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Kentucky's concealed carry law, set forth in KRS § 237.110, is "shall-issue". The law is written to allow the carry of concealed "deadly weapons", not just handguns. Although Kentucky allows concealed carry without a permit for those 21 and over, permits are still issued. The permit is called a Concealed Deadly Weapons License (CDWL).
Kentucky is the only state without provision on what happens if the penalty phase of the trial results in a hung jury. Thus, the Kentucky Supreme Court ruled that in cases that end with a hung jury, the judge must order a penalty retrial, applying the common law rule for mistrial. [2]
The Criminal Code contains several offences related to driving a motor vehicle, including driving while impaired or with a blood alcohol count greater than eighty milligrams of alcohol in one hundred millilitres of blood (".08"), [3] impaired or .08 driving causing bodily harm or death, [4] dangerous driving (including dangerous driving causing bodily harm or death), [5] and street racing. [6]
Several gun bills have been introduced into the Kentucky legislature. Here is where they stand as the session nears an end. What's happening with gun legislation in Kentucky?
No motive has been publicly identified. Kentucky State Police didn’t provide one in the immediate aftermath of the shooting, which took place just before 3 p.m. Thursday.Nor did police host a ...
The "Safer Kentucky Act" is a wide-ranging bill under consideration in the state legislature. Also known as House Bill 5, the controversial bill has been in the works since late last year with the ...
A Second Amendment sanctuary, also known as a gun sanctuary, is a state, county, or locality in the United States that has adopted laws or resolutions to prohibit or impede the enforcement of certain gun control measures which are perceived to violate the Second Amendment, such as universal gun background checks, high capacity magazine bans, assault weapon bans, red flag laws, etc. [1] [2 ...
The pair appeared to be having a heated exchange before the sheriff pulled out his gun and pointed it at the judge’s head, the startling video shows.