Both candidates responded with either their past proposals, their new ideas, or both, and both reminded the IACP that they have worked together with police leaders to shape legislation to improve the nation’s police capabilities. “I have hosted law enforcement groups such as the IACP” at the White House, Trump noted. Biden pointed out he

WASHINGTON — Gun safety advocates applauded the Democratic vice presidential pick of Sen. Kamala Harris, while gun rights groups said her plans would “dismantle Second Amendment rights.” The issue of gun control is expected to be an issue in the presidential election, a topic that can galvanize base voters in both major political parties and

Anyone who believes in the Second Amendment should be wary if Sen. Kamala Harris becomes the next vice president of the United States, sitting a heartbeat away from the White House. Harris is no better than Beto “hell yes, we’re going to take your AR-15s” O’Rourke on the issue of gun control, which should also incentivize

Monday, Aug. 10, 2020 | 2 a.m. As lawmakers address the pandemic, they shouldn’t ignore another public health crisis that had gripped the country long before the coronavirus outbreak. That preexisting emergency is gun deaths, and it continues taking the lives of innocent Americans unabated during the pandemic. An average of 103 people die of

The New York attorney general’s bid to dissolve the NRA has prompted a heated debate on Twitter with netizens wondering why the state authorities have shied away from probing the Clinton Foundation’s alleged fraud for decades. Wall Street analyst Charles Ortel has shed light on AG James’ move and explained why it’s a “gift” for

“Everybody was saying don’t wear a mask. All of a sudden, everybody’s got to wear a mask, and as you know, masks cause problems too. With that being said, I’m a believer in masks. I think masks are good.” This was Donald Trump last month on Fox News, talking about the use of face masks

Issued on: 07/08/2020 – 03:48 New York state’s attorney general sued to dissolve the National Rifle Association on Thursday, alleging senior leaders of the non-profit group diverted millions of dollars for personal use and to buy the silence and loyalty of former employees. The lawsuit filed in a Manhattan court by Attorney General Letitia James alleges NRA

US 01:00 GMT 07.08.2020Get short URL The Association fears that if Biden wins the presidential election and Democrats get a majority in the Senate, they could potentially put the rights of American gun owners in danger. The National Rifle Association could spend “tens of millions” in key states to help President Trump get re-elected, according

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – AUGUST 06: AUGUST 06: New York State Attorney General Letitia James speaks … [+] during a press conference announcing a lawsuit to dissolve the NRA on August 06, 2020 in New York City. New York State Attorney General Letitia filed a lawsuit seeking to dissolve the National Rifle Association charging

“What Trump is doing now — and I think this is part of his motivation — is to portray cities as dystopic hubs of illegality and crime. And there’s a heavy racial component to that,” said David Axelrod, a longtime Chicago resident and senior adviser to President Barack Obama. “I think it’s a strategy to

Bill Cotterell, Capital Curmudgeon Published 8:40 a.m. CT June 12, 2020 Bill Cotterell (Photo: Democrat files) It’s too bad the Florida Supreme Court shot down the public petition campaign for a ban on military-style “assault weapons” last week. Not because the justices ruled, 4-1, that the amendment’s ballot summary had some deceptive wording. That sort of

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Florida Supreme Court is blocking an assault weapons ban from going to voters in 2022, saying in a Thursday ruling that the ballot summary is deceptive because it doesn’t clearly state that a grandfathering clause applies to the owner, not the gun itself. A group called Ban Assault Weapons Now sponsored

Brendan Farrington, Associated Press Updated 2:49 pm EDT, Thursday, June 4, 2020 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Supreme Court is blocking an assault weapons ban from going to voters in 2022, saying in a Thursday ruling that the ballot summary is deceptive because it doesn’t clearly state that a grandfathering clause applies to the owner,

It’s happening. Wednesday and an impeachment inquiry. Tips, comments, recipes? Reach out and sign up. Thanks for waking up with us.   Also happening: “Climate change is already causing staggering impacts on the oceans and ice-filled regions that encompass 80 percent of the Earth, and future damage from rising seas and melting glaciers is now all but

Background checks: Eighty-nine percent of Americans support expanding federal background checks to cover private sales and gun-show transactions. Red flag laws: Eighty-six percent support implementing “red-flag” laws to deny guns to those deemed a hazard to themselves or others. Key: “Both measures are supported by at least 8 in 10 Republicans, white evangelical Christians, members of gun-owning households and

The students are speaking out for the first times since 31 people were killed in one weekend in Dayton, Ohio and El Paso, Texas. They hope their plan — unveiled for the first time on Wednesday morning and obtained exclusively by The Post — will be considered by both President Trump and his rivals for the

“The American action is the latest in a series of back-and-forth jabs that the United States and Iran have traded recently, raising fears of escalation into an all-out conflict in the Persian Gulf.”  🚨HICKENLOOPER IS EXPECTED TO DROP OUT: “Former Colorado governor John Hickenlooper is preparing to withdraw from the contest for the Democratic presidential nomination

It mirrored the ride — from the silly to the serious — taken by most of the 2020 Democratic field in Iowa as candidates vacillated between engaging in performative rites of passage and discussing more serious topics like gun control and whether President Trump is a “white supremacist” following the shootings in El Paso and Dayton. On Saturday, 16 Democrats

Cook, in the book’s introduction, mildly debunks the growing fear among some Democrats and fellow pundits that Trump is favored to win reelection. Nevermind the Tom Friedman columns of the world, the bed-wetting over the Democratic Party’s leftward lurch and the assumption that Trump’s incumbency advantage is simply too great to overcome. Cook argues that Trump

At The White House DIVISION TRUMPS UNITY: Twitter Trump trounced Teleprompter Trump once again. Trump’s back-to-back visits to El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, were a major test of his ability to be the comforter-in-chief — to console the victims and a grieving nation after two mass shootings killed 31 people. It could have been a high-profile

Madeleine Melo of Fort Bragg, widow of the North Coast’s most prominent recent victim of gun violence, spoke out Thursday night in defense of gun ownership at a public forum convened by Rep. Mike Thompson. “I strongly support our right to own and use guns,” Melo told Thompson and six other public officials before an