Firearms

[ad_1] Baku, April 17, AZERTAC President Biden blasted Republicans Sunday for standing with the National Rifle Association in the wake of two more shootings in Alabama and Kentucky, according to the Hill. “This morning, our nation is once again grieving for at least four Americans tragically killed at a teen’s birthday party in Dadeville, Alabama
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[ad_1] Former President Bill Clinton said Monday during an interview with MSNBC that children cannot continue to be victims of school shootings because Americans want to keep their Second Amendment rights. MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” panel were discussing gun control when they played a clip from host Joe Scarborough’s interview with Clinton. “You were president when
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[ad_1] Our readers share their opinions on a variety of topics Letter writers  |  Fort Myers News-Press Book bans have no place in democracy! As a parent, grandparent and retired librarian, I cherish free speech! And I will defend it! Books present a universe of ideas, they grow visions, they challenge and support inquiry and
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[ad_1] 50 facts about guns in America (STACKER) — The right to bear arms conferred by the Second Amendment is one of the most debated pieces of legislation in U.S. history; it is repeatedly challenged or upheld in court and also is subject to fierce debate among gun rights organizations, political action committees, and news
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[ad_1] Former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull laid into right-wing media tycoon Rupert Murdoch on MSNBC’s “The ReidOut” Friday. Turnbull, of the conservative Liberal Party, railed against Murdoch for empowering former President Donald Trump and radicalizing his supporters into storming the U.S. Capitol — and opened up about how Murdoch, who also runs right-wing outlets
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[ad_1] The three-day NRA gathering opened Friday, bringing thousands of the rifle association’s most active members to one place — this year Indianapolis. It also attracted presidential contenders or possible candidates looking for votes — including Donald Trump.  “You know sometimes I think ‘please don’t say that,’ but then again he’s our voice,” said Joel Wetter, a
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[ad_1] INDIANAPOLIS — Martha Mathieu got flipped off and occasionally cussed at Friday afternoon as she drove a van around the National Rifle Association’s convention in downtown Indianapolis. Digital screens on the van displayed messages like “NRA execs are celebrating. Kids are dying.” Another display read, “The NRA protects its leaders, not your rights.” Mathieu
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[ad_1] Former Vice President Mike Pence blasted demands for gun control after recent mass shootings during a Friday speech to the National Rifle Association’s annual meeting. “President Biden and the Democrats have returned to the same tired arguments about gun control and gun confiscation,” Pence said at the meeting of the five-million-member organization in Indianapolis,
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[ad_1] Wayne LaPierre, CEO and executive vice-president of the National Rifle Association, addresses the National Rifle Association Convention, Friday, April 14, 2023, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings) INDIANAPOLIS — Top Republican hopefuls for the 2024 presidential race vowed Friday at the National Rifle Association’s annual convention to defend the Second Amendment at all costs, suggesting
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[ad_1] By WILL WEISSERT and TOM DAVIES (Associated Press) INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Last year it was Uvalde. Now it’s Nashville and Louisville. For the second year in a row, the National Rifle Association is holding its annual convention within days of mass shootings that shook the nation. The three-day gathering kicked off Friday with thousands
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[ad_1] Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor. UC students needa say in books Recently, the UC system has started to implement “Inclusive Access,” which adds the cost of course content to students’ tuition unless they opt out by a certain deadline, and takes away students’ right
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[ad_1] A 2022 Supreme Court ruling changed the boundaries of America’s fight over guns. The latest mass-shooting tragedies raise the question: Where does gun reform go next? First, here are three new stories from The Atlantic: Far More Permissive The public-radio editor Erika Mahoney, whose father was killed in a mass shooting at a grocery
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[ad_1] Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) told CBS News in an interview on Tuesday that she believed Republican lawmakers were continuing to put the well-being of the National Rifle Association (NRA) over Americans and their families. Duckworth said, “We can right now today pass universal background checks. We could pass a ban on assault weapon ban. We
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