[ad_1] Brandon Wolf is sick of people asking him what needs to change when it comes to gun control in America. “I’m sort of done with the ‘what would you like to see done?’ question,” he tells The Independent. “We already know what needs to be done. We get stuck in a loop of people
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
[ad_1] Not happy with the prospect of ordinary, law-abiding citizens having access to their Second Amendment rights outside of the home, Montgomery County, possibly the most anti-gun county in the state, and one known for being soft on actual criminals, seeks to restrict carry in any way they can. The U.S. Supreme Court affirmed that
[ad_1] A fleet of 52 school buses have set out to form a mile-long procession to U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz‘s Texas home, carrying 4,368 empty seats for each of the children killed by gun violence since 2020. The procession, dubbed the ‘NRA Children’s Museum,’ was set up by artist Manuel Oliver, the father of Joaquin,
[ad_1] A new organisation called the NRA Children’s Museum is seeking to raise awareness of the toll that mass shootings are taking on American children — and Texas Senator Ted Cruz is its first target. On Thursday, a fleet of more than 50 school buses arrayed in the shape of a rifle proceeded to Mr
[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
[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
[ad_1] In the pathos following the recent mass murders, much has been written about making changes to legislation that would have meaningful impact on these tragedies. Ron Faucheux’s opinion of June 6, “Is consensus on guns possible,” covers Second Amendment rights, tradeoffs protecting gun rights vs. limiting gun ownership, federal and state regulatory policies and
[ad_1] SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) – Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) passed a Senate resolution Thursday honoring the seven people killed at the Highland Park Fourth of July parade. During the city’s Fourth of July parade, Robert Crimo III allegedly climbed a rooftop and opened fire on a section of the parade to
[ad_1] A mile-long procession of 52 buses carrying the belongings of various gun victims is traveling to Sen. Ted Cruz’s (R-TX) home and office in Texas. The bus brigade with 4,368 empty seats represents the number of children killed by gun violence in the United States this year. Some of the belongings include the checkered
[ad_1] UPDATE: This story has been updated to reflect a comment from National Rifle Association spokesman Lars Dalseide. The Associated Press informed media outlets to avoid using the term “assault weapons” in a Wednesday tweet from its AP Stylebook account. “The preferred term for a rifle that fires one bullet each time the trigger is
[ad_1] Oliver Manuel is sending a fleet of 52 busses to Sen. Ted Cruz’s house in Texas to show the number of kids killed by gun violence this year. The “NRA Children’s Museum” was created in part “with the intention that some people will think this is truly an NRA museum,” Oliver told BuzzFeed News.
[ad_1] Columbia has submitted a draft ordinance to Attorney General Alan Wilson’s office asking if it violates the state’s preemption law. The draft ordinance victimizes gun owners who have suffered the loss or theft of their property, if they fail to report a lost or stolen firearm within a certain period of time after discovering
[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
[ad_1] Montana Congressman Matt Rosendale has signed on as a co-sponsor to a bill that would gut a nearly century-old program that provides more than $1 billion to states in conservation in order to stop what some Republican members of Congress believe is an unfair tax on guns and ammunition. The Repealing Excise Tax on
[ad_1] Marchelle Tigner, a firearms instructor, teaches a student how to shoot a gun during a 2017 class in Lawrenceville, Ga. Tigner’s goal is to train 1 million women how to shoot a gun in her lifetime. She is among the nation’s Black women gun owners who say they are picking up firearms for self-protection.
[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
[ad_1] California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed a new law that empowers gun violence victims to file civil suits against the companies that manufactured the firearms used in the crimes, as the state finds newer ways to end the sordid chapter of gun slaughters and mass killings. The move tightens gun laws in California, which
[ad_1] Gabby Giffords Won’t Back Down, a new documentary about the former congresswoman turned gun control activist, opens on the National Mall dotted with bouquets like a somber orchard – 40,000 white flowers for lives lost to gun violence in the US in 2019, 5,000 orange ones for the increase in 2020. She walks with
[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
[ad_1] I have been Americanized in many ways, but I am still uncomfortable with the idea of owning a gun even after living in the USA for more than fifty years. The recent explosive surge in mass shootings and other gun-related violence in this country has prompted me to express my thoughts. I have been
[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
[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
[ad_1] advertisement The six high priests of the Roberts Court made their intentions to destroy precedent abundantly clear in three recent bombshell decisions. In Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, they overturned Roe v. Wade and wiped out women’s rights of reproductive free choice. In New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, they struck
[ad_1] MIDLAND — Ann Manary supports the regulation of assault weapons, while Bill G. Schuette is advocating for “red tape” to halt. “There are things that we can do and that we need to do,” she said, in a reply to a question of what she would support in terms of gun laws. “We need
[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.
[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
[ad_1] Tonight, the Winchester City Council will consider O2022-23, to repeal a restriction on carrying firearms at public events. Last year, the City Council passed an ordinance to ban firearms in certain public places. In it, was a prohibition on carrying firearms at permitted events and events that “would otherwise require a permit,” making it
[ad_1] Yesterday, Governor Roy Cooper unsurprisingly vetoed House Bill 49, which would have ensured that law-abiding citizens who inadvertently let their carry permit expire could apply for a new one without as much time and expense. The Senate previously pulled it from committee and promptly passed it on the floor less than two weeks prior.
[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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