[ad_1] Germany’s Carl Walther GmbH Sportwaffen – headquartered in the city of Ulm, with its U.S. subsidiary, Walther Arms Inc., located in Fort Smith, Arkansas – is best known for its traditional double action (TDA) semiauto pistols such as the WWII P38 9mm and the PPK .32 ACP that Agent 007 made famous. But Walther
Month: November 2023
[ad_1] Jeremy Hayes was getting ready to take his three sons to the pool when he heard a loud rap on the door. Hours earlier, his wife Jennifer had gotten to Nashville after finishing a work trip. The Hayeses live in Illinois but bought an apartment on Church Street in 2021 as a weekend getaway
[ad_1] To the editor: It is painfully clear how prevalent mis- or disinformation has become in our society, along with how fear has become a means to achieve an objective. As a near lifelong gun owner and advocate, I firmly believe that responsible gun owners support responsible gun regulations. It has become painfully obvious that
[ad_1] By Michael Brown, Las Vegas Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023 | 2 a.m. No one but a soldier in a war zone needs an assault rifle. But here in America, the AR-15 and similar weapons have become the choice for mass murderers. Having high-capacity magazines, high rates of fire and lethal high-velocity rounds allow unhinged
[ad_1] I am horrified and growing increasingly impatient. Let me be blunt: I no longer wish to hear National Rifle Association-funded Republicans simply offering thoughts and prayers to those who lose family members in senseless mass shootings. Those sentiments don’t solve the problem. Moreover, no longer will I sit idly by and listen to these
[ad_1] State laws that mandate background checks and cooling-off periods for firearm purchases have proven effective in reducing gun-related deaths, according to a study conducted by scholars Patrick Sharkey and Megan Kang from Princeton University. The research covers the period from 1991 to 2016 and reveals that stricter gun laws passed in 40 states contributed
[ad_1] At an official state luncheon held at the White House, President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden welcomed Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his partner Jodie Hayden. During the visit, reports surfaced of a deranged shooter toting an AR-style military rifle bursting into a bowling ally on what was billed as “youth
[ad_1] Petula Dvorak’s Oct. 27 Metro column on the mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine, “Pain of gun violence comes to Lewiston,” highlighted the complacent it-couldn’t-happen-here attitude that small towns and nice neighborhoods everywhere project as they fret about gun violence in other, distant parts of the country. It’s the Lake Wobegon effect: All people here
[ad_1] Published 2023-11-01 05:00 5:00 November 1, 2023 am On November 7, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the case of United States v. Rahimi, likely determining the constitutionality of a federal law that bars those with a standing domestic violence restraining order from owning firearms. Their decision could also shape the future
[ad_1] State laws requiring background checks or cooling-off periods for buying firearms are effective at reducing gun deaths, Princeton University researchers have revealed in a study this week. Scholars Patrick Sharkey and Megan Kang found that stricter gun laws passed by 40 states from 1991 to 2016 cut gun deaths by nearly 4,300 in 2016.
[ad_1] By Rick Outzen The Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees the right to bear arms, and while Gov. Ron DeSantis and other politicians have been quick to limit the Constitutional rights to freedom of speech, press and peaceably assemble, they have refused to place restrictions on guns. The Florida Legislature has made it
[ad_1] Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save Buenos días, Early Birds. Hoy es el Día de los Muertos. Tips: earlytips@washpost.com. Was this forwarded to you? Sign up here. Thanks for waking up with us. In today’s edition … What we’re watching: Resolution to expel Rep. George Santos … New bill attempts
[ad_1] Another shooting Again, innocent Americans are brutally slaughtered, this time in Lewiston, Maine. The unconscionable inactions of elected federal representatives led to the vulnerability of all Americans (in schools, dance halls, bowling alleys, supermarkets, and social clubs). This, I conclude, is a form of state-sponsored terrorism, defined as terrorist violence carried out with the
[ad_1] The new Speaker of the U.S. House, Mike Johnson, is extremely right wing. He devised and supported a legal strategy to overturn the 2020 presidential election based on lies about massive voter fraud. He was prominent in defending Trump against impeachment and advocated expunging the second impeachment from the record. He wants to raise
[ad_1] The deadliest mass shooting in the U.S. this year and the worst in state history has put Maine’s two U.S. Senators’ positions on guns under the microscope. Republican Sen. Susan Collins and independent Sen. Angus King both oppose an assault weapons ban pending in the Senate, yet both say they favor some type of
[ad_1] Gaza amd Maine: War dead and gun deaths Published 2:32 pm Tuesday, October 31, 2023 BY WINSLOW MYERSI live a couple of counties away from where the mentally ill Robert Card, apparently hearing voices inside his head that sounded as if people were putting him down, shot up a bar and a bowling alley
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