[ad_1] As a teacher, I witnessed the grim reality of gun violence in schools. In 2007, 33 college students were massacred at Virginia Tech. In 2012, 26 were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary – 20 of the victims were 6- and 7-year-old children. In 2018, 17 were slaughtered at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in
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[ad_1] Guns became a key issue in Maine’s 2nd District race this week as U.S. Rep. Jared Golden and his Democratic allies sprang into action to counter growing fallout from his shift toward gun control after last year’s mass shooting in Lewiston. This has led to a fascinating week so far for Golden’s Republican opponent, state Rep.
[ad_1] So, we were curious if Reichert, who was a beat cop and then King County sheriff from 1997 to 2005, and who now carries a gun in his daily activities, will be able to carry if he is elected governor? Quite simply, the answer seems to be no, at least when it comes to openly
[ad_1] Rep. Jared Golden, left, will face Republican challenger Austin Theriault in November in one of the most closely watched congressional races in the country. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal and Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal file photos A clash over who is the bigger defender of gun rights flared up this week in the high-stakes race for Maine’s
[ad_1] Kamala Harris hit back at Donald Trump during their debate on Thursday night by reminding him that she is a gun owner. After Trump accused the vice president of having a “plan to confiscate everybody’s gun,” Harris fired back by saying that she and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, both own firearms.
[ad_1] The National Rifle Association opened its 2024 political efforts on Tuesday with a huge ad buy to take out Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT), who is facing his toughest challenger yet, decorated former SEAL Tim Sheehy. Featuring a “real mom,” the group’s first ad of the political season broadly charges that Tester has failed to
[ad_1] This is an opinion cartoon. Why is America the only nation that is persistently ravaged by rampant mass shootings? Because of the oh-so easy access to guns. It’s easier to buy guns than it is to buy sinus medicine in this country. AR-15 style weapons, the gun of choice for mass shooters like the
[ad_1] The Biden administration is renewing its push for stricter gun control and an assault weapons ban with the creation of a new national office to push “red flag laws.” Vice President Kamala Harris traveled to Parkland, Florida, on Saturday and toured the halls of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the site of a 2018
[ad_1] The March 19 primaries in Illinois may seem anticlimactic to those who are only interested in presidential politics. Democratic President Joe Biden and Republican former President Donald Trump sewed up their nominations a full week before polls even opened in the Prairie State. But further down the ballot there are still a number of
[ad_1] by Jeff Gross, contributing writer I am stunned! Two back-to-back nights at the RI State House of the annual Anti-Gun Follies and Comedy show. At least in 2024 we were out at 8pm on Tuesday and 9pm on Wednesday. This year saw the usual emotion style antics by the anti-gun mob. At the House Judiciary
[ad_1] PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — It was a busy day at the State House, as the Senate Judiciary Committee heard a swarm of bills on firearm regulation for nearly four hours. Community members and advocates came out to weigh-in on these controversial issues. Nineteen gun legislation bills were heard during Tuesday’s senate judiciary committee, with
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[ad_1] Para leer en español, vea esta traducción de Google Translate. Former President Donald Trump promised to provide a live “play by play” via Truth Social to “correct, in rapid response, any and all inaccurate Statements” made by President Joe Biden during his State of the Union address. But we found many of Trump’s alleged
[ad_1] The Third Circuit Court of Appeals hears oral arguments on Monday on a Delaware gun groups’ efforts to halt recently passed gun safety laws. In April 2023, a federal judge denied the Delaware State Sportsmen’s Association’s (DSSA) request for a preliminary injunction against Delaware’s ban on assault weapons and large capacity magazines (LCM). In
[ad_1] Vice President Kamala Harris is coming to Broward County to discuss the gun violence epidemic in the U.S. The White House announced Monday that Harris will visit Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Saturday, March 23, to meet with family members who lost loved ones in the 2018 mass shooting at the Parkland school,
[ad_1] First lady Jill Biden speaks to the National Governors Association during an event in the East Room of the White House. File/Associated Press Samantha Young, Tribune News Service California lawmakers are weighing a pitch from the White House for states to toughen gun storage rules as legislation languishes in Congress. Even though many states,
[ad_1] Donald Trump is no fool. “No one will lay a finger on your firearms,” if he’s returned to the White House, he told thousands of members of the National Rifle Association in Pennsylvania last month. He assured them he was “the best friend gun owners have ever had in the White House”. There are
[ad_1] The two candidates for San Diego city attorney are sparring on gun control, as they enter a second round of campaigning for the general election. Days before the primary, Assemblymember Brian Maienschein announced a pair of gun control bills. This week Deputy City Attorney Heather Ferbert’s campaign blasted her opponent for voting against a
[ad_1] Donald Trump arrives for a rally in Sioux Center, Iowa, on January 5. Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images During his State of the Union address on Thursday night, President Joe Biden laced into Donald Trump, criticizing him directly more than a dozen times (though he referred to Trump as “my predecessor” rather than using his
[ad_1] During Thursday night’s State of the Union address, President Joe Biden demanded passage of gun controls that have been in place for California for over 30 years and have failed to stop some of the highest profile shootings our nation has seen. Biden claimed his signing of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act was a
[ad_1] President Biden drew a sharp contrast with former President Trump and Republican lawmakers in Thursday’s State of the Union address, using the bully pulpit to harp on issues that will shape the general election campaign and sell voters on his first three years in office. Biden’s remarks, which lasted just more than an hour,
[ad_1] He’s referred to the sibling of a mass shooting victim in the chamber tonight. “With us tonight is Jasmine, whose nine-year-old sister Jackie was murdered with 21 classmates and teachers in elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. “Very soon after that happened, Jill and I went to volunteer for a couple of days. We spent
[ad_1] Mr. Speaker. Madam Vice President. Members of Congress. My Fellow Americans. In January 1941, President Franklin Roosevelt came to this chamber to speak to the nation. He said, “I address you at a moment unprecedented in the history of the Union.” Hitler was on the march. War was raging in Europe. President Roosevelt’s purpose
[ad_1] By the end of City Weekly’s 29th year, we had turned another corner. “In two weeks’ time, I’ll be leaving the building as editor of City Weekly” wrote Jerre Wroble for the May 9 issue in 2013. “But before your mind drops down the rabbit hole of, ‘Yet another journalism defector, another sign of
[ad_1] Now a medical student at the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine, Austin Vaughan said he always dreamed of being a pediatrician and helping save children’s lives. “But the truth is that no amount of healing I do throughout my career will save more lives than the steps this committee can take
[ad_1] Letters submitted by BDN readers are verified by BDN Opinion Page staff. Send your letters to letters@bangordailynews.com To reach a suicide prevention hotline, call or text 988 or chat at 988lifeline.org. I am a gun owner and hunter. I support further safe gun legislation in Maine. I am not threatened in any way by these
[ad_1] Speaking at the White House on Wednesday on his “actions to fight crime and make our communities safer,” President Joe Biden boasted, “we beat the NRA,” adding, “We’re going to finish the job.” Biden bragged that his administration “made historic investments in proven strategies to interrupt and prevent crime and violence in the first place.
[ad_1] On Feb. 18, two Burnsville police officers and one firefighter/paramedic were killed in a shooting that started out as an investigation into a domestic incident. Feb. 18 was also the day “The Weight of the Crown” (about the shooting and recovery of former police officer Arik Matson) was shown in Ostrander Auditorium in Minnesota
[ad_1] washington — President Joe Biden brought law enforcement officials from key swing states into the White House on Wednesday as he touted declines in crime in major cities and pressed Congress for more action on policing and gun control. “Murder, rape, aggravated assault, robbery — all dropped sharply, along with burglary, property crime and
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