[ad_1] Kendall P. Stanley  |  Community Columnist How apropos that a bill in Congress would name the AR-14 semi-automatic rifle the national gun, and not because it is the weapon of choice for mass shooters. It’s because we have to protect the Second Amendment! Yes, folks, our wonderful representatives of the people are more concerned

[ad_1] Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor. Trump grand juryoperated honorably Re: “Trump indicted” (Page A1, March 31). I had the honor of serving on a Santa Clara County grand jury. At no time during this process was anyone asked to state political affiliations. The seriousness

[ad_1] THE FALLOUT FROM TENNESSEE’S MINI-JAN. 6. The Tennessee House of Representatives spent Thursday debating the expulsion of three members, all Democrats, who hijacked the House floor for nearly an hour on March 30, using a bullhorn to shout at and harangue their fellow legislators in tandem with noisy anti-gun protesters who filled the galleries. House

[ad_1] by Jeff Gross, contributing writer Trout Season Opening day of trout season is upon us. The last minute finishing touches of trout stocking are done as of today. Taking Abby for a pre-season trout scout, we noticed there are some chunky fish out there.  At Carolina Trout Pond for example (see photo, above) the

[ad_1] Ahead of Easter, MSNBC hosts and commentators used Christianity to attack the recent vote to expel Tennessee House Democrats for storming the state Capitol with gun control protesters. Reps. Gloria Johnson, Justin Pearson and Justin Jones all faced votes of expulsion on Thursday after leading and participating in the protest that disrupted House proceedings

[ad_1] Nevada lawmakers are considering three gun-safety bills. Assembly Bill 354 would prohibit anyone possessing a firearm in or within 100 yards of an entrance to an election site, and AB 355 could raise the age from 18 to 21 for Nevadans to purchase an assault-style weapon. In the past five years, said Assembly Majority

[ad_1] A trio of bills seeking to prevent gun violence through new restrictions on access to firearms sparked backlash from Second Amendment proponents and brought out stark partisan disagreements among Democratic backers and Republican opponents. The bills, heard Thursday in a rare joint meeting of the Assembly and Senate judiciary committees, propose prohibiting access to

[ad_1] Several decisions have been rendered recently on whether persons aged 18 to 20 have a Second Amendment right to carry or purchase a handgun or any firearm.  I’d like to highlight the March 31, 2023, decision of U.S. district judge Katherine Menendez (D. Minn.), which is one of the most thorough decisions to date

[ad_1] A group of gun owners in New York and New Jersey is suing the NYPD division that reviews applications for firearm permits and licenses, arguing that the NYPD’s application requirements are “impossible to meet.” The class-action lawsuit, filed in federal court last month, argues that a lengthy backlog in the licensing division “paralyzes” people

[ad_1] Re “Norfolk should pump its brakes on traffic signal plan” (April 1): As a Larchmont homeowner since 1997, I support Michael Crockett’s well-researched, cogent guest column. My wife and I attended the civic league meeting where the city’s presentation failed to provide a data-driven, evidence-based justification for this elaborate, problematic project. The absence of

[ad_1] Norah Hodge had a dance class the same day a shooter walked into a dance studio in California thousands of miles away and killed 11 people. “I couldn’t believe people were killed doing what they loved and expressing themselves,” said Hodge, a fifth grader at Woodbrook Elementary School in Elkhorn, referring to the massacre

[ad_1] During Wednesday’s TPUSA event, Charlie Kirk said it’s worth the cost of people dying to own any mass murdering weapon available. Like most NRA prostitutes, Charlie Kirk hides under the guise that Americans supporting common sense gun control are trying to take away the Second Amendment “Having an armed citizenry comes with a price,

[ad_1] Comment on this story Comment The sitting sheriff and chief law enforcement official in one of Maryland’s most populous counties was accused in a federal indictment of conspiring with the owner of a gun shop to illegally obtain machine guns by using official police credentials so the shop could rent out the weapons to

[ad_1] 32 minutes ago White House Leans Into Accusing GOP Of ‘Defunding’ Police By Attacking Push To Slash ATF“,”scope”:{“topStory”:{“index”:1,”title”:”White House Leans Into Accusing GOP Of ‘Defunding’ Police By Attacking Push To Slash ATF”,”image”:”https://specials-images.forbesimg.com/imageserve/642ef821522a9a22036ba1b0/290×0.jpg”,”isHappeningNowArticle”:true,”date”:”32 minutes ago”,”uri”:”https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2023/04/06/white-house-leans-into-accusing-gop-of-defunding-police-by-attacking-push-to-slash-atf/”}},”id”:”bf8dr679lpgg00″},{“textContent”:” 2 hours ago Jobs Report: What To Expect As Economists Worry Recession May Be ‘Underway Now’“,”scope”:{“topStory”:{“index”:2,”title”:”Jobs Report: What To Expect

[ad_1] As the riot of gun violence in America produces fresh massacres by the day, firearm fundamentalists refuse to acknowledge the blood on their hands, and their suicidal stance in the face of escalating carnage is that more guns are the answer. But it is worse than that. Take a close look at the arguments

[ad_1] Mahalo for supporting Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Enjoy this free story! Many are clamoring for stricter gun control laws or banning guns completely or even going after firearms manufacturers. Bad guys love gun controls — the stricter the better. They also love gun-free zones because none of it applies to them. I have yet to see

[ad_1] The White House is opening a new line of attack on Republicans — as former President Donald Trump demands his party defund federal law enforcement — by arguing that threatening firearm-control agencies would help arm Mexican drug cartels that traffic fentanyl into the country. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, a perennial

[ad_1] About 10 years ago, not weeks after the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, this newspaper analyzed the odds of a “wave of gun control bills” anticipated in Augusta. “It’s not clear whether Maine lawmakers have made a political calculation to acquiesce to the pro-gun lobby,” the reporter concluded. “What is

[ad_1] COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC) – Police chiefs in South Carolina urged lawmakers Wednesday to pump the brakes on a push to make it easier to carry concealed guns in public. S.109 would establish what’s known as constitutional carry, or permit-less carry, which is currently in place in 26 other states. A similar bill, H.3594, passed