[ad_1] TOPEKA — Kansas supporters of Moms Demand Action rejected Tuesday claims by the Kansas State Rifle Association that a series of local government proclamations recognizing a national gun violence awareness day was evidence of a campaign to promote unconstitutional seizure of firearms. The Kansas State Rifle Association, the state lobbying affiliate of the National

[ad_1] Gun rights advocates and the owners of pistol stabilizing braces are scrambling to stop a rule by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) that will make possession of the brace a felony after May 31. “I think this is going to be a very fluid situation over the next week or

[ad_1] Celebrating memories of the Greatest Generation and Silent Generation formulating Americans both through, the Great War and the Great Depression, lessons most didn’t learn until experiencing 21st century Food Deserts, over population or suddenly, violently rendered, parentless. Legacies of America’s imbalanced balancing act between our presumptive domestic demands and shrinking global supply,

[ad_1] Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) signed into law Democratic gun-grab bill SB 83 on Monday. This law will enable family members, quacks, cops, roommates, and others to petition to void another citizen’s Second Amendment rights if they can halfway persuade a judge it might prevent the targeted citizen from doing future harm either to

[ad_1] Rep. Jamal Bowman, D-N.Y., may only be in his second term in the House of Representatives, but he is not wasting any time trying to shake up the system. He has recently and very publicly challenged GOP members of Congress, from Marjorie Taylor Greene to Thomas Massie on issues from saving lives from gun

[ad_1] The letter in response to the Planned Parenthood commentary “Share your abortion story” authored by Bill and Jann Dunlap ( Daily Pilot Mailbag, May 19 ) serves to show how many don’t understand the complexity of an unwanted pregnancy. Throwing around false morality and debasing women is less than helpful. There are myriad reasons

[ad_1] Republican politicians who consider, let alone pass, modest gun safety proposals often pay heavy tolls with their constituents. We saw this most poignantly in the aftermath of the May 24 Uvalde massacre. As we reflect on the anniversary of the murders of 19 children and two teachers, let’s also reflect on how little has

[ad_1] FILE – Flowers are piled around crosses with the names of the victims killed in a school shooting as people visit a memorial at Robb Elementary School to pay their respects May 31, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas. Families in Uvalde, Texas, are digging in for a new test of legal protections for the gun

[ad_1] For six years, I had the honor of representing Uvalde, Texas, in Congress—a close-knit community that, one year ago, was forever scarred by unthinkable violence and engulfed by pain and grief. That day, 19 innocent children and two dedicated teachers were taken from us, and their families were struck by tragedy. The Uvalde Strong

[ad_1] At least 23 people were shot, one of them fatally, during Brandon Johnson’s (D) first weekend as Chicago Mayor. Breitbart News reported 21 people were shot Friday into Sunday morning alone in Johnson’s Chicago. One of those shooting victims, a 17-year-old boy, succumbed to his wounds. ABC 7 / Chicago Sun-Times noted the overall number of

[ad_1] Michael Paul Williams TIMES-DISPATCH  there were any consistency to the gun rights movement, the NBA’s Ja Morant would be an NRA poster child. After all, the Memphis Grizzlies basketball star is in a jam following a social media video of him waving a gun inside a motor vehicle in Tennessee. A similar livestream in

[ad_1] The Tommy gun was widely used by U.S., British, and allied troops in World War II, but during the war the U.S. replaced it with a cheaper alternative, the M3 “Grease Gun,” and manufacturing of the Thompson submachine gun ceased in 1944. invention of the AR-15 In the late 1950s, ArmaLite Inc. developed the

[ad_1] By Mwizenge S. Tembo, Ph. D. Emeritus Professor of Sociology Zibalwe was a sprawling village of 500 people on the banks of the Lundazi River in the Eastern Province of Zambia in Southern Africa. Hundreds of villages at the time were located in the middle of the African savannah wilderness amidst wild animals such

[ad_1] Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on May 19 signed into law a sweeping gun control bill that includes universal background checks and a “red flag” measure that lets law enforcement intervene if someone is deemed at high risk of injuring themselves or others with a firearm. The gun control measures were folded into a broader

[ad_1] Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Friday signed a sweeping gun control bill into law, including universal background checks and a “red flag” measure that lets law enforcement intervene if someone is deemed at high risk of injuring themselves or others with a firearm. The gun control measures were folded into a broader public safety

[ad_1] In a new interview with AL.com, Derek St. Holmes, the legendary guitarist and vocalist known for his time working with Ted Nugent in the 1970s, was asked if he thinks Ted‘s politics have diminished his guitar legacy. Derek responded: “The answer to your question is yes, I do. I was leery of doing an

[ad_1] Let’s start with demographics, for which we may as well substitute the word, race: Everyone knows by now that white people are projected to be in a minority in this country within the next 25 years or so. Every time some expert does a study of demographic trends, they move the date back. They

[ad_1] 1. With a looming deadline, once-contentious north Fargo townhouse project nears completion A deadline is drawing near for a prominent developer to complete a once-contentious northside townhouse project and avoid penalties from the city of Fargo. But Jim Roers, CEO of Roers Development, said there won’t be a problem finishing the townhomes, two of

[ad_1] In early 2018, we simultaneously saw all the potential and all the futility of the gun-reform movement in the United States.  On Valentine’s Day that year, a 19-year-old former student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, entered the school brandishing an AR-15-style rifle and opened fire, murdering 17 people and wounding

[ad_1] By Wayman Blakely, Las Vegas Saturday, May 20, 2023 | 2 a.m. The American people can effect change. Remember the 18th Amendment (ratified in 1919) prohibiting alcohol? Remember the 21st Amendment (ratified in 1933), repealing the 18th? Similarly, the Second Amendment can be modified. With regard to fatal acts of random anger and hostility

[ad_1] Alaska’s Republican-led Legislature has passed a bill prohibiting the authorities from singling out firearm and ammunition retailers when they start shutting down businesses during a declared emergency. House Bill 61, heading to the desk of Gov. Mike Dunleavy, states that firearm businesses cannot be forced to close, shorten their business hours, limit their sales,

[ad_1] (RNS) — The statistics are numbing. The United States suffered 202 mass shootings — four or more persons killed or injured by firearms — during the first six months of 2023. Texas has had 17 mass shootings and 214 gun violence deaths so far this year. Most estimates count more weapons than people throughout