[ad_1] A federal law enacted in 1968, 177 years after the ratification of the Second Amendment, makes it a felony, currently punishable by up to 15 years in prison, for an “unlawful user” of “any controlled substance” to receive or possess a firearm. It therefore aims to disarm millions of Americans who pose no plausible

[ad_1] A photo of 37-year-old Alex Pretti, who was fatally shot by a U.S. Border Patrol officer over the weekend, is displayed at the shooting scene Monday, Jan. 26, 2026, in Minneapolis. (Adam Gray/Associated Press) The shooting of fellow gun owner Alex Jeffrey Pretti in Minneapolis by a federal law enforcement officer is tragic and

[ad_1] As a former deputy prosecutor, I support law enforcement — from my local city and county officers and state troopers to the Capitol Police on Jan. 6, 2021. They are trained professionals who serve our community and help keep the people I love safe. I do not support the violence perpetrated on city streets

[ad_1] I wrote this essay several years ago, reflecting on Dick Lehr’s White Hot Hate and the narrowly thwarted 2016 bombing plot against a Somali immigrant community in Garden City, Kansas. Since then, public rhetoric about immigrants—and Somali communities in particular—has re-entered American political life with renewed force, sometimes echoing language and suspicions that once

[ad_1] To the editor:  The recent brouhaha about whether the Current should have published Mark Ferrante’s letters made me curious, so I went back and read them all. They were well written, and he is clearly a fervent supporter of the Trump administration (and loathes “the left”). Although I disagreed with many of his characterizations,

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[ad_1] Renee Good was killed on Jan. 7. Alex Pretti on Jan. 24. Federal agents killed both of them, and the administration labeled both of them terrorists — labels that quickly fell apart when the public learned more about each case and saw videos of the shootings. Yet it was Pretti’s death that broke the

[ad_1] Photo: Curbed; Photos: Getty Images (John Pedin/NY Daily News Archive, Mel Finkelstein/NY Daily News Archive, Bettmann Archive, Dan Cronin/NY Daily News Archive) The sharpened screwdrivers, memorable and imaginary, tell a lot of the story. Three days before Christmas 1984, Bernhard Goetz, a 37-year-old electrical engineer living on 14th Street, got on a downtown 2

[ad_1] Several niche, left-leaning gun advocacy groups said that since the killing of Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis, they can hardly keep up with the surging demand for firearms training. With President Donald Trump sending a surge of armed federal agents into communities around the country, even more once gun-shy liberals and leftists

[ad_1] On a July day in a suburban Pittsburgh mall food court, Kevin Edler and his wife, Lex, donned their rainbow gear and waited. Families shuffled by. Teens sipped boba. Kevin’s braid trailed from his trucker hat, emblazoned with an AK-47 over a rainbow flag with “Defend Equality” in all capital letters underneath. Pittsburgh’s Public

[ad_1] By Jeremy Herb, Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — In the wake of a horrific shooting that shocked the nation, President Donald Trump starkly broke with pro-gun groups in off-the-cuff remarks: “Take the guns first, go through due process second,” Trump said during a televised meeting with lawmakers. That was nearly eight years ago —

[ad_1] Handgun In the wake of the death of Alex Pretti, the White House categorically rejected the suggestion from some Republicans – including Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and FBI Director Kash Patel – that U.S. citizens do not have a right to carry firearms while protesting. President Trump “absolutely” supports the Second

[ad_1] So called Christians backing the most ungodly man to hold the office of president, whose policies and actions absolutely contradict the teachings of Jesus. Please spare us any of your God-talk. Gun owners and NRA members not calling out federal officers for killing a man who was simply protecting a woman, had a permit