Month: April 2022

[ad_1] This week, Governor Laura Kelly signed pro-hunting legislation, House Bill 2456, into law.  The measure will go into effect on July 1, 2022. House Bill 2456 establishes the Kansas kids lifetime combination hunting and fishing license.  As amended, such a license shall be issued to children who are five-years-old or younger, and the price of a license
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[ad_1] The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed claims brought against Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge in a lawsuit that challenged Rutledge’s spending of taxpayer money on TV commercials and legal filings in out-of-state federal litigation. The court’s opinion concluded that the attorney general has sovereign immunity and cannot be enjoined because plaintiffs failed to
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[ad_1] LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. – Reps. Lucy McBath and Carolyn Bourdeaux flipped two longtime Republican congressional districts in Atlanta’s northern suburbs by running against then-President Donald Trump and his divisive brand of politics. But as they fight to keep their House seats this year, they’re competing against each other. After new congressional maps approved by the
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[ad_1] In four months, Boca Raton likely will approve the lease that would allow construction of a performing arts center at Mizner Park. After a surprisingly short debate during Monday’s workshop meeting, city council members and representatives of the Boca Raton Arts District Exploratory Corporation (BRADEC) worked out their two remaining differences. Barring something unexpected,
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[ad_1] Joaquin Rafael Roces  |  Reno Gazette Journal This opinion column was submitted by Joaquin Rafael Roces, candidate for Reno mayor.  In 2021 Judge John P. Schlegelmilch of the Third District Court in Nevada nullified part a new state law banning untraceable firearms assembled from kits. Schlegelmich sided with a Dayton-based gun kit manufacturer in finding that
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[ad_1] Now retired in Florida, McCarthy told CNN Opinion for those like her, whose lives have been touched by gun violence, each new senseless shooting brings up haunting memories of their own trauma, transporting them back to their personal tragedy. All day, McCarthy monitored news of the shooting; she couldn’t not watch. The shooting spree
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[ad_1] Opinion: They’ve been busy pleasing the anti-abortion, anti-LGBTQ, anti-education and anti-voting lobbies. Will the gun lobby get a present? What do you think? I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking – what about the gun lobby? When do they get their annual handout, their piece of the legislative pie, from the Republicans who control
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[ad_1] Senate Democrats are preparing for a fight over Steve Dettelbach’s nomination to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), against the backdrop of the November election. President Biden tapped Dettelbach this week, stepping into a proxy battle over gun control months before the midterms, with Republicans eager to paint both Biden
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[ad_1] The NRA announced its endorsement of Gov. Kay Ivey on Monday for reelection, praising her support of the permitless carry bill that passed a month ago. “Gov. Ivey’s commitment to the Second Amendment has never been in question,” said NRA lobbyist Art Thomm. “Nowhere has that support been more evident than when, earlier this
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[ad_1] Many states have been loosening their gun laws in recent years. This year Ohio allowed people to carry handguns without a permit — a move that enjoys the support of just 20% of Americans, the Pew Research Center reports. When Gov. Mike DeWine signed Senate Bill 215 last month, he joined 23 other states,
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[ad_1] AUSTIN — Texas pro-gun activists and political leaders are condemning President Joe Biden’s announcement of a new effort to regulate “ghost guns.” Biden announced Monday that his administration would set more strict regulations for unregulated, untraceable weapons made from kits. Known as “ghost guns,” these weapons are particularly frustrating to policymakers and gun regulators
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[ad_1] Today, the Senate Insurance and Banking Committee voted 5-2 to advance Senate Bill 1048, to discourage banks from discriminating against the firearm industry. It will now advance to the full Senate for further consideration. Please contact Senate President Dave Schatz and the Senate Majority Floor Leader Caleb Rowden, and ask them to schedule SB
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[ad_1] Last weekend a far-right group called America First held a political rally in Orlando. At one point, organizer Nick Fuentes, a white nationalist also involved in the 2017 Charlottesville rally, invited attendees to cheer for Russia. Soon the audience was chanting “Putin! Putin!” Without context this may seem puzzling. Why would a group of
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