In a session on Tuesday, The Nevada Senate Judiciary Committee discussed a bill that would require any person that has been convicted of stalking or with extended protection orders against them to surrender their firearms over to the state government.
Across the country, the number of concealed carry permit applicants has been on the rise, however from state to state the rules to receive said permit can be quite different. For example. some states require concealed carry applicants to prove their handgun competency by firing the handgun as a prerequisite to applying.
The Westside Armory, a gun shop in Las Vegas has been advertising a “Pre-Hillary Sale” this coming weekend, in response to Presidential nominee Donald Trump’s words, “the Second Amendment is on the ballot in November.”
This article is meant to take a look at Nevada’s open and concealed carry laws so that you folks can get a better idea what is and is not legal in the state.
Question 1 on the ballot in November asks if Nevadans support an aggressive background check expansion for prospective gun owners in the state. We do not know how every citizen will vote in a few months, but we now know the stances of two of the most powerful state citizens.
As Nevada’s Department of PUblic Safety continues to research states based on the new criteria of SB 175 that passed last year, these additional states have been added to the list of permits honored in Nevada effective July 1st.
The study was attempting to draw a between gun violence and gun-related social media posts, with (debate-ably) mixed results. What the study ultimately concluded was that #gun social media mentions mirror the nation’s views for better or worse.”
Nevada has amended their official list of what state permits they will honor by adding the state of Michigan. Michigan has stood up to the requirements of requiring training and of requiring both a clean criminal and mental background.
On June 19th we reported on the effects of Nevada SB 175 in changing the requirements in Nevada for honoring other state’s permits. At that time Nevada started to honor permits from twelve additional states. Now you can add a thirteenth state to that list. Nevada will now honor permits from the State of South […]
Despite the recent fatality of a Nevada hunter, gun accident related deaths among hunters are rare in Nevada. Sadly, most of them can be avoided according to this recent research.
