{"id":118321,"date":"2017-03-22T10:39:34","date_gmt":"2017-03-22T15:39:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=118321"},"modified":"2017-03-22T10:39:34","modified_gmt":"2017-03-22T15:39:34","slug":"legislature-approves-concealed-weapon-carry-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=118321","title":{"rendered":"Legislature approves concealed weapon carry bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-69461\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/concealedweapon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"107\" height=\"87\" \/>BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) \u2014 The North Dakota Legislature has approved a bill that allows those who qualify permission to carry a concealed firearm without a permit.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate approved the measure 34-13 on Tuesday. The House last month passed the proposal that allows people 18 and older to forgo background checks and classes that are now required.<\/p>\n<p>Supporters say the bill promotes constitutional rights and allows protection from criminals. Critics worry it could lead to more shootings as people with less training would be carrying weapons.<\/p>\n<p>About a dozen states already have similar laws. The South Dakota Legislature this month approved a similar measure but GOP Gov. Dennis Daugaard vetoed it, saying his state\u2019s gun laws are reasonable.<\/p>\n<p>North Dakota GOP Gov. Doug Burgum hasn\u2019t said whether he would support the bill.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) \u2014 The North Dakota Legislature has approved a bill that allows those who qualify permission to carry a concealed firearm without a permit. The Senate approved the measure 34-13 on Tuesday. The House last month passed the proposal that allows people 18 and older to forgo background [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":116627,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=118321"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118321\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":118322,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118321\/revisions\/118322"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/116627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=118321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=118321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=118321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}