[ad_1] The gun lobby claims it is “winning” the fight against Australia’s longstanding crackdown on firearms, pointing to a sharp increase in licensed gun owners and weapons since new laws were introduced in the aftermath of the 1996 Port Arthur massacre as a sign of its strength. The claim, made in a June video address

[ad_1] Trump task force streamlines D.C. gun permit process in crime crackdown effort President Donald Trump has dramatically shortened the process for law-abiding D.C. residents to obtain firearms, reducing wait times from several months to just 4.6 days. The “Making D.C. Safe and Beautiful Task Force,” made up of federal agencies like

[ad_1] As New York City grapples with the mass shooting in Midtown Manhattan on Monday, gun policy experts and advocates renewed calls for national legislation restricting gun ownership. The shooter, Shane Tamura, traveled from Nevada with an AR-15-style assault weapon — a common weapon for mass shootings — and killed four people, according to the

[ad_1] WASHINGTON — Today, Congressman Tony Wied (WI-08) introduced legislation to protect American citizens Second Amendment rights by banning federal, state, and local laws targeting magazine capacity. The Freedom from Improper Regulation and Enforcement (FIRE) Act prohibits any federal agency from restricting firearm magazines based on capacity and prohibits states and localities from enacting or enforcing capacity

[ad_1] According to its mission statement, the American Medical Association exists “to promote the art and science of medicine and the betterment of public health.” In practice, the AMA has become a well-funded political machine — one that uses its government-backed monopoly on medical billing codes to bankroll a progressive agenda. Each year, the AMA

[ad_1] (INDIANA CAPITAL CHRONICLE) — The wedding reception of Corey Parker and Bethany Lowe ended in a drunken brawl with a guest wounded from a gunshot outside Cornerstone Hall, advertised as “the perfect destination for a close-to-home and close-to-friends event” in Salem, Indiana, population 6,547. It began as an evening of celebration on May 18,

[ad_1] JOHN FROONJIAN For The Press On Jan. 17, 1989, a disturbed young man carried an AK-47 rifle onto the playground of Cleveland Elementary School in Stockton, Calif. He opened fire, killing five children ages 6 to 9 and wounding 30 students and teachers. It was America’s first mass shooting at a school. And it

[ad_1] Justice Samuel Alito may hide behind stuffy robes, but the whiniest member of the Supreme Court can’t hide that his personality is best summed up as “worst parent at your kid’s school.” Whether you’ve had children or were once a child at a public school, you know his type: the loathsome puritan who throws

[ad_1] Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Then she saw one of her brothers. In that era before smartphones, he was the one who broke the news that was hours old but unknown to her: Dennis, 52, her husband of nearly 27 years, was

[ad_1] Flags across New York State have been lowered to half-mast today after the tragic death of a woman who was depicted in a movie by Barbara Streisand. The lowering of the American Flag can signal mourning after a tragedy, remembrance during a national holiday or respect for someone of note who has passed away.

[ad_1] NEW YORK – Former U.S. Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, renowned for her tireless advocacy for gun control following a personal loss in the LIRR massacre, has died. She was 81. Remembering McCarthy The backstory: Carolyn McCarthy’s journey from political novice to a leading advocate for gun control began after the 1993 Long Island Rail Road

[ad_1] Carolyn McCarthy’s Congressional headshot. Long Island Press Media Archives Carolyn McCarthy, a former Democratic U.S. Rep. and gun safety advocate, died Thursday. She was 81. McCarthy represented New York’s 4th Congressional District from 1997 to 2015. She was motivated to run for office to implement stricter gun control legislation after a December 1993 shooting

[ad_1] CHICAGO — Rahm Emanuel admits the potential of taking on JB Pritzker in a 2028 presidential run is “going to be awkward.” Over decades in public life, Emanuel has had stints as White House chief of staff, congressman, cutthroat Democratic operative, overseas diplomat and more. But around here, it’s a little more simple. Emanuel

[ad_1] These are strange times for the Americas, particularly for Mexico, the connecting point of the Latin and English-speaking worlds, the favorite punching bag of that great world power, the United States, which sees in its southerly neighbor the root of all its evils. Tariff threats and the whiff of military intervention currently characterize this

[ad_1] Channeling our inner Chicago (when yo hot, yo hot – and when yo not, well . . . ) By Curtis Dahlgren January 25, 2011 “Moral considerations make up three quarters of the game: the relative balance of manpower accounts for only for the remaining quarter.” — Napoleon I (1769-1821) IT’S DIFFICULT TO KEEP

[ad_1] By Desmond McGrath March 3, 2013 The comment in quotes was an under-the-breath statement I heard as I was leaving a Christmas Eve gathering at dear friends of my family in Newfoundland when my sister and I came back from the USA for our mother’s 80th birthday. It was uttered in an almost apologetic

[ad_1] By Desmond McGrath April 1, 2018 Re:Parkland students guest edit Guardian US: Our manifesto to fix America’s gun laws Foreword: attempting brevity, I have not dated or acknowledged the Hyperlinks, but have chosen each one with great care and they should be read or watched to understand the context. Dear Eagle Eye staff; I

[ad_1] By Armand C. Hale October 19, 2009 A good working description of insanity is to be “completely disconnected from reality” so says Fr. John Corapi. All you have to do is just hear what members of Congress, State and Federal Judiciaries and the White House keep deciding and proposing to the American people on

[ad_1] By Armand C. Hale August 31, 2013 Administration Announces New Gun Control Measures, Targets Military Surplus Imports. Obama is going towards a full totalitarian state while the focus is somewhere else. The Obama administration unexpectedly announced two new gun control measures on Thursday, including one that would curb the import of military surplus weapons

[ad_1] The Aurora propaganda award goes to… By Selwyn Duke July 26, 2012 The New York Daily News. Hands down. The winning entry is an anti-Second Amendment Rights piece written in the wake of the Colorado tragedy, one in which virtually every line contains a callow, melodramatic appeal to emotion or an outright falsehood. The

[ad_1] A news frenzy has emerged in recent weeks around Rahm Emanuel’s potential 2028 presidential run. To dispel with any suspense: I know Rahm well — and, no, I don’t know whether he will run. I do know this: Any conventional wisdom diminishing his ability to compete is unwise. That’s because Emanuel can’t be easily

[ad_1] David Jolly was elected as a Republican to represent Florida’s 13th Congressional District in a 2014 special election before serving an additional one full term. His brief tenure in Congress ended after the 2016 election, when he lost to Charlie Crist. Crist, who had served as Florida’s Republican governor before running for Senate as

[ad_1] David Jolly was elected as a Republican to represent Florida’s 13th Congressional District in a 2014 special election before serving an additional one full term. His brief tenure in Congress ended after the 2016 election, when he lost to Charlie Crist. Crist, who had served as Florida’s Republican governor before running for Senate as

[ad_1] It’s hard to guess what led the Supreme Court to punt on the question of the legality of one of the country’s most popular firearms, the AR-15, which the National Rifle Association dubs “America’s Rife.” The high court’s punt was declining to hear a dispute over Maryland’s ban on the arm. At least there’s

[ad_1] Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh is suggesting the Supreme Court may soon take up the constitutionality of state bans on AR-15s. The court declined on Monday to take up Snope v. Brown, a case on Maryland’s assault weapon ban. While Justice Kavanaugh says he accepts the court not taking that case, he released a statement

[ad_1] Buried deep in President Donald Trump’s officially named “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which passed the House by a single vote on Thursday and now moves on to the Senate, is a significant win for the Second Amendment and law-abiding gun owners. Looks like House Democrats and their left-wing media sock puppets were

[ad_1] This morning, as I awoke, the House Rules Committee was debating the budget reconciliation bill. The One Big, Beautiful Bill, as it’s being called. Part of that debate was the inclusion of the Hearing Protection Act, which would remove suppressors – they’re safety devices, by the way – from the list of items

[ad_1] The Trump administration will allow the sale of forced-reset triggers, which make semiautomatic rifles fire more rapidly, with the federal government ending a long-standing ban as part of a settlement that also requires it to return seized devices. DEMOCRAT GUN CONTROL PUSH PERSISTS WITH REINTRODUCTION OF ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN The agreement announced Friday by

[ad_1] A man fires a handgun at an Imperial shooting range in this file image.  Erik M. Lunsford, Post-Dispatch JEFFERSON CITY — Democrats in the Missouri Senate are blocking legislation Tuesday that would prevent state law enforcement agencies from enforcing federal gun control measures.  The proposed Second Amendment Preservation Act would prevent state law enforcement

[ad_1] A man fires a handgun at an Imperial shooting range in this file image.  Erik M. Lunsford, Post-Dispatch JEFFERSON CITY — Democrats in the Missouri Senate temporarily blocked legislation Tuesday that would prevent state law enforcement agencies from enforcing federal gun control measures.  The proposed Second Amendment Preservation Act would prevent state law enforcement