[ad_1] On Wednesday night’s The ReidOut, unhinged MSNBC host Joy Reid continued to promote leftist gun-control policy, using meaningless adjectives and rhetoric to attack Republican senators. This time she described Senators Ted Cruz (TX), John Kennedy (LA), and Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (GA) as “anti-democratic,” “Second Amendment fetishists.”  Reid began her discussion with a brief

[ad_1] The American system of government has been around for 232 years, and it has survived wars, depressions, social upheavals and pandemics. But we should not bet that it will survive much longer. The proliferating signs of rot suggest the end may be near. The election of 1800, in which Thomas Jefferson defeated incumbent John

[ad_1] Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor. Second Amendment didn’tforesee mass shootings Re. “9 dead in mass shooting as San Jose VTA Light Rail,” Page A1, May 27: How many more innocents must die before the scourge of guns is lifted from the United States? Wednesday’s

[ad_1] Gun Rights Rallies Texas – Credit: Eric Gay/AP Texas is on the verge of becoming the most-populous state in the nation to allow permit-less carry of handguns, meaning any adult who can legally obtain a gun can take it to town, without any training or certification. It’s the firearms equivalent of abandoning drivers licenses.

[ad_1] On Main Street in Man, West Virginia, a woman marched through the front door of Uncle Sam’s Loans, a cavernous pawn shop packed with hunting bows, fishing lures and camping supplies for the residents of this small Appalachian town. Behind the counter hung the linchpin of Uncle Sam’s business: guns.  The woman flashed her

[ad_1] President Biden tapped David Chipman to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in part because the two-decade bureau veteran has few qualms about taking on the gun lobby in blunt, confrontational and unapologetic terms. On Wednesday, Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee seized on Mr. Chipman’s scathing comments — including an

[ad_1] Lin Loftus: Eastman: Fact and reason In response to Charlie Danaher’s letter to the Editor (May 24th) asking for fact and reason for the signed petition to oust Mr. Eastman.  There are many, but one stands out in particular. Eastman was at the Insurrection on the Capitol Jan 6th.  He gleefully clapped as he

[ad_1] A Luzerne County Council majority voted Tuesday to ask the county District Attorney’s Office to investigate the May 18 primary election. A council majority also declined to vote on terminating county Manager C. David Pedri, approved an amendment declaring the county a Second Amendment sanctuary and granted a tax break that is less generous

[ad_1] The National Rifle Association Institute for Legislation Action is applauding Texas lawmakers for passing Constitutional Carry this week. Constitutional Carry, also called permitless carry passed the Texas House over the weekend and was given final approval in the Texas Senate on Monday. If signed by the Governor, and the Governor has said he will

[ad_1] If you fear the media is too dependent on experts, they can always just rely on 21-year-old leftists. CNN Newsroom host Alisyn Camerota welcomed Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg on to the Monday show like a Nobel Prize winner to discuss not only the need for gun control in response to gun violence over the

[ad_1] By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Gun control advocate and federal law enforcement veteran David Chipman is no stranger on Capitol Hill, where he has previously urged the U.S. Congress to ban assault rifles and fought against efforts to deregulate firearm silencers. On Wednesday, he will seek its support for his nomination by

[ad_1] FILE – In this April 10, 2013, file photo, a stag arms AR-15 rifle with 30 round, left, and 10 round magazines is displayed in New Britain, Conn. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File) By Tom Huckin | The Public Forum   | May 25, 2021, 12:00 p.m. Here we go again. Yet another mass shooting in

[ad_1] Texas, which allows rifles to be carried in public without a license, has some of the loosest gun laws in the country. The state’s Governor Greg Abbott said in February that he sought to “erect a complete barrier against any government official anywhere from treading on gun rights in Texas”. In defiance of widespread

[ad_1] By Brad Brooks LUBBOCK, Texas (Reuters) – A bill that would let Texans carry concealed handguns without any permit passed the state’s legislature on Monday and headed to the desk of the governor who has promised to sign it. When Governor Greg Abbott signs the measure into law, Texas will become the 21st state,

[ad_1] Texans will soon be allowed to carry handguns without a permit, background check or training. State lawmakers approved a controversial bill Monday that would lift some of the remaining gun-carry restrictions in the Lone Star state – and Gov. Greg Abbott has said he plans to sign it into law. “This is a simple

[ad_1] Somehow, we have made it to June and all the month brings with it — the summer solstice, graduations, Father’s Day, vacations and, traditionally, weddings. After a year of postponed celebrations, and with a CDC advisory that fully vaccinated people can walk around unmasked, this June seems extra celebratory. So let’s celebrate celebrations. What

[ad_1] “You came through for me, and I am going to come through for you,” Donald Trump said. It was 2017, and he was in Atlanta, speaking at a meeting of the National Rifle Association—the first time in more than thirty years that a sitting President had addressed the group. Unlike his recent predecessors, Trump

[ad_1] Actor Nick Offerman, who helped fundraise for Democrats ahead of the 2020 election, is expected to appear before the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Wednesday to encourage Americans to get vaccinated against the Chinese coronavirus. The star of NBC’s hit sitcom Parks and Recreation will testify before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations for its

[ad_1] Four shootings in four days have rattled Rhode Island. Police have seized twice as many illegal firearms so far this week as they did last year. On Monday morning, Rhode Island’s US Congressional delegation joined Governor Dan McKee, Attorney General Peter Neronha, Providence Mayor Jorge O. Elorza, Nonviolence Institute Executive Director Cedric Huntley, and

[ad_1] BOSIE, Idaho (KIFI) – State Representative Priscila Giddings (R-D7) announced she has filed paperwork to run for the Republican nomination for Lieutenant Governor of Idaho. “I am running for Lieutenant Governor because Idaho deserves to be represented by a proven conservative. Idahoans know what they’ll get with me, I have the record to prove it,”

[ad_1] South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster signed a bill into law this week that will make it legal in the state for concealed weapon permit holders to open carry their firearms. McMaster announced on Twitter that he had signed into law the Open Carry with Training Act, which goes into effect on Aug. 15. “I

[ad_1] This story was first published in The Progressive. Don’t be fooled by the Supreme Court’s rejection of former President Donald Trump’s baseless challenges to the results of the 2020 election. The high tribunal is no friend of liberals and progressives. With the addition of three Trump appointees—Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett—conservatives

[ad_1] On Wednesday, despite the thousands of calls, emails, and other communication from Second Amendment supporters, Senate Bill 5038 advanced out of the legislature and was signed into law. In response to the signing, NRA State Director Aoibheann Cline wrote: “By signing SB 5038, Gov. Inslee yet again displays a blatant disregard for the safety and freedoms of law-abiding Washingtonians. The right

[ad_1] In the run-up to the 2020 election, most of the Democratic candidates were united in pushing for a national “gun buyback” program. Sen. Bernie Sanders tweeted, “The federal government must ban assault weapons and implement a buyback program to get assault weapons off the streets.” Candidate and now Vice President Kamala Harris campaigned on a promise to

[ad_1] The firearms industry and its GOP allies have taken a more inclusive approach to fighting Democrat-led efforts to pass stricter gun laws this year. The once-mighty National Rifle Association, whose bankruptcy bid was shot down by a federal judge on May 11, has played a much less-active role in the current gun control debate

[ad_1] Louisiana’s powerful gun lobby is opposing legislation that would make it easier for domestic violence victims to obtain protective orders barring abusers from possessing firearms. Instead, lobbyists are pushing a proposal that would reopen the so-called “boyfriend loophole” — a move that would allow certain abusive dating partners to hold onto their firearms. What

[ad_1] The facts of the Parkland school shooting are by now so well branded on the national consciousness it barely requires recap: on Valentine’s Day 2018, a teenage gunman killed 17 students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school in six minutes; students documented their fear and disbelief in real time. Overnight, some became characters in

[ad_1] The Missouri Senate has passed a contentious gun rights bill. The “Second Amendment Preservation Act” attempts to invalidate federal gun regulations. Senate Minority Leader John Rizzo of Independence spoke in favor of an amendment that would have closed a loophole letting convicted domestic violence abusers own a gun. The amendment to the overall bill