[ad_1] We visited more than three dozen religious services, finding hope, resilience and admonishments for action following The Covenant School shooting. One hand rose in praise. It belonged to Richard Koonce, who lost his wife in the shooting at The Covenant School. He was sitting seven rows from the back of Koinonia Church in Nashville’s
Month: April 2023
[ad_1] With an assist from Daniella Diaz Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Mark Warner (D-Va.) was briefed Monday evening on the consequential leaks of U.S. intelligence. (Photo by Drew Angerer) | Getty Images DIALING DOD FOR ANSWERS — Washington is reeling from the leak of highly classified information on the next phases of Ukraine’s strategy against
[ad_1] The recent school shooting in Nashville, which resulted in the deaths of three children and three adults, has reignited the gun control debate. According to 2017 data, the United States is the world leader in terms of the number of guns per capita, with a figure of 1.2 (compared to 0.6 in the Falkland
[ad_1] We Americans kill each other and ourselves at an alarming rate. “Gun violence” is one of the big political debates. Each mass shooting brings beating of breasts and “thoughts and prayers” and cries to “do something” and then, again and again, nothing happens. We, individually, must act. Nothing changes if nothing changes. The number
[ad_1] Carl Gibson | Opinion Contributor This week’s mass shooting that killed five and injured eight at a downtown bank happened less than three miles from my apartment. Even as a born-and-raised Kentuckian and gun owner for more than ten years, this mass shooting has hit (literally) close to home, and I know that I’m
[ad_1] Conservative Republican Aaron Ellis has announced that he is running for State Representative, District 95. The outgoing representative is term-limited and cannot seek reelection. “Time and again, the same old politics has failed our state,” Ellis said. “If we are serious about making change, it’s going to take new conservative Republican leadership to ensure
[ad_1] After a man killed four employees and wounded at least nine others in a shooting he livestreamed on social media in downtown Louisville, gun-violence prevention groups cited the need for better ways to legally allow law enforcement to take guns from people in crisis, before tragedy occurs. Cathy Mekus, Kentucky chapter lead for the
[ad_1] Tucker Carlson: Why Democrats might turn to Gavin Newsom Fox News host Tucker Carlson examines why President Biden has not announced his 2024 re-election campaign and why California Gov. Gavin Newsom is likely to become the face of the Democratic Party on ‘Tucker Carlson Tonight.’ NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Imagine
[ad_1] House Bill 1240 poised to become law soon PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — As Washington state seems poised to become only the 10th state to ban the sale and manufacture of assault weapons, gun rights advocates worry what this will mean for gun owners. If this bill becomes law, opponents claim the long list of
[ad_1] LEXINGTON, Ky. — Many Democrats, nationally and in Frankfort, have called for more gun control in the wake of the mass shooting event in Louisville. But the state legislature, controlled by Republicans for the last several years, has focused on limiting gun control. Most recently the General Assembly passed a bill making Kentucky a
[ad_1] It’s Monday, April 10, press day for LEO, and today in Louisville we began our day with the news of an active shooter. Not even five miles from our staff offices, five people (at press time) that we might know or be connected to in some way are dead, and at least six more
[ad_1] There were those in the South who fought and lost a war over whether white-skinned people were superior to others. They also thought they were entitled to gain wealth from the labor of people they had shipped here from Africa. Defeated, some put on costumes and terrorized those who had been freed of slave
[ad_1] During an April 9, 2023, interview on MSNBC’s Inside with Jen Psaki, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) demonstrated that he thinks Florida’s newly signed constitutional carry law allows people to carry “weapons of war.” Psaki pointed out that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed constitutional carry on a day when multitudes of protesters were
[ad_1] Crime is a people problem. If you understand nothing else about crime, you must understand this — crime is committed by people. It is not committed by inanimate objects, and while data on criminal activity can be charted as a trend over time, trends don’t commit crimes, people do. There is a word for people
[ad_1] Hollywood actress Bette Midler weaponized the holy holiday of Easter to push a gun control narrative. The Hollywood actress and singer went off on gun violence in a recent tweet. On Easter Sunday, Midler ranted on Twitter, “On this most Holy Day in the Christian calendar, remember the slaughter of your own innocents in
[ad_1] “Per capita gun deaths in the U.S. are exponentially higher than other nations. Is the difference that we, as a people, are that much more susceptible to mental illness? Or is it that we have the most liberal gun laws in the world?”~ David Axelrod Innocent school children shot to death, once again. This
[ad_1] California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) slammed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) in a new interview, calling Florida’s new concealed carry law clear evidence Republicans “don’t care about our kids.” During an interview with MSNBC’s “Inside With Jen Psaki” in Montgomery, Alabama, Newsom told the former White House press secretary: “If they did, they’d ban
[ad_1] The former Tennessee legislators who were ousted last week by the state’s Republican-led House of Representatives said on April 9 they would accept reappointments by their respective districts and will run in the special elections to fill their seats. Justin Pearson, a Democrat who had represented Memphis, and Justin Jones, a Democrat who represented
[ad_1] “Constitutional Carry is in the books,” DeSantis said in a press release after signing the measure. Newsom sat down with Psaki in Alabama, while on a tour of Republican-led states including Arkansas and Mississippi. Newsom recently announced the launch of a new political action committee called Campaign for Democracy, aimed at calling out red
[ad_1] On ABC’s This Week, co-moderator Jon Karl invited Justin Pearson, one of the expelled former Democrat Tennessee representatives on the program to let him play the victim because he was held accountable for his actions. Opening the program on Easter Sunday, Karl still insisted on lying on this holy day. Karl claimed the “two
[ad_1] (Bloomberg) — Local leaders in Tennessee will decide this week whether to reinstate two young Democratic lawmakers expelled from the Republican-controlled state legislature — and each said on Sunday he’d accept. State Reps. Justin Jones and Justin J. Pearson said their expulsion by GOP lawmakers who control the Tennessee House of Representatives was an
[ad_1] U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola photographed on Friday, April 29, 2022 in Anchorage. (Loren Holmes / ADN) WASHINGTON – When Alaska U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola joined an Alaska Public Media call-in radio show this week, a self-proclaimed Peltola supporter and longtime hunter called in. “I admire Representative Peltola, I remember when she was a legislative
[ad_1] By Jeremy Steiner / Herald Forum Another day, another shooting. This phrase is said far too often in American life. Unfortunately, it will be repeated over and over again until we find the will and way to end it. On a recent Monday, at a small, private school in one of the safest neighborhoods
[ad_1] It’s one of the holiest times of 2023 and yet it started with a tragic shooting at The Covenant School in Nashville that left seven people dead. When the terror happened — notably at a school associated with a local church, Covenant Presbyterian Church in Green Hills — holy days for Muslims, Christians, Jews
[ad_1] I have seen firsthand the power that a museum has to transform and inspire the world around us. When my three boys were young, we spent countless hours at the Museum of Science & History — zigging and zagging through the Currents of Time exhibit, hiding in the treehouse and playing at the water
[ad_1] Last Sunday’s column about the lack of gun legislation got a lot of response. I’ve read everything, but I’m a slow correspondent who is gainfully employed. Giving every one of those messages the attention they deserve will take awhile. Earlier this week I had received 303 messages that supported what I had to say,
[ad_1] On Saturday, the Washington State Senate approved legislation banning the sale of assault weapons. “House Bill 1240, requested by Attorney General Bob Ferguson and Governor Jay Inslee and sponsored by Rep. Strom Peterson, D-Edmonds, passed the House of Representatives on March 8, and the Senate today, in historic votes,” said the WA State Office
[ad_1] Both chambers of the Washington state legislature have approved a ban on assault-style firearms, sending the measure to the governor’s desk for signature. Washington will become the 10th state to enforce such a law. House Bill 1240, requested by Attorney General Bob Ferguson and Gov. Jay Inslee and sponsored by Rep. Strom Peterson, D-Edmonds,
[ad_1] PREVIOUS VIDEO: WA Senate committee moves assault weapons ban forward OLYMPIA, Wash. – The Washington state Senate on Saturday approved an assault-weapons ban, a measure long sought by gun-control advocates. HB1240 passed the Senate in a 27-21 vote, with one excused. The measure will go back to the House since it was amended by
[ad_1] OLYMPIA, Wash. – After hours of deliberation, the Washington State Senate has passed the assault weapon ban with a 27-21 vote. House Bill 1240 would ban the sale, manufacture and import of assault weapons into Washington. The bill does not ban the possession of assault weapons and provides exceptions for law enforcement, the military
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