Month: June 2025

[ad_1] By Bram Sable-Smith for KFF Health News.Broadcast version by Chrystal Blair for Missouri News Service reporting for the KFF Health News-Public News Service Collaboration Violent crime was already trending down from a covid-era spike when President Donald Trump presented a picture of unbridled crime in America on the campaign trail in 2024. Now his
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[ad_1] Claudia Chisholm was representing the luggage company she inherited from her father at a 2008 hunting and outdoors trade show when the business took a turn she never saw coming. Customers kept strolling in, looking at the high-end briefcases and leather goods, including wallets and bags ‘with embroidered critters’ she’d expected to be a
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[ad_1] Texas stands firm for Second Amendment rights as Abbott signs sweeping pro-gun legislation Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed pro-gun laws, including a ban on enforcing out-of-state red flag orders and prohibiting taxpayer-funded gun buyback programs. Short-barreled rifles are now legal under Texas law, aligning with federal regulations while expanding firearm freedoms.
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[ad_1] Retired New York Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, a former nurse whose experience with tragedy propelled her to become one of Congress’ most prominent gun control advocates, has died at the age of 81.  The news was first reported Thursday by Newsday, a Long Island-based newspaper. Local New York media outlets did not immediately list a
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[ad_1] Carolyn McCarthy’s Congressional headshot. Long Island Press Media Archives Carolyn McCarthy, a former Democratic U.S. Rep. and gun safety advocate, died Thursday. She was 81. McCarthy represented New York’s 4th Congressional District from 1997 to 2015. She was motivated to run for office to implement stricter gun control legislation after a December 1993 shooting
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[ad_1] Senate Democrats and Republicans are taking a widely different view of the issue of Mexican cartels’ smuggling and gun violence and how to stop it – with Democrats appearing to continue to focus on the U.S. firearms industry while Republicans focus on investigative efforts and the dangers that cartel members pose to law enforcement
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[ad_1] GUN INDUSTRY COMPANIES AND GROUPS GIVE $2 MILLION FOR CONSTRUCTION OF STATE-OWNED SHOOTING RANGE PIERRE, S.D. (Seth Tupper and Joshua Haiar / South Dakota Searchlight) – A list of donors to a state-owned shooting range under construction north of Rapid City includes $2 million from gun-industry companies or organizations. The $20 million, 400-acre complex
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[ad_1] Handgun and Ammo Source: Unsplash Gun Rights Group Challenges Florida Age-Based Restrictions, Citing Constitutional Violations The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) today announced it has filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court of the United States, imploring the high court to grant certiorari in NRA v. Glass, a pivotal case challenging Florida’s state law
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[ad_1] In a recent filing with the U.S. Supreme Court, the Trump-led Department of Justice (DOJ) is doubling down on arguments made under former President Joe Biden that users of illegal drugs—including marijuana—”pose a clear danger of misusing firearms.” That risk, DOJ contends, justifies the longstanding federal prohibition on gun ownership by drug consumers—known as
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Tensions escalate globally as the United States launches missile strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, prompting swift condemnation from Russia.  United States: A rift ripples across geopolitical lines as Tehran and Moscow rally in synchronized accord following America’s missile salvo against Iranian nuclear sites. Russian emissaries swiftly decried the assault, dispatching stern signals that Iran’s atomic
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[ad_1] A list of donors to a state-owned shooting range under construction north of Rapid City includes $2 million from gun-industry companies or organizations. The $20 million, 400-acre complex will be one of the largest public shooting ranges in the nation when it opens this fall, according to the South Dakota Department of Game, Fish
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