[ad_1] While the high court’s far-right majority has sought to eviscerate the Voting Rights Act at every turn, it bears noting that this decision was authored by two judges appointed by Donald Trump and one originally named to the bench by Ronald Reagan. Campaign Action In their 217-page decision that adjudicated claims in three related

[ad_1] The younger Cooper worked as an attorney before he sought elected office in 1982 campaigning for the sprawling 4th District, which included rural communities to the south and east of Nashville. He decisively won the primary before beating Republican Cissy Baker, the daughter of Senate Majority Leader Howard Baker, 66-34 in a closely watched

[ad_1] Tomorrow, January 26th, NRA members and Second Amendment supporters in the Granite State are invited to attend, and participate in, a public hearing on several gun bills being heard by the House Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee. The Committee will hold public hearings on several anti-gun bills and, thankfully, one pro-gun bill. The

[ad_1] Today, at 6PM, the San Jose City Council will consider File 22-045, an ordinance to tax gun owners and mandate that they purchase liability insurance. Last year, we reported on the San Jose City Council directing the City Attorney to draft this proposal, which Mayor Sam Liccardo requested. The meeting will be held remotely by

[ad_1] Last Thursday, January 20, the Judiciary Committee held its first hearing to consider Constitutional Carry legislation, Legislative Bill 773.  NRA Members and Second Amendment supporters submitted more than twice the amount of written testimony in support of the legislation than those who opposed it.  While the first hearing was a success, the fight to preserve

[ad_1] Tomorrow, the Senate Committee on Judiciary is hearing a number of bills affecting our Second Amendment rights. Please contact committee members and ask them to SUPPORT Senate Bills 74, 330, 364, 644, and 763, and OPPOSE Senate Bills 310 and 487. Pro-Second Amendment Senate Bill 74 prevents localities from passing their own restrictions on lawful

[ad_1] Hochul Sided with NRA in Congress and is Now Refusing to Act to End Manhattan DA’s Dangerous Policies and Fix Bail Reform Suozzi Demonstrates Contrast to Hochul with His 15-Point State Action Plan to Tackle Crime Congressmember Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY-3). GLEN COVE, NY — January 25, 2022 — Congressman Tom Suozzi, Democratic candidate

[ad_1] In 1995, when Ryan Busse began working for a tiny gun company called Kimber America, he believed that the gun industry and the NRA embodied wholesome values. “Those were still the days of magazine covers featuring the warmth of father-son hunting trips,” he writes in his new book, “Gunfight: My Battle Against the Industry

[ad_1] On Tuesday, January 25, the House Consumer & Public Affairs Committee will consider House Bill 68, a crime bill sponsored by Rep. Meredith Dixon (D-ABQ) and messaged as germane to the 30-day budget session by ​Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham.  The bill increases penalties for a number of offenses related to the criminal misuse of a firearm, but

[ad_1] House Bill 1077, the lawful carry bill, previously passed the House by a vote of 63-29. Despite this overwhelming support from the other chamber, the Senate has still not even given it a committee assignment. Please contact your state senator and ask that they work to ensure that HB 1077 receives its assignment to

[ad_1] House Bill 1462, to ensure law-abiding citizens may carry firearms for self-defense on public transit, has been referred to the House General Laws Committee. Please contact committee members and ask them to SCHEDULE HB 1462 for a hearing and to SUPPORT it. House Bill 1462 removes the prohibition on law-abiding citizens carrying firearms for self-defense on public

[ad_1] Tomorrow, the House Judiciary-Criminal Committee will hear a number of anti-gun bills. Please file witness slips against House Bills 2541, 3144, 3661, and 4296. The hearing will be held by video conference. Click here for information on filing witness slips or participating in the hearing. In addition, you may click the button below to

[ad_1] Tomorrow, January 25th, the Joint Committee on the Judiciary will hold a public hearing on two anti-gun bills.  NRA members and Second Amendment supporters are invited to attend this meeting remotely starting at 10:00 AM, to oppose S.2607 and H.4303.  Click here for information on how to attend this meeting and make your voice

[ad_1] We all knew who the finger-pointers and tattletales were in junior high school. A disproportionate number of them, it seems, now populate America’s anti-gun lobby. The oft-rebranded gun control organization currently calling itself Brady United Against Gun Violence (Brady) launched a website this week called The Gun Store Transparency Project. This site is the

[ad_1] Last weekend, when four hostages were taken at Congregation Beth Israel Synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, countless people remained transfixed on their televisions and computers, awaiting the outcome. Fortunately, the hostages were able to free themselves. After they had managed to escape, law enforcement moved in, and the attacker, who was armed with at least

[ad_1] Rep. Chris Stewart and Fox News contributor Liz Peek discuss the supply chain crisis and COVID testing on ‘The Evening Edit.’  Gun rights advocates are praising a federal court ruling that deemed Los Angeles County’s move to close gun stores at the start of the pandemic was unconstitutional. A three-judge panel of the 9th

[ad_1] In the latest nasty, partisan media effort to undermine the legitimacy of the Supreme Court, on Friday, MSNBC welcomed on The New Yorker’s left-wing hack Jane Mayer to trash conservative leader Ginni Thomas, wife of Justice Clarence Thomas, as a “threat to the Supreme Court.” Mayer used her vile hit piece against Ginni Thomas

[ad_1] Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar may be the most powerful Texas Democrat whom most Texans have never heard of. But with early voting to begin in a matter of weeks, he is in a world

[ad_1] Today in History for January 22nd Highlights of Today in History: U.S. Supreme Court legalizes abortion; Theodore Kaczynski pleads guilty; Queen Victoria dies; “The Crucible” opens;”Laugh-In” premieres. AP With political pundits predicting that Democratic incumbent U.S. Rep. Tom Malinowski is facing a rough fight for reelection because New Jersey’s 7th District was redrawn to favor

[ad_1] Two California counties were ruled to have violated their citizens’ Second Amendment rights by shutting down gun shops during the COVID-19 pandemic. A Thursday ruling by a three-judge panel on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals determined orders by officials in Ventura and Los Angeles counties that deemed gun retailers “nonessential businesses” to be

[ad_1] A bill that would strengthen Pennsylvania’s preemption statute and further prevent local governments from adopting their own gun control, passed a Senate Committee this week.  The Senate Judiciary Committee voted to advance House Bill 979 on a 9 to 5 vote Wednesday.  This legislation strengthens preemption, preventing municipalities from creating a patchwork of local

[ad_1] Yesterday, the Assembly passed four NRA-backed self-defense bills on bipartisan voice votes. They will now go to the Senate for further consideration. Please contact your state senator and ask them to SUPPORT Assembly Bills 498, 518, 495, and 597. Assembly Bill 498 lowers the minimum age to apply for a concealed carry permit from 21 years

[ad_1] After two years of opposition from Governor Holcomb’s administration and stonewalling by the Republican-controlled Senate and President Pro Tempore Rod Bray, Hoosier’s are demanding action on Lawful Carry legislation, also known as Constitutional Carry. Last year, the Senate Judiciary Committee, chaired by Senator Liz Brown, refused to take up similar legislation, which passed the

[ad_1] The woman leading civil and criminal inquiries into Donald Trump’s business empire, his family’s real estate holdings and the former president’s flagship properties has unveiled the clearest picture yet of one of the several cases involving the former president and his family, stemming from years of allegations about his inflated wealth. Entering her third

[ad_1] WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Henry Cuellar is an increasingly rare politician in the Democratic Party, a conservative-leaning lawmaker whose unapologetic defense of gun rights and the energy industry during his 17 years in Congress long delighted his Texas constituents. That was once a winning strategy for Democrats running in moderate swaths of the country.

[ad_1] SAN DIEGO—A San Diego federal judge has denied a request from gun owners for a temporary restraining order to block a newly signed state law that allows their personal information to be shared with a research center studying gun violence. The suit filed earlier this month by the National Rifle Association on behalf of

[ad_1] Christian Sundquist, a professor at Pitt’s School of Law, said the brokenness of the criminal justice system can be seen in the “divergent” rulings of three recent trials — Kyle Rittenhouse, Ahmaud Arbery’s killers and prominent organizers of the 2017 “Unite the Right” rally. Sundquist said defendants in cases of racially motivated violence are

[ad_1] Texas’ six-week abortion ban made national headlines last year not only because it effectively outlawed the procedure in the state but also because of its unusual enforcement mechanism: The law allows for civil suits to be brought against anyone involved in any aspect of an abortion. Now a flurry of legislation using this same

[ad_1] SACRAMENTO (AP) — Two California counties violated the Constitution’s right to keep and bear arms when they shut down gun and ammunition stores in 2020 as nonessential businesses during the coronavirus pandemic, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday. Officials in Los Angeles and Ventura counties had separately won lower court decisions saying gun stores were not

[ad_1] Fairfax, Va. – The Ninth Circuit sided with the National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) on Thursday when it struck down a Los Angeles County order that forced gun stores and shooting ranges to close in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. NRA-ILA originally challenged this order in March of 2020, and filed