The Edward J. Schwartz federal courthouse building in downtown San Diego / Photo by Adriana Heldiz U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez, a graduate of San Diego State and Western State College of Law, thrust himself into the national spotlight late last week – and into the path of Democrats’ fury – when he deemed California’s

By DON THOMPSONAssociated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s governor denounced in starkly personal terms a federal judge’s upending of the state’s restrictions on assault weapons as officials announced the filing Thursday of a formal notice that they will appeal the decision. They described last week’s ruling by U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez as an

In a Friday night news dump, a California judge issued a ruling announcing that the state’s assault weapon ban, in place since 1989, was unconstitutional because reasons. It caused a stir primarily for using language that sounded conspicuously like what the National Rifle Association and American militia groups have long been spouting in their newsletters

LAFAYETTE, Calif. (KGO) — There was swift reaction across the Bay Area after a federal judge overturned California’s three-decade long ban on assault weapons. Many are planning an appeal. Steve Sposato of Lafayette was shocked to hear about the Federal judge’s ruling, overturning California’s three-decade-old ban on assault weapons. Sposato’s wife Jody was was one

Innocent people massacred.Click.Thoughts and prayers.Click.Weeping relatives.Click.Shooter with anger and resentment issues.Click.A well-regulated militia.Click, click, click. On Wednesday in San Jose, nine people died of gunshots fired by Samuel Cassidy, a 57-year-old VTA maintenance worker. Law enforcement authorities said Thursday he was armed with three semi-automatic handguns and 11 ammunition magazines each holding 12 rounds, making

Here’s what you need to know: Nine co-workers were fatally shot at a San Jose rail yard on Wednesday.Credit…Mike Kai Chen for The New York Times The municipal transit worker who the police say shot and killed nine of his colleagues at a rail yard in San Jose was stopped by border officials in 2016,

Here’s what you need to know: “We get up every morning safe in the belief that when we go to work, we will come home to our family and our loved ones,” said Evelynn Tran, acting general manager of the Valley Transportation Authority, site of a workplace shooting on Wednesday. “That did not happen.”Credit…Mike Kai

The would-be head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is a “notorious gun-grabber” who wants to ban “tens of millions of firearms,” Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) claimed Wednesday night. Hours earlier, Cotton tried to pin down David Chipman at his confirmation hearing on the question of which “assault weapons” he would

President Biden’s choice to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) struggled under questioning from Republican senators at his confirmation hearing Wednesday, declining to identify which guns he would want banned as assault weapons. “You have called for an assault weapons ban,” Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) told David Chipman during the Senate

Several national organizations representing law enforcement officers are applauding President Joe Biden’s pick to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives ahead of his confirmation hearing Wednesday, according to correspondence obtained by CNN. In a series of letters addressed to the Senate Judiciary Committee, national policing groups endorsed the nomination of David Chipman

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A new group for Asian American gun owners is seeking to gather liberal-minded folks to influence President Joe Biden and other Democrats. AAPI GO, or Asian American and Pacific Islander Gun Owners, was founded by Scott Kane, a self-described classically liberal California resident who has voted for Democrats since 2004. “It’s easy for Democrats and

Days after lawmakers began debating a package of firearm regulation bills at the Colorado Capitol, a Colorado Springs man walked into a birthday party in the early hours of May 9 with a gun, shooting six adults before turning the weapon on himself. All were killed. According to police, the suspect — the boyfriend of

I have lived in Branford since 1975 and was shocked by the recent event where an active shooter was holed was up on Main Street above the local hairdresser, across from a shopping center, and next to other well-known Branford landmarks. I recognize that shootings have become a way of life in the United States,

State of New York is seeking dissolution of the national pro-gun group, had argued the bankruptcy claim was an evasion. The National Rifle Association (NRA) cannot use bankruptcy to reorganise in gun-friendly Texas, a federal judge in Dallas has ruled, handing a defeat to the influential firearms rights group that is facing an effort to

The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday took aim at “ghost guns,” proposing to close a loophole that allows people to avoid background checks as they purchase guns without serial numbers. A proposed rule from the Biden administration expands the definition of a firearm to include weapons that can be assembled at home. The homemade weapons allow those barred

It’s pretty hard to take seriously the ability of hard-fought gun control laws in Colorado when you look at the monolith industry that local reformers are up against. While passionate gun-law shapers like Democratic state legislators Rep. Tom Sullivan and Sen. Rhonda Fields continue to nudge ideas into bills and sometimes into laws, consider the

One of 33 containers of paper gun purchase records at the Bureau of of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ gun-tracing center in Martinsburg, W.V., April 19, 2021. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times) MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — If there was one moment that summed up the current state of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives,

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A general view shows the National Rifle Association (NRA) headquarters, in Fairfax By Maria Chutchian (Reuters) – A lawyer for New York Attorney General Letitia James called the National Rifle Association’s bankruptcy bid “a circus sideshow” during closing arguments on Monday in a case over whether to allow the NRA to

The Guardian Deported by Biden: a Vietnamese refugee separated from his family after decades in US Tien Pham, 38, who fled violence in Vietnam as a child, was sent back to an unfamiliar country due to teenage conviction: ‘America is my home’ Tien Pham and his family came to California in 1996 as refugees. Illustration:

President Joe Biden, during his speech to a joint session of Congress on April 28, called for a ban on high-capacity gun magazines that can hold up to 100 bullets. “We need a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines again. Don’t tell me it can’t be done,” Biden said. “We’ve done it before …

CLOSE President Joe Biden addressed a joint session of Congress for the first time after nearly 100 days into his presidency. USA TODAY In his first address to a joint session of Congress, President Joe Biden got some facts wrong and stretched others, mainly repeated claims we’ve heard before: Biden said he inherited the “worst

Full text of President Biden’s Speech (followed by Tim Scott’s full speech): Madame Speaker.   Madame Vice President.  No president has ever said those words from this podium, and it’s about time.  The First Lady.  The Second Gentleman.  Mr. Chief Justice.  Members of the United States Congress and the Cabinet – and distinguished guests.  My fellow

Take a look at President Biden’s full remarks for his address to a joint session of Congress below.Madame Speaker.Madame Vice President.No president has ever said those words from this podium, and it’s about time.The First Lady.The Second Gentleman.Mr. Chief Justice.Members of the United States Congress and the Cabinet — and distinguished guests.My fellow Americans.While the

President Joe Biden is gearing up for his first address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday night, timed to the Democratic POTUS’s 100th day in office. As he reports to lawmakers on his accomplishments to date, he shall outline his administration’s domestic and foreign policy priorities. Joe Biden will reportedly make mention of

Apparently Matthew McConaughey would be a popular contender against Governor Abbot (R-TX) in the upcoming gubernatorial race, but people who have a soft spot for the “nice guy” need to realize that McConaughey might not be so good for the freedom Texas prides itself on. According to a new Dallas Morning News poll, cited by

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to consider a major new gun control case, whether there is a constitutional right to carry a weapon outside the home for self-defense. As it stands now, Americans have the right to gun ownership for self-defense in their homes. But the court said that in its term

Many who know me might be shocked by this: I shot my first pistol when I was 8 or 9, taught by my father, a physician, aiming at targets in our basement. At summer camp, I loved riflery the way some kids loved art. Staring through the sight, down the barrel, I proved an excellent

In 2020, even as many Americans remained cloistered in their homes under the pandemic, 19,380 died from gunshots – more than in any other year. This year is no different. According to the Gun Violence Archive, there have been 158 mass shootings with four or more people shot, more than one a day. No one