Month: March 2022

[ad_1] Democratic Gov. Ned Lamont’s proposal to expand Connecticut’s gun control laws received pushback Monday from some opponents who argue it’s a “kneejerk” reaction to combatting crime – a key issue in this year’s election. During a daylong public hearing on Lamont’s bill, numerous gun rights advocates and supportive state legislators argued more needs to be
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[ad_1] Today, President Biden signed the Fiscal Year 2022 Consolidated Appropriations Act into law, a nearly 3000-page bill that funds all government programs. Included in the large bill was a reauthorization of the Violence Against Women’s Act (VAWA). VAWA is a law that focuses on, among others, domestic violence and sexual assault survivor programs. Originally
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[ad_1] It’s a path the supporters of so-called “constitutional carry”—particularly the Second Amendment absolutists of Gun Owners of America as well as the National Rifle Association (NRA)—have been treading state by state for the past 13 years with tremendous success despite the NRA’s recent financial and legal troubles. Even if the court chooses a more narrow ruling,
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[ad_1] The former president keeps telling on himself. During an appearance Sunday on Jeanine Pirro’s radio show on WABC, Donald Trump expressed, yet again, his sympathy for Russia’s reigning kleptocrat. “He’s got a big ego,” Trump said of Vladimir Putin. “I think what’s going on now is hard. I understand he’s gotten rid of a
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[ad_1] Today, Governor Mike DeWine signed Senate Bill 215 into law. This makes Ohio the 23rd constitutional carry state, and the second to join that group in 2022. Constitutional carry empowers law-abiding citizens who are already otherwise eligible to obtain a carry permit to exercise their right-to-carry without having to go through government red tape and delays.
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[ad_1] Fairfax, Va. – The NRA’s Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) applauds Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine for signing Senate Bill 215, NRA-backed legislation that allows law-abiding gun owners to carry a firearm without a permit from the state. “Any right requiring a fee or government permission slip isn’t much of a right at all. That’s why
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[ad_1] Tomorrow, the Assembly Committee on Public Safety will hear Assembly Bill 1869, to impose excessive penalties for violating California’s law regarding firearm markings. Please contact Members of the Assembly Public Safety Committee and urge them to oppose AB 1869.  Assembly Bill 1869 increases penalties for violating California’s law on serializing home-built firearms and buying, disposing, possessing, etc., any
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[ad_1] Tomorrow, the Senate Committee on State, Veterans, and Military Affairs is scheduled to consider “The Vote Without Fear Act,” House Bill 22-1086.  Please contact committee members and respectfully ask them to OPPOSE this unnecessary measure. House Bill 22-1086 “The Vote Without Fear Act” – The title itself is enough to know that sponsors and supporters
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[ad_1] It’s a well-known fact: NRA’s formidable power comes directly from its committed members and supporters, working on the FrontLines to protect and promote our Second Amendment! There are, however, special, dedicated patriots that go well beyond the call as grassroots warriors:  Meet Lisa Bingenheimer of West Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Lisa has served at the very
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[ad_1] Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Thursday signed a constitutional carry bill into law that allows permitless concealed carry in the Yellowhammer State. Alabama House Bill 272, also known as the Constitutional Carry Bill, eliminates certain restrictions on concealed carry of pistols and transporting a handgun in a private vehicle. The bill also established a
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[ad_1] The devastating and all-too-real invasion of Ukraine by the Russians has galvanized the world. It also reminded some of a movie favorite of many Americans, one loathed by the media. Its plot? A determined group of young people fight off an invasion by the Russians. Of course, I’m talking about the ‘80s classic Red Dawn.  Discussing the 1984 John
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[ad_1] As Kirchick explains, Putin’s deliberate cultivation of the American right-wing—and ultimately most of the Republican Party—through the efforts of Russian intelligence, began in earnest in 2013: [T]hey made a keen study of the American political scene and realized that, during the Obama years, the conservative movement had become ripe for manipulation. Long gone was
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[ad_1] Today, the House voted 94-57 to pass House Bill 1358, constitutional carry. It will now go to the Senate for further consideration. The Senate has already passed their own constitutional carry bill, Senate Bill 319. Governor Brian Kemp has stated his support for constitutional carry, so the General Assembly just has to send a
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[ad_1] Today, the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee issued a favorable report to Senate Bill 387, to ban Marylanders from building so-called “ghost guns,” with amendments. The legislation has been adjusted with amendments, including changes to avoid federal prohibitions for a possession violation. While a mechanism to keep currently lawful homemade firearms alleviates the impact of the restriction for
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[ad_1] After years of messy partisan fights and failures, Congress on Thursday finally reauthorized the Violence Against Women Act and expanded its protections for particularly vulnerable groups of people, including Native American women and LGBTQ survivors of violence. Lawmakers tucked the VAWA bill into a massive, fast-moving $1.5 trillion government spending package that sailed through
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