[ad_1] Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s career has been defined by gun violence and her efforts to prevent it – from the double assassination that made her mayor of San Francisco, to a recall effort over her gun proposals, to yet another mass shooting at a college campus that took place just 17 hours before she announced
Month: February 2023
[ad_1] Today, the House Judiciary Committee voted to pass Senate Bill 10, the Campus Self-Defense Act, to ensure that law-abiding adults are not stripped of their right to self-defense when they cross an arbitrary boundary onto a college campus. It now goes to the House floor for further consideration. Please contact your delegate and ask
[ad_1] West Virginia lawmakers are advancing the campus carry bill, despite pleas from college students and educators across the state. The House Judiciary Committee passed SB 10, the Campus Self-Defense Act, by voice vote Wednesday. It now moves to the House floor for further consideration. The bill would allow people with concealed carry permits to
[ad_1] Tomorrow, Thursday, February 16th, the House of Representatives will vote on Senate Bill 98, a bill that removes the requirement to be re-fingerprinted for the renewal of the enhanced permit. Please contact your representative today, and urge them to support SB 98. Also, earlier this week, the House Judiciary Committee defeated HB 1213, a bill that mandated
[ad_1] Yesterday, the Senate Judiciary Committee passed Senate Bill 40, a bill that repeals the permit-to-purchase a firearm requirement. Senate Bill 41, a bill that recognizes law-abiding citizens’ right to self-defense while attending a church with a school attached, became part of Senate Bill 40 and advanced as well. Now Senate Bill 40 eliminates the redundant background
[ad_1] Today, the Senate voted 36-12 to pass Senate Bill 5006, an anti-gun bill that hijacks a suicide prevention measure. It will now go to the House for further consideration. Please contact your state representative and ask them to OPPOSE SB 5006. Senate Bill 5006 turns a suicide prevention measure into a prohibition on an individual’s Second Amendment rights. When individuals in
[ad_1] UVALDE, Texas — Tracy King was getting ready to head to lunch from his office in this town straddling the Hill Country and South Texas on May 24 when he heard the sirens heading toward Robb Elementary. The video above is from a previous story. Within hours, questions about what drew the emergency response
[ad_1] Story by David Beard, The Dominion Post CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The House Judiciary Committee’s Wednesday morning public hearing on the campus carry bill drew 40 people; 38 opposed it. Most of the opponents to SB 10 were university students, faculty and administrators. But Mary Ellen O’Farrell, speaking on her own behalf, summed up the
[ad_1] On Friday, February 17, the New Mexico House Judiciary Committee will hold hearings on mandatory waiting period and semiautomatic firearms ban/magazine limit legislation: * House Bill 100 by Rep. Andrea Romero (D-Santa Fe), expands New Mexico’s so-called “universal background check” law to include a mandatory 14-day waiting period on all firearm purchases. This criminal protection bill would
[ad_1] Yesterday, the House Judiciary Committee voted 16-7-2 to advance Representative Bobby Cox’s House Bill 3594, the constitutional carry bill, to a floor vote. H 3594 recognizes the right of law-abiding adults to carry a firearm for self-defense without having to first pay fees or obtain government permission, while also increasing penalties for criminals caught with firearms. Please
[ad_1] The U.S.’s gun violence crisis is shattering records as the number of school shootings hit a record high in 2022, according to a grim new analysis released on the fifth anniversary of the shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, on Tuesday. According to The Washington Post, there were 46 shootings at
[ad_1] Today, at 9AM, the House Judiciary Committee will hear House Bill 2667 and, at 2PM, the Senate Military Affairs, Public Safety and Border Security Committee will hear Senate Bill 1300. These bills ensure that law-abiding adults are not stripped of their right to self-defense when they cross an arbitrary boundary onto a college campus. Please use the Request
[ad_1] SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – Wednesday February 15, legislators are tackling some heavy topics. Among other things, they’ll discuss the Second Amendment and a bill that could affect the lives of young immigrants. Second Amendment Today, members of the Senate Judiciary Committee are scheduled to hear from experts on both sides of the gun control
[ad_1] Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. UVALDE — Tracy King was getting ready to head to lunch from his office in this town straddling the Hill Country and South Texas on May 24 when he heard the sirens
[ad_1] The deadly shooting spree at Michigan State University Monday night was another tragic American event involving firearms. But for at least two MSU students, it brought up horrific memories. A lone gunman opened fire at an academic building and the student union, killing three students and critically injuring five others. It was the second
[ad_1] advertisement In the first few weeks of 2023, some 69 people were killed in 39 separate mass shootings in this country. The shooters were ages 6 to 72. The US had 648 mass shootings in 2022. All male. In more civilized countries it’s one and done. When a British gunman killed 16 people in
[ad_1] GREENFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Following the recent shooting in Michigan where three students died and five others in critical condition, Congressman McGovern is calling for more gun control measures but is pointing the finger at his Republican counterparts for not getting legislation passed. MSU shooting: Police ID suspect and three victims who were killed
[ad_1] Comment on this story Comment This time, the victims were students at Michigan State University. This time, the gunman had no apparent connection with the people he shot or the school they attended. This time, the assailant killed himself before we could learn why he went on his rampage. But we do know how:
[ad_1] Tuesday’s Morning Joe predictably jumped on the mass shooting at Michigan State to denounce Republicans. Among many such condemnations during the segment, Joe Scarborough said, “there’s no other way to put it. It’s the Republican party that’s allowing this to continue to happen.” Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson, who doubles as an MSNBC analyst,
[ad_1] FRANKFORT — A bill that would block local assistance with federal firearms bans — one of several filed by Republicans in the GOP-dominated Kentucky legislature that aim to curb gun control restrictions — sailed out of a state House of Representatives committee Tuesday. House Bill 153 would prevent local law enforcement, employees of public
[ad_1] Tomorrow, at 9:00AM, the House Judiciary Committee will hold a public hearing on Senate Bill 10, the Campus Self-Defense Act, to ensure that law-abiding adults are not stripped of their right to self-defense when they cross an arbitrary boundary onto a college campus. Please contact committee members and ask them to pass SB 10
[ad_1] SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WTVO) — A judge taking on three federal lawsuits challenging Illinois’ semi-automatic weapons ban has ordered the state to show “each and every item banned” by the law. Federal Judge Stephen McGlynn ordered that the guns be turned over for “illustrative examples of each and every item banned.” Three federal lawsuits, including
[ad_1] On Thursday, February 16th, the House Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee will be holding executive sessions to vote on numerous gun bills. Please contact committee members now and ask them to OPPOSE ALL anti-gun measures that would place further burdens on law-abiding gun owners and sportsmen! Some of the latest in this line
[ad_1] Even the most incremental gun reform is elusive in the United States today. So every small legislative victory deserves at least a little celebration. Virginia’s recent compromise on gun storage meets the mark. The state’s House of Delegates last week passed a bill that would give gun owners a $300 tax credit to buy
[ad_1] X Gonzalez, a leader of the #NeverAgain movement, stood in silence for more than six minutes during the 2018 March for Our Lives rally in Washington, D.C. (Jennifer Lett/South Florida Sun-Sentinel) Five years ago today in Parkland a former student walked into Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School with a military-style assault weapon and a cluster
[ad_1] The shooting in Parkland, Florida, that killed 17 and injured 17 others five years ago Tuesday inspired one University of Virginia student to begin advocating for stricter gun laws politically and youth awareness of gun violence nationally. The shooting at UVa three months ago that killed three and injured two others has reminded her
[ad_1] Last week, the Hawaii Legislature considered several anti-gun bills, and three more anti-gun bills are already scheduled to be heard tomorrow, starting at 2PM, by the House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee. Please consider submitting testimony AGAINST HB 426, HB 804 and HB 984 through the Hawaii Legislative website. For help creating an account and submitting
[ad_1] Guns would make it onto school campuses and into lesson plans under Republican-backed proposals that are echoes of legislation that was rejected last year. One bill would shield parents who take their firearms with them into gun-free school zones from prosecution if they have a concealed carry permit. Currently, unloaded guns can be left
[ad_1] Last week, the House Judiciary Subcommittee killed the remaining anti-Second Amendment bills. Despite efforts from the anti-gun majority in the Senate to restrict your rights, no gun control bills have advanced. The following bills were voted down by the Subcommittee: Senate Bill 918 bans selling or carrying many firearms and magazines that law-abiding citizens commonly
[ad_1] Lives changed. Laws changed. But some things did not. The mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School five years ago scarred South Florida, touching off a national gun-control movement whose ripples could still be felt as recently as Tuesday night’s State of the Union address in Washington, D.C. In the aftermath of the
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