Month: February 2024

[ad_1] The Biden-Harris reelection campaign called out former president Donald Trump for his gun rights advocacy on Friday in advance of the GOP frontrunner’s appearance at the National Rifle Association forum in Harrisburg, Penn. It will be the eighth time Trump has addressed the powerful gun-lobbying group, which boasts a membership 5 million strong. Last
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[ad_1] By Charles Thompson | pennlive.com (TNS) When former President Donald Trump jets into Harrisburg Friday, it kind of feels like the race for Pennsylvania’s 19 electoral college votes – the 5th-biggest batch in the nation – is on. Technically, Trump’s visit to the Great American Outdoor Show at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex is
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[ad_1] When former President Donald Trump addresses a crowd at the National Rifle Association’s Great American Outdoor show Friday in Harrisburg, there’s little doubt that his remarks about the right to bear arms will be well received. Trump, the presumptive GOP nominee for president, has twice been endorsed by the NRA for his “steadfast support”
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[ad_1] Former President Donald Trump is due in Harrisburg Friday evening to address thousands at the National Rifle Association’s Great American Outdoor Show. HARRISBURG, Pa. — More than 8,000 people are expected to pile into the large arena at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex for former President Donald Trump’s keynote speech at the National Rifle
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[ad_1] Hawaii’s highest court ruled Wednesday that Second Amendment rights as interpreted by the U.S. Supreme Court do not extend to Hawaii citizens, citing the “spirit of Aloha.” In the ruling, which was penned by Hawaii Supreme Court Justice Todd Eddins, the court determined that states “retain the authority to require” individuals to hold proper
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[ad_1] “This is Colorado’s Second Amendment Alamo.” That’s the current battle cry for Rocky Mountain Gun Owners, which bills itself as the state’s “only no-compromise gun-rights organization.” “This could be a major make-or-break year for gun owners,” says RMGO Executive Director Taylor Rhodes, noting that Democrats are gearing up for an anti-gun push in the
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[ad_1] One news article that appeared in the Sun-Gazette on Jan. 19 caught my eye. It describes gun control measures that advanced out of a Democratic-controlled state House committee: Banning the sale of assault weapons defined as automatic and semi-automatic weapons, prohibiting accelerated trigger activation, which increases the rate of gunfire, prohibiting the
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[ad_1] Gunfire from drive-by shootings rang out 302 times in Albuquerque last year. Four bullets tore through a mobile home’s thin bedroom walls, just feet away from two teenage boys. One bullet narrowly missed a state senator’s daughter. Yet another killed a 5-year-old girl in her sleep — and prompted the governor’s controversial move to
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[ad_1] RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Dozens of pieces of gun-related legislation that advocates say will bolster public safety are winding their way through Virginia’s Democratic-controlled General Assembly, including a measure that would halt the sale of certain semi-automatic firearms. The question hanging over all the bills is: Just how many will Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin
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[ad_1] The battle for the future of the Republican party is on display in southern Illinois this year, as the state’s most conservative district faces a congressional primary between two men endorsed two years ago by former President Donald Trump. Darren Bailey, who ran for governor against JB Pritzker in 2022, is challenging incumbent Mike
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