[ad_1] Massachusetts gun rights advocates are pushing to overturn a 2024 update of the state’s already tough firearms law, collecting more than 90,000 signatures to place a repeal referendum on the 2026 ballot. However, their efforts face opposition from mental health professionals and legal experts who argue the law’s regulations are necessary for public safety.

[ad_1] According to ULM Police Department’s director, Tom Torregrossa, officers apprehended Moya A. Ellis on March 19 after receiving reports of a suspicious person. Police found that Ellis was in possession of methamphetamine, a glass pipe and a 6mm pistol. As this story spreads around campus, it is clearer than ever that our state’s overly

[ad_1] Sen. Tom Sullivan hears testimony of opponents of a bill at Old Supreme Court chamber of Colorado State Capitol building in Denver, Colo., on March 8, 2023. Hyoung Chang/Denver Post via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Hyoung Chang/Denver Post via Getty Images DENVER — Gun dealers and owners in Colorado could soon be

[ad_1] Michele McBrien, the co-owner of Patriot Ware Holsters, a gun accessories store in Waterbury, told legislators on Wednesday that a bill they were considering would “literally put her out of business with one lawsuit.”   The proposed legislation allows citizens to sue firearm manufacturers, distributors and sellers who don’t take “reasonable controls” to ensure that

[ad_1] Downtown Denver isn’t doing as well as city auditor claims Re: “Gutting Denver’s minimum wage is bad for workers, business, and city,” Feb. 16 commentary With all due respect to Timothy M. O’Brien, Denver’s city auditor, perspective is everything. Thriving? I don’t think so. O’Brien cites statistics outside of downtown Denver, where property and

[ad_1] In Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. v. Estados Unidos Mexicanos, the Mexican government is suing several of the most popular American firearm manufacturers in an attempt to hold them liable for violence committed by Mexican drug cartels in Mexico. The Mexican government seeks billions of dollars in damages and the imposition of extensive gun

[ad_1] Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar’s criticism of former US President Joe Biden for what she deemed a ‘woke’ and ‘extreme’ agenda, may have shocked some and drew condemnation from others- but her statements and her subsequent defense of them are not unprecedented. The country’s first female Prime Minister has within the past few years adopted

[ad_1] For Sweden, the tragedy in Örebro may serve as a turning point in its approach to gun control. In the US, however, the cycle of violence and legislative inaction is set to continue read more Sweden’s government announced on Friday (February 7) that it would move to amend the country’s gun laws, imposing stricter

[ad_1] Electing Trump: In 2016, the gun industry shared data about firearms owners and others with Cambridge Analytica to help elect Donald Trump and keep a Republican majority in the Senate. Legal Worries: The gun industry and Cambridge tried but failed to get more customer data, records show. One gun seller worried about possible government

[ad_1] Far-left progressive and gun-control activist David Hogg was elected vice chairman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), securing 214.5 votes. In comparison, Pennsylvania state Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta (D) won 298 votes— more than the 205 votes needed to become vice chair. The Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting survivor is frequently at odds

[ad_1] Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size I had just returned home from covering another day of testimony in the bitter defamation trial between Hollywood stars Johnny Depp and Amber Heard when the car came barrelling towards me. One minute, I was walking along a pedestrian crossing to grab a coffee at my

[ad_1] Little drama is expected today as the House reelects Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi, a Warwick Democrat. But while the Senate is expected to reelect Senate President Dominick J. Ruggerio, a North Providence Democrat, attention will focus on how many senators vote “present” or for another candidate. In November, Ruggerio beat back a leadership challenge

[ad_1] Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is reportedly expected to resign from office as early as Monday in the wake of a public dispute with President-elect Donald Trump and plummeting popularity among even those in his own party, three sources familiar with the matter told The Globe and Mail. The sources, who were not named,

[ad_1] Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his plans to resign from office Monday in the wake of a public dispute with President-elect Donald Trump and plummeting popularity among even those in his own party. The decision comes in the wake of Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s resignation, which was prompted in part by Trudeau’s spat with Trump over tariff policy. He

[ad_1] Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is reportedly expected to resign from office as early as Monday in the wake of a public dispute with President-elect Donald Trump and plummeting popularity among even those in his own party, three sources familiar with the matter told The Globe and Mail. The sources, who were not named,

[ad_1] Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size This article is part of our Behind the Headlines series, where Age reporters reveal unforgettable moments in their careers.See all 9 stories. Sometimes, in this job, it’s easier to take a stranger’s hand and let them cry on your shoulder than it is to make sense

[ad_1] By 2004, “Degrassi: The Next Generation” had cemented itself as the television series that goes there ― with episodes on abortion, rape and other polarizing topics most teen shows wouldn’t dare approach. On Dec. 3 and 10 of that year, television network The N aired parts one and two of “Time Stands Still” in

[ad_1] We’re less than nine months from when candidates can begin circulating petitions for the 2026 election, so we’re rapidly approaching the time when major figures will need to decide whether to run or not. Because of that, a lot of people are polling. The state’s two big dogs, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Gov.

[ad_1] It wasn’t necessarily a ringing endorsement of a ban, either, but Senator Lou DiPalma, who was the lead sponsor of the proposal last year, said he believes that it’s a sign that Ruggerio will allow the bill to move forward this year. ”If it gets out of committee, it passes,” DiPalma said. “There are

[ad_1] Share Shooting happened in classroom during study hall The shooting occurred in a classroom during study hall, police said. The study hall had students in mixed grades when the 15-year-old female student opened fire, Barnes said. Share Document online being examined for authenticity Madison police investigating today’s shooting are aware of a document online

[ad_1] Share Shooting happened in classroom during study hall The shooting occurred in a classroom during study hall, police said. The study hall had students in mixed grades when the 15-year-old female student opened fire, Barnes said. Share Document online being examined for authenticity Madison police investigating today’s shooting are aware of a document online

[ad_1] One of the best ideas the Florida Legislature will consider in 2025 has already been filed, and so have two of the worst, fed by the gun lobby’s insatiable demands. The good one, Senate Bill 80, puts Florida’s award-winning state parks off limits to the sort of scheming and exploitation that brought out thousands of

[ad_1] Over the course of two presidential campaigns, Sen. Bernie Sanders, the Vermont independent, seemed to sell out to the Democratic Party to capture the party’s nomination. In 2024, however, Sanders might be returning to his heterodox ways by signaling his approval of some of President-elect Donald Trump’s plans.  The independent socialist senator became a

[ad_1] This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis.  Newspaper headlines have called Donald Trump’s victory “decisive,” “massive,” “resounding,” “historic,” and “sweeping.” Trump himself has described his win as a “landslide.” On election night, he claimed that “America has given us an unprecedented and powerful mandate.”  None of those things

[ad_1] Tennessee state Rep. Justin J. Pearson pledges the state’s electoral votes to Vice President Kamala Harris on the second night of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago, Ill., on Aug. 20, 2024. (Tom Williams / CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images) Generation Z—born between the mid 1990s and the early

[ad_1] Thank you, Jim Lynch, for your article (Nov. 20) about our city’s most recent loss in the Chicago Police Department. Unfortunately, violence against our police is not new, and since the beginning of our country, it has never been addressed beyond talking. While the 2024 data is not out for our lost police officers,

[ad_1] Maine political analysts discuss ramifications of Lewiston mass shooting Updated: 2:50 PM EST Nov 22, 2024 FOR OUR DEEP DIVE THIS WEEK- THE ONE- YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE LEWISTON SHOOTINGS THAT LEFT 18 PEOPLE DEAD AT A BAR AND A BOWLING ALLEY WAS OBSERVED A FEW WEEKS AGO. MAINERS PAUSED TO HONOR THE VICTIMS,

[ad_1] Rep. Jared Golden, a Maine Democrat who backed an assault weapons ban in a conservative, rural district, won reelection to a fourth term. The Associated Press declared Golden the winner on Friday, 10 days after Election Day, following a ranked choice runoff. Golden, a Marine combat veteran, defeated Republican state Rep. Austin Theriault, a

[ad_1] In 2011, a federal appeals court voted 2-1 to uphold Washington, D.C.’s assault weapons ban. The lone dissent came from then-Judge Brett Kavanaugh, who argued that a gun restriction could only be constitutional if it fit with the nation’s history and tradition of gun regulation. Such a test, he wrote, would be “much less

[ad_1] While her teacher read from The Nutcracker to keep the class calm, Grace Fischer could hear a man in the next room murdering her friends with a semi-automatic rifle. She was six years old. This summer Fischer turned 18, graduated from high school and moved away from Sandy Hook, her sleepy Connecticut hometown, whose