[ad_1] The National Rifle Association is still struggling to make a difference in the 2020 election, as they promised President Donald Trump. Their problem, however, is that they’ve got about one-sixth the money they did in 2016. Axios reported Sunday that the group has vowed to support President Trump’s re-election, but it isn’t quite working out the way
Month: September 2020
[ad_1] Since moving to Utah in 1969, I have been disappointed that many of Utah’s civic leaders are shackled by misunderstandings and false narratives, especially regarding our constitutional rights. The following facts emerged clear and indisputable in the Michigan public school civics class I attended: 1. The Bill of Rights was impotent and incapable of
[ad_1] When it comes to the topic of election stocks to buy, I have generally suggested that you should consider companies that will do well under President Donald Trump’s second term. At this, I’m often met with incredulousness. How could this relic of a bygone era win in this fractured period? Quite often, I respond
[ad_1] In June, the Pennsylvania House passed Emergency Powers Legislation, House Bill 1747. Earlier this week, the Senate Judiciary Committee inched this critical Second Amendment legislation one step closer to final passage on a 9 to 5 vote. This important legislation will allow Pennsylvania to join the growing list of states which are protecting Second Amendment rights when a
[ad_1] In announcing the launch of “Sportsmen and Sportswomen for Biden,” the former vice president’s campaign demonstrated earlier this month how many gun control advocates misconstrue the purpose of the Second Amendment. The coalition of “50 prominent hunters and anglers” stated that Joe Biden would “protect the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding Americans to purchase
[ad_1] Armed Citizen® TodayA man in South St. Louis County, Mo., Defended himself when two armed men attempted to carjack him in the early morning hours of Aug. 30, 2020. The man was cleaning his car in the stall of a drive-in car wash when two other men approached him armed with handguns. The armed assailants then
[ad_1] Donald Trump admitted on Wednesday that he intentionally downplayed the threat of the coronavirus despite knowing how deadly and dangerous it was. He defended his actions to a crowd of reporters by saying, “I love our country and I don’t want people to be frightened, I don’t want to create panic.” However, his attempt
[ad_1] SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A prominent lobbying group to the firearms industry has endorsed Republican candidate Mark Ronchetti for U.S. Senate in New Mexico. Ronchetti announced the National Rifle Association’s endorsement on Thursday in a tweet. The former television meteorologist is running against Democratic U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján to succeed Sen. Tom
[ad_1] Two Gun Control Ordinances Still Loom Ahead for September 21st Council Meeting On Wednesday evening, thanks to all of your calls and emails, the Albuquerque City Council voted down Resolution R-20-68 on a 5-4 vote. This non-binding resolution would have urged the New Mexico Legislature to strip the firearms preemption clause from Article II, Section 6 (the
[ad_1] Montana Governor Steve Bullock (D) has been very active during the long 2020 campaign season. First, in May of 2019, he jumped into the race to be the Democrat nominee to face off against President Donald Trump (R) this November. After several months, however, and failing to break 1% of support in any national
[ad_1] Credit: CC0 Public Domain Amid two crises—the pandemic and the national reckoning sparked by the killing of George Floyd—there have been anguished calls for Americans to come together across lines of race and partisanship. Change would come, a U.S. Today contributor wrote, only “when we become sensitized to the distress of our neighbors.” Empathy
[ad_1] Today President trump released another list of potential Supreme Court nominees. These are described as additions to the president’s prior lists, so those original people are still in the mix. This is today’s list: Bridget Bade is a Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Prior to her appointment
[ad_1] Photo Credit: YouTube screenshot / Black Lives Matter American flag in flames at Portland, Oregon demonstration by Black Lives Matter protesters {Reposted from the Gatestone Institute website} At least 13 US cities “have cut funding from police department budgets or decreased officer numbers with several more in the process,” according to a recent report by Forbes. Austin,
[ad_1] Both candidates for Illinois’ 10th Congressional District seat shared stories about gun violence in their families while discussing gun control legislation Tuesday. Democratic U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider of Deerfield told a much-repeated story about how he was named in Hebrew after a great-uncle who was shot to death.
[ad_1] Over the past few weeks, I had at least two mailers in my mailbox from liberal Gov. Steve Bullock’s campaign where he pretends to support our 2nd Amendment rights. Anyone who has remotely followed the governors public remarks over the last couple years would let out an audible laugh immediately upon receiving one of
[ad_1] Here’s what you need to know: President Trump gave the journalist Bob Woodward extensive access in the hope that the eventual book would be “positive” in his eyes.Credit…Doug Mills/The New York Times President Trump acknowledged to the journalist Bob Woodward that he had knowingly played down the coronavirus earlier this year even though he
[ad_1] Here’s what you need to know: President Trump gave the journalist Bob Woodward extensive access in hopes the eventual book would be “positive” in his eyes.Credit…Doug Mills/The New York Times President Trump acknowledged to the journalist Bob Woodward that he had knowingly played down the coronavirus earlier this year even though he was aware
[ad_1] Here’s what you need to know: Joseph R. Biden Jr. has stepped up his efforts to unveil populist policies aimed at helping American workers.Credit…Amr Alfiky/The New York Times WARREN, Mich. — Joseph R. Biden Jr., taking on President Trump over protecting American jobs, traveled to Michigan Wednesday and announced he would change the tax
[ad_1] Here’s what you need to know: President Trump toured Ford Rawsonville Components Plant in Ypsilanti, Mich., in May. Both Joseph R. Biden Jr. and Mr. Trump are visiting Michigan this week.Credit…Doug Mills/The New York Times Of the three states that President Trump captured to the surprise of overconfident Democrats in 2016, Michigan has long
[ad_1] EXETER – Former Republican state Sen. William Gannon will have the opportunity to run for his old seat after he pulled off a convincing win in the state Republican primary election Tuesday. Gannon defeated former Brentwood State Rep. Allen Cook 3,897-1,473, without the results from Gannon’s hometown of Sandown available, in the nine-town District
[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 clause
[ad_1] The National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) is proud to announce a new partnership with eight companies that have pledged to match $1 million in donations made to NRA-ILA through Nov. 15, Partners for Patriotism. “These patriotic businesses are pledging vital resources to support and defend the Second Amendment because they understand that our
[ad_1] TOPSHOT – Former vice-president and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden (L) and Senator from … [+] California and Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris greet supporters outside the Chase Center in Wilmington, Delaware, at the conclusion of the Democratic National Convention, held virtually amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, on August 20, 2020. (Photo by
[ad_1] We’ve written extensively about NICS background checks records this year and the potential implications. Large numbers are now used routinely. There were 3,115,063 total NICS firearm background checks last month, but what does that actually mean? The typical format for an article on the monthly NICS report would include various statistics, like August 2020 was the fifth-busiest month
[ad_1] In 1819, Chief Justice John Marshall of the U.S. Supreme Court famously wrote: “the power to tax involves the power to destroy ….” This truism has not been lost on firearm prohibitionists, who when unable to ban guns outright have often tried to tax them out of reach of the average citizen. Earlier this
[ad_1] Montana Governor Steve Bullock (D) has been very active during the long 2020 campaign season. First, in May of 2019, he jumped into the race to be the Democrat nominee to face off against President Donald Trump (R) this November. After several months, however, and failing to break 1% of support in any national
[ad_1] This is a sad book, and a bad one, and you shouldn’t buy it. The thinking in it is poor; the writing is worse. The author “exposes” evils that, if you’ve been paying even scant attention, you already know. Expect it soon in a Walmart remainder bin near you. To summarize my argument thus
[ad_1] ABC News ABC NewsBy PIERRE THOMAS and PETE MADDEN, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — A former high-ranking official within the National Rifle Association is breaking ranks with the powerful gun lobby, publishing a book that accuses its leaders of decades worth of mismanagement and fraud that he says has left the organization in a state
[ad_1] Lakeridge Health has decalred an outbreak of COVID-19 in an inpatient unit at Oshawa Hospital. The hospital says one patient contracted coronavirus and a health care worker who was treating the patient has also tested positive for the virus. Lakeridge Health said in consultation with Durham Region Health Department, the decision was made Wednesday
[ad_1] The U.S. populace leans strongly to the left, yet the right-wing Republican Party continues to win elections, control government and enact a far right policy agenda. For example, in 2001 and 2003, and again in 2017, Republicans enacted tax cuts that delivered 80 percent of the benefits to the richest 1 percent, which even most Republicans don’t favor.