Third reading is scheduled for today. It is unclear how the House will respond to the statewide banning of firearms in guns and restaurants.

In July 2024, the Northern District of Texas applied Cargill v. Garland to a device called a “forced-reset trigger” (FRT) and concluded that FRTs also cannot be classified as a “machinegun.”

Supporters say it’s needed to reduce the increase in homicides in downtown Burlington and elsewhere. Critics say it violates a landmark 1987 state law pre-empting municipal gun control.

In fact, the AR-15 (which stands for Armalite Rifle, not Assault Rifle as often assumed), is a gas-operated firearm.

The report also suggests that municipalities should have the option to opt out of the ban via a vote at their annual meeting.

The program would provide criminal and civil immunity from liability to participating dealers for any harm resulting from the dealer’s acceptance, storage, return, or refusal to return the firearm.

Typically, election years trigger a spike in gun purchases due to concerns over potential restrictions, but that’s not the case this time.

“I don’t think anybody needs automatic weapons,” Rodgers said.

AGs claim Glock had knowledge its guns could be adapted to become “machine guns.”

In return for a waiver of the 72-hour waiting period, voluntary gun license applicants would be required to provide detailed information about themselves and their family members.

“As long as we allow these weapons to circulate in mass numbers with virtually no regulation, these catastrophes will continue,” Weinberger said.

Vermont’s lieutenant governor this week attended a ‘gun violence prevention policy summit’ sponsored by the Democratic Governor’s Association in Washington, D.C.

A recent federal court decision overturning California’s ammunition magazine ban doesn’t overturn a similar Vermont law – at least not yet.

In one short video, Second Amendment news blogger Liberty Doll has succinctly nailed the Daniel Banyai story – both the complex historical perspective, and the latest information on a judge’s warrant for his arrest.

The Vermont Legislature this year passed a gun control law with a waiting period both Gov. Scott and gun rights advocates believe is unconstitutional.

Vermont is a gun registration-free state – but that would change if a bill introduced yesterday becomes law.

The Supreme Court specifically prohibits requiring locks on guns stored at home – one of the provisions in a bill on the House floor today.

Recognizing the impossibility of passing gun control legislation, President Joe Biden is taking executive action instead – and will outline just what he plans in a speech today.

“Shooting ranges will close if S.57 becomes law,” club president Bob Otty said. 

In Kentucky, the ratio of firearm background checks to people was almost 1:1 in 2022. Vermont, not so much – about one in 13.

“Repealing the pre-emption law is absolutely on the GunSense legislative agenda,” Casey told VDC.

Another deep-blue state now requires new gun owners to undergo training and pass stringent background checks. What will Vermont do?

A Milton man is the winner of a 9 MM door prize from a pro-Second Amendment candidate meet-and-greet in Williston.

Vermont Fish & Wildlife offers hunting instructor training at a Waterbury gun shop.

The life of Second Amendment advocate Evan Hughes will be remembered in Barre this Sunday.

In response to recent mass shootings, legislators in New York and in several other states have turned their attention to a new target: civilian body armor.

Vermont firearms purchases last year dropped about 10% below the all-time high of 2020.

State laws against criminal trespass already allow hospitals to keep guns off the premises, House Judiciary was told Thursday.

The feds want to restrict hunting with dogs in the big Silvio Conte wildlife area in Eastern Vermont. A Northeast Kingdom state senator is asking our federal delegation to let the hunting continue.

An anti-gun professor is giving a speech Sept. 21 in Springfield entitled “Do We Still Need an Armed Citizenry?” Guess what her answer is.

At a special meeting of Groton voters last Wednesday, a proposed Second Amendment Sanctuary resolution failed narrowly by a 39-41 vote.

If approved, the proposal would bar the town of Groton from using funds to store firearms that have been confiscated or are being stored “for the purpose of enforcing any other law that unconstitutionally infringes upon the right of the people of Groton, Vermont to keep and bear arms.”

During the first six months of 2021, federal background checks for Vermont firearms purchases were down – but only slightly – from last year’s record high numbers. 

The Supreme Court has ruled unanimously for a Rhode Island man after police responding to a domestic disturbance took guns from his home without a warrant — a violation of the man’s Fourth Amendment rights, the justices ruled.

Changes to state law about justifiable homicide signed into law May 13 by Gov. Phil Scott could remove legal protections from citizens defending some attack victims, critics say – including Gov. Scott himself.

A bill that would ban almost all trapping in Vermont (H.172) was reviewed this week by the Vermont House Natural Resources, Fish & Wildlife Committee.

The proposed Mendon firearms discharge ordinance has been tabled while town officials gather more information and evaluate citizen comments from a March 15 hearing, Town Administrator Sara Tully told Vermont Daily today.