ISIS threats prompt military family 2nd Amendment bill

By Patriot Outdoor News

A bill was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives this week to allow military spouses to purchase handguns in states their husbands or wives are permanently stationed.

An exemption was added to the Gun Control Act of 1968, which restricts gun purchase outside of one’s state of residence, for active duty military personnel assigned to a permanent duty station. The “Protect Our Military Families’ 2nd Amendment Rights Act” is seen as an extension of that exemption, said Rep. Scott Rigell, R-Virginia, the bill’s sponsor.

The lawmaker said he wants to give military families the tools they need to protect themselves from Islamic extremists following the release of a 100-name “hit list” of military targets by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.

The list was reportedly posted to a website in March by a group calling itself the Islamic State Hacking Division and called for “lone wolf” ISIS sympathizers to kill those named.

“ISIS, and other terrorist organizations that do not share our nation’s values, see confrontation with the United States as inevitable, and desperately seek new ways to harm our fellow Americans – particularly members of our military community and their loved ones,” Rigell said in …read more

Source:: Patriot Outdoor News