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Two men recently made Walmart into a dangerous place to be – way past Black Friday: One went deer hunting with a gun in a parking lot at a store in Pennsylvania, and another crashed his car into the front entrance of a store in California and then allegedly assaulted customers.   It’s Always Deer Season at Walmart In November, Arcangelo Bianco Jr., 40, who had just gone shopping in the store in Burrell Township, Penn., reportedly decided that a …

After voters in Louisiana overwhelmingly approved an amendment to their state constitution making gun ownership a “fundamental right,” the case of a convicted felon who says he should be able to have a gun is headed for the state Supreme Court to test how expansive that right is.   Felons Have Rights, Too  A state judge on Mar. 21 reportedly ruled in favor of Glen Draughter, a convicted felon caught in a car with guns in violation of a state …

Ray Woollard will have to keep his guns at home, now that the Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that Maryland can legally require him to state a “good and substantial reason” to carry a loaded handgun in public. He didn’t have a good reason and his request for a conceal carry permit was denied. The new appeals court ruling in Maryland marked the third time in four months that the federal courts have shot down attacks on …

A Maryland “may issue” concealed carry law that was struck down by a district court last year has been restored by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The appeals court said that it was not weighing in on whether Second Amendment rights extend outside the home; rather that the state law meets the scrutiny for restricting the right in the name of public safety regardless. The lawsuit was originally brought by the Second Amendment Foundation on behalf of Raymond …

States with more gun-related laws in place see fewer gun-related deaths, according to a study released last week by the Journal of American Medical Association. The research was accompanied by an editorial cautioning that the data shows correlation, not causation, and couldn’t be considered comprehensive due to the number of variables involved. According to the findings, states with the most gun laws have a rate of firearm-related fatalities, including murders and suicides, that is 42 percent lower than states with …