[ad_1] How unpopular is gun control in states with contested Senate races? Ask Everytown for Gun Safety, a firearm prohibition lobby backed by billionaire Michael Bloomberg. They’re spending big piles of Bloomberg’s cash running campaign ads to flip Senate seats in Iowa and North Carolina. But for a gun control advocacy group, their messaging is

[ad_1] Times are tough for the anti-gun crowd. Not financially tough, but tough in the sense that millions of Americans have chosen to acquire a firearm to defend themselves and their loved ones. The Trace is desperately claiming that the tangible increase in gun ownership will have no political significance. The Bloomberg funded crew at

[ad_1] The hypocrisy of the pampered political elite on the topic of personal safety is reaching breathtaking new levels. No longer content to merely deprive the citizenry of the means with which to defend themselves, politicians in some jurisdictions are depriving residents of police protection as well. All the while, these contemptible figures have shown

[ad_1] Charlotte, N.C. — Every morning, a small aircraft flies over the sky, waking up Charlotte, N.C. It drags a flag with two images: on the left, the image of an aborted fetus, on the right, a Black Lives Matter sign. It is a stark reminder of some issues that both united and divide people

[ad_1] FILE – In this July 30, 2020, file photo members of the Seattle Storm stand in front of a photo of Breonna Taylor before a WNBA basketball game against the Washington Mystics in Bradenton, Fla. Taylor was killed in her home by police officers. Americans’ suggestions of suitable statues for President Donald Trump’s planned National

[ad_1] In his new book, Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., outlines the history of the Second Amendment and why gun violence is as bad as it is today. Above, Murphy listens during during a Senate hearing on June 30, 2020. Al Drago/POOL/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Al Drago/POOL/AFP via Getty Images In his

[ad_1] Remembering Joseph Bryan “Joe” Griffith, his family says the enactment of a common sense gun sale law would be the best kind of memoriam to honor him and the six other people who died and the 25 who were wounded on the blackest day in Odessa history, Aug. 31, 2019. The Texas House Select

[ad_1] Florida’s a tougher nut to crack, requiring four seats to flip the state Senate. However, with just two or three swing election victories this year, by 2022 we can finally break the 25-year Republican stranglehold on my state. With everything that’s going on, it’s easy to overlook critical legislative races in two important battleground

[ad_1] Today, the California Attorney General’s office filed a petition for an en banc hearing in Duncan v. Becerra—the NRA funded case challenging California’s ban on the possession of magazines capable of holding more than 10 rounds. The petition was expected after the 9th Circuit court of appeals affirmed that the ban violated the Second Amendment on

[ad_1] Donald Trump says if he loses the US election the American way of life will be “destroyed”. He launched a scathing attack on Democratic nominee Joe Biden and said the nation is facing its most important ever election. After accepting the Republican Party nomination, the President defended his leadership of a divided nation. Critics

[ad_1] Not satisfied with restrictive gun control measures already enacted by the New Mexico Legislature, like the ban on private firearms transfers and a red flag gun confiscation law, the Albuquerque City Council is poised to consider three additional gun control measures in September: Resolution R-20-68 urges the New Mexico Legislature to strip the firearms preemption

[ad_1] At a time when a record number of Americans are buying firearms, many for the first time, Gov. Phil Murphy wants to shut down this trend, just like everything else in the Garden State.  The Governor has never hidden his disdain for private gun ownership, and he has certainly proven throughout the COVID 19 crisis that he

[ad_1] The alt-reality show on the screen this week, a Republican National Convention without platform or ideas, mixed Dear Leader adoration with primal fear jabs aimed at the weary American voter. And it may work. But the reality outside the screen was a perfect fusion of elements central to the master con of Trumpism. The

[ad_1] 2020 watch: Biden’s Bounceless DNC Democrats hoped their convention would halt the slippage in Joe Biden’s lead in the polls over President Trump, notes Dominic Green at Spectator USA. Yet not only did they fail to see “a post-conference bounce,” support for Trump rose, “including in swing states.” While a Reuters/Ipso poll found no

[ad_1] But even before the campaign pulled all its ads, it was already entirely dark this month in Michigan and Pennsylvania while being outspent 8-to-1 in Wisconsin, according to Politico. Biden also spent three times as much in North Carolina, Florida, and Arizona. And Trump left Ohio and Nevada completely uncontested.  Trump campaign spokespeople have

[ad_1] CLOSE Victoria Spartz, the Republican candidate for Indiana’s 5th Congressional District, answered some IndyStar questions, July 17, 2020. Indianapolis Star Ask Indiana’s 5th Congressional District Republican candidate Victoria Spartz why she is running for Congress and she’ll reference her childhood in Soviet-controlled Ukraine.  In one of her primary campaign ads entitled “Stop Socialism,” Spartz, who

[ad_1] The sometimes fractious runoff for the Republican nomination for Congress in Oklahoma’s fifth city ended last night with a victory by state Sen. Stephanie Bice. Bice, who had the backing of the National Rifle Association and former presidential candidate Rick Santorum, defeated businesswoman Terry Neese. She now faces Democratic Rep. Kendra Horn in what is

[ad_1] Nearly five million Americans became first-time gun owners in 2020, according to a new report. The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), the gun industry’s trade group, estimates that 17.1 million guns have been sold between January and August with 4.84 million Americans purchasing their first guns. The sales—especially to new owners—represent a significant shift

[ad_1] Republicans all the way up to the president unloaded on St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner this summer as she investigated and then charged a wealthy pair of married lawyers for pulling guns on protesters. “Kim Gardner owes every single family who has had a loved one murdered an explanation on why she has

[ad_1] Putting the Ad Into Context Herrell’s ad references Rep. Torres Small’s 2019 vote in favor of HR-8, also called the “Bipartisan Background Checks Bill.” Herrell’s ad suggests that because Rep. Torres Small voted for the bill, she “sold us out.” To put it simply, HR-8 would have expanded background checks to include gun sales at

[ad_1] Media outlets should have focused less on gun control and more on President Trump‘s actions after the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla.  according to Andrew Pollack, whose daughter died in the massacre. “I think a lot of people forget that Nikolas Cruz, the Parkland shooter, was a student with years of behavioral and

[ad_1] Candace Owens was not included on the list of people speaking at the Republican National Convention, and some people are quite happy about it. Owens, a Black conservative, isn’t a favorite in many circles, one of them being the Black community. Her social and political commentary has come under fire multiple times, with Heavy