Arkansas figures in the following national count.

The New York Times reports on legislative action in the year since the gun slaughter in Newton, Ct. 

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Of 109 new state gun laws, 39 tighten regulation and 70 loosen regulation.

Arkansas has: 1) made concealed carry permits secret; 2) by some nutters’ interpretation totally removed restriction on carrying of a weapon; 3) allowed guns in churches; 4) allowed guns at private church schools; 5) opened the door to guns on college campuses by vote of trustees; 

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Bullet Bob Ballinger has, so far, failed in his effort to pass a state nullification statute, the Orval E. Faubus Memorial Gun Act. But more legislative sessions await.

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