Category: concealed carry reciprocity
Wednesday, February 21, 2018
The Senate will soon consider two bills that will have a huge impact on survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.
S.446 would make it terrifyingly easy for abusers to legally carry concealed firearms into other states when stalking their victims. S.446, the ‘Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017’ would undercut existing state and local protections for victims of domestic and dating violence -- and replace those protections with...
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Thursday, December 7, 2017
The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV) is deeply disappointed by yesterday's vote in the House of Representatives to make it easier for domestic abusers to stalk their victims across state lines. H.R.38, the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017 (CCR), undermines states' ability to regulate who can carry loaded, concealed weapons within their borders. This legislation forces states to recognize all out-of-state concealed carry permits, including from...
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Lynn Brewer-Muse
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Thursday, December 7, 2017
Friday, December 1, 2017
ACTION ALERT: Contact Your House Representative Members TODAY and Urge Them to Oppose H.R. 38
The U.S. House of Representatives wants to give domestic violence offenders the right to stalk and kill their intimate partners across state lines.
Protect survivors from gun violence: Stop H.R. 38!
WHAT'S HAPPENING IN CONGRESS RIGHT NOW
Next week, the House is planning to vote on a bill that would make it terrifyingly easy for abusers to legally carry concealed firearms into other...
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Lynn Brewer-Muse
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Friday, December 1, 2017
Monday, November 27, 2017
What's Happening in Congress Right Now
On WEDNESDAY, November 29th, the House Judiciary Committee will mark up two bills that will have a huge impact on survivors of domestic violence and stalking.
The first bill, H.R. 38, would make it terrifyingly easy for abusers to legally carry concealed firearms into other states when stalking their victims. H.R. 38, Representative Hudson's (R-NC-08) 'Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017' would undercut existing state and...
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Lynn Brewer-Muse
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Monday, November 27, 2017
Thursday, October 5, 2017
As our hearts go out to the victims of the mass shooting in Las Vegas and to their families and friends, we also grieve, on this Domestic Violence Awareness Month, for the approximately 470 women who have been killed this year by abusers with guns. As we grieve, the House may vote on a bill that would make it terrifyingly easy for abusers to legally carry concealed firearms into other states when stalking their victims (this bill may also be added as an amendment to the SHARE Act...
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Lynn Brewer-Muse
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Thursday, October 5, 2017