[ad_1] Meat myth-tery For Republicans looking for red-meat issues, what could be juicier than claiming that President Joe Biden wants to yank red meat off Americans’ dining tables? Over the weekend, they spread a scare story about a looming gut kick to carnivores. Never mind that there was not a morsel of truth to it.
Month: April 2021
[ad_1] The Republican-led Legislature has passed at least nine bills that expand gun rights or protect gun owners and sellers. GOP Gov. Doug Burgum has signed them all and issued a symbolic proclamation on Monday, April 26, designating North Dakota as a “Second Amendment Sanctuary State.” The edict does not carry the weight of law,
[ad_1] The Supreme Court announced Monday that it will decide a core gun rights issue: Whether the Second Amendment requires states to give permits to law-abiding citizens to carry concealed weapons. The Second Amendment protects “the right to keep and bear arms.” The Supreme Court held in its 2008 landmark decision District of Columbia v.
[ad_1] Hits: 46 WPCNR LAW JOURNAL. From the National Rife Association. April 26, 2021: The U.S. Supreme Court announced today it will hear an NRA-backed case challenging New York’s restrictive concealed-carry-licensing regime. This sets the stage for the Supreme Court to affirm what most states already hold as true, that there is an individual right
[ad_1] Fairfax, Va. – The National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action, in partnership with its state affiliate, the Association of New Jersey Rifle & Pistol Clubs (ANJRPC), asked the Supreme Court of the United States on Monday to hear their challenge against New Jersey’s prohibition on magazines capable of holding more than 10 rounds of ammunition.
[ad_1] Today, unconstitutional anti-gun legislation has been sent to the desk of Governor Jay Inslee for his consideration. It is important that all NRA Members and Second Amendment supporters immediately contact Governor Inslee and urge him to VETO House Bill 5038. Senate Bill 5038 makes it a crime to openly carry, on the person or in a
[ad_1] The Supreme Court has decided to take up a major, National Rifle Association (NRA)-backed lawsuit that challenges a New York law restricting individuals from carrying concealed handguns in public. It’s been more than 10 years since the Supreme Court weighed in on a significant case involving the Second Amendment, coming in the wake of
[ad_1] The United States Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments concerning New York’s laws that regulate handgun licensing, setting up the court’s first major Second Amendment case in more than a decade, and the first since ultraconservative justices gained a majority of the seats on the court. New York has some of the most
[ad_1] Gun control advocates seem conflicted recently about how to mischaracterize the NRA. Does it still exercise “undue influence,” or is it now “on the ropes” with the ascendance of anti-gun politicians controlling the White House and both chambers of Congress? Whatever they try to tell you, the numbers don’t lie. The strength of our pro-gun advocacy
[ad_1] Fairfax, Va. – The National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action North Dakota State Director Brian Gosch joined Gov. Doug Burgum at a ceremonial bill signing today for a number of NRA-backed bills including House Bill 1498, legislation that allows law-abiding North Dakotans to stand their ground. “Thanks to Gov. Burgum, law-abiding North Dakotans
[ad_1] The lawsuit seeks an unfettered right to carry concealed handguns. Lower courts have already rejected its arguments. The US Supreme Court has stepped back into the heated debate over gun rights, agreeing to hear a challenge backed by the National Rifle Association to New York state’s restrictions on people carrying concealed handguns in public in a
[ad_1] Sign up for our PoliticsNY newsletter for the latest coverage and to stay informed about the 2021 elections in your district and across NYC The U.S. Supreme Court stepped back into the heated debate over gun rights on Monday, agreeing to hear a challenge backed by the National Rifle Association to New York state’s
[ad_1] WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to consider a major new gun control case, whether there is a constitutional right to carry a weapon outside the home for self-defense. As it stands now, Americans have the right to gun ownership for self-defense in their homes. But the court said that in its
[ad_1] But the court’s new conservative majority has signaled it is more receptive to Second Amendment challenges. Several justices have said they are anxious to explore gun rights first acknowledged by the court in 2008, when it ruled in District of Columbia v. Heller that individuals have the right to gun ownership for self-defense in
[ad_1] New York had asked the Supreme Court not to decide the case, and told the justices in a brief that numerous New York residents have successfully satisfied the “proper cause” standard, which “generally requires a showing that the applicant has a non-speculative need for self-defense.” If the Supreme Court strikes down discretionary permitting requirements
[ad_1] The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a challenge to restrictions on carrying firearms outside the home, teeing up a potentially landmark dispute over the scope of the Second Amendment. In an unsigned order, the justices took up a bid by two gun owners and a New York affiliate of the National Rifle
[ad_1] By Andrew Chung (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court stepped back into the heated debate over gun rights on Monday, agreeing to hear a challenge backed by the National Rifle Association to New York state’s restrictions on people carrying concealed handguns in public. The justices will take up an appeal by two gun owners
[ad_1] Today the U.S. Supreme Court decided to hear an NRA-backed case challenging New York’s restrictive concealed-carry-licensing regime. This sets the stage for the Supreme Court to affirm what most states already hold as true, that there is an individual right to self-defense outside of the home. This case challenges New York’s requirement that applicants
[ad_1] Once predominantly farmland and pastures, Loudoun County, Virginia, is now home to planned communities filled with countless government contractors and bureaucrats. It also regularly has the highest median income of all counties in the nation. The county Board of Supervisors enacted gun control as soon as the anti-gun legislature in Richmond authorized such local
[ad_1] Too many Americans love guns more than they do other human beings. There have been at least 50 mass shootings in America since the massacre and apparent hate crime attack against Asian Americans in the Atlanta area on March 16. The COVID-19 pandemic has done nothing to stop America’s addiction to gun violence. Writing
[ad_1] Many who know me might be shocked by this: I shot my first pistol when I was 8 or 9, taught by my father, a physician, aiming at targets in our basement. At summer camp, I loved riflery the way some kids loved art. Staring through the sight, down the barrel, I proved an
[ad_1] Friday’s New York Times front-page story by White House reporter Annie Karni portrayed the president bravely fighting another plague: “Biden Moves To Curb Plague Of Gun Crime – Orders Restrictions on Homemade Firearms.” The jump-page headline made President Biden a literal life-saver: “Biden Moves to Save Lives by Regulating Kits to Make Guns.” All because of
[ad_1] Jaidyn Landers: College enrollment: On a decline Over the past few years, it has been noticed by analysts that college enrollment has been on a decline, and the recent presence of COVID-19 only exacerbated this trend. If the reduction in admissions in higher education persists, we will begin to see a negative impact on
[ad_1] HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — It is the case that Kevin Brobson cannot get out of his head: the National Rifle Association and gun owners couldn’t get Pennsylvania’s courts to consider their lawsuits challenging firearms restrictions in cities. Brobson, now running for a seat on Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court, is a key figure in an expanding
[ad_1] OTR: Rep. Jake Auchincloss calls for urgency in national gun reform laws Updated: 12:11 PM EDT Apr 25, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript APRIL 25, THE LAST SUNDAY IN APRIL. LET US GO ON THE RECORD. JAKE AUCHINCLOSS ARRIVED ON THE HILL JUST DAYS BEFORE THE DEADLY INSURRECTION. NOW FROM COVID-19 TO GUN VIOLENCE,
[ad_1] This week, a number of anti-gun bills are receiving committee hearings: On April 26th, the Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee will hear Assembly Bill 1223. This bill places an excise tax of 10% on the sales price of a handgun, and places an 11% excise tax on the sales price on all long guns, rifles,
[ad_1] Gun violence isn’t something I expected to face as an elementary school teacher in Central California. But far too often, it showed up in my fifth-grade classroom. A shooting would occur over the weekend, and my students would have to attend funerals. Two students lost their moms to gun violence. Over the years, various
[ad_1] It was an abrupt end to two decades as a partner at legal giant Foley & Lardner for the influential and conservative election lawyer Cleta Mitchell. Days after Mitchell participated in Donald Trump’s controversial 2 January phone call with Georgia’s secretary of state where the then president pressured him to “find” him more votes
[ad_1] Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly (D) vetoed legislation on Friday that would have lowered the legal age to carry concealed weapons to 18 years old. In a statement posted to Twitter, Kelly said that House Bill 2058 would allow more guns on school campuses, which would drive potential students away. “Throughout my time in public office,
[ad_1] While the Oregon Capitol remained in COVID lockdown, preventing access to the building by legislators and the public this week, the House Committee on Rules continued to meet in order to pass anti-gun legislation. Yesterday, on another party-line vote (4-3), the House Committee on Rules Democrats voted to advance SB 554 with amendments. These
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