Constitutional Carry Passed by MO Lawmakers: The Missouri legislature passed a bill last Friday that lifts the permit requirement for the concealed carry of firearms, and Gov. Jay Nixon is expected to decide whether or not to sign the measure into law. Stephen Gutowski of the Free Beacon reports that the bill allows any law-abiding adult who can legally possess a firearm to carry a concealed firearm on their person without having to obtain a separate permit. Additionally, it extends "castle doctrine" protections to house guests and removes the requirement that someone in a public place who reasonably believes their life is threatened must retreat before using deadly force to protect themselves. The measure passed with a 114-36 vote in the House and a 24-8 vote in the Senate. Gov. Nixon has not announced whether he will sign or veto the bill. If he vetoes it and the original vote count holds, the legislature could override the veto.
Bill Addresses Uncooperative Foreign Nations: A congressman introduced a bill last Friday that stipulates withholding foreign aid and travel visas from countries that refuse to repatriate illegal immigrants who have been given a final order of removal from the U.S. Melanie Hunt of CNS News reports that Rep. Brian Babin (R-Texas) and 20 Republican co-sponsors proposed the Criminal Alien Deportation Enforcement Act of 2016, citing the crime of Jean Jacques, who murdered a woman six months after he was released from prison when his home country of Haiti refused to take him back. The legislation requires the Department of Homeland Security to submit a report to Congress every three months detailing those countries that refuse to repatriate their citizens and will, in turn, subject those countries to the bill. The bill also gives victims of crimes resulting from foreign countries' lack of cooperation legal standing to due in federal district court.
CA Considers Making Lethal Injection Drugs: Since pharmaceutical companies are refusing to sell lethal injection drugs for executions, new rules proposed by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) allow prison officials to manufacture barbiturates at its own compounding pharmacies to carry out the death penalty. Frank Soltze of KPCC reports that the plan outlines the four barbiturates California prison officials would be allowed to use for executions -- amobarbital, pentobarbital, secobarbital and thiopental -- and provides the option to sidestep big drug companies by either compounding the chemical itself or contracting with a private non-state compound pharmacy. Compounding pharmacies differ in that they are barred from simply copying barbiturates and other drugs already on the market, and also require a preexisting doctor-patient relationship, a patient with a particularized need and a prescription for the specific compound from the doctor. The CDCR is taking public comment on its proposed regulations through July 11. It has been over 10 years since California carried out an execution.
Bill Addresses Uncooperative Foreign Nations: A congressman introduced a bill last Friday that stipulates withholding foreign aid and travel visas from countries that refuse to repatriate illegal immigrants who have been given a final order of removal from the U.S. Melanie Hunt of CNS News reports that Rep. Brian Babin (R-Texas) and 20 Republican co-sponsors proposed the Criminal Alien Deportation Enforcement Act of 2016, citing the crime of Jean Jacques, who murdered a woman six months after he was released from prison when his home country of Haiti refused to take him back. The legislation requires the Department of Homeland Security to submit a report to Congress every three months detailing those countries that refuse to repatriate their citizens and will, in turn, subject those countries to the bill. The bill also gives victims of crimes resulting from foreign countries' lack of cooperation legal standing to due in federal district court.
CA Considers Making Lethal Injection Drugs: Since pharmaceutical companies are refusing to sell lethal injection drugs for executions, new rules proposed by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) allow prison officials to manufacture barbiturates at its own compounding pharmacies to carry out the death penalty. Frank Soltze of KPCC reports that the plan outlines the four barbiturates California prison officials would be allowed to use for executions -- amobarbital, pentobarbital, secobarbital and thiopental -- and provides the option to sidestep big drug companies by either compounding the chemical itself or contracting with a private non-state compound pharmacy. Compounding pharmacies differ in that they are barred from simply copying barbiturates and other drugs already on the market, and also require a preexisting doctor-patient relationship, a patient with a particularized need and a prescription for the specific compound from the doctor. The CDCR is taking public comment on its proposed regulations through July 11. It has been over 10 years since California carried out an execution.
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