WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear an appeal to expand gun rights in the United States in a New York case over the right to carry a firearm in public for self-defense. The case marks the court’s first foray into gun rights since Justice Amy Coney...
Clovis Mayor to Gov. Newsom: Don’t Shut Down Gun Stores
Clovis Mayor Drew Bessinger is asking Gov. Gavin Newsom not to restrict sales of guns and ammunition during the COVID-19 shelter-in-place order. "I am writing you to strongly oppose any such action," Bessinger wrote in a letter sent to Newsom on Wednesday. Bessinger Concerned About Release of Inmates In his one-page...
What Likely Future Judge Gabriel Brickey Believes In.
Gabriel Brickey is likely to be the next Superior Court judge in Fresno County. He is running in the March 3 election, but does not have an opponent. The seat became available when Judge Don Penner decided not to run for reelection. Brickey sat down with GV Wire to answer...
Over Bredefeld's Vociferous Objection, Guns Barred at City Hall
Only active duty peace officers and a few others will be allowed to carry weapons inside Fresno City Hall, the council decided Thursday. Listen to this article: Enacting a new policy at the behest of Fresno Mayor Lee Brand, the council voted 6-1 to limit guns to law enforcement officers,...
Mayor Brand Launches Assault on Second Amendment: Bredefeld
The misguided Brand administration is at it again — now attacking our Second Amendment Rights! The Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees “… the right of the people to keep and bear Arms…” and this right “shall not be infringed.” Our Founding Fathers in crafting the Declaration of Independence...
Is Fresno City Hall Jumping the Gun on CCW Security Policy?
Starting Thursday, new security policies will be implemented at Fresno City Hall — including a ban on CCW holders entering with guns. Among the biggest changes is the restriction of access points. Instead of visitors entering up the steps on the P Street side of the building or in the...
NRA Sues San Francisco Over Terrorist Declaration
The National Rifle Association sued San Francisco on Monday over the city's recent declaration that the gun-rights lobby is a "domestic terrorist organization." The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, accuses city officials of violating the gun lobby's free speech rights for political reasons...
California Senate Oks Expansions of ‘Red Flag’ Gun Law
SACRAMENTO — Employers, co-workers and teachers could ask judges to take away guns from people who are deemed a danger to themselves or others under a bill that has cleared the California Senate. California enacted a so-called "red flag law" that took effect in 2016. But it only allows law...
If You Have a Concealed Gun Permit, Use It, Sheriff Says
People who have permits to carry a concealed weapon should "exercise" their rights so they'll be ready to protect their community "and defend ourselves against active shooters," Tulare County's sheriff said on social media Wednesday night. Days after mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, claimed 31 lives,...
Gun Groups Sue California, Say 18 is Old Enough to Buy a Firearm
SACRAMENTO — Gun owners' rights groups are asking a federal judge to overturn a California law raising the age to purchase a rifle or shotgun from 18 to 21. The Calguns Foundation, Firearms Policy Coalition, Firearms Policy Foundation, and Second Amendment Foundation sued Monday in federal court in San Diego,...