Not everyone has a concealed carry license (CCW), so the market for portable handgun or pistol safes, has grown. But, of course, the same safety concerns will apply to a portable safe as apply to a non-portable home gun safe.
A statewide initiative approved by voters in November raised the minimum age for buying semi-automatic rifles from 18 to 21, required buyers to first pass a firearms safety course and added expanded background checks and gun storage requirements, among other things. It was among the most comprehe...
WashingtonSemiautomatic riflesFirearms safety certificationYes5 years Source:(9) In California, for example, candidates take a written exam and a gun safety course to obtain a purchase permit. States that have this requirement cannot accept those that adhere to certain states’ “reciprocity concealmen...
NEAR Sacramento, in the small delta town of Isleton, amiable Police Chief Eugene Byrd is issuing permits for carrying concealed weapons to any adult who doesn't have a criminal record, who is willing to be fingerprinted, and who will take a gun-safety course.Chief Byrd's two-man force ...
Everytown for Gun Safety, a nonprofit organization which advocates for gun control and against gun violence, applauded the letter, while urging U.S. politicians to listen to the message. "This diverse coalition of leading companies knows what consumers want and, for the first time, is using its...
per year to fund the RCMP as our provincial police service,” Shandro, the Alberta justice minister, wrote in September to Curtis Zablocki, the head of the Alberta RCMP. “We expect that those dollars not be wasted to pay for a confiscation program that will not increase public safety.”...
Children who had previously taken a gun safety course, had guns in the home, and had negative attitudes toward guns were less likely to engage in unsafe behavior around real guns. To encourage safe firearm behavior, children should be educated about gun safety and should not watch age-...
Students will learn basic defensive shooting skills, strategies for home safety and responding to a violent confrontation, firearms and the law, how to choose a handgun for self-defense, and continued opportunities for skill development. 8 Hour Course, 100 Rounds of Ammunition required. ...
ON A BREEZY DAY last spring, a riot of orange- and gold-striped tulips swayed outside the gunmetal gray NRA headquarters in Washington. Inside the eight-story building, many of the 365 employees worked on gun-safety courses, shooting competitions, police firearms training and other services that...
Now, I want to be clear. Congress still needs to act. The folks in this room will not rest until Congress does. Because once Congress gets on board with common-sense gun safety measures we can reduce gun violence a whole lot more. But we also can’t wait. Until we have a Congress ...