Pruett posts regular updates each legislative session for supporters of his influential gun rights group.
Idaho Second Amendment Alliance President Greg Pruett , stands with Ammon Bundy , who has been part of two armed standoffs with federal agents, during a gun rights rally in Boise, Idaho in September 2018. Pruett and other state gun rights activists have been pushing some conservative legislatures to gut gun regulations.Heath Druzin/Boise State Public Radio
"My name is Charles Nielsen," the man said."This my granddaughter, Bailey. Bailey is 11 years old. Bailey is carrying a loaded AR-15." And this is happening as the trend is going in the opposite direction in much of the country. Idaho's neighbor, Nevada, enacted sweeping firearms regulations last year. In February, New Mexico lawmakers passed a red flag law, meaning courts can temporarily remove guns from at-risk people. And Colorado's new red flag law went into effect in January."I think the gun rights groups do have a larger strategy that explains things like what's happening in Idaho," he said.
AS IT WAS IN THE DAYS OF NOAH, SO SHALL IT BE IN THE DAYS OF THE COMING OF THE SON OF MAN.
Just give everyone over 18 a gun and forget about regulations. Problem solved.
Really bad idea in the age of novel coronovirus
We’re all dead
Best evidence that these people shouldn't own guns. An unwillingness to compromise at any cost should be a red flag.
Thx for the list of states to avoid! guncontrol
They're going to 'get in the trenches and fight dirty'. What does that mean? It sounds a bit threatening.
If this keeps up it won’t be long before we see pickups with .50 caliber machine gun mounted in the back.
Mental illness is a disease.
These jurisdictions are putting a lot of trust in a group of people that have broken that trust, with deadly consequences, time and again!
I carry life insurance just in case. I own guns just in case. The virus and it’s impact on our governments ability to keep things under control could be seriously tested soon.
64 years old and all my life I’ve heard someone is trying to take away my guns,It hasn’t happened yet and not sure a law banning all guns has even been introduced. Think a lot of it is caused by gun lobbyists trying to justify Their jobs. “Lobbyist” is that even a real job?
Thank God you can carry a gun in a church in Texas...it saves lives. Gun free zones are self-defense free zones.
And during this national pandemic; with kids home from school; toilet paper shortages (and other important things,) people will start shooting. We've got to remove guns from our everyday culture...
A gun carrying church member recently saved many lives at a church in texas.
‘Micro Penis’ rights groups focus efforts on states.
In the meantime one can get a gun on the street anytime in places like Baltimore city & others
If they really want to save lives they should make it as hard to get a gun as it is to get an abortion.
NTA should find tests for all these states, they’ve drained our hospitals because of mass shootings, they should step it up
Well, I'll be checking gun laws before I travel and not giving my $ to states that are outright stupid. Too many other beautiful places to go. Everyone I know feels the same.
trumpliesarecontagious
Good.
You at NPR may want to read the Constitution and comprehend it face reality we are a republic not a democracy God family and country
This is why we need Biden2020 GunSafetyPresident
If you need a gun in Church you're not doing it right.
I’ve always carried in church. It’s to stop the person who would want to kill us. Not because I’m afraid my fellow churchgoers. Why is that different than any where else? Are you people really that delusional?
Perfect timing...
Oh good. Texas keeps their laws to allow guns in places of worship, like the Sutherland spring church shooting never happened. Good to know. God bless ‘Merica.
Standing their ground. Guarding their hoarded, hand sanitizer, face masks and toilet paper.
Its almost like they know you want to replace them
Those who would sacrifice essential liberty for a little temporary safety deserve neither.
These idiot's don't realize that easier access to guns means easier access to guns for people who shouldn't own one.
Good. The constitution should be interpreted as written
Sanity is returning!
Wildmoonsister
As Americans moved to b a legitimate civilized country, the limiting of firearms was a huge part of it. People pretty much respected each other’s homes...today, a return to the Wild West andPeople taking the law into their own hands… We have regressed
little boys with deadly toys 🙄
Might actually be kind of cool. I could walk around with my kitana across my back. And my dark red cape. A dagger at my waist. Some poison covered throwing stars too.
Three states I’ll now never visit. Cool.
great just what we need right now...👉🏾👉🏾😣
Not now, guys!
You say that like it's a BAD thing..
Please, would all of you 2nd Amendment fanatics move to those states? You’ll be happier; we’ll be happier. Win-win.
Three states with significantly less violent crime.
So now they can all kill one another more easily.
'Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives.'-John Lennon society Run Objectives
Eliminate Wyoming, Texas, and Idaho from the list of where to move for retirement.
I am worried about Bailey. She is the same age as my older kid, but it may be too late for her to find out AR-15's are not toys. Handing 11 year olds loaded weapons should be a felony.
Good job pointing out how these 2A absolutists are protecting domestic and sexual abusers. No article on these anti-safety cultists is complete without mentioning that when states weaken gun control laws they see corresponding increases in gun violence and crimes, though.
Maybe they could gather together in a group size greater than 50, you know, to talk about it
Time to get the malitas formed.
What we need now is more guns.
Let’s just encourage minorities to also become heavy gun owners. History says that’s the only way NRA will support gun control.
The Texas law saved dozens of lives recently.
And there have been no problems resulting from loosened firearm restrictions.
Shall not be infringed! 2a
Repeal the second amendment. Imprison gun owners
Why are people just so obsessed about guns?
you know if the 2A hasn't been utilized to rid ourselves of a tyrannical madman in the WH who is single-handedly destroying our democracy what good is it?
i hate guns and gun fanaticism is a dangerous sickness
Someone should do this in New York.
Thanks to those who support the 2nd Amendment. No gun control is the only moral objective. Time to place these tyrants on notice that we will not tolerate gun control under any premise. There are no exclusions outline in the Constitution. We will never surrender our 2A rights!
Oklahoma also passed “constitutional carry”. It’s a shit show.
State elections matter
We must encourage every good American to make a meme about how they feel about the GOP. For the pen is mightier than the assault weapon — and we can actually spell and read English.
Well, I think we can perhaps safely assume that mass shootings in America will decrease due to the CV outbreak and so will the need to carry a Glock into church in a place like Amarillo, Texas.
Not to mention that all ammunition has been purchased. Try and find some
Its all because you are radical anti 2nd amendment peeps and then you get radical pro gun folks riled up. Two polarized groups who'd be better off meeting somewhere in the middle.
Three states where it’s no longer safe to travel.
Disgusting
This is America in case you need to be reminded
Good work by good men.
I'm going to take a wild guess and say most of these people are mentally ill or abusive and shouldn't have a gun in the first place.
Wait until these idiots run out of toilet paper.
Meanwhile misterbumface
So, a panicky, fearful public, and even more access to guns. Yeah, that's bound to turn out well.
Crossing off Wyoming, Texas and Idaho as places to retire.
Good progress.
If they could read and comprehend the constitution, they'd just find another way to lie their way into manhood.
These are all folks you do not want living next door!
What kind of message do these groups send when they show up on public building steps armed to the teeth. Give us unlimited gun rights or we will kill you?
good the more guns in the hands of the citizens, the less power a government has anyone who disputes this either wants to be ruled over by feds, or thinks that only allowing criminals to have guns is somehow safer
We can't trust govt with anti-terrorism laws might to protects us from Islamic terrorist. Laws that were turned on our own citizens to include the current POTUS. How can we trust govt with Red Flag Laws or any new gun law. They have proven they can't be trusted.
Look up states where almost every one carries a gun. Now look up their crime rate. Ridiculously low!
America will fall apart because of NRA
No compromise? What kind of people can think and live that way? Compromise is possibly the most important thing to living in a civil society. No compromise = dictatorship.
Good for them
just label them what they really are, “no compromise” gun groups, are domestic terror organizations.
Boy these small penis guys sure make me feel safe. These gun slingers can shot the virus. Just remember you have to live in the society you create.
We prefer the term constitutional gun activist
They can’t rationalize. So they need military-grade weapons to get their point across. They’re a scourge.
The GOP & NRA should pull the veil completely off and make it legal to shoot people.
lol what
It's a complex issue especially when you have a loosely interpretation of the 2A. Albeit there's a small demographic % that will actually execute mass shootings; there are no definitive testing to weed those out from responsible gun owners. Hence; gun restrictions to banning.
That is a cozy thought. The unbelievable amount of Nazis in Idaho getting a ton of guns. Excellent.
Why so they can kill innocent people?
Are you seriously trying to fan partisan flames in the midst of an actual crisis?!
How the hell do you do an article like this and not give a shout-out to the Gun Owners of America GOA!?
Females will be victims of Idaho laws. This collateral damage is a known fact. Idaho voted they were fine with these fatalities. Shame on Idaho. GunControl MomsDemand
Because safety means everyone in America owns a rocket launcher and fully auto .50 caliber machine guns.
Meanwhile in Idaho marijuana is still fully criminalized.
it's true. The NRA has done nothing to protect 2A. Sham of an organization
Study after study has shown that when you make it easier for people to obtain guns, it's WHITE MEN that suffer the consequences, primarily as a result of suicide.
This is absurd.
But why? Who do they feel has been harmed or who do they think was benefiting from, for example, a ban on assault rifles? What is their argument? It's incomprehensible
The NRA is too soft on gun rights. The fucking NRA. These people cannot be reasoned with.
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