Month: March 2021

[ad_1] Monday, March 22nd, was the deadline for bills to cross over from their chamber of origin. As such, a few anti-gun bills are essentially dead for the year. House Bill 175 would have required “ammunition vendors” to conduct federal NICS background checks on prospective recipients of ammunition. Because “ammunition vendor” was vaguely defined in
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[ad_1] Here’s what you need to know: President Biden held his first news conference in the East Room of the White House on Thursday.Credit…Doug Mills/The New York Times President Biden said on Thursday that Republican efforts to limit voting rights were “sick” and “un-American,” vowing to prevent states from taking what he called “despicable” actions
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[ad_1] Here’s what you need to know: Video In his first formal news conference as president on Thursday, President Biden condemned Republican efforts to restrict voting rights and said the filibuster was being “abused in a gigantic way.”CreditCredit…Doug Mills/The New York Times President Biden on Thursday called efforts to limit voting rights “sick” and “un-American,”
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[ad_1] On Monday, the Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee will consider gun safety legislation, Substitute House Bill 2089.  Please click the “Take Action” button below to voice your support to this important firearm safety legislation. Substitute House Bill 2089 directs the state Board of Education to establish grade-appropriate curricula guidelines to teach firearm safety to K-12
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[ad_1] Yesterday, Governor Laura Kelly signed Emergency Powers Legislation, Senate Bill 40, into law.  Having passed the legislature with strong bipartisan support, the measure goes into effect immediately.  Thank you to NRA Members and Second Amendment supporters who contacted their lawmakers in support of this important legislation. Senate Bill 40 provides protections for gun stores, ranges,
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[ad_1] The Joint Committee on Government Administration and Elections is scheduled to consider legislation that would impose a gun free zone on all polling locations in Connecticut.  Senate Bill 5 is scheduled to be considered tomorrow, and committee members need to hear from you! Senate Bill 5 creates a new, state level prohibition by prohibiting possession of a
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[ad_1] We need your help. The economic fallout of the coronavirus crisis is threatening our ability to keep producing the quality reporting you’ve come to love. If you’re able, please consider making a monthly contribution to the Mercury. In case you’re not feeling insignificant enough, check out this new photo of a black hole! Courtesy
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[ad_1] Originally published on August 3, 2012at: https://duluthreader.com/articles/2012/08/03/100731-what-were-the-brain-altering-psych-drugs-that-the The most recent episode in the peculiarly American epidemic of mass shootings happened yesterday, March 22, 2021, in Boulder, Colorado. Everybody knows the bare details as broadcast on the mainstream media and most people are expecting the seemingly inevitable – and illogical – revenge/retaliations against Middle Eastern
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[ad_1] With Daniel Lippman FIRST IN PI — BALLARD ADDS TOP WALSH AIDE: Eugene O’Flaherty, most recently corporation counsel for the city of Boston and a top aide to now-Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, has joined Ballard Partners as a partner as the firm looks to expand its congressional practice and ties to the new administration,
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[ad_1] NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are both pushing for Congress to pass stricter gun laws, including an assault weapons ban. But getting any new gun legislation through an evenly divided Senate appears unlikely, CBS2’s Carolyn Gusoff reported Wednesday. “We are seeing tragedy after tragedy,” Harris said on
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