[ad_1] Photo: Rineke Dijkstra for New York Magazine This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly. I will not tell you my triggers, or the things I can no longer enjoy, because they are fluid and changing. Sometimes I look up at a
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[ad_1] WASHINGTON – Rep. Chris Jacobs left Congress at the end of 2022, but we probably haven’t heard the last of him. “It’s now about 18 years that I’ve continuously served in elected office, so I certainly have a passion for it, and a passion for Western New York,” Jacobs said in a wide-ranging interview days
[ad_1] Alabama on Jan. 1 became the latest state to allow residents to carry concealed firearms without a permit. The new state law means that a person would not need to get a permit that requires a background check to legally carry a concealed handgun in public. A person can still choose to get a permit
[ad_1] Half of the states in the U.S. no longer require residents to hold a concealed carry permit to carry firearms in public after Alabama, Indiana, Georgia and Ohio passed laws in 2022 removing permit requirements. On Monday, Alabama began enforcing its permitless carry law, becoming the 25th state to do so, while Indiana, Georgia and
[ad_1] A law to allow Alabamians to conceal a firearm without a permit went into effect on Sunday. As a result, the legal requirement for residents to obtain a concealed carry permit for pistols before hiding them on their person is now null and void, with the only need for a pistol permit now being
[ad_1] A change in Alabama law that was a decade in the making starts today: No permit is required to carry a concealed handgun or to carry one in a vehicle. The Legislature passed a bill to repeal the permit requirement in March and it takes effect with the start of the new year. The
[ad_1] Alabamians woke up Sunday with the right to carry a gun without a license. The change, implemented by a state law passed last year, marked a major milestone: half of America’s 50 states now allow people to carry handguns without first seeking a permit. Thirteen years ago, only two states — Vermont and Alaska
[ad_1] MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama on Sunday will become the latest state to allow people to carry a concealed handgun without a state permit that requires a background check. The new state law ends the requirement for a person to get a permit to legally carry a concealed handgun in public. A person can still
[ad_1] SPRINGFIELD (WGEM) – As 2022 comes to an end, you may wonder what state leaders have planned for the new year. Illinois lawmakers have already held several hearings on a proposed assault weapon ban, but you can expect that and much more in 2023. Gas tax increase A freeze on the gas tax in
[ad_1] Alabama on Jan. 1 will become the latest state to allow people to carry a concealed handgun without a state permit that requires a background check. The new state law ends the requirement for a person to get a permit to legally carry a concealed handgun in public. A person can still choose to
[ad_1] MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama on Jan. 1 will become the latest state to allow people to carry a concealed handgun without a state permit that requires a background check. The new state law ends the requirement for a person to get a permit to legally carry a concealed handgun in public. A person
[ad_1] Palm Beach Post Editorial Board | Palm Beach Post Remembering victims of shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School These are the victims of the mass shooting on Feb. 14, 2018, at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Broward County, Florida. Seventeen people were killed that day, including students and teachers. Palm Beach Post
[ad_1] Mark Lee was an NRA-certified instructor who associates said specialized in teaching how to conceal a gun. Concealed carry permits climb in Palm Beach County Roughly 1 in 9 adults in Palm Beach County has a concealed carry license, according to state data. The number’s only growing. Hannah Phillips, Palm Beach Post WEST PALM
[ad_1] Mike Cason al.com When U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby announced in 2021 that he would not seek another term in office, he set the stage for Alabama’s biggest political story of 2022, the race to succeed the state’s longest serving senator. The volatile battle between Republican Party contenders for Shelby’s seat topped the news during
[ad_1] On Wednesday’s Amanpour & Co. show, interviewer Walter Isaacson gave Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) a forum to make a misleading push for gun control as the two discussed the recent 10-year anniversary of the Sandy Hook school massacre. Appearing on the show which is shown on both PBS and CNN International, Senator Murphy recalled that
[ad_1] When U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby announced in 2021 that he would not seek another term in office, he set the stage for Alabama’s biggest political story of 2022, the race to succeed the state’s longest serving senator. The volatile battle between Republican Party contenders for Shelby’s seat topped the news during an election year
[ad_1] Having read the New York Times articles as well as the “Unequal Futures” coverage by Sentinel reporters Annie Martin and Leslie Postal, neither article captures history. When Brown vs. Board of Education struck down Plessy v Ferguson the reaction was to develop “neighborhood schools. ” The Civil Rights Act in 1964 triggered an enhanced
[ad_1] Impact of a self-defense shooting can be felt long after the incident is over, experts say Kevin Michalowski has some unequivocal and sincerely held views on the purpose of the Second Amendment. “You have the right to stay alive and not live in fear of [evil people]. You have the right to defend yourself
[ad_1] The Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors wants to meet with the School Board in January about arming its public school teachers. The decision to request a joint meeting comes on the heels of the School Board passing, and then pausing until March, a resolution making the ECC auditorium, among its other non-school properties, a
[ad_1] Governor Phil Murphy from New Jersey signed bill A4769 into law on Thursday, tightening gun restrictions in the state and triggering a lawsuit from the National Rifle Association (NRA). Back in June, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that it was illegal to require New York applicants to show “proper cause” for carrying a handgun
[ad_1] New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed new gun control legislation Thursday specifying who can carry handguns and where those firearms can be carried. The new law was created in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision that revamped the gun permitting rules to acquire a firearm last summer, but the new law set off
[ad_1] The Constitution protects my right to safe reproductive health, including – if I so choose – an abortion. For now. The Constitution also protects the right of a law-abiding citizen to own a weapon. Somehow, in the hall of funhouse mirrors that has become the state of Texas, those rights have been confused. Just
[ad_1] A fairly recent “Editor For A Day” in the E-R suggested that if more people were read the Second Amendment, they would be less inclined to try to promote gun control legislation. Well, I’m game, I am happy to read the Second Amendment (every single word): “A well-regulated Militia being necessary to the security of
[ad_1] Gov. Phil Murphy (D) signed legislation Thursday limiting the locations in which concealed carry permit holders can be armed for self-defense. The gun control was passed in reaction to SCOTUS’s June 23, 2022, Bruen decision, which struck down New York’s proper cause requirement for concealed carry permit issuance. NJ.com reports that the legislation, A4769,
[ad_1] New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed a new law on Thursday strengthening restrictions on who can obtain a public carry permit for handguns and where those guns can be carried, and in response, the National Rifle Association has filed a lawsuit against the state. Murphy introduced the proposal in June after the U.S. Supreme
[ad_1] Your Santa Fe City Council is currently considering a resolution that would make it a fourth degree felony for a person — including a concealed handgun licensee — to carry a firearm for personal protection in, or on, certain city-controlled properties that can be used for school-related or school-sanctioned events. These would include the Santa Fe Community Convention Center and its underground garage
[ad_1] This June, in another NRA-ILA backed lawsuit, the United States Supreme Court handed down a landmark decision establishing that ordinary people have the right to carry a firearm for self-defense. But it didn’t take long for states to resist that decision. New York promptly declared the entire state to be a “sensitive place,” and NRA-ILA promptly filed a lawsuit
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It has now been a full decade since the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, when a 20-year-old man went into the school with an AR-15-style rifle and killed 26 people, most of them first graders.
It was a senseless tragedy, and one that has only been compounded in the years since by
[ad_1] Winter Lantern Festival Debuts for Holiday Season Winter Lantern Festival will debut a spectacular holiday light adventure at the Lerner Town Square in Tysons starting December 16 through February 12th. Created by Kaleido Arts & Entertainment Group, Winter Lantern Festival will feature a total of over 10,000 of LED Chinese-inspired artisan lanterns, along with
[ad_1] Breadcrumb Trail Links NP Comment What exactly is an assault weapon, or ‘assault-style’ weapon, as the government has labelled them? Published Dec 22, 2022 • Last updated 1 hour ago • 3 minute read 20 Comments Photo by DOMINICK REUTER/AFP/Getty Images Article content Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently conceded that it is up to society