Update, 6/25/2020: Councilman Mike Karbassi pulled his motion to allow elected officials to carry concealed weapons at City Hall. "It was simple. It seems that I didn’t have the votes. I hope my colleagues will reconsider in the future rather than spend $250,000 of taxpayer funds during a recession on...
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...
Lawsuit Challenges California's Assault Weapons Ban
SAN DIEGO — A gun-rights group sued Thursday to block California from enforcing its assault weapons ban, contending it violates the Second Amendment right to bear arms. The lawsuit was the latest among gun advocacy and lobbying groups to challenge California's firearms laws, which are among the strictest in the...
California Ammo Check Law Blocked 100 Sales in First Month
SACRAMENTO — California's new ammunition background check law in its first month stopped more than 100 people from buying bullets illegally, officials said late Monday as they struggled to deter more of the mass shootings that have roiled California and other states over the last week. "Countless other prohibited persons...
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,...
Tiny California City Vows to Offer Sanctuary to Gun Rights
California has some of the strongest gun-control laws in the nation. One little city in the Golden State has decided to swim against the current. Needles is a former railroad town located just across the Colorado River from Arizona and about 40 minutes from Laughlin, Nevada. The leaders of this...
What You Need to Buy Ammo In California Starting Monday
SACRAMENTO — California has among the most stringent gun laws in the country and on Monday a far-reaching new initiative to curb violence will require background checks for every ammunition purchase. Gov. Gavin Newsom and other proponents said it will save lives but opponents are suing in hopes of eventually...
Delay Sought on Allowing High-Capacity Ammo Magazines
SACRAMENTO — It appears the shipment of high-capacity ammunition magazines into California has started for the first time in nearly two decades after a judge tossed out a ban on sales and purchases of the items, the state attorney general said Tuesday. Attorney General Xavier Becerra asked a federal judge...