Month: June 2022

[ad_1] Gun Control In the days leading up to the hearings, others not as keen on joining the usual throng of demonstrators — some wearing red “Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America” T-shirts, and others the yellow “Gun Control Doesn’t Work” shirts from the 2nd Amendment Coalition — sent written testimony. The Providence Journal PROVIDENCE — Senate President
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[ad_1] Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), the lead Republican negotiator on the bipartisan gun safety package, told a home-state crowd at the Texas GOP convention on Friday that he had “fought and kept President Biden’s gun grabbing wish list off the table,” yet still received boos from the crowd, CNN reports. Said Cornyn: “Democrats pushed for
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[ad_1] click to enlarge Photo via News Service of Florida Marion Hammer Call it the end of an era. Marion Hammer, a titan of gun-rights advocacy who played an outsized role in shaping Florida’s gun laws as a lobbyist for the National Rifle Association, retired this week. Hammer, 83, spent 44 years as a lobbyist
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[ad_1] Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. WASHINGTON — In late May, U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema had just finished speaking to a group of reporters about the gut-wrenching shooting at a Uvalde elementary school. She beelined into the Senate chamber, where
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[ad_1] People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has taken issue with a controversial California animal shelter that refuses to let pro-gun people adopt its pets, Fox News reported. What’s the background? TheBlaze previously reported on the Shelter Hope Pet Shop in Thousand Oaks and its strict policies against working with certain Second Amendment backers.
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[ad_1] Lake County Councilman Charlie Brown (D-Gary) and Councilwoman Christine Cid (D-East Chicago) announced their support for a proposal to ban sales of “AR-15” firearms at gun shows held at the Lake County Fairgrounds. What they are proposing is to restrict lawful, tax-paying businesses from selling legal products to law-abiding citizens, who wish to exercise
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[ad_1] Lynette Kennison  |  Guest columnist My area of specialty is trauma therapy and grief counseling; sadly, there is a greater need for both these days.  The NRA touts infringement of the right to bear arms by citizens as sacred and any modification as a slippery slope. This country has already gone down that slope and
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[ad_1] Jack Bernard  |  Columnist Uvalde shooting survivor recalls covering herself in blood to survive Uvalde shooting survivor Miah Cerrillo, 11, tells Congress how she smeared her friend’s blood on herself to look dead in a prerecorded message. Claire Hardwick, Associated Press This is a column by Jack Bernard, the former director of Georgia’s Office of Health
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[ad_1] Buffalo suspect hears U.S. charges BUFFALO, N.Y. — The white man suspected of killing 10 Black people at a Buffalo, N.Y., supermarket made his first appearance in federal court on hate crime charges Thursday, and the judge urged prosecutors to quickly decide whether to pursue the death penalty given the “substantial” cost of such
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[ad_1] Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor. PG&E fealty to investorsendangers customers Investor-owned utilities like PG&E must make a profit but also provide gas and electricity users with reliable, safe and reasonably priced service. The increased electricity rates — recently requested by PG&E (NEM 3.0) and
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[ad_1] Former President Clinton is offering advice to people looking to garner support for gun control laws, saying it’s important that Americans “just talk to each other again.” In an interview on CBS’s “The Late Late Show” with James Corden on Wednesday, Clinton said that when talking to pro-gun rights activists, it might help to ask
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[ad_1] One of the nation’s most prominent gun rights advocates will hang up her holsters — at least in the public realm. Marion Hammer, a former National Rifle Association President, announced her retirement as Florida’s top lobbyist for the NRA Institute for Legislative Action in the state. “It has been an honor to serve NRA
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[ad_1] Last night, news broke that the Biden Administration is taking behind-the-scenes steps to further strangle the already constricted market for ammunition in the United States. The move could result in a reduction of the commercial production of 5.56 caliber ammunition by over thirty percent. The move, if completed, would dramatically reduce availability of ammunition for
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