Right now, in regard to the Second Amendment, there are two very strong forces moving in exactly opposite directions. On the one hand, over half of the states in America allow for constitutional carry—meaning that people can conceal carry their firearms without a permit. On the other hand, the federal government is using its bureaucratic…

Republican North Carolina lawmakers overrode Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of a bill repealing the state’s pistol purchase permit system, enabling the repeal effort to proceed. The Republican-controlled North Carolina House of Representatives passed Senate Bill 41 earlier this month. The bill, which passed in both the House and Senate on party-line votes, repeals a…

West Virginia approved a key permit for a 304-mile natural gas pipeline project on Friday. “State 401 [Water Quality] Certification … is granted subject to the conditions contained in Attachment A. Certification shall be effective 15 days from the date of this letter,” Katheryn Emery, the acting director of the state’s Department of Environmental Protection…

MEXICO CITY—Bayer is evaluating its legal options after Mexican health regulators for the first time rejected a GMO corn permit it was seeking, the German pharmaceutical and crop science giant said in a statement to Reuters on Friday, blasting the decision as “unscientific.” Reuters reported earlier in the day that regulator Cofepris rejected the corn…

The Department of Defense is continuing to withhold a parking permit from the annual Memorial Day veteran motorcycle rally, according to Rep. Brian Mast (R-Fla.) “The Biden Administration is the only thing stopping this Memorial Day tradition from happening,” Mast wrote on Twitter on May 3. “It’s sad that it is easier to cross the…

Utah’s governor on Friday signed a bill into law that allows people in the state to carry a concealed gun without a permit. House Bill 60 was sponsored by Republican state Rep. Walt Brooks, a National Rifle Association member. It says that an individual who is 21 or older “and may lawfully possess a 27…

Utah’s governor on Feb. 12 signed a measure into law that allows people in the state to carry a concealed gun without a permit. “With the passage of this bill, Utah joins 17 other states with some form of permitless concealed carry,” Gov. Spencer Cox, a Republican in his first term, said in a statement…