[ad_1] Mahalo for supporting Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Enjoy this free story! There has been a lot of talk about sustainable tourism lately and I sincerely applaud the conscious efforts of businesses and nonprofits that are committed to promoting and perpetuating responsible and eco-friendly tourism. But the single biggest issue is that Hawaii can’t handle continuing increases

[ad_1] Uvalde school shooting: Teachers, parents demand sensible gun control After the Uvalde mass shooting, teachers and education advocates marched in Austin calling for Sen. Ted Cruz to support “sensible gun regulation.” Scott L. Hall, USA TODAY The National Rifle Association has spent nearly $3 million supporting and opposing Congress members from Pennsylvania over the

[ad_1] U.S. Representative Greg Steube demonstrates assembling his handgun as he speaks remotely during a House Judiciary Committee mark up hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C., June 2, 2022. /VCG U.S. Representative Greg Steube demonstrates assembling his handgun as he speaks remotely during a House Judiciary Committee mark up hearing in

[ad_1] IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. What the Corinthian Colleges case tells us about student loan relief 03:30 Now Playing Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation encouraging kindness to address nation’s mental health crisis 06:32 UP NEXT How the Jan. 6 hearings will shape the

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[ad_1] Read this in The Manila Times digital edition. What is happening to the US? US President Joe Biden did not hesitate to send over $40 billion in more weapons to Ukraine and to offer Taiwan military help. This while America sees over 39,000 of her citizens die from gun violence a year, over 1

[ad_1] The AR-15 has the dubious distinction of being America’s most popular semi-automatic rifle. I’m more familiar with the gun than most people: I own one. And one thing I know for sure is that this weapon doesn’t belong in the hands of the average civilian. I’ve owned multiple firearms for most of my life.

[ad_1] If you ask Goldie Lookin Chain, “Guns Don’t Kill People, Rappers Do.” If you ask me, the answer is neither. Goldie Lookin Chain suggests in their song, “ask any politician and they’ll tell you it’s true; it’s a fact music makes you violent.” If the politician you select is a democrat, he or she

[ad_1] The Editorial Board, USA TODAY  |  Reno Gazette Journal Uvalde mass shooting: US mourns after 19 children, two teachers killed Families and the country are left to grapple with grief after a shooting in Uvalde, Texas, left 19 children and two teachers dead. Scott L. Hall, Jessica Boller and Anastasiia Riddle, USA TODAY The

[ad_1] Gun control advocates confront a man passing by from the National Rifle Association annual convention at the George R. Brown Convention Center on Saturday, May 28, 2022, in Houston. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images/TNS) In 2020, Rep. Steve Scalise of Louisiana was the top recipient of money from members of the “gun rights” industry. According to

[ad_1] The congressional office for U.S. Representative Vicky Hartzler (R, MO-04) mailed a poorly-timed postcard, touting Hartzler’s pro-gun “credentials” only days after the mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas. The taxpayer-funded mailer included photos of Hartzler holding an AR-15, the semi-automatic weapon of war like the one used in the Uvalde massacre,

[ad_1] Black America Web Featured Video CLOSE Source: Melissa Sue Gerrits / Getty Last week, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper broke with traditional notions of decorum and called out the state’s lieutenant governor for “dangerous” rhetoric about owning an AR-15. Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, who is Black, made the remarks in response to calls for

[ad_1] Jack Colwell  |  South Bend Tribune Should law-abiding citizens have the right to own a howitzer? And if so, should an 18-year-old be able to buy one? These are questions to be considered as the nation reacts to the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, and looks at Second Amendment gun rights. That amendment on the

[ad_1] We must ban the black rifles. It’s the only way to stop the epidemic of mass killings in America, where the favored weapon of the gunmen (and they are nearly all men) is the AR-15 and its variants, assault weapons collectively known as “black rifles.” Yet the National Rifle Association and a chorus of

[ad_1] Gun rights activists want us to believe the Second Amendment is sacrosanct, and that any form of gun control infringes on a constitutional right to keep and bear arms. Yet two former Supreme Court justices, both appointed by Republican presidents, Warren Burger (Nixon) and John Paul Stevens (Ford) have assailed this sanctity as bogus.

[ad_1] Robert Thurston  |  Opinion contributor Guns don’t kill people; it’s the bullets from guns that kill. After yet another mass murder, this one in Uvalde, Texas, now is a good time to bypass the sterile debate on gun control and deal with ammunition control.  Here is the entire Second Amendment, adopted in 1791: “A

[ad_1] IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. New calls for more mental health resources in schools in wake of mass shootings 02:36 Childcare expert says end of free meal program will be “apocalyptic” 03:15 Now Playing The conservative movement to expand the scope of the Second

[ad_1] Four in 10 U.S. adults live in a household with a gun, according to a Gallup poll. Where there’s one gun, according to Pew Research, there tend to be more. My childhood home was one such place. In the basement, perched on a caramel-colored rack on a green-paneled wall, were a rifle, a shotgun

[ad_1] Just when everyone thought that the NRA-backed GOP Congressman Chris Jacobs (R-NY) announcing his support for gun reform was an act of decency and common sense, the Republican lawmaker caved to pressure and withdrew his bid for re-election amid backlash from gun rights groups and his party establishment. Back in May – just days

[ad_1] Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart joined MSNBC’s The 11th Hour on Friday night to discuss gun control and why such efforts appear to be going nowhere. For Capehart, the answer is that not enough Republicans are willing to buck the NRA, which is allegedly fearmongering on thigs such as gun confiscation. Host Stephanie

[ad_1] Stay cool. Run out the clock. Scare some gun nuts while you can. But don’t worry: this moment will be over soon. That’s the message the Republican Party, Donald Trump, and conservative leaders rapidly coalesced around after a series of mass shootings in recent weeks, including at one at a Texas elementary school.  Several

[ad_1] After a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, on May 24, several pastors around the country challenged their conservative counterparts with this question: Are you pro-life if you are pro-gun? One of those faith leaders is the Rev. Steven Marsh, senior pastor of Geneva Presbyterian Church

[ad_1] There’s a growing divide within America’s gun lobby, as groups representing firearms manufacturers and individual owners splinter over federal gun-control legislation and what gun culture means in an increasingly diverse country. Driving the news: The National Rifle Association, the nation’s leading but weakened gun rights organization, says a federal law to stop potentially dangerous

[ad_1] A New York Republican representative who once promised to protect the Second Amendment rights of his constituents has announced that he will not seek reelection after changing his stance on gun control following a spate of mass shootings. In announcing his decision, Rep. Chris Jacobs, whose 27th New York congressional district is near the

[ad_1] President Biden called on Congress Thursday night to take action on a series of gun safety measures that echo the recommendations a group of surgeons made in 2018 and renewed in the hours before the president’s address, calling it “urgent.” Among the American College of Surgeons members who took part in the Trauma Committee’s

[ad_1] National Rifle Association executive vice president Wayne LaPierre speaks during the Leadership Forum at the NRA-ILA Meeting at the George R. Brown Convention Center Friday, May 27, 2022, in Houston. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke) The Second Amendment looms large in the grim ritual that follows mass shootings like the massacre at Robb Elementary in Uvalde,

[ad_1] Three variations of the AR-15 assault rifle are displayed at the California Department of Justice in Sacramento, Calif., on Aug. 15, 2012. The gunmen in two of the nation’s most recent mass shootings, including the massacre at a Texas elementary school, legally bought the assault weapons they used after they turned 18. (Rich Pedroncelli/AP)

[ad_1] Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor. Jensen, Jonsen haveexperience others lack I retired from the Sheriff’s Office with 30 years of service. I worked under four sheriffs. There are four people running for the sheriff’s spot, as the current sheriff, Laurie Smith, is not running

[ad_1] Two days after an 18-year-old gunman armed with an AR-15-style assault rifle locked himself in adjoining classrooms at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, and blew apart 19 children and two teachers before he was eventually killed by a member of the U.S. Border Patrol Tactical Unit, the National Rifle Association proceeded with its

[ad_1] NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Joe Biden called for “unity” and demanded Republicans support his position on guns. It was a blatantly political speech and even many journalists admitted it. CNN’s Chief Political Analyst Gloria Borger got to the heart of the speech with her analysis: “I think what the