[ad_1] I’ve long avoided writing about anything related to guns—being both largely unfamiliar with firearms and not holding a passionate view on either “gun control” or “gun rights.” Judging by national polling on the subject, I suppose you’d call me “middle of the road” on guns, believing citizens do indeed have the constitutional right to
Month: April 2023
[ad_1] California Democrats are rallying once more to initiate an excise tax on all firearm deals in the state. Assemblyman Jesse Gabriel, D-Woodland Hills, along with 13 other Democratic Assemblymembers, is sponsoring a bill that would impose an 11% excise tax on all retail sales of firearms, firearm parts, and ammunition in California. The funds
[ad_1] A semi-automatic rifle is displayed above shotguns at Rainier Arms Friday, April 14, 2023, in Auburn, Wash. Washington state lawmakers agreed to ban the guns. Colorado lawmakers lack the votes to ban sales of the rifles in Colorado. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson) Despite what lobbyists for gun rights and the gun industry profess, the United
[ad_1] Shame on Arizona Republicans in the Legislature for refusing to consider any proposed gun safety policies. Arizona, if you trust your military personnel, take a few lessons from us. (Deposit Photos) As a primary marksmanship instructor in the United States Marine Corps, I taught thousands of America’s warfighters how to safely handle dangerous weapons
[ad_1] Aine Givens, provided by April 21, 2023 This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 1of41 History of the NRA 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
[ad_1] Reuters photographer Evelyn Hockstein has muted comments on her Twitter profile after parents accused her of publishing staged photos of their children with guns at the NRA Annual Meeting in Indianapolis. Hockstein’s ruse unraveled after parents claimed she had their children pose with guns, then published the photos without parental permission, FOX News reported.
[ad_1] The View hosts said Friday that the latest string of random shootings involving shooters who were white, Hispanic, and black was about the “major problem” of guns and “white men.” During a segment on The View, the show aired a montage of news reports about random shootings. The stories detailed a man who fatally
[ad_1] Letters submitted by BDN readers are verified by BDN Opinion Page staff. Send your letters to letters@bangordailynews.com. This eulogy memorializes Cynthia Peak, substitute teacher and victim of the mass shooting in Nashville, Tennessee. Every sub knows the routine: rushing off to cover for a teacher suddenly taken ill; running up and down stairs trying to
[ad_1] In the days after the Oklahoma City bombing 28 years ago this week, “We will never forget” was a phrase that took hold in a community rocked by the worst homegrown act of terrorism the nation had ever experienced. 168 people, including 19 children and one OU student were killed. This week, as Oklahomans
[ad_1] Hamlet’s famous soliloquy, “To be, or not to be, that is the question,” is bigger than just suicide; all the main characters in the play are murdered. The greater meaning of the play is Shakespeare’s mediation on a single word: revenge, and on humanity’s misguided and lethal thirst for it. Revenge is a behavior
[ad_1] Clinton Frederick Miller II MD | Guest Columnist I repeatedly voted to elect Christopher T. Sununu as governor of New Hampshire. However, his recent unconscionable, callous, inhumane, heartless categorization of the United States epidemic of gun violence as “the new normal” on his way to genuflecting before the despicable NRA convention has now irrevocably turned me
[ad_1] NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Chances are shrinking fast for a key gun control proposal to make it out of the Tennessee Legislature. There’s been little support from GOP lawmakers for the Republican governor’s proposal, which would keep firearms away from people who could harm themselves or others. Gov. Bill Lee has said his idea
[ad_1] BY HAYLEIGH COLOMBO, Lee Enterprises Wisconsin doesn’t have a red-flag law, which allows for temporary firearm removal from individuals believed to be at risk of harming themselves or others.
A Lee Enterprises review reveals that lawmakers in 31 states have not passed red-flag laws even as most of those states received federal funding through
[ad_1] Nashville, Apr 21 (AP) Chances are shrinking fast for a key gun-control proposal to make it through the Tennessee Legislature in the wake of a deadly school shooting, as GOP lawmakers push back against the Republican governor’s proposal to keep firearms away from people who could harm themselves or others. Tennessee has become a
[ad_1] Red-flag laws have languished in most statehouses across the U.S., despite bipartisan support and evidence that temporarily removing guns from people who pose an extreme risk of violence to themselves or others can help prevent mass shootings, suicides and domestic violence. Lawmakers in 30 states have not passed — and in most cases are
[ad_1] One-fifth of U.S. households purchased guns during the pandemic, a national arming that exposed more than 15 million Americans to firearms in the home for the first time, academic studies show. Americans purchased nearly 60 million guns between 2020 and 2022, according to an analysis by The Trace, a nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization that
[ad_1] By Sid Schwab / Herald columnist Permit-less concealed carry and “stand your ground” laws: the deadliest possible combination. Yet, cahooting with the NRA, the Republican Party is doing everything it can to exacerbate it. It’s a party gone nuts. At this point, we may as well assume that everyone we encounter is packing and
[ad_1] by Jeff Gross, contributing writer Photos: John Deere photos, Marina Emin Anglers around Rhode Island continue to have great success. Trout are headed for the grill all over the state. Correct me if I am wrong, but it sure looks like a substantial number of 4+ lb. Largemouth Bass are being caught all over Rhode Island.
[ad_1] Nebraska is set to be the 27th state to allow “constitutional carry” of firearms. “This has been a seven-year labor of love,” Nebraska State Sen. Tom Brewer, sponsor of LB77, told The Epoch Times. The bill passed on April 19 allows anyone who can legally own a firearm to carry it openly or concealed
[ad_1] Vice President Kamala Harris said Thursday on FOX’s “Jennifer Hudson Show” that an assault weapon ban is reasonable. Harris said, “When I look at the tragedies all over our country that have affected so many people so personally, and the senseless nature of it all. Here is the thing, first of all, we should
[ad_1] DOVER, Del.- Senate Bill 2 proposes additional steps to the process of purchasing a handgun in the state. The proposed permit-to-purchase legislation mandates people to acquire a permit and complete firearm training before buying a handgun. Although a similar bill failed to reach the governor’s desk in 2021, the bill’s sponsors are renewing their
[ad_1] The National Rifle Association was in Manhattan civil court on Thursday for the latest fight in a yearslong legal battle with New York Attorney General Letitia James. James filed a lawsuit in 2020 with the aim of dissolving the pro-Second Amendment group for “years of self-dealing and illegal conduct.” A judge had denied James’
[ad_1] THE RECENT shootings at the Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee, USA where three children aged 9 and three adults were killed only prove that there are several Americans who are not mentally balanced and go on shooting sprees for no plausible reasons at all. Previously, twenty nine individuals mostly children were gunned down at
[ad_1] Vice President Kamala Harris called for an assault weapons ban while claiming she supports the Second Amendment at the same time during an appearance on Thursday’s “The Jennifer Hudson Show.” While mourning the victims of gun violence, Harris decried the “weapons of war” prevalent on the streets and called for a new assault weapons
[ad_1] Tennessee’s Republican governor, Bill Lee, is under fire from conservatives and gun rights advocates for introducing a red flag law that is nearly identical to those of most blue states — but he is calling it an “order of protection” instead of a red flag rule. Mr. Lee released the text of the proposal
[ad_1] The first so-called “smart gun” that uses biometrics to unlock for shooting will hit the market at the end of the year. Biofire Technologies announced this month that it is taking pre-orders for its home defense gun that is intended to prevent unwanted access to children and criminals. This is either a big step
[ad_1] Vice President Harris slammed Congress on Thursday for lacking “the courage to stand up” to the National Rifle Association (NRA) and pass gun safety laws in the wake of several recent mass shootings. “I just think it is pitiful that the people in the United States Congress do not have the courage to stand
[ad_1] And once again, terrified young children are evacuated, hand-in-hand, from a school building. This time, a small Christian school in Nashville. The suspect was armed with two assault rifles, a handgun, and significant ammunition, according to police. The shooter, Audrey Hale, 28, of Nashville, legally purchased seven guns from five different local gun stores.
[ad_1] NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Chances are shrinking fast for a key gun-control proposal to make it out of the Tennessee Legislature in the wake of a deadly school shooting, as GOP lawmakers are pushing back against the Republican governor’s proposal to keep firearms away from people who could harm themselves or others faces. Tennessee has
[ad_1] Despite constant warnings from so many that guns are simply too numerous and accessible in Maine for us to avoid the tragedies so many states in America experience, Maine just had its 10th mass shooting since 2011. A lone gunman, another troubled young white male, has been charged with shooting seven people on Tuesday,
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