[ad_1] Monroe County is suing Iowa Firearms Coalition, an NRA state affiliate, along with one of its members, in retaliation for them asking the county to obey state law. Last year, the legislature passed House File 2502. Among other things, this NRA-backed law requires localities to provide measures, like screening and security guards, to keep its citizens
Month: March 2021
[ad_1] Once a powerful group respected or feared on both sides of the aisle, financial and legal problems in recent years have hobbled the NRA’s ability to shape the political conversation around gun ownership and the Second Amendment. Neither the NRA nor its public face, executive vice president Wayne LaPierre, have made policy statements about
[ad_1] A lot has changed for the National Rifle Association since pouring millions into Donald Trump’s successful 2016 campaign. A bankruptcy filing, scandals and legal battles plaguing what has for decades been one of the most powerful forces in politics, have given gun control advocates renewed hope that something can get done in Congress. “Our
[ad_1] Dad often hunted with my brother Tom, who was 12 years older than me. They were out hunting on Oct. 1, 1951, the day my sister was born. I was told my mom didn’t fault them for being gone but suggested they clean and cook the birds themselves. Much later, retiring from the Air
[ad_1] SALEM — Firearms would be barred from state buildings, and local governments would have the option of banning them from their buildings, under a bill that is halfway through the Oregon Legislature. The Senate voted 16-7 on Thursday for Senate Bill 554. It goes to the House after a debate lasting more than three
[ad_1] Mr. Cruz and others say that now is not the time for change. They have said the same thing after every mass shooting, of which there have been too many. Republican senators have tried doing nothing, the status quo, and we know that doesn’t stop the violence. For Mr. Cruz and the NRA and gun
[ad_1] Voters wait in a long line to vote at the Buckhead library in Atlanta on the first day of In-person early voting for the Georgia Senate runoff election on Monday, Dec. 14, 2020 in Atlanta, GA. Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images A provision of a new Georgia law bans volunteers
[ad_1] The massacres in Boulder, Colorado, with 10 killed, and in metro Atlanta, with eight killed, are just two more instances of senseless gun violence enabled by the NRA, gun manufacturers, and the corrupt politicians they control. Here is a short reminder of some others, for any who might need it: Columbine High School, Colorado,
[ad_1] Hello and welcome to this week’s D.C. Memo. Spring has sprung in the District, and I’m enjoying the first cherry blossom blooms despite my allergies’ best efforts to bring me down. Today in the memo: D.C. statehood, gun control, and Minnesota’s connection to a new vaccine passport idea. D.C. statehood under debate again Remember
[ad_1] In the 14 days after the death of George Floyd, 19 people across the country died in violent protests. Not all the deaths were gun-related, and some of the dead were engaged in criminal activity. Nonetheless, the nation responded with shock and talked of little else in the weeks that followed. This week, a
[ad_1] Red Wolves I’m glad to see that Loveland High changed their logo from the Indian to the Red Wolf. … Thank goodness. I get up every morning thinking that wokeness is going to change this world. You woke teachers and you woke school district, you’re getting your way, aren’t you? You need to reimburse
[ad_1] WASHINGTON — Supporters of gun control lashed out at President Biden on Friday for suggesting a day earlier that gun legislation would not be his next priority even after two mass shootings in a week. Mr. Biden initially said on Tuesday that he did not need to “wait another minute” to address the epidemic
[ad_1] Today, anti-gun legislation, Senate Bill 5038, was placed on the House Calendar for Second Reading. The measure can now be brought up for a vote at any time, and your Representative needs to hear from you immediately! Please contact your State Representative and ask them to OPPOSE Senate Bill 5038. Senate Bill 5038 makes it a
[ad_1] Anti-gun legislators are looking to advance legislation through Committees next week that would significantly impair Oregonians’ access to firearms. On Tuesday, the Oregon House Committee on Health Care has scheduled a Work Session and vote on Mandatory Storage legislation, House Bill 2510. Please contact committee members and ask them to OPPOSE House Bill 2510. House Bill 2510,
[ad_1] A mass shooting took place in a grocery store in Boulder, Colorado on March 22. A social media post claims the NRA is at fault. On March 22, a shooter opened fire at a grocery store in Boulder, Colorado, killing 10 people, including a police officer. A viral tweet claims the National Rifle Association
[ad_1] Yesterday, despite overwhelming public opposition, the Oregon Senate passed anti-gun legislation, Senate Bill 554, by a 16 to 7 vote. Next, the bill will go to the House for further consideration. Please contact your State Representative and ask them to OPPOSE Senate Bill 554. Senate Bill 554 will create new “gun-free zones” by handing over authority to local governments, universities, and airports
[ad_1] The group has been plagued by infighting and allegations of self-dealing and is defending itself against a sweeping lawsuit filed in August by the New York attorney general that alleges that the organization violated its nonprofit status as its top leaders allegedly raided the organization’s coffers for personal gain. The NRA disclosed last year
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[ad_1] DATE: March 26, 2021 TO: USF & NRA Members and Friends FROM: Marion P. Hammer USF Executive Director NRA Past President LEGISLATORS HEARD YOUR VOICES AND PASSED HB-259 On Thursday, March 25, 2021, the full Florida House of Representatives met and heard HB-259, sponsored by Rep. Jayer Williamson & Rep. Cord
[ad_1] Next week, the Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled to consider Mandatory Storage legislation, House Bill 1106. It is extremely important that NRA Members and Second Amendment supporters contact their lawmakers in opposition to this anti-self-defense bill. House Bill 1106 imposes government-mandated standards for storing firearms, rendering a person’s firearm useless when needed for self-defense. This should
[ad_1] CLOSE Boulder, Colorado mourns the ten people murdered during a shooting rampage inside a King Soopers grocery store. USA TODAY WASHINGTON – With Republicans and Democrats already speeding toward a familiar stalemate over whether to respond to a recent spate of mass shootings, experts on both sides of the debate are predicting the Supreme Court
[ad_1] Phoenicia Ratliff, who was killed in 2020. Last year, 23-year-old Phoenicia Ratliff of Canton was kidnapped and shot by her ex-boyfriend before he turned the gun on himself. Just a week earlier, he had been arrested on domestic violence and stalking charges. Ratliff was one semester short of graduating from Jackson State University. She
[ad_1] No one is enforcing the laws Let me start with I am a former police officer. The shooting in Boulder this week was a horrific event, and my thoughts and prayers go out to the slain officer’s family and the other victims families. But as normal after one of these mass shootings the first
[ad_1] Colorado’s Republican representative Lauren Boebert has suggested in an interview that hammers are more dangerous than assault weapons in America, despite removing an array of guns from her interview background in the wake of the Boulder mass shooting. Ms Boebert asserted during her interview on Newsmax TV’s National Report that what she called Colorado’s
[ad_1] CLOSE Some Coloradans with close ties to victims of gun violence say they’re optimistic that a renewed push for gun control will be successful after the deadly Boulder mass shooting. (March 23) AP Domestic Six days before opening fire in a Colorado grocery store and killing 10 people, a 21-year-old suspect in the massacre bought
[ad_1] Kits make ghost guns unregistered and untraceable Guns made by hobbyists or 3D printers are just as lethal, but aren’t traceable and don’t require background checks. USA TODAY A campus-wide email promoting an event about 3D-printed guns has upset some Iowa State University students in the wake of mass shootings in Boulder, Colorado, and Atlanta.
[ad_1] Following the Atlanta and Boulder murders, we now fall somewhere between hope and inanity. You might think the political moment is propitious. Policies such as tighter criminal background checks and closing the private-sale loophole are wildly popular, including among Republican voters. The National Rifle Association — the main institutional opponent of gun reform —
[ad_1] CLOSE The day after a gunman opened fire in a Colorado supermarket, President Joe Biden called on Congress to move quickly to toughen the country’s gun laws. He also called Officer Eric Talley, who died in the line of duty, “an American hero.” (March 23) AP Domestic Joe Biden wants to re-make America’s roads,
[ad_1] The leaders of Google, Facebook and Twitter testified on Thursday before a House committee in their first appearances on Capitol Hill since the start of the Biden administration. As expected, sparks flew. The hearing was centered on questions of how to regulate disinformation online, although lawmakers also voiced concerns about the public-health effects of
[ad_1] (RNS) — The gun carnage in this country — seen just in the last few days in the spa shootings in the Atlanta area and a mass shooting at the King Soopers grocery store in Colorado — is not only a horrific social problem, it is also a theological problem, even a theological crisis. The
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