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New Mexico’s Carry Law ChallengedA children’s advocacy group and a physician have sued to get New Mexico’s new conceal gun carry law declared unconstitutional, according to United Press International. The new law gives New Mexicans the right to carry concealed handguns beginning Jan. 1. The Santa Fe New Mexican reports Voices for Children and Dr. Victor LaCerva, a Santa Fe physician, filed their lawsuit Nov. 5. It asks the New Mexico Supreme Court to declare the new law unconstitutional and to block the state from issuing handgun permits next year as planned. The state constitution affirms the right of...

Phil Journey, best known as an advocate for gun owners' rights, will take over the state Senate seat being vacated by Nancey Harrington of Goddard. Republican precinct committee members who live in the 26th Senate district, which includes much of western Sedgwick County, chose Journey on Tuesday night. He received 46 votes. Dale Swenson and Dick Kelsey, the other candidates, received 24 and eight votes, respectively. Journey, a lawyer, ran unsuccessfully for the seat in 1988 and lost a bid for a Sedgwick County Commission seat in 2000. Mark Kahrs, chairman of the Sedgwick County Republican Party, said he was...

Enemies of RKBA & NFA in Nevada identified! Every time a good bill on our RKBA comes up, particularly bills to expand our CCW permits, it is the Nevada Sheriff's & Chief's Association that opposes it. It seems they are dominated by the liberal Clark County (Vegas) clique. I need sincere ideas on ways to diminish their influence with the state legislature. I am sick of attending hearings and watching the committee members pay scant attention to the public, then come to attention when the NSCA lobbyist takes his turn! Right now there is a bill making it's way through...

IN DEFENSE OF HOMELAND SECURITY In case anyone is wondering, I have my contribution to "homeland security" sitting within arms reach of my keyboard. And, if that's not enough, there is another just a few feet away. Besides being part of my birthright as an American citizen, they are 100% legal, too -- in four different ways. When the term "homeland security" is mentioned, I immediately think of the perceptive advice of Thomas Jefferson, the primary author of The Declaration of Independence, a significant kibitzer when James Madison wrote the Bill of Rights and our third U.S. President. As a...