allow people in Wisconsin to carry concealed guns without a permit or training. From the coverage on North Dakota at kfyrtv.com:
Dakotans are a signature away from being able to carry a concealed firearm without any additional training. From Michigan at the detroitfreepress.com:
LANSING — Most gun owners would be able to carry concealed weapons without a permit or training under a bill that passed the state House of Representatives on a mostly party line vote Wednesday. Second Amend supporters frame the debate as a restoration of Constitutional rights that makes a small incremental change, as open carry without a permit is already mandated as a right.

There is a strong movement in North Carolina, spearheaded by Grass Roots North Carolina, to pass the bill. In the Senate, there are 35 Republicans and 15 Democrats. It the ratio of Republican defections is the same as in the House, 4 Republicans would vote against the bill, and it would pass. The real fight is to get it to a vote in the first place. Most bills are killed in committee.
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Well This I'll have to watch it but these things are encouraging.

Small Town Guy · Jun 11, 2017

http://gunwatch.blogspot.com/2017/06/michigan-house-passes-constitutional.html?m=1

The Michigan House passed four bills on Wednesday, June 7th, that effectively would reform Michgan gun law to make Constitutional Carry legal in the state.
People who where not prohibited from owning firearms would be able to carry weapons concealed without special government permission. From mlive.com:
LANSING, MI -- Michiganders would no longer need a concealed pistol license to carry a concealed pistol under legislation approved by the Michigan House of Representatives on Wednesday.

House bills 4416 through 4419 strike the requirement that a Michigander have a license to carry a concealed weapons. People banned from possessing firearms would be banned from carrying them as well. The bills also reduce penalties for certain infractions relating to carrying a pistol without proper identification or disclosure as well. Michigan isn't the only state where Constitutional Carry bills are moving.

Both North Carolina and Wisconsin have bills that are contenders. The Constitutional Carry movement has been picking up the pace in the last decade. The Billionaires that fund the anti-Second Amendment movement only have so much money, so much time.
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Just an update.

DoctorWho · Jun 11, 2017

Handy hint # 101A, when you CCW, always have a small gym bag handy, if you need to disarm, excuse yourself to the bathroom and place your CCW in the bag, and no one is the wiser.......

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