[ad_1] Leftists are pushing back against the praise being poured on 22-year-old Elisjsha Dicken by claiming he was no “Good Samaritan.” On July 19, 2022 Breitbart News noted that Dicken was receiving praise from police, mayors, and the very mall–Greenwood Park Mall–where Sunday’s attempted mass shooting occurred. He had his handgun on him, thanks to
Month: July 2022
[ad_1] Fairfax, Va. – The National Rifle Association Political Victory Fund (NRA-PVF) is proud to announce its endorsement of Mike Dunleavy for Governor in the 2022 Alaska Primary. “Mike Dunleavy has demonstrated steadfast support for our Second Amendment freedoms,” said Jason Ouimet, chairman, NRA-PVF. “He has worked tirelessly to secure Alaska’s rich hunting heritage and defend our
[ad_1] NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Missouri officials are slamming a planned FBI audit of various sheriff’s offices in the state, saying the audit is an attempt “to illegally obtain” information on concealed carry permit holders. One sheriff, in particular, said that even under a threat of federal arrest, he will not
[ad_1] In late June, Illinois Gov. J. B. Pritzker traveled to New Hampshire to be the keynote speaker at New Hampshire’s Democratic Party state convention. Officially, he was there to “help other Democratic governors get elected” and to lobby for Chicago as the site of the party’s 2024 presidential convention. Unofficially, there was buzz that
[ad_1] The Greenwood Park Mall is pictured on July 18, 2022, in Greenwood, Indiana. | Source: Jon Cherry / Getty On Sunday, 20-year-old Jonathan Sapirman walked into a Greenwood Park Mall food court in Greenwood, Indiana, carrying a rifle and pistol with access to another rifle and more than 100 rounds of ammunition, according to
[ad_1] Tim Michels’ campaign says it will correct a false claim in a new mail piece that he’s been endorsed by the NRA even though the group hasn’t backed anyone in Wisconsin’s guv race. A Michels spokesman said the error was unintentional. But the campaign of GOP rival Rebecca Kleefsich ripped him for lying to
[ad_1] WASHINGTON — The Aloha State has some of the strongest gun control laws in the U.S., but a spate of mass shootings, from Buffalo, New York to Uvalde, Texas are pushing Democratic congressional candidates Jill Tokuda and Patrick Branco to stake out their positions on one of the nation’s most intractable political issues. The
[ad_1] Having been a Times-Herald subscriber for most of my adult life and having written more than a few Letters to the Editor, I’ve gotten to know, and come to like very much, Times-Herald Editor Jack F. K. Bungart. I knew Mr. Bungart was from the Chicago area — he’s a huge Cubs fan. Need
[ad_1] One of the clearest memories from my childhood is the Sandy Hook shooting in 2012. I was in my local library probably getting some young adult book or a movie when I looked up at the television screen and saw the news coverage of the shooting. The faces of children not that much younger
[ad_1] MADISON – Republican candidate for governor Tim Michels sent out a campaign mailer to potential voters in recent days promoting an endorsement from the National Rifle Association that Michels does not have — an error a spokesman said was unintentional and has since been corrected. Michels’ campaign mailer included a photo of Michels in hunting gear with
[ad_1] Campaign Action Last week, before Manchin stepped in, Republicans were still making noises about not allowing even that much to pass as long as Democrats were pursuing the larger reconciliation bill including climate change measures and tax reforms—the things Manchin had been saying he would support publicly and privately for months. They haven’t yet said
[ad_1] The gun grabbers couldn’t be more off-target if they were trying. The morning after an Indiana mall shooting was stopped by a man police are calling a good Samaritan and normal Americans are calling a hero, the anti-gun nuts at Brady United Against Gun Violence were out with a social media post, displaying exactly
[ad_1] Editor’s note Talk of the County is a reader-generated column of opinions. If you see something you disagree with or think is incorrect, please tell us. Call us at 312-222-4554 or email talkofthecounty@tribpub.com. Hurrah Hurrah President Biden, you took action on high gas prices and they are coming down. I’m paying a dollar less per
[ad_1] Tomorrow, at 7:00 P.M., the Naperville City Council will consider File 22-0848, to ban commercial sales of many commonly-owned firearms and standard capacity magazines. NRA Members and Second Amendment supporters are invited to ask the Council to OPPOSE File 22-0848. To view the draft ordinance and for more information on submitting testimony or participating
[ad_1] As New York officials prepare to defend that state’s new and almost certainly unconstitutional gun licensing law, the president of the state’s bar association has called attention to “significant deficiencies” in another law, the “extreme risk protection order” (a.k.a. “red flag”) law. New York’s “extreme risk protection order” law, enacted in 2019, allows a
[ad_1] Since the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its decision in NYSRPA v. Bruen affirming the Second Amendment right to bear arms for protection outside the home, New York politicians have been on the warpath against the right to self-defense. Despite Gov. Kathy Hochul’s (D) and the N.Y. State Assembly’s best (and unconstitutional) efforts, New
[ad_1] Jerry Zremski , Robert J. McCarthy Eleven days before a racist gunman rampaged through a Buffalo supermarket on May 14, Rep. Chris Jacobs joined a group of Second Amendment advocates in rural West Falls to film an ad for his re-election campaign. The hunters and gun rights backers he consistently supported as a Second
[ad_1] Comment on this story Comment After 17 high school students and staff were killed by a mass shooter in 2018, Pennsylvania state Rep. Todd Stephens watched his GOP cohorts in Florida rally around a new red-flag law. Such measures, which aim to temporarily remove guns from people at risk of harming themselves or others,
[ad_1] Good Monday morning. A new poll of Florida’s 13th Congressional District shows Democrat Eric Lynn with a lead over Republican Anna Paulina Luna. Conducted by David Binder Research, the poll of 600 likely General Election voters found Lynn with 45% support compared to 43% for Luna. Additionally, pollsters found Lynn’s supporters were more concrete
[ad_1] Following the horrific Independence Day mass shooting in Highland Park, Congress reacted with passage of the Active Shooter Alert Act. Like the Amber Alert system that immediately signals the public to be on the lookout for missing children through cellphones and other media, the new measure would notify the public about active shooters. It’s
[ad_1] The candidates running for the Missouri House of Representatives in the 49th District, covering much of Callaway County, have different opinions on issues, but mostly stay along the usual party lines. The district includes the towns of Fulton, Holts Summit, New Bloomfield, Mokane and Tebbetts. (See the district map at https://www.sos.mo.gov/CMSImages/Elections//Maps//House_District_49.pdf.) Education Jim Schulte,
[ad_1] Allan MacDonald of New London is a retired public school teacher and small businessman. It’s said that some songs are timeless. Let’s consider Bob Dylan’s “Blowin’ in the Wind.” “How many roads must a man walk down, before you call him a man?” Shortcut: Buy an assault rifle and be issued a “man card”
[ad_1] On July 11, Joe Biden held an event at the White House to celebrate what his administration called “the most significant gun violence legislation to have been signed into law in 30 years.” The ink on the so-called “Bipartisan Safer Communities Act,” passed over the NRA’s objection, is barely dry. And the same can
[ad_1] Sooner or later you are going to have to admit it. There is nowhere in this nation that is safe from gun violence. Not the supermarket, not the local theatre or church, not the school, hotel or public park, not even the 4th of July parade. Nowhere. That’s freedom? When the next heavily armed
[ad_1] In 1994, after 40 years in the wilderness, a Republican party led by Newt Gingrich recaptured the House of Representatives. Eventually, scandals of his own making, the impeachment of Bill Clinton and a drubbing in the 1998 midterms forced Gingrich to step down. But he did not leave public life. The former Georgia congressman
[ad_1] The public, in all likelihood, assumes too much. Take, for example, the people of Uvalde, Texas, and specifically the parents of children who attend Robb Elementary School. We’d bet those parents assumed the educators they entrusted their children to and local and regional law enforcement agencies had developed extensive plans for responding to a
[ad_1] Naperville’s proposed ban on the sale of some high-powered weapons is drawing mixed reactions. City council members Tuesday will begin a discussion on an ordinance prohibiting the sale of what officials describe as assault weapons and large-capacity ammunition magazines. The proposed ban comes in response to the mass shooting at the Highland Park Fourth
[ad_1] by W. D. Ehrhart In a withering, indeed breathtaking, succession of recent decisions rendered by a U.S. Supreme Court now dominated by justices vetted by the Federalist Society and nominated by presidents who did not win the popular national vote, most of the past 120 years of legal progress and precedent have been obliterated.
[ad_1] WASHINGTON — House Democrats are pushing a federal ban on assault weapons but face resistance from their more moderate members, including at least one from Texas. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo, plans to vote against the ban that the House Judiciary Committee is scheduled to take up Wednesday, his press secretary Dana Youngentob said Friday.
[ad_1] PRESIDENT Joe Biden signed a new gun safety bill on July 11, 2022, one week after the Fourth of July Highland Park shooting. The bill is the first gun safety legislation to be passed by Congress in 30 years. 2 Joe Biden signed the gun safety bill in June 2022Credit: EPA What is the
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