A bill that would lower the minimum age from 21 to 18 to purchase rifles and shotguns was approved Tuesday by a House panel, but its future remains in doubt as the proposal has not been filed in the Senate. The bill (HB 1223), approved by the Republican-controlled House Criminal Justice Subcommittee, would reverse an

TALLAHASSEE – A bill that would lower the minimum age from 21 to 18 to purchase rifles and shotguns was approved Tuesday by a House panel, but its future remains in doubt as the proposal has not been filed in the Senate. The bill, approved by the Republican-controlled House Criminal Justice Subcommittee, would reverse an

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A bill that would lower the minimum age from 21 to 18 to purchase rifles and shotguns was approved Tuesday by a House panel, but its future remains in doubt as the proposal has not been filed in the Senate. The bill (HB 1223), approved by the Republican-controlled House Criminal Justice Subcommittee,

(FOX40.COM) — With a new gun control law in California suspended as its legality makes its way through the courts, some officials are standing firm on their hopes of seeing the law permanently repealed. “While we know there is an issue with gun violence and we all want to address it, this path is not

National Rifle Association(NRA) CEO Wayne LaPierre testified Tuesday in his New York fraud case that the reason he was resigning from his post was because he was diagnosed with late-stage Lyme disease, according to Stephen Gutkowski of The Reload. The 74-year-old LaPierre, who announced his resignation effective Wednesday on Jan. 5 for health reasons, told

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Densely packed in Lawyers Mall in Annapolis on Tuesday morning, mothers, advocates and policymakers celebrated a decade of legislative wins limiting firearm access and laid out plans to establish civil liability for gun dealers in 2024. Since 2013, the General Assembly has passed legislation mandating universal background checks and requiring gun owners

CNN  —  Wayne LaPierre, who helmed the National Rifle Association for three decades, wrapped up his testimony at a civil corruption case Tuesday by saying he wasn’t in it for the money. LaPierre took the stand in the final days of his tenure as head of one of the nation’s most powerful lobbying groups. His

On Tuesday, the Indiana House of Representatives voted to pass a GOP-authored bill aimed at keeping records of gun sales and ownership private. House Bill 1084, authored by Rep. Jake Teshka, R-North Liberty, was prompted by a December 2022 announcement by the International Organization for Standardization of the creation a new merchant category code for

Dominic Erdozain wants to reframe the gun control debate. The right has “convinced itself that privately held guns are the foundation of democracy,” he writes, and everyone else has been “bullied into acquiescence.”Advocates and opponents, the historian argues, have been “trapped in an illusion: the belief that today’s ‘freedoms’ are the norms of American history

Legislation pending in the Washington state legislature would force gun owners to purchase insurance. Democratic State Sens. Patty Kuderer and Javier Valdez of Washington introduced SB5963, which would force insurance companies to ask prospective customers if they own firearms, and to then advise them of the state requirement to own liability insurance, according to the

When Wayne LaPierre first joined the National Rifle Association in 1978, he was more comfortable on K Street than in a duck blind. “The safest place you could be with Wayne and a gun back then was in a different state, because he really did not know anything about guns,” former NRA spokesman John Aquilino

Photos courtesy of Jonathan Kastellec, left, and Charles Cameron Charles Cameron is jointly appointed in the Department of Politics and the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs. He specializes in the analysis of political institutions, particularly courts and law, the American presidency, and legislatures. Jonathan Kastellec is a professor in the Department of Politics. His research and

House Bill 415 as written is a disaster waiting to happen with implications to lessen school safety instead of enhancing it.  It is a piece of legislation unsolicited by any school district or school related entity in Idaho, and it was written in a vacuum and pushed onto our state by the National Rifle Association. 

A Washington Senate bill requiring liability insurance for gun owners is providing a new twist on the argument that citizens have right to bear arms in the state. Senate Bill 5963 would mandate all firearm owners in Washington to acquire and consistently maintain a residential dwelling policy and/or insurance policy that covers losses and damages

Wayne LaPierre will resign from the National Rifle Association at the end of January 2024. During most of the 33 years he spent at its helm as its executive vice president, the gun group’s membership, revenue and clout grew sharply. I am a historian of firearms politics and have researched the NRA’s long history. LaPierre’s

LAURENS, S.C. (FOX Carolina) – Republican State Representative Stewart Jones announced his campaign to represent South Carolina’s 3rd Congressional District in Washington on Monday. He is the eighth-generation native of South Carolina who is fighting to preserve liberty as a Republican member of the SC Freedom Caucus. Jones is a member of the National Rifle

Jim strongly advocated for smaller government with fewer regulations, election integrity, veterans’ affairs, and gun rights.  A magazine article once summed up Jim’s motivation for this life of service to America:  “I would like to see a shift toward the Conservative values that guarantee the further existence of The Republic. That includes an honest approach

Jamie Raskin, a Democrat, represents Maryland’s 8th Congressional District in the U.S. House. On the day Mike Johnson (R-La.) became House speaker, 18 Americans were massacred and 13 injured by a mass shooter in Lewiston, Maine — but Johnson’s comments the next day already showed deft command of what is obviously the GOP’s Mass Shooting

Which important issues were supported by your state representative and state senator: Help low-income people feed their families, or help pay state administrators high salaries?  Support the state economy with business growth, or refuse state’s partnership with any company that supports gun control?  Fully fund education for all children of Iowa, or cut money from

There’s a little wine shop in downtown Ballston Spa, New York with rainbow-colored bottles lining the shop’s front window. The village is small, about 5,000 people, and attracts tourists from all around the world. Last summer, the owner of the wine shop, Jes Rich, noticed a group of masked men in the street. “As soon

The BDN Opinion section operates independently and does not set news policies or contribute to reporting or editing articles elsewhere in the newspaper or on bangordailynews.com. Joe Anderson, a pediatrician, is the advocacy chair of the Maine Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics and a founder of Maine Providers for Gun Safety. It has been

AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine Senate President Troy Jackson’s son and former chief of staff are lobbying for a gun control group with an aggressive agenda just as the Legislature nears pressing debates in the wake of the Lewiston mass shooting. Jackson, a Democrat from Allagash, will be one of the key figures in the gun debate.

The National Shooting Sports Foundation’s SHOT Show 2024 wrapped up Friday, ending a week of exciting new product launches that included numerous new pistols, rifles, and shotguns, as well as optics and firearm accessories. For those who may not know, the “SHOT” in SHOT Show stands for Shooting, Hunting, and Outdoor Trade. It is Las

Former President Donald Trump has penciled in a stop at the National Rifle Association’s annual Great American Outdoor Show in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, next month to reiterate his support for the Second Amendment and gun rights. While Trump has long been supportive of the NRA and a regular speaker at their more formal annual convention, his

by Jeff Gross, contributing writer Photo, top: Candy Yow Ice Fishing Ice fishing for trout was great, but short lived, in Rhode Island – so far. As you can see in the photos, above and below, some great Brookies are being caught. Not only is the Rhode Island bite great, but up on Moosehead Lake

FRANKFORT, Ky. (LEX 18) — A new bill filed on Thursday would temporarily remove guns from Kentuckians who are deemed an immediate threat to themselves, or others. The Crisis Aversion and Rights Retention bill, also known as CARR, was filed with Sen. Whitney Westerfield, the Republican chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, as lead sponsor.

State and federal agencies routinely issue “guidance” in the form of public statements and private letters that are actually veiled commands and threats of adverse consequences for failure to obey. Interpretive regulations, which supposedly only express an agency’s opinion and are non-binding, may serve the same function. Such communications may be beyond the agency’s legal