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Republican Tim Donnelly, who has made gun rights a centerpiece of his gubernatorial campaign, is pushing for legislation in the Assembly that would expand gun owners access to concealed carry permits.

His bill, which he promoted at the Capitol on Monday, follows a federal court ruling in February that found the states requirements for concealed weapons permits too restrictive.

Current state law requires applicants to show good cause and gives discretion over the permit process to local law enforcement officials. Donnelly, an assemblyman from Twin Peaks, said that process is arbitrary and capricious, favoring gun owners who are well connected.

Donnelly said his legislation, which would require the state Department of Justice to issue a concealed handgun permit to gun owners who pass a background check, would make the promise of our Second Amendment a reality for every Californian.

A rights not a right if you cant exercise it, Donnelly told reporters at the Capitol.

Donnellys legislation, Assembly Bill 1563, is unlikely to gain support in the Democratic-controlled Legislature, but it may further bolster his credentials with conservative activists. Donnellys news conference came on the same day rival Republican Neel Kashkari announced two high-profile endorsements, from former California Gov. Pete Wilson and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, the 2012 Republican presidential nominee.

Neel is the right candidate with the right message to challenge Governor (Jerry) Brown, support Republican candidates up and down the ticket, and help us grow the party in the long term, Wilson said in a prepared statement.

Donnelly, the Legislatures most outspoken gun rights advocate, pleaded no contest in 2012 to two misdemeanor charges related to the discovery of a firearm in his carry-on bag at Ontario International Airport. Donnelly has said he forgot he had the gun.

Donnelly said Monday he has had no personal experience with the concealed carry permit process in California, but that maybe I would be one of the first people to apply for it under my new law.

He spoke to reporters ahead of a hearing by the Assembly Public Safety Committee on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the legal status of the states concealed carry restrictions remains uncertain.

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Republican U.S. Representative Vance McAllister of Louisiana wont seek re-election in November, weeks after a security videotape surfaced showed him passionately kissing a member of his staff who wasnt his wife.

Theres no doubt Ive made a mistake, he said in an e-mailed statement. Ive failed those I care most about and let down the people who elected me to represent them. I take full responsibility for this personal failure and Im truly sorry for what Ive done.

Today, I am announcing that I will not seek re-election, but I will continue to be that voice and will uphold the office to which I was elected to serve for the remainder of my term, he said.

The congressmans decision follows calls from Republican leaders for McAllister to step down. His term expires in early January 2015.

McAllister had been absent from the U.S. House since the video surfaced April 7, missing a number of votes including one on the House Republican budget. Hes set to return to Washington for House votes today.

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal on April 10 said McAllisters behavior was an embarrassment and that the best way for him to get privacy and work on putting his family back together is to resign from Congress.

Roger Villere, chairman of the Republican Party of Louisiana, in a statement urged McAllister to resign and said his extreme hypocrisy is an example of why ordinary people are fed up with politics.

McAllister, married with five children, campaigned for the House last year as a Christian conservative. He was elected in November to replace fellow Louisiana Republican Rodney Alexander, who resigned to take a job in Jindals cabinet.

Buoyed by an endorsement from reality television star Phil Robertson of Duck Dynasty fame, McAllister came in second in a 14-way primary, then won a runoff election.

Before the video emerged of McAllister kissing a staff member, who also was married, he was known in Washington for bringing another Duck Dynasty star, Willie Robertson, as his guest to the State of the Union address. The staff member resigned, according to the Associated Press, after the Ouachita Citizen posted the video on its website.

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