By Don Poole Updated: 4 hours ago Published: 4 hours ago I want to encourage all Alaska voters to cast their vote carefully in the new election system. This is the first time for it, so vote carefully. Many Alaskans do not trust this new idea of ranking and intend to vote just for Kelly
Month: August 2022
Democratic Texas gubernatorial candidate Robert Francis “Beto” O’Rourke’s position on guns is straightforward. The former New York manny wants to ban and confiscate America’s most popular firearms and further undermine Texans’ Second Amendment rights. This radical position plays well with some Democratic presidential primary voters. It doesn’t with the Texas electorate. That’s why the perennial
Gun control advocates’ preferred policies have been repeatedly rejected by the American people through their elected representatives. The U.S. Supreme Court and Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution has foreclosed, for now, gun control backers’ chief aim – total civilian disarmament. Moreover, the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act makes clear that firearm manufacturers
Gun control advocates have renewed a longstanding plan to have the Federal Trade Commission (which regulates commercial speech) punish firearms manufacturers for how they advertise firearms. A petition filed with the FTC by several large firearm prohibition organizations claims that any suggestion firearms provide protection to their owners or make their homes safer is tantamount
Betsy Johnson, an independent candidate for governor of Oregon, wears wildly oversized glasses and campaigns at homey events billed as “Beers With Betsy.” A former state senator who abandoned the Democratic Party, Johnson markets herself as the “goldilocks” alternative to the “extremes” of partisan politics, insisting she’s beholden to “only to Oregonians” and not to
On a road trip to find untapped votes, the Democratic challenger for governor faces armed protestors, shouting matches and a stolen catalytic converter. August 21, 2022 at 6:00 a.m. EDT Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke speaks to more than 300 supporters at a town hall meeting in Gov. Greg Abbott’s hometown of Wichita Falls,
Letter writers | Fort Myers News-Press Collier school incumbents well qualified Much of the annoying daily ads for school board candidates are misleading and downright deceitful. The schools are already safe, spending is scrutinized and fair, and critical race theory is not being taught. The Republican Club of Collier County and their endorsed candidates want
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Racially resentful white Americans are less likely to support some gun rights if they believe Black people are exercising those rights more than white people, according to research published by the American Psychological Association. White Americans who expressed high levels of anti-Black sentiments associated gun rights with white people and gun
America’s gun industry is currently fixated on selling military-style weapons to consumers—semi-automatic rifles similar to those used by soldiers, and handguns with high-capacity magazines like those carried by police officers. This has coincided with a rise in mass shootings in which dozens of people are killed or wounded in a matter of minutes—usually carried out
Gun reform advocates have decried as “absolute insanity” a move by a North Carolina sheriff to arm his school resource officers with assault rifles on campus – in addition to their service issue handguns. Madison county sheriff Buddy Harwood says he felt obliged to act in hope of preventing another massacre such as at Robb
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The American Psychological Association on Thursday released a study claiming a link between racism and support for the Second Amendment. The study argues that White Americans who expressed high levels of anti-Black sentiments associated gun rights with White people and gun control with Black people. This was
Editor’s Note: The writers below are addressing the question, “Is the man who killed the Indiana mall mass shooter a hero?” Cam Edwards, InsideSources.com (TNS) Is Elisjsha Dicken a hero? It depends on whom you ask. The police chief in Greenwood, Ind., thinks he is, as does the mayor. Even the property management company that
With Daniel Lippman CRITICAL MINERS LOBBY UP AHEAD OF BOON FROM RECONCILIATION BILL: A Missouri mining company that produces critical minerals used in electric vehicle batteries has hired former Rep. Filemon Vela of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld to help the company secure federal funding likely to flow more easily now that President Joe
At first he thought it was an umbrella. But when the shotgun that was pointed at John Seymour went off, hitting him in the back and the wrist, he thought he was going to die in his own barbershop. He fell to the floor and played dead as the gunman shot three of his customers,
Days after the insurrection at the Capitol — where he’d been close enough to the rioting to get tear-gassed — Pastor Sean Moon posted an incendiary rant to Instagram. Wearing his trademark crown of bullets and speaking to the camera from behind a golden AR-15 assault rifle, Moon declared Jan. 6 had been the “Boston
Days after the insurrection at the Capitol — where he’d been close enough to the rioting to get tear gassed — Pastor Sean Moon posted an incendiary rant to Instagram. Wearing his trademark crown of bullets, and speaking to the camera from behind a golden AR-15 assault rifle, Moon declared Jan. 6 had been the
NEW YORK (PIX11) — As the governor of Texas continues to send migrants to New York City, candidates running to represent parts of Manhattan and Brooklyn in Congress fired shots on immigration and argued for reforms. The Democratic candidates running to represent the 10th Congressional District in New York’s primary election want more federal intervention
In what might be described as a delayed reversal of fortune, Dan Goldman, a former federal prosecutor who served as the Democrats’ lead counsel in the first Trump impeachment trial, is now riding a wave of momentum as a frontrunner in the highly competitive race for an open House seat in Lower Manhattan and northwest
Convention goers look at weapons at the Smith and Wesson booth last April at the 2015 NRA Annual Convention in Nashville, Tenn. Karen Bleier | AFP | Getty Images After releasing a statement earlier this week blaming politicians for the surge in gun violence, Smith & Wesson CEO Mark Smith is facing new backlash weeks
As the second half of 2022 began to unfold, gun violence and gun control once again moved center stage, along with abortion, in American politics. A series of particularly devastating shooting massacres took place during the summer, including an attack on Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, in which an 18-year-old assailant shot dead 19
Following recent mass shootings, federal legislation and an increase in gun violence across the United States, some North Carolina legislators have called on the N.C. General Assembly to take action. Recently, the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation to ban assault weapons, such as AR-15s and other semi-automatic firearms. However, the legislation is widely expected
Before July Fourth, Cooper Roberts was almost always active and running around. He loved playing sports — including soccer, baseball and football — and riding his bike, his family has said. Life has looked very different since the 8-year-old was shot in the Highland Park Fourth of July attack, and left paralyzed. Seven people were
This article represents the opinion of the Tampa Bay Times Editorial Board. So here’s something you might not have thought possible: In Florida, at least, Republicans and Democrats actually agree on a number of gun control measures that could significantly reduce the appalling death toll in our streets, schools and homes. In a statewide survey
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Former D.C. police detective Ted Williams shares his thoughts on the Uvalde school shooting and talks about new security implements at schools on ‘The Evening Edit.’ Smith & Wesson took to Twitter to hit back at politicians and the media for suggesting that the gun manufacturer – and not the policies they support – were
Beto O’Rourke speaks at his Abilene campaign stop August 16, 2022 Democratic candidate for Texas governor Beto O’Rourke responds to reporters’ questions while campaigning in Abilene. Ronald W. Erdrich, Abilene Reporter-News No, he didn’t cuss. Much. Still, gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke, speaking Tuesday to large crowd in downtown Abilene, minced no words in attacking Gov.
“It’s not all the change we wanted, certainly not,” she added. “But it has been progress.” The organization grew to equal status with more established organizations like Brady and the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence. But some people have questioned whether the Parkland youths were more figureheads than organizers. Tax records show that
As the legal saga over the 2018 shooting in Florida heads to a close, survivors who plunged into activism have made a lasting imprint on the gun control movement. Aug. 16, 2022 With each new mass shooting, the nightmares come to haunt Sam Fuentes’s sleep. After a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers in
A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. — 1791, Second Amendment The wording of the Second Amendment could use a closer look for historical intent and context. On reading it you will find combined references to
Vivian Moon, a real estate agent and artist, had never felt particularly afraid as a woman living alone in Buena Park, a small California city outside Los Angeles. But when violent attacks against Asian women and seniors increased across the US early last year, she became disillusioned with the police’s ability – and willingness –