Month: February 2022

The $73 million settlement by gunmaker Remington with the families of nine victims of the Sandy Hook school massacre was unprecedented. President Joe Biden called it “historic.” That’s all true, but it’s also not nearly enough. “The settlement is a small payment on a very large bill that is long overdue,” said Josh Sugarmann, founder
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In 2020, Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau extinguished the property rights of law abiding Canadians at the stroke of a pen. By a unilateral Order in Council – passed without parliamentary debate or a vote – he declared that thousands of previously lawful models of semiautomatic guns and variants were illegal “military grade assault weapons.”
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On Feb. 14, even as the ATF was encouraging jilted lovers to report their exes for firearm violations, Second Amendment champion Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) sent his own message to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, blasting the Department of Justice for mishandling the spike in violent crime. Grassley’s letter to Garland took the administration to
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The political activism of a Supreme Court spouse is the focus of a New York Times exposé titled “The Long Crusade of Clarence and Ginni Thomas.” The newspaper noted her work for the Council for National Policy, which it said “brings together old-school Republican luminaries, Christian conservatives, Tea Party activists and MAGA operatives, with more
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With help from Daniel Lippman   NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION HIRES NEW CEO: The National Restaurant Association has hired Michelle Korsmo to be its next president and chief executive, as well as chief executive of the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation. Korsmo has served as the president and CEO of the Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America
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This week, numerous Second Amendment-related measures will be considered in the Tennessee Legislature.  NRA Members and Second Amendment supporters are encouraged to remain active and in constant contact with their elected officials as they debate both pro- and anti-gun bills.  Those measures to be considered are outlined below: Pro-Gun HB 2330 strengthens the right-to-carry of Tennessee
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Republicans are ready to use the nationwide rise in violent crime against Democrats in the midterm elections. That’s odd. Yes, the murder rate is up. Most of those murders involved guns and took place in southern states with lax gun control laws enacted by Republican governors and legislatures. So, how can Democrats be attacked as the party
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Profit motives are a powerful incentive for criminals hackers who roam the internet locking up victims’ data and demanding a ransom for releasing it: In June, just one scheme — a cyberattack that crippled the world’s largest meat processing company — yielded an $11 million bounty for a Russia-based hacker gang. But those flows of
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On Thursday, the House voted 58-16 to pass Senate Bill 115, to enhance Utah’s firearm preemption law. SB 115 has now been transmitted back to the Senate, where it awaits a concurrence vote.  Senate Bill 115 2nd Substitute enhances Utah’s existing firearm preemption statute by providing a mechanism to ensure compliance. Firearm preemption occupies the field of firearm laws and regulations
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Hamilton creator Lin Manuel Miranda once promoted the Black Lives Matter-linked bail fund that paid to free a 21-year-old activist accused of trying to shoot a Jewish mayoral candidate dead in his campaign office.  On Monday 21-year-old Quintez Brown allegedly showed up at Democratic mayoral candidate Craig Greenberg’s Louisville Kentucky campaign HQ, where he is
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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Two controversial bills introduced this month in Tennessee would expand where enhanced handgun carry permit holders could carry by technically designating them as “law enforcement” in certain situations, according to reports.  It would allow permit holders to carry their weapons where only off-duty law enforcement officers can,
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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! California Gov. Gavin Newsom endorsed a Democratic proposal to allow citizens to sue their neighbors and businesses to enforce Golden State gun control – modeled after a Texas heartbeat bill that has been praised on the right and reviled by the left. The pro-life legislation in Texas
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On Monday, February 21, the Washington Senate Law and Justice Committee is scheduled to consider two major anti-gun measures.  Please contact committee members and ask them to OPPOSE the below gun control measures. “GHOST GUNS” BAN – HB 1705 further restricts the centuries-old practice of manufacturing firearms for personal use and self-defense by imposing requirements that far exceed those in federal law.  It seeks to prohibit
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Yesterday, the Idaho House State Affairs Committee passed Emergency Powers Legislation, Senate Bill 1262. The measure now heads to the House floor for a full vote. NRA Members and Second Amendment supporters are strongly encouraged to contact their State Representative and ask them to SUPPORT Senate Bill 1262. Senate Bill 1262 provides protections for gun stores, ranges, or any other entity that
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