Mahalo for supporting Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Enjoy this free story! The fear of gun violence pervades all of our lives. Who doesn’t feel a heightened degree of anxiety when in public spaces these days? There is no place or venue where the need to be vigilant is not required. This is the milieu of madness we
Month: February 2023
(The Center Square) – With the state of Illinois again restrained from enforcing a gun ban against plaintiffs in a second state-level challenge, the attorney who brought the case says he’s seeking subpoenas for those who passed the measure. Illinois’ ban on certain semi-automatic guns and magazines was enacted Jan. 10. Sheriffs across the state have
The recent escalation in Israeli military violence and Palestinian shootings in Jerusalem and the West Bank has been depressingly familiar. Over the past week, the Israeli army raided the Jenin refugee camp, killing 10 people including a 61-year-old woman; a Palestinian shot dead seven Israeli Jews in the East Jerusalem settlement of Neve Yaakov; a
Updates on HB 9, HB 72, and SB 44 House Bill 9 by Rep. Pamela Herndon (D-ABQ), a bill that creates back-door storage requirements by imposing criminal penalties on gun owners if a third-party minor accesses and displays, brandishes or injures someone with their firearm, will be voted on by the full New Mexico House any day now. It is important that
California Gov. Gavin Newsom might be trying to build a nascent presidential campaign by lobbing cross-country bombs at his fellow governor in Florida over the Sunshine State’s stance on Second Amendment rights. But the father of a girl who died in a notorious school shooting had a news flash for Newsom this week: Criminals don’t
PROVIDENCE − “Think about the places you frequent: Your grocery store, your children’s schools, your places of worship, your favorite club/dance hall, your workplace, your local movie theater, your own front porch. “Frequenting these places should NOT be a death sentence for you and your loved ones,” Sydney Montstream-Quas, chairwoman of the Rhode Island Coalition
Rep. Matt Gaetz is calling on his colleagues to support a bill that would abolish the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), a law enforcement agency that operates under the Department of Justice, after its latest guidance that restricts the ownership of gun components. During a speech on the floor of the House
A week after back-to-back mass shootings left 18 people dead in Monterey Park and Half Moon Bay, Governor Gavin Newsom threw his support behind a bill to ban concealed weapons in a wide variety of public spaces and raise the minimum age to hold a concealed carry permit. The bill is driven in part by
Sens. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) introduced a pro-Second Amendment bill on Wednesday that would allow gun owners with concealed carry privileges in their home states to exercise those same rights in any other state with concealed carry laws. The bill, the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act, is co-sponsored by 43 other Senate
California Democrats will try again this year to strengthen concealed carry laws following a string of shootings in the state. Gov. Gavin Newsom joined other high-ranking Democrats Feb. 1 in a press conference to announce the reintroduction of legislation that would raise the legal age of firearm purchases to 21 and increase requirements for concealed
It’s not generally prudent to criticize the umpire before the start of a ballgame, or the judge who’s expected to consider the constitutionality of the new law you’re proposing. But Gov. Gavin Newsom didn’t mince words Wednesday in referring to U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez of San Diego, who is likely to have the first
The National Rifle Association (NRA) has consistently resisted the government’s efforts to classify firearms with braces under the National Firearms Act. However, when the latest regulation was suggested, the NRA provided remarks, which can be accessed here. On December 20, 2022, NRA-ILA representatives met with the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) to review
California Gov. Gavin Newsom called for more gun restrictions Wednesday, including limiting where people can carry concealed guns following a series of mass shootings that left many dead and wounded across the state in January. On Wednesday, Newsom, a Democrat, endorsed legislation that would ban people from carrying guns into churches, public libraries, zoos, amusement
CLAIM: In the lead-up to his February 1 push for more gun control, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) claimed, “Permitless carry does not make you safer.” VERDICT: Partly False. On June 7, 2017, Breitbart News relayed FBI data published by the NRA that showed two of the earliest permitless carry states, hereafter called constitutional carry
WalkUp Foundation founder Ryan Petty, who lost his daughter in the Parkland, Florida, shooting, told California Gov. Gavin Newsom that more gun control would not have saved his daughter’s life. Petty was responding to Newsom’s claims that a new bill endorsed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on concealed carry of firearms would put Floridians in
Friday morning at 8:30 a.m. the Public Safety Finance and Policy committee will meet in Capitol Room 120 to vote on numerous gun control bills. Please contact the committee members today asking them to oppose the “red flag” proposal, universal background checks, criminalizing the failure to report a lost or stolen firearm, and unreasonable firearm and ammunition
Five mass shootings in California. Forty in the country overall. That’s just in the first weeks of 2023, according to the Gun Violence Archive. Shannon Watts, founder of Moms Demand Action, announced this month that she plans to step away from leadership at the organization she started in 2012, the day after the Sandy Hook
Last week, Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont announced a handful of legislative proposals aimed at curbing gun violence in the state. Yash Roy 2:16 am, Feb 01, 2023 Staff Reporter Zoe Berg, Senior Photographer Five states currently ban the open-carrying of guns. Connecticut hopes to begin the sixth by the end of this year. Banning open
Immediately following the House Speaker announcing the expansion of constitutional carry, Florida Democrats responded to the Republican permitless carry proposal. “Permitless carry is dangerous for Floridians. Responsible gun ownership means knowing how to operate and store your firearm for your own safety and for the safety of those around you,” said Leader Fentrice Driskell, a
Florida legislators have taken the first step toward allowing any adult Floridian without a criminal record to carry concealed weapons free of any need to take gun-safety classes or register with the state. They wouldn’t be allowed to openly pack handguns, as in the Wild West. Still, opponents warned that bills introduced Monday in the
Re “Virginia reacts to Tyre Nichols video release: ‘We need reform and systemic change’” (Jan. 28): After watching the video released by the Memphis Police Department of the attack on Tyre Nichols, it appeared he was attacked by a gang of hoodlums. Those men do not have the right to be called “police officers.” No
The state of Illinois lost an appeal on Tuesday after a lower court judge issued a restraining order on a newly enacted ban on some semiautomatic rifles as well as high-capacity magazines. Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed the gun control law on Jan. 10, which bans the sale and distribution of assault weapons, high capacity
The NRA, which has shown signs of declining influence in recent years, reported lobbying on a range of topics in its fourth quarter disclosure, including on background checks and on firearm bans and sales. Nominee defeated in 2021 “While others focus on inconsequential benchmarks, the NRA focuses on results for our members and gun owners,”
Military veterans from Texas and Wisconsin are suing the Biden administration over a new rule from the Biden Administration which recategorizes up to 40 million pistols with stabilizing braces as “short-barreled rifles.” The rule, implemented by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), would reclassify many pistols used with stabilizing braces as short-barreled
Florida’s highest court upheld the penalty provision in the state’s preemption statute, which holds local officials accountable by directly fining them for knowingly passing preempted ordinances. Like many states, Florida sought to have a uniform system of firearms laws and passed a preemption statute. But in 2011, after many lawsuits were filed against localities challenging
Yesterday, in an NRA-ILA backed lawsuit, a federal court issued a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) that restricts New Jersey from enforcing several so called “sensitive place” bans. In December, after the same federal court struck New Jersey’s justifiable need requirement in another NRA-ILA backed lawsuit, the state passed A4769, which declares the entire state to
A conservative law firm challenged new federal regulations on guns with stabilizing braces Tuesday, suing to block a gun-control action touted by President Joe Biden after the accessories were used in two mass shootings. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Texas, challenges the move to treat the guns like short-barreled rifles, a weapon like
Florida lawmakers are pushing legislation that would let citizens carry a concealed gun without having to get a government-issued permit. The move would allow for permitless carry in most states. Republican state House Speaker Paul Renner is captaining the effort with support from GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis, who last month urged lawmakers to get it
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