Month: July 2022

[ad_1] Attention candidates: Candidate questionnaire to be printed in the Aitkin Age – Email your answers to news.age@apgecm.com, please limit in entirety of 250 words or less. Deadline: Friday, July 15, 9 a.m. Community service groups/organizations: Prior city, county, or school civic service: (Boards/commissions, etc): Campaign contact: (website, Facebook page, etc.) Why are you running
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[ad_1] Courtesy of Stephen Melkisethian (Flickr CC0) New gun laws, including “red flag laws,” will not work. Domestic terrorism will continue to be the greatest danger to the American people. Here’s the proof. The tragic and deadly shooting in Highland Park, Illinois, killing seven and injuring dozens more, should have been prevented. Illinois has some
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[ad_1] Another big endorsement for 4th District Congressman Dan Newhouse in his re-election campaign. The National Rifle Association Political Victory Fund (NRA-PVF), representing nearly five million members, announced their “A” rating and endorsement of Congressman Dan Newhouse for his reelection campaign. The NRA released the following statement in support of Congressman Newhouse: “On behalf of
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[ad_1] Comment on this story Comment Shooters Grill, the gun-themed restaurant where the servers packed heat and which helped propel its hard-line conservative owner into the halls of Congress, served its last Swiss & Wesson burger over the weekend in the small Colorado town named, appropriately enough, Rifle. The Glenwood Springs Post Independent published a
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[ad_1] Media coverage of the fallout from recent mass shootings suggests growing numbers of Americans are fed up with gun violence and ready to demand change. The shifting public sentiment could eventually reduce the numbers of people killed and wounded by gunfire every year in Chicago and south suburbs like Harvey, where shooters killed 30
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[ad_1] Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), the top Republican negotiator for the Senate’s newly unveiled gun control bill, has said he will not take part in a new round of gun control talks concerning proposals aimed at limiting access to certain rifles or expanding background checks. The lawmaker was asked by reporters on July 12 whether Republicans would
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[ad_1] On Monday, Governor Gavin Newsom signed another anti-gun bill into law, Assembly Bill 1594. Introduced by Assembly Member Phil Ting (D-19), AB 1594 creates a private right of action against firearm industry members for failure to implement “reasonable” controls. This intentionally vague term can subject the industry to crippling lawsuits regardless of whether there is any actual violation of law, and therefore
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[ad_1] WASHINGTON — The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Steve Dettelbach, a former top federal prosecutor, to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, boosting the agency as the country struggles with rising gun violence. Dettelbach was confirmed by a 48-46 vote that split mostly along party lines; Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Rob
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[ad_1] WASHINGTON — The Senate on Tuesday narrowly confirmed Steven M. Dettelbach to run the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, giving the agency responsible for marshaling the federal response to gun violence its first permanent leader in seven years. Mr. Dettelbach, a former federal prosecutor from Ohio, was confirmed by a 48-to-46 vote.
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[ad_1] The day after four people were shot within an evening in Gary, only two Lake County Council members agreed Tuesday to join an ad-hoc committee to address gun violence. Councilman Charlie Brown, D-Gary, and Councilwoman Christine Cid, D-East Chicago, agreed to be members of the ad-hoc committee to look into what the seven-member council
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[ad_1] Sen. John Cornyn (Texas), the lead Republican negotiator of a gun safety bill that President Biden signed into law last month, is shutting the door on additional negotiations on other proposals to limit the availability of assault weapons or expand background checks.   Cornyn, who has taken some fire from the right because of
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