Month: May 2025

[ad_1] Gun lobbyists are expressing dismay with a compromise on silencers included in the fast-tracked budget bill and the GOP’s slow-walking of another demand to stop the taxing and registration of commonly owned AR-15 style pistols. On Monday, the House Ways and Means Committee released its plan, and while it stripped a $200 tax on
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[ad_1] We are happy to learn from the office of state Rep. Joe Hamm, R-Hepburn Township, that the legislator recently attended our region’s National Rifle Association banquet in Hughesville. The state representative discussed his efforts in the legislature to secure concealed-carry rights in Pennsylvania and to prevent municipalities from overstepping their authority and attempting unconstitutional
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[ad_1] Famed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, often outspoken for his liberal viewpoints, has continued to fuel speculation that he’s veering right. In a Thursday X post, Dr Tyson showed off an image of his wife’s bullet-riddled target paper from their trip to a shooting range in Nevada. On the surface, it would seem like a perfectly
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[ad_1] “It was nearly impossible to get anyone on camera for this story [on Trump’s attacks on lawyers and law firms], because of the fear now running through our system of justice.” — Scott Pelle, “60 Minutes” (May 4) That observation prompted my colleague, Angel Eduardo, to caution that we are now in “uncharted and horrifying territory”
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[ad_1] Gabby Giffords’ gun control group, Giffords, slammed House Republicans on the Veterans’ Affairs Committee for taking action that may restore the gun rights of military vets. Breitbart News reported that the Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act advanced on Tuesday, inching closer to the restoration of hundreds of thousands of veterans’ gun rights and preventing the
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[ad_1] One of Donald Trump’s biggest and most controversial Pennsylvania-based supporters, has assumed the top job at the National Rifle Association, a move that could have major political implications for the commonwealth and beyond. Bill Bachenberg, the owner of an Allentown-area shooting range and a major Trump fundraiser, was elected NRA president by the organization’s
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[ad_1] Governor Kay Ivey announced to the Huntsville-Madison County Chamber of Commerce on Monday that she signed Senate Bill 119 (SB119) proposed by State Sen. Will Barfoot (R-Pike Road). The bill was included in the governor’s priority “crime” bills package announced during her State of the State address. While Ivey and bill sponsors say that
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[ad_1] U.S. Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA) is introducing legislation Wednesday to “remove the unconstitutional taxation, registration, and regulation of suppressors” currently occurring under the purview of the National Firearm Act (NFA). Clyde’s legislation is the Constitutional Hearing Protection Act (CHPA). Breitbart News received a preview of the text of the CHPA, which begins with “To
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[ad_1] A man fires a handgun at an Imperial shooting range in this file image.  Erik M. Lunsford, Post-Dispatch JEFFERSON CITY — Democrats in the Missouri Senate temporarily blocked legislation Tuesday that would prevent state law enforcement agencies from enforcing federal gun control measures.  The proposed Second Amendment Preservation Act would prevent state law enforcement
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[ad_1] A man fires a handgun at an Imperial shooting range in this file image.  Erik M. Lunsford, Post-Dispatch JEFFERSON CITY — Democrats in the Missouri Senate are blocking legislation Tuesday that would prevent state law enforcement agencies from enforcing federal gun control measures.  The proposed Second Amendment Preservation Act would prevent state law enforcement
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[ad_1] US Rep. Sherri Biggs, Sandy Hook Promise & SLED Gun Rights Protected Under Two New Bills Authored by Congresswoman Sheri Biggs — Legislation Cuts Red Tape and Defends the Second Amendment, lawmaker says Washington, DC – Congresswoman Sheri Biggs (R-SC-03) has introduced two bills that defend the constitutional rights of law-abiding Americans: The Protecting the Mailing
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