[ad_1] In July, an NRA-ILA backed lawsuit challenging Delaware’s new ban on so-called assault weapons was filed. Now that lawsuit was amended to challenge the state’s ban on so-called large capacity magazines, which it defines as a magazine having the capacity to accept more than 17 rounds. NRA-ILA has long been leading the fight on
Month: September 2022
[ad_1] Speak Out is a reader-generated column of opinions. If you there’s something you’d like to comment on in Elgin or beyond, send an email to ksorensen@tribpub.com. Please include “speak out” in the subject line. Biden to blame: I think it’s funny these mayors in sanctuary cities are crying about illegal aliens in their cities
[ad_1] Private Residence Boston, Massachusetts (September 12, 2022) 6:35 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Well, Jonathan and Jeannie, thank you very much for hosting me again. And we were talking about it: It was 2008 or ’10 that I was here. MR. LAVINE: Nine. THE PRESIDENT: Nine. 2009. And they still invited me back. (Laughter.) It’s
[ad_1] On September 9, the International Organization for Standardization (“ISO“) announced that it would create a new Merchant Category Code (“MCC”) specific to firearm and ammunition retailers. MCCs are the codes that payment processing networks (like Visa, MasterCard, and American Express) use to categorize various transactions. This is the system that allows various credit cards
[ad_1] Join us for the 2022 NRA-ILA Firearms Law & The Second Amendment Symposium on Saturday, October 8th, at the Doubletree Hilton Pittsburgh-Green Tree in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. RSVP is required below as space is limited. Focusing on recent developments in our nation’s courts and legislatures regarding the Second Amendment, speakers will discuss a variety of
[ad_1] As a lifelong outdoorsman, Robert Schwalm has enjoyed hunting, fishing and other outdoor pursuits in Pennsylvania for five-plus decades. For more than half of that time, he’s also made it a priority to give back, volunteering for local, state and national conservation organizations and mentoring countless individuals in the outdoors. Now, the Bethlehem resident
[ad_1] AUGUSTA, Maine — The National Rifle Association gave former U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin a top grade but endorsed neither the Republican nor Democratic Rep. Jared Golden in their high-profile race in Maine’s 2nd District. It will be the first time in four campaigns for the district dating back to 2014 that Poliquin will not
[ad_1] Gun rights advocates are outraged at a recent decision by major credit card companies to put gun sales into a new tracking category, calling the move an erosion of the Second Amendment. Major credit card companies, including Mastercard, Visa and American Express, announced last week that they would create a new coding system for
[ad_1] Connecticut law that bans semi-automatic weapons and high-capacity magazines is being legally challenged. Those gun control measures went into effect in the wake of the Sandy Hook school shooting. Now the nonprofit National Association for Gun Rights (NAGR) has filed lawsuits against several states to end these bans, including Connecticut. State leaders say they
[ad_1] Second Amendment advocacy organizations are blasting the major credit-card companies over their plan to distinguish gun purchases in their payment processors, panning the idea as a step toward a database of U.S. gun owners. Visa Inc. announced over the weekend that it will begin to categorize separately sales at gun shops, which gun-control advocates
[ad_1] On Friday, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which as the New York Times explains “sets standards for payment transactions,” announced the creation of a new merchant code for gun sales, to be used when processing credit or debit purchases of guns and ammo. While the purpose of this is to flag suspicious purchases
[ad_1] The National Rifle Association is slamming the credit card industry’s new effort to track gun purchases, describing the plan as “creating a national registry of gun owners.” The NRA is pushing back against decision on Friday from the International Standards Organization (ISO), which sets rules across the financial services industry, to create a new
[ad_1] Another week, another round of attacks on law-abiding gun owners in the Empire State. 1. Treating Law-abiding Gun Owners as Presumptive Criminals On September 2, investigative journalism outlet Project Veritas posted a “leaked” New York Police Department “Legal Update Bulletin,” titled, “New York State Restrictions on Carrying Concealed Firearms.” Allegedly a newsletter from the
[ad_1] On August 30, President Biden emerged from about three weeks of vacation to start what appears to be a full transition from leading the country (if you could call it that) to a dedicated campaign mode. The sparsely attended appearance in Wilkes-Barre, PA was touted as a promotion for Biden’s “Safer America Plan,” but
[ad_1] It was a threat many Connecticut Democrats and gun safety advocates anticipated when the U.S. Supreme Court struck down New York’s pistol permit law last month. Last week, the National Association for Gun Rights filed a series of lawsuits in federal appellate courts across the country, including in Connecticut, challenging the constitutionality of the
[ad_1] article TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA – 2019/06/22: In this photo illustration there are four Visa credit cards. Close up of the branding and marketing design of a financial company. Business related conceptual image. (Photo Illustration by Roberto Machado Noa/Li NEW YORK – Payment processor Visa Inc. said Saturday that it plans to start separately categorizing
[ad_1] Visa announced Saturday that the world’s largest payment processing corporation will begin separately categorizing firearm purchases at gun stores. Gun control activists have encouraged the decision, claiming it will allow for easier tracking of gun sales and help prevent mass shootings, the Associated Press reported. Second Amendment proponents, however, see the move as a
[ad_1] Visa announced Saturday that it is ready to join other major credit card companies to tag firearms-related purchases, a move that Second Amendment advocates argue would only put lawful gun owners under surveillance. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO), a Switzerland-based group that sets and monitors quality standards for industries of all types, on
[ad_1] HARRISBURG — The 2022 election for Pennsylvania governor is coming soon, and Spotlight PA wants to make sure you are prepared to make your choice. The state’s governor wields a vast amount of power. They propose a yearly spending plan that sets the course for months of policy debates with the General Assembly on
[ad_1] Democratic gubernatorial candidate and Dayton Nan Whaley stops by Source Media to answer questions posed by journalists on Sunday, Sept. 11. Dillon Carr, Staff Reporter Editor’s Note Our discussion with Nan Whaley, Ohio’s Democratic candidate for governor, touched on a variety of issues, using some of the questions developed by author and reporter Amanda Ripley
[ad_1] It was her years as a teacher in the Seattle-area Catholic School system that made Sister Judy Byron particularly sensitive to gun violence. “We had fire drills in Washington, we had earthquake drills, but never in my wildest imagination would I ever have thought someone would have come in with a firearm to the
[ad_1] The National Rifle Association (NRA) has gone through a metamorphosis since its founding after the Civil War. Created to improve marksmanship among soldiers and recruits, it at first cooperated with the federal government on concealed weapon permits and other laws regulating firearms. Over time, however, the NRA grew into a powerful organization that opposed
[ad_1] Some are asking if gun safety can be an issue that benefits Florida Democrats at the ballot box in November. Officials with the gun safety group Giffords Florida said it’s an issue that voters in the Sunshine State, particularly Hispanic voters, care deeply about, as the group’s bus tour made stops in St. Petersburg and
[ad_1] The return of Gingrich, one of the most prominent political figures of the 1990s, to the thick of one of the biggest political stories of the 21st century is no coincidence. As one of the leading purveyors of polarization in the 1990s, Gingrich helped to create the political environment in which former President Donald
[ad_1] Florida Rep. Charlie Crist, the Democratic gubernatorial opponent of Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, told “The View” Friday that he supports the Second Amendment but wants to ban “assault weapons.” The panel asked Crist, a former Republican, about previously opposing abortion, amnesty for illegal immigrants and gay marriage. The Florida gubernatorial candidate said he
[ad_1] Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center Forest Heights, Maryland (September 8, 2022) 7:28 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Hello, folks! (Applause.) Jaime, thanks for the introduction. Folks, thank you all for being here. And thank you, Jaime, for your leadership. Before I begin, I want to say a few words about Queen Elizabeth. I just
[ad_1] The major-party nominees to succeed Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy in Washington made their cases to voters on a debate stage Thursday evening. They met at the Southern Vermont Arts Center in Manchester for a debate held by VTDigger that the online news outlet live-streamed on YouTube. Gerald Malloy, the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate,
[ad_1] President Joe Biden speaks at a Democratic rally in Rockville in late August. Photo by Danielle E. Gaines. President Joe Biden in a Thursday night speech to a crowd of party faithful promoted legislation passed by the Democratic Congress and attacked supporters of former President Donald Trump for defending rioters who stormed the U.S.
[ad_1] This fall, Iowans will have a chance to vote on adding gun rights protections to the Iowa Constitution after Republican lawmakers and gun rights activists worked for years to get the proposal on the ballot. It could hinder future attempts to pass gun control laws in the state. The proposed constitutional amendment says: “The
[ad_1] The gun lobby, led by the National Rifle Association (NRA), routinely deploys a series of common myths—designed to undermine legitimate arguments for commonsense gun reform—in the aftermath of high-profile mass shootings.1 These myths range from scapegoating mental health to “door control”2 in public spaces such as schools and are united by a set of