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No doubt many of you have been following the developments surrounding Act 746 or "constitutional carry." You may have seen my interview with ASP spokesman Bill Sadler earlier this week. Yesterday I spoke with Paul Harrell on The Paul Harrell Program about my interview and where we go from here. Take a listen, if you're into that sort of thing. Segment begins around the 1:35:00 mark: Video streaming by Ustream … [Read more...]
This morning, the House Judiciary Committee passed "The Church Protection Act." The bill now heads to the House floor. If it is successful there, it will head to the Governor's desk for his John Hancock. I attended the committee meeting this morning and snagged some video(s). The voice vote is near the very end of the second clip below. 4:31 p.m. - I apologize for the audio problems in these videos. It seems to be a technical issue with Ustream. Hopefully it will be resolved … [Read more...]
Senator Bryan King, as promised, has filed a bill to allow churches and houses of worship to decide for themselves whether or not to allow their members to carry firearms on their property. Currently, Arkansas law prohibits churches and houses of worship from making these decisions themselves which poses two problems: first, it is a violation of the 2nd amendment and secondly, it inappropriately involves the state in church governance. Nicholas Stehle, member of the board of directors for … [Read more...]
No doubt many of you remember our friend Representative Bryan King (soon to be Senator King) who has been raising awareness about voter fraud in Arkansas. In fact, Rep. King even sent a letter to a U.S. Attorney, requesting a formal investigation into fraud in Lee County, AR -- which seems odd, since we have it on good authority that voter fraud does not exist in Arkansas. Nonetheless, Rep. King is moving forward to reform Arkansas elections: yesterday, he filed two bills -- SB2 and SJR1 -- … [Read more...]
AAI associate scholar Robert Steinbuch was recently published by The National Law Journal. Steinbuch opined on the Supreme Court's recent Obamacare ruling, arguing that the ruling should not come as particularly surprising for legal academics: The Supreme Court's ruling that the insurance mandate in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act exceeded Congress' authority under the commerce clause was not particularly surprising if you didn't listen too closely to the vast majority of … [Read more...]
Congratulations to the people of Conway for making their voices heard and defeating the proposed illegal gun ban. Last night, their city council overwhelmingly rejected a new ordinance that would have prohibited lawful gun owners from carrying in city parks, in violation of state law. In fact, not only did Conway drop the new regulations, they repealed a 1971 ordinance that prohibited firearms in city parks, that had been in violation of state law--quite a turnaround! Steve Jones, … [Read more...]
Last month, we documented the battle over Russellville’s attempt to ban guns from being legally carried on all city property. The battle ended in a colossal PR defeat for the city and a huge win for supporters of the Second Amendment. Now, just down I-40, the city of Conway has decided to try their own illegal restriction of gun rights. The Conway city council, which meets tonight, plans to consider an ordinance that would prohibit gun owners from carrying in city parks. When asked … [Read more...]
The Cato Institute has released an excellent new web video that outlines three reasons why states should refuse to implement Obamacare insurance exchanges. Fending off the implementation of these bureaucratic monstrosities in Arkansas has long been an interest of The Arkansas Project and the Advance Arkansas Institute. Blogger David Kinkade has long ranted against the exchanges, as a quick trip to the archives will reveal. AAI has also published several policy papers on the topic, … [Read more...]
