Second Amendment

[ad_1] Last Saturday, a racist murdered 10 Black people at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket. He was able to kill so quickly and efficiently because he had a gun. A sane society might address the obvious problem, but the gun lobby’s pet Republicans refuse to do anything except shift the blame. PREVIOUSLY: Same Clueless A-Holes
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[ad_1] Speak Out is a reader-generated column of opinions. If you there’s something you’d like to comment on in Elgin or beyond, send an email to ksorensen@tribpub.com. Please include “speak out” in the subject line. That makes sense? America never had a formula shortage until men were able to get pregnant! Gangbanger curfews: It’s nice
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[ad_1] Payton S. Gendron, the 18-year-old suspect in a Saturday, May 14 massacre in Buffalo, New York that left 10 people dead, has been, according to law enforcement, an aggressive promoter of the Great Replacement — a far-right conspiracy theory associated with White supremacist and White nationalist ideology. The Great Replacement theory claims that liberals
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[ad_1] Good Tuesday morning. A new projection from AdImpact predicts Florida will have the most political ad spending at $593 million for the 2022 election cycle, barely edging out California’s projected $592 million spend. The report projects total ad spending across the U.S. to near $9 billion between gubernatorial, congressional, and down-ballot contents. Get your
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[ad_1] click to enlarge Daniel Walters photo Idaho lieutenant governor candidate Priscilla Giddings (left) speaks with gubernatorial candidate Janice McGeachin at a Moscow, Idaho, campaign event in April. If Idaho gubernatorial candidate Janice McGeachin upsets the polling and beats Gov. Brad Little in tomorrow’s primary, she’ll almost
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[ad_1] Placeholder while article actions load This past weekend’s massacre in Buffalo has put a deserved spotlight on Elise Stefanik, Tucker Carlson, Newt Gingrich, Matt Gaetz, J.D. Vance and others trafficking in the racist “Great Replacement” conspiracy theory. But the problem goes well beyond the rhetoric of a few Republican officials and opinion leaders. Elected
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[ad_1] Placeholder while article actions load This weekend’s spate of mass shootings is a depressingly familiar blot on our nation. It’s long past time for political leaders at all levels of government to work to reverse the spiraling trend. The National Rifle Association and other Second Amendment advocates should lead the way. Let’s get a
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[ad_1] COLUMBIA, S.C. — District 41 (Richland, Fairfield, Chester) *Jennifer Brecheisen (R) The 39-year-old wedding photographer from Chester is pro-liberty and for term limits. She and her husband got into trouble for voting without masks November 2020 — an election worker cleared out the voting office during a confrontation with Brecheisen. She ran for District 41
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[ad_1] The Republican nomination for the 51st Legislative District will be decided Tuesday, when a three-term state representative faces off against the president of the Albert Gallatin Area School Board. Matthew Dowling, 37, of Uniontown currently represents the Fayette County district. Ryan Porupski, 25, of Smithfield, is a four-year member of the school board and
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[ad_1] By Jeff Gross, contributing writer As fishing season is in full swing, various clubs are hosting their children’s fishing derbies. If you would like to advertise your club’s derby or the trophy ceremony, contact me.  Nothing is more eye catching than seeing the happy smile like with the cutie, above, holding her 1st trophy. 
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[ad_1] (The Center Square) — The Louisiana House passed legislation to ban government agencies from contracting with companies that limit business with firearm manufacturers, despite a veto by Gov. John Bel Edwards of a similar bill last session. The lower chamber voted 71-26 on Tuesday to approve House Bill 978, sponsored by Rep. Blake Miguez,
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[ad_1] The GOP Primary is less than two weeks away on May 24. It has been an interesting and expensive race to fill the seat of our venerable and powerful senior Senator Richard Shelby. There are three major primary contestants.  Katie Britt, Mike Durant, and Mo Brooks are the horses or as some might say
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[ad_1] For all the attention given to the recent rise in homicides across the United States, more Americans die each year as the result of self-inflicted gunshot wounds than from gun-involved homicides. In 2020, for example, 54% of 45,222 gun deaths were classified as suicide, while 43% were murders, and the remaining 3% were accidental,
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[ad_1] California has long played a pivotal role in the study of gun violence, maintaining a unique repository of detailed information on gun owners that it shares with researchers. The National Rifle Assn. and other gun rights groups have filed lawsuits challenging that long-established practice. The lawsuits — which come as researchers confront an uptick
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[ad_1] Posted on May 9, 2022 by – Local News Mitchell, S.D.(Press Release) — On Friday, the National Rifle Association (NRA) endorsed candidate for U.S. Congress, Dusty Johnson, in the June 7th South Dakota Republican Primary. Johnson received an A+ rating by the NRA and has the highest pro-Second Amendment rating in the primary race for South Dakota’s lone
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