Rep. Jeremy Haroldson told Cowboy State Daily that the reason there are so many gun bills in the legislature this year is Wyoming is “the last hope” for gun owners and manufacturers.
A bill pending before the Wyoming Legislature would eliminate the state’s “gun free zones,” such as the Capitol building, The University of Wyoming and numerous other locations.
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An ATF ruling that would classify firearms outfitted with pistol braces as “short-barreled rifles” could require up to 40 million guns to be registered, something many gun owners see as unconstitutional.
A Wapiti man who wants to make his own machine gun is suing the U.S. government for denying his application to do so, saying a federal anti-machine gun law violates his Second Amendment right.
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What does a Wyomingite call the average Texan’s gun collection? A “starter kit.”
The Wyoming Highway Patrol issued Sig Sauer P320 pistols as their main duty weapons for a time, but switched brands about two years ago after a trooper’s pistol went off unintentionally, an agency spokesman said
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A pending lawsuit against gun manufacturer Sig Sauer claims one of the company’s most popular law enforcement and self-defense pistol models fires unexpectedly, but some Wyoming gun enthusiasts said that hasn’t affected them.
Police in Riverton say they favor arming public school teachers with proper training. Fremont County School District 25 met with the public on Wednesday to discuss the proposed policy.
A group representing Wyoming’s banks opposes a new merchant code that will categorize credit-card purchases made in gun shops. “We oppose any effort to use the banking industry for surveillance,” the exec director said.
Wyoming Attorney General Bridget Hill and 17 other GOP attorneys have told credit card companies tracking gun-shop transactions to change course or prepare for legal challenges
A Gun Owners of America spokesman on Tuesday told Cowboy State Daily he fears the federal government will use a new credit card system tracking gun sales. The ATF and FBI would not comment.
A prominent Second-Amendment expert in Wyoming advised gun enthusiasts Tuesday to buy guns in cash or check their credit card companies’ terms and use agreements, following new banking categorizations for guns and ammunition.
A new code specific to the purchase of guns and ammunition will allow credit card companies to keep track of who is buying these items and report suspicious and illegal activity to authorities.
Wyoming will get its share of the record-breaking $300 million-plus in excise tax funds posted by the gun and ammunition industry in the first quarter of 2022.
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A new California law could hurt Wyoming businesses because it enables individuals to sue gunmakers and gun dealers anywhere in the country. The law’s power is enhanced by California’s judicial system which is “notoriously hostile” against gun advocates.
“I’ve been saying for years what Justice Thomas has just opined,” said state Sen. Anthony Bouchard, founder of Wyoming Gun Owners. “That special instructions cannot be imposed on a right.”
It’s high noon in the Wyoming Legislature as one lawmaker called another’s letter “ridiculously stupid” and from the “Obama administration’s manual of public deception.” In turn, that legislator said he’s been double-crossed by him before and is considering filing a formal complaint.
Two different letters from two different pro-gun groups in the Wyoming legislature are demanding that Sens Barrasso and Lummis vote no on gun control legislation in Congress.
While the Wyoming chapter of Moms Demand Action For Gun Sense say they want “gun safety,” the director of Wyoming Gun Owners say they are a “group of bitter, self-loathing leftists who want to disarm every gun owner in the country.”
Wyoming residents, organizations and lawmakers remained divided over whether teachers should be allowed to carry guns in schools.
Wyoming Gun Owners policy advisor Aaron Dorr said he has received death threats for stating Wyoming teachers should be armed. “For every troll sending me death threats on social media, keep ’em coming.”
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Richard Biby, manager of Rocky Mountain Sports in Riverton, credits inflation, ammunition shortages, and a decrease of inner-city riots for gun sales reverting back to pre-pandemic levels.
Wyoming Attorney General Bridget Hill has joined more than 20 other Republican attorneys general on Tuesday by petitioning a federal court to overturn a ban on firearm accessories known as “bump stocks.”
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State Sen. Anthony Bouchard said he knew Biden’s gun ban was coming which is why he introduced legislation to make such executive order unenforceable. “Sadly, we have a majority of Republicans who ignored my warnings,” he said.
Both Wyoming Gun Owners’ policy director Aaron Dorr and Sen. Anthony Bouchard claimed they were not allowed to speak at a hearing on a gun bill which they opposed. But footage of the meeting appeared to show little effort by either to do so.
The Wyoming Gun Owners said the “Second Amendment Protection Act” is “horrific and treacherous” and pushed by the worst people in the legislature.
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Firearms manufacturers are not able to sell their guns and ammo on the state’s Shop Wyoming website — and a Cody lawmaker wants the attorney general to take action against what she sees as illegal discrimination.
By the slimmest of margins, Montana topped Wyoming for percentage of households which owned firearms (66.3% – 66.2%).
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The co-owner of a Powell roofing company that drew national attention for offering a free AR-15 with every roof job said the company is still in business and contracts are all being honored, despite rumors to the contrary.
The Wyoming company that offered a free AR-15 with a roof job has seemed to disappear. Its website & Facebook page are gone and they’re now getting sued for shoddy and/or incomplete work.
In suing the state, the Wyoming Gun Owners group (WyGO) alleges that Wyoming’s election laws impose unconstitutional restrictions on the right of free speech.
Shawn Wagner, the owner of Wagner’s Outdoor Outfitters in Casper, said he has never seen an ammo shortage like this one.
A Wyoming company which is offering a free AR-15 with every new roof job has received international attention for its promotion including inquiries from England & Russia.
Big Horn County officials are looking into joining other counties around the state in declaring themselves a sanctuary for the Second Amendment.
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After a Wyo roofing company announced customers would receive a free AR-15 with every new roof job, people from Californians and Illinois called them to say they were peddling weapons of mass destruction.
The director of WYGO called Byron Oedekoven a “spindly little weasel” and a “cancer on the 2nd Amendment
