Gov. Bill Lee (R-TN) called for Tennessee’s Republican-majority legislature to pass a red flag law Tuesday after signing an executive order strengthening the state’s background checks on firearm buyers. The new push comes two weeks after three children and three adults were murdered at the Covenant School in Nashville when a trans-identifying shooter made her
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According to “assault weapon” ban proponents, the AR rifle’s lethality is all about how fast its bullets travel. The Washington Post recently claimed that “what makes [the AR] so deadly is the speed of [its] bullet.” “The higher speed of a bullet from an AR-15 causes far more damage after it hits the body and
Last month, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) suggested schools could prevent mass shootings by enlisting more armed officers like banks do. On Monday, ten days after the senator’s tweet, a gunman armed with an AR-15 rifle killed five people and injured at least eight more at the Old National Bank in Louisville, Kentucky. He bought the
The public praise comes as the NRA prepares to host its annual convention in Indianapolis for the third time. INDIANAPOLIS — Days before the NRA convention descends on Indianapolis and one day after a mass shooting in Louisville, Indiana’s Republican lawmakers passed a resolution honoring the National Rifle Association and its CEO, Wayne LaPierre. All
The public praise comes as the NRA prepares to host its annual convention in Indianapolis for the third time. INDIANAPOLIS — Days before the NRA convention descends on Indianapolis and one day after a mass shooting in Louisville, Indiana’s Republican lawmakers passed a resolution honoring the National Rifle Association and its CEO, Wayne LaPierre. All
The perceived threat of central bank digital currencies, otherwise known as CBDCs, appears to be transcending party lines. While many dissenters throughout the world are known to have conservative affiliations, prominent liberals are increasingly speaking out. In the month of April alone, three high-profile political detractor have spoken up against the threat. We highlight three
Drew Angrerer/Getty Images Justice Clarence Thomas seated next to his wife, conservative activist Ginni Thomas, at an event at the Heritage Foundation celebrating his thirty-year career on the Supreme Court, Washington, D.C., October 21, 2021 Men can be measured by their real or imaginary peeves. The longer one carries them around, they more they shrink
Firearms became the leading cause of death for children in the U.S. in 2020, surpassing car accidents, and signaling a complete shift in society and medicine since the year 1900, when the leading factors of child-death were pneumonia and tuberculosis. Already in 2023, there have been 146 mass shootings in the U.S., the group says. A
United States Congresswoman Lauren Boebert (R-Colorado) quoted a non-existent alternative “version” of the Declaration of Independence during an appearance on Tuesday’s edition of The Charlie Kirk Show. Boebert’s rewriting of history occurred during a discussion about Americans’ Second Amendment rights with Daily Wire host Charlie Kirk. “So Lauren, we’re seeing the gun grabbers going into
The Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) Tuesday released a report detailing Americans’ experiences with gun violence. The report demonstrated a disproportionate effect of gun violence on people of color. The report surveyed 1,271 U.S. adults about their personal experience with guns. Of those surveyed, 21 percent reported being personally threatened with a gun and 19 percent
Guitarist Steven Van Zandt of Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band ignited a social media firestorm with a Twitter post that appeared to welcome the deaths of Republicans. Ironically, the 72-year-old musician made the vile remarks last week because he was angry about the shooting deaths of six people at a Tennessee Christian school last month.
OPINION: The knee-jerk White House reaction to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signing legislation making Florida a “constitutional carry” or permitless carry state was predictable. In such a jurisdiction, lawful gun owners are not required to pay special fees or seek permission from the state or their local sheriff to carry a concealed firearm. “Shameful,” sniffed
(The Center Square) – A bill that began as legislation that would have allowed North Dakotans to conceal carry at the Capitol building has turned into a study of the issue instead. House Bill 1341 will create a legislative management study to gather historical data to identify locations where firearms may and may not be
After Black teenager Emmett Till was brutally tortured and murdered by two white men in Mississippi, his mother, Mamie, committed a daring, outrageous and provocative act. At her son’s funeral, she chose an open casket so the world could see the horror perpetrated on him. I’ve viewed that image numerous times and it’s something you
It is, in fact, our right per the Declaration of Independence to determine our own fate and pursuit of happiness. It is our right to expect reasonable safety. It is our right to protect the republic and to protect the Constitution of these United States and its Amendments. It is our duty per the Declaration
Tennessee State Rep. Justin Jones calls on his colleagues to pass gun control legislation from the well of the House Chambers during the legislative session at the State Capitol, March 30, 2023 in Nashville. The Republican House leadership, in a racist move, expelled Jones and a second lawmaker, Rep. Justin Pearson (lower right), and tried
We visited more than three dozen religious services, finding hope, resilience and admonishments for action following The Covenant School shooting. One hand rose in praise. It belonged to Richard Koonce, who lost his wife in the shooting at The Covenant School. He was sitting seven rows from the back of Koinonia Church in Nashville’s Bordeaux
With an assist from Daniella Diaz Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Mark Warner (D-Va.) was briefed Monday evening on the consequential leaks of U.S. intelligence. (Photo by Drew Angerer) | Getty Images DIALING DOD FOR ANSWERS — Washington is reeling from the leak of highly classified information on the next phases of Ukraine’s strategy against Russia.
The recent school shooting in Nashville, which resulted in the deaths of three children and three adults, has reignited the gun control debate. According to 2017 data, the United States is the world leader in terms of the number of guns per capita, with a figure of 1.2 (compared to 0.6 in the Falkland Islands
We Americans kill each other and ourselves at an alarming rate. “Gun violence” is one of the big political debates. Each mass shooting brings beating of breasts and “thoughts and prayers” and cries to “do something” and then, again and again, nothing happens. We, individually, must act. Nothing changes if nothing changes. The number of
Carl Gibson | Opinion Contributor This week’s mass shooting that killed five and injured eight at a downtown bank happened less than three miles from my apartment. Even as a born-and-raised Kentuckian and gun owner for more than ten years, this mass shooting has hit (literally) close to home, and I know that I’m essentially
Conservative Republican Aaron Ellis has announced that he is running for State Representative, District 95. The outgoing representative is term-limited and cannot seek reelection. “Time and again, the same old politics has failed our state,” Ellis said. “If we are serious about making change, it’s going to take new conservative Republican leadership to ensure that
After a man killed four employees and wounded at least nine others in a shooting he livestreamed on social media in downtown Louisville, gun-violence prevention groups cited the need for better ways to legally allow law enforcement to take guns from people in crisis, before tragedy occurs. Cathy Mekus, Kentucky chapter lead for the group
Tucker Carlson: Why Democrats might turn to Gavin Newsom Fox News host Tucker Carlson examines why President Biden has not announced his 2024 re-election campaign and why California Gov. Gavin Newsom is likely to become the face of the Democratic Party on ‘Tucker Carlson Tonight.’ NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Imagine being
House Bill 1240 poised to become law soon PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — As Washington state seems poised to become only the 10th state to ban the sale and manufacture of assault weapons, gun rights advocates worry what this will mean for gun owners. If this bill becomes law, opponents claim the long list of banned
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Many Democrats, nationally and in Frankfort, have called for more gun control in the wake of the mass shooting event in Louisville. But the state legislature, controlled by Republicans for the last several years, has focused on limiting gun control. Most recently the General Assembly passed a bill making Kentucky a “Second
It’s Monday, April 10, press day for LEO, and today in Louisville we began our day with the news of an active shooter. Not even five miles from our staff offices, five people (at press time) that we might know or be connected to in some way are dead, and at least six more are
There were those in the South who fought and lost a war over whether white-skinned people were superior to others. They also thought they were entitled to gain wealth from the labor of people they had shipped here from Africa. Defeated, some put on costumes and terrorized those who had been freed of slave labor.
During an April 9, 2023, interview on MSNBC’s Inside with Jen Psaki, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) demonstrated that he thinks Florida’s newly signed constitutional carry law allows people to carry “weapons of war.” Psaki pointed out that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed constitutional carry on a day when multitudes of protesters were converging
Crime is a people problem. If you understand nothing else about crime, you must understand this — crime is committed by people. It is not committed by inanimate objects, and while data on criminal activity can be charted as a trend over time, trends don’t commit crimes, people do. There is a word for people who
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