[ad_1] This week, multiple pro-gun measures have either been scheduled for consideration or passed out of committee. Those measures and their progression are outlined below. Senate Bill 195 clarifies South Dakota’s current Stand your Ground law by establishing that the burden of proof, by clear and convincing evidence, lies on the party seeking to overcome the
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[ad_1] On Thursday, March 3rd, the Senate Judiciary Committee will be hearing two House bills improving self-defense in Arizona. Please use the Request to Speak application (RTS) on the Arizona State Legislature website to ask them to SUPPORT House Bills 2414 and 2316. RTS is the most efficient and effective way to contact committee members regarding second amendment
[ad_1] Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee unsurprisingly rejected all of the pro-gun bills that the House sent over, by voting to pass them by indefinitely. These bills would have rolled back some of the anti-gun infringements passed during the last two years. This committee also previously rejected all pro-gun senate bills before it. House Bill
[ad_1] This week, it is extremely important that NRA Members and Second Amendment supporters contact their State Senators and ask them to co-sponsor Constitutional Carry legislation, Legislative Bill 773, and to vote to bring the measure out of committee. Please click the take action button below. Constitutional Carry is sweeping the nation. 21 states already have Constitutional
[ad_1] Today, the Senate voted 34-22 to pass Senate Bill 319, constitutional carry. There was an effort by opponents to defeat the bill by attaching an amendment to criminalize private transfers of firearms, but the Senate rejected that effort, also by a vote of 34-22. SB 319 will now go to the House for further
[ad_1] Last month we reported on ordinary Ukrainians taking up arms to defend their country and communities against a possible Russian invasion. Now, the worst has come to pass; Vladimir Putin has launched a full-scale invasion of the country, quickly gaining ground against a valiant but vastly outmatched Ukrainian army. The U.S. and NATO are banding together
[ad_1] MIAMI (CBSMiami) — Ted Deutch, who has served in Congress since 2010, will not run for re-election this year and will resign his House seat before the end of his term so he can take a leadership position with a major Jewish American advocacy group, CBS Miami has learned. Deutch confirmed he was leaving
[ad_1] Last month we reported on ordinary Ukrainians taking up arms to defend their country and communities against a possible Russian invasion. Now, the worst has come to pass; Vladimir Putin has launched a full-scale invasion of the country, quickly gaining ground against a valiant but vastly outmatched Ukrainian army. The U.S. and NATO are banding together
[ad_1] Sunrise Anchor and Reporter Arkansas candidate for U.S. Senate Jan Morgan talks issues Updated: 9:07 AM CST Feb 28, 2022 Hide Transcript Show Transcript MORGAN AND DEMOCRAT NATALIE JAMES. WELL,AN J MORGAN ISHE T REPUBLICAN RUNNING FOR THE US SENATE SEAT RIGHT NOW. SHE IS A BUSINESSWOMAN AND FORMER JOURNALIST AND ONE OF THE
[ad_1] Washington CNN — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott faces seven Republican opponents in the March 1 Republican primary as he seeks a third term leading the Lone Star State. But he has spent most of his campaign attacking the likely Democratic nominee, Beto O’Rourke. Left-leaning policy proposals pushed by O’Rourke, a former Texas congressman,
[ad_1] “Jesus, Guns, Babies” are the three words you need to know if you want to understand the ideology and rationalizations of the modern GOP, which is now a radicalized and weaponized movement seeking to create and impose a white Christian utopia in America and abroad. “Jesus Guns Babies” is the campaign slogan of Kandiss
[ad_1] Guns and abortion may be the two defining issues of the U.S. Supreme Court’s current term, and California politicians, with their typical arrogance, are attempting to use one issue to influence the justices’ decision on the other. “We’ll see how principled the U.S. Supreme Court is,” Gov. Gavin Newsom sneered last week. Lately the
[ad_1] During an appearance on MSNBC’s “The Sunday Show,” conservative commentator Charlie Sykes expressed nothing but contempt for GOP lawmakers and conservatives who are using the crisis in Ukraine to bash President Joe Biden who is leading the world in pushing back at Vladimir Putin. After host Jonathan Capehart shared a supercut that showed former
[ad_1] THE WOODLANDS, Texas — Representative Dan Crenshaw was tagged as a rising Republican star almost from the moment of his first victory: A conservative, Harvard-educated, ex-Navy SEAL who lost his right eye in Afghanistan, he bucked the 2018 suburban revolt against Donald J. Trump to win a House seat in the Houston suburbs. Mr.
[ad_1] This week has been a busy one for gun rights in the Evergreen State. Anti-gun House bills advanced out of policy Committees to the Rules Committee, the last stop before a final vote on the Senate Floor. The Senate has been pushing through multiple anti-gun bills, and your Senator needs to hear from you now! Please click
[ad_1] ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The “stand your ground” self-defense law had been in effect in Florida for more than six years when it became part of the national vocabulary with the death of Trayvon Martin in 2012. When the 17-year-old was fatally shot, Florida was still one of the few states with the
[ad_1] On stage in a hotel ballroom glowing red, white and blue, Ron DeSantis was recalling his days in Congress and a book he wrote about America’s troubles. It was “read by about a dozen people,” the Florida governor said with rare self-deprecation. DeSantis then told a gathering of grassroots conservatives on Thursday: “I look
[ad_1] A decade ago, the shooting death of Black teenager Trayvon Martin by an armed neighborhood watch volunteer ignited a national debate over gun violence, race and the power of self-defense statutes that authorize the use of deadly force. Martin’s mother, Sybrina Fulton, channeled her grief into a purpose. In an essay this month titled
[ad_1] Now Bennett, the Sedgwick County district attorney, was holding a news conference on the death of a Black teenager named Cedric Lofton, detailing how county staff had restrained the 17-year-old facedown for more than half an hour. He said the state’s stand-your-ground law precluded charges because staff had a right to defend themselves after
[ad_1] This week, the Arizona House took action on a number of pro-gun bills, passing four off the floor, which will now move to the Senate for further consideration. House Bill 2166 exempts firearms and firearm safety equipment, such as gun safes and gun locks, from state transaction privilege and use taxes. This recognizes that the
[ad_1] House Bill 1462, to ensure law-abiding citizens may carry firearms for self-defense on public transit, is now eligible for consideration on the House floor. Please contact your state representative and ask them to SUPPORT HB 1462. House Bill 1462 removes the prohibition on law-abiding citizens carrying firearms for self-defense on public transit property and in vehicles. This
[ad_1] A Manhattan judge indicated Friday that he doesn’t believe New York’s attorney general has been illegally gunning for the National Rifle Association. AG Letitia James filed suit against the gun rights group in 2020, claiming its top executives flouted nonprofit laws by diverting millions of agency dollars to fund their lavish lifestyles replete with
[ad_1] Fairfax, Va. – The NRA’s Institute for Legislative Action released the following statement regarding the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court of the United States; “Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson has never affirmed that the Second Amendment protects the individual, fundamental right of all Americans to keep and bear arms for the
[ad_1] Hundreds of Americans, a disproportionately high number of them Black people, are being shot and killed as a result of controversial “stand your ground” laws that have swept across the nation since the killing of Trayvon Martin, activists say. A decade after the unarmed Black teenager, walking home from a store, was shot and
[ad_1] ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The “stand your ground” self defense law had been in effect in Florida for more than six years when it became part of the national vocabulary with the death of Trayvon Martin in 2012. When the 17-year-old was fatally shot, Florida was still one of the few states with
[ad_1] ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The “stand your ground” self-defense law had been in effect in Florida for more than six years when it became part of the national vocabulary with the death of Trayvon Martin in 2012. When the 17-year-old was fatally shot, Florida was still one of the few states with the
[ad_1] Last year’s failed attempt to recall California Gov. Gavin Newsom showcased some candidates thoroughly unfit to lead the state. The Republicans trying to replace Newsom included a talk radio shock jock, a reality TV star and a real estate developer who campaigned with a 1,000-pound bear. The governor effectively painted them as Trump-like characters
[ad_1] Yesterday, NRA-ILA filed an amicus curiae (or friend of the court) brief supporting penalties against local officials who violate Florida’s preemption law with local infringements. This is the second amicus brief that NRA-ILA has filed to protect the Second Amendment freedoms affected by this important case, which is captioned as Fried v. State of
[ad_1] by Jeff Gross, contributing writer As the weather keeps flipping back and forth from cold to warm and back again, you ice fishing folks will notice large cracks going across the ponds. These are called pressure ridges. These ridges form when the ice warms and cracks and separates from other ice flows. At night
[ad_1] ANALYSIS: By Giacomo Lichtner, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington During the anti-lockdown protests at Parliament last year, I was told about a 15-year-old who stopped to ask someone why they were crying. The person replied they were Jewish and had been upset by Nazi imagery used by some protesters, including swastikas