ND House: Guns OK at school, church, gatherings

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ND House: Guns OK at school, church, gatherings

North Dakota's House approved a package of bills Monday that would allow someone with a concealed weapon permit to carry a gun inside a
school or church if officials there allow it.

By: Associated Press

 

BISMARCK — North Dakota's House approved a package of bills Monday
that would allow someone with a concealed weapon permit to carry a gun
inside a school or church if officials there allow it.

House members also endorsed a measure that allows a concealed carry permit
holder to have a gun at public gatherings. Another bill approved by the
House allows people to possess a gun in public during a declared state
of emergency.

The slate of gun measures easily passed the House though some lawmakers were critical.

Democratic Rep. Lois Delmore of Grand Forks says the measure to allow guns in
school was passed with little input from parents and opens school districts up to liability issues.

 

 

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North Dakota: State House Passes Multiple Pro-Gun Bills

This week, several bills of importance to gun owners, sportsmen and supporters of the Second Amendment passed in the state House:

House Bill 1467, sponsored by state Representative Karen Karls (R-35), is emergency powers protection legislation that would prohibit the state or any government agency, during a declared state of emergency, from prohibiting or restricting the otherwise lawful possession, use, carrying, transfer, transportation, storage, or display of a firearm or ammunition; seizure or confiscation of a lawfully possessed firearm; or requiring registration of a firearm or ammunition for which registration is not otherwise required by law. (Passed by a 76-1 vote in the House)

House Bill 1366, sponsored by state Representative Rick Becker (R-7), would amend current law to allow individuals with a valid concealed weapons license (CWL) to possess a firearm at public gatherings including athletic events, political rallies, musical concerts, in publically owned parks and buildings, and in churches or schools with permission from the appropriate authority. Currently possession by a CWL holder at these events is a class B misdemeanor. (Passed by a 58-35 vote in the House)

House Bill 1183, sponsored by state Representative Roscoe Streyle (R-3), would prohibit state and local law enforcement officers and agents from assisting the federal government enforce federal gun control laws passed after January 1, 2013. (Passed by a 50-42 vote in the House)