In a no-holds-barred rebuke of the federal judge who recently overturned California’s assault weapons ban, Gov. Gavin Newsom lambasted U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez on Thursday as a “wholly-owned subsidiary of the gun lobby and the National Rifle Association.” “We need to call this federal judge out,” the Democratic governor told reporters as he announced

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Attorney General Rob Bonta on Thursday filed an appeal to a federal court decision that overturned the state’s ban on assault weapons, arguing that the law is needed “to protect the safety of Californians.” The appeal seeks to reverse Friday’s decision by U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez, who said the state’s

Yesterday, amid a flurry of high-profile, highly controversial bills, the Wisconsin state assembly passed new gun legislation. The bill’s Republican authors argue that the legislation will protect Wisconsinites’ second amendment rights — Democrats say it’s a clear violation of federal law. The legislation would change a number of policies for Wisconsin’s gun owners and sellers. 

California on Thursday appealed a judge’s ruling that overturned the state’s decades-old ban on assault weapons, claiming it was an outlier to at least six other federal decisions and an attempt to get it in front of the conservative-leaning U.S. Supreme Court. State Attorney General Rob Bonta filed the three-page appeal with the Ninth Circuit Court

Jun 12th 2021 The Second. By Carol Anderson. Bloomsbury; 272 pages; $28 and £18.99 A BLACK MAN with a gun has been white America’s nightmare since before the republic was founded. Slave uprisings, black soldiers fighting in the country’s wars, even African-American motorists—all have spurred fear and violence backed by white-supremacist authority. In “The Second”,

EDITOR’S NOTE: This article has been updated to include comments from the Firearms Policy Coalition. REGION — State leaders announced today that an appeal has been filed in response to a San Diego federal judge’s ruling that overturned California’s three-decade-old ban on assault weapons. In addition to appealing U.S. District Judge Roger T. Benitez’s order

SACRAMENTO (CBSLA/AP) – California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Thursday that the state will appeal a recent ruling by a federal judge which overturned the state’s decades-long assault weapons ban. A California-legal featureless AR-15 style rifle is displayed for sale at a booth at the Crossroads of the West Gun Show at the Orange County

Congressman Mo Brooks, R-Alabama, on Tuesday spoke to the Fayette County Republican Party at their regular monthly meeting at the Fayette County Civic Center. Brooks is a candidate for U.S. Senate. “I am an eyewitness to the events that are going on,” Brooks said. “I report things to you as they happened without the filter

Gun. (File Photo: IANS) By Shivaji Sengupta Greek statues, with bullet-holes for eyesBlinded as Eros, with surprise,Lover and loved…(Lawrence Durrell) Yes, it has happened again and again and again…This time in Santa Clara, California, in the heart of Silicon Valley. Nine people were killed by a disgruntled worker of the Valley Transportation Authority. One of

The federal judge who overturned California’s decades-old assault weapons ban last week opened his 94-page ruling with an eye-opening analogy. “Like the Swiss Army Knife, the popular AR-15 rifle is a perfect combination of home defense weapon and homeland defense equipment,” US District Judge Roger T. Benitez wrote. In another section, he downplayed the risk

Post Views: 125 courtesy of Flickr-CCBYNCND2.0 The First Amendment and issues regarding gun control remain a prominent issue of debate in the United States, and the popularity of this issue has grown exponentially over the past decade. With the level of bipartisanship in the country, as exhibited by the stark contrast between the ideologies of

ALBANY — The State Legislature on Tuesday was poised to enact what supporters say will be the first law in the nation to allow firearms manufacturers and sellers to be sued for the use of their guns in crimes, ending their immunity from lawsuits under federal law in New York. The Legislature on Tuesday also

ALBANY — The State Legislature on Tuesday passed a bill that supporters say will be the first law in the nation to allow firearms manufacturers and sellers to be sued for the use of their guns in crimes, ending their immunity from lawsuits under federal law in New York. The Legislature on Tuesday also passed

I got some mail last week from the National Rifle Association. They wanted money. I would have been inclined to donate years ago, when I remembered the NRA as the sponsor of my gun safety classes when I was a kid. That was when the NRA advocated for the Second Amendment by emphasizing responsible gun

It was no secret President Joe Biden’s nominee to direct the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, David Chipman, supports a ban on commonly-owned semiautomatic firearms like the AR-15 and wants to force current “assault weapons” owners to register their firearms with the federal government through the National Firearms Act or forfeit their guns.

Roger Benitez, a federal judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, ruled Friday that parts of the state’s 32-year ban on assault weapons are unconstitutional. The ruling followed a suit filed in 2019 against the state’s attorney general by three California residents and the San Diego County Gun Owners Political

John Paul Stevens, a justice of the Supreme Court from 1975 to 2010, wrote an interesting book, “Six Amendments” which included a study of the Second Amendment. To review a little background, on April 19, 1775, with the British troops marching toward Concord, Massachusetts, to take away the muskets from the troublesome colonists, the colonists

by Jeff Gross, contributing writer The course of the Second Amendment at the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) just took another very positive turn for the better. There are now 4 cases involving the carrying of firearms in public. The 4th and latest is the Young vs State of Hawaii. This case will address the issues of carrying

By COLLEEN LONGAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Liberals have cheered the highly public legal and financial jeopardy ensnaring the National Rifle Association, seeing the gun lobby’s potential demise as the path to stricter firearms laws. But, it turns out, the NRA’s message has become so solidified in the Republican Party that even if the organization

Strong gun sales continued in May, with FBI National Instant Criminal Background Check System data showing nearly 1.3 million background checks were conducted pursuant to firearms sales last month. Moreover, the FBI conducted a total of 3.2 million firearm-related background checks of all types – including checks for NICS exempt firearm permits that allow holders to purchase firearms without an additional

For many years, there has been a growing disconnect between political promises and constitutional realities in the area of gun control.  Politicians have run on promises of sweeping gun control legislation that would clearly violate controlling case law under the Second Amendment. After every mass shooting, politicians pledge that they will get guns out of

From CNN: According to the ruling by U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez of San Diego, the assault weapons ban deprives Californians from owning assault-style weapons commonly allowed in other states. Benitez issued a permanent injunction Friday so the law cannot be enforced. “Like the Swiss Army Knife, the popular AR-15 rifle is a perfect combination of home

By Roger Bowen Look into my eyes, what do you see? The cult of personality. I know your anger, I know your dreams,  I’ve been everything you want to be. Living Colour If former President Trump has given our nation even one positive legacy, it’s that he awakened Americans’ awareness of and concern for democracy.

Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. There was hope in the air when state lawmakers from El Paso arrived in Austin for the 2021 Texas Legislature. For them, this was going to be the year they passed substantive firearm restrictions in

Advertisement Lina Sierra It is no secret that many people in Florida cherish the Second Amendment, and their right to keep and bear arms to protect themselves and their families. With recent talk buzzing around the Senate considering new gun legislation, it will be up to Republicans like Senators Rick Scott and Marco Rubio to ensure

RUTLEDGE, Tenn. (WATE) — For someone who has been training people proper firearm safety for 25 years, Carl Culbertson is worried for the public’s safety after Gov. Bill Lee signed the permitless carry bill into law. On Wednesday, Lee held a ceremonial signing event of the law, which he had signed back in April but

Dr. Emmy Betz can’t overemphasize the impact the lack of funding for firearm violence injury prevention research has had. A decade ago, when she first started her research career, there wasn’t any dedicated funding. At the time her mentors told her, “Listen, you probably don’t want to do that. There’s no money. Politically, it could

  by J. Coyden Palmer, The Chicago Crusader Jemel Roberson was only 26 when on a November night in 2018 a police officer from south suburban Midlothian mistook Roberson, who was working as an armed security guard, for a criminal, and shot him four times in the back, killing him. Marcus Allen Weldon was the

CLOSE Autoplay Show Thumbnails Show Captions Last SlideNext Slide Two months after signing into law a measure that will allow most adults in the state to carry handguns without permits, Gov. Bill Lee on Wednesday again touted the legislation at a ceremonial bill signing inside a Gallatin gun factory. The law, which is already being challenged

Soon, most Texans will be able to openly carry a handgun in public. No background check or training necessary. It will be a major expansion in gun rights, one that Texas is uncharacteristically late in arriving at. About 20 other states already have “permitless carry” (also known as “constitutional carry”) laws. Why We Wrote This