Gun Rights

The West Virginia Senate has adopted a proposed constitutional amendment that would prevent counties and municipalities from passing legislation concerning firearms, ammunition or accessories that conflicts with or is more restrictive than state law.

Following two mass shootings in the United States in the past week, a West Virginia Senate committee tackled an agenda focused exclusively on guns. During a Tuesday meeting of the Senate Judiciary Committee, lawmakers advanced four pieces of legislation related to reinforcing the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and other aspects of gun rights.

At the legislature today, the Commissioner of West Virginia’s Bureau of Public Health has concerns with a bill changing the way immunization exemptions…

At the legislature today, the House made some major changes to the senate’s campaign finance reform bill. And two senators say the bill will not be…

At the legislature today, after the Senate worked on the Charter Schools bill for weeks during the session, the bill is now in the hands of the house…

At the legislature today, the senate passes the Governor’s bill to reform the state’s juvenile justice system. Senators from both sides of the aisle…

Charleston Mayor Danny Jones says he will meet with Governor Tomblin very soon and ask him to veto a gun bill passed by the legislature last week.Senate…

A gun rights group has gone to court in an attempt to stop enforcement of Charleston's gun ordinances. The West Virginia Citizens Defense League asked…