Gun Control

PIERRE - South Dakota lawmakers have given final approval to a bill that would make the state's concealed weapons permits valid for an extra year.

WASHINGTON - The NRA is using a Justice Dept memo to argue that the Obama administration believes its gun control plans won't work unless the government seizes firearms and requires national gun registration - ideas the White House has not proposed and does not support.

PIERRE - The South Dakota House of Representatives has decided to continue with the state policy of defying federal gun law.

PIERRE - A South Dakota Senate committee is looking at a bill that would allow school districts to arm teachers and other personnel with guns.

PIERRE - The South Dakota Senate has approved a plan to make concealed weapons permits valid for five years, up from the current four years.

State would fight federal new gun regulations.

WASHINGTON - The number of federal background checks for firearm sales declined unexpectedly last month following a surge toward the end of the year as Washington considered new gun control measures.

SIOUX FALLS - South Dakotans are getting permits to carry concealed weapons at a brisk pace as President Barack Obama and Congress debate gun control in the wake of the recent school shooting in Newtown, Conn.

The efforts to place ‘sentinels’ in schools has only happened so recently that no one currently serving on a school board was elected to that office based on their position on this issue.

PIERRE - A South Dakota Senate committee has rejected a measure that sought to prevent newspapers, broadcast stations and others from publishing the names of people who have guns.