[ad_1] There are some 140 million gun owners in this country, and some 10 to 12 million of them purchased their first firearm in the past two years. But it’s not just the number of new gun owners that’s important. It’s who they are. Data show the biggest increases in gun purchases are among women
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[ad_1] Glenn Youngkin did something unusual for a Republican candidate: He kept the National Rifle Association at arm’s length during his campaign for Virginia governor. Youngkin, who is a lifetime member of the NRA, declined to fill out the group’s candidate endorsement questionnaire. The NRA, which is based in northern Virginia, responded accordingly. In July,
[ad_1] Noted personal-injury attorney Ben Crump has filed more than 90 suits, representing more than 200 people, who say they were harmed at the show. Nearly 200 people have filed 93 lawsuits through civil rights attorney Ben Crump, in the wake of last week’s deadly Astroworld music festival in Houston. At least 10 people were killed when
[ad_1] Kyle Rittenhouse walked the streets of Kenosha Wisconsin a rifle slung around his chest and shoulder. The weapon was supposed to be for hunting on a friend’s property up north, the friend says. But on that night in August 2020, Rittenhouse says he took the Smith & Wesson AR-style semi-automatic with him as he
[ad_1] The Big Idea: How often are guns used in self-defense, really? The Daily strives to reveal a new idea in every episode. Below, we go deeper on one of those from our show this week. For years, the Rev. Rob Schenck was staunchly pro-gun rights — he even wrote a book connecting the Second
[ad_1] After 20 children and six adults were brutally murdered during the Sandy Hook school shooting in 2012, political leaders from President Barack Obama to ordinary Democrats pushed for gun control. Despite overwhelming public support for at least modest gun control measures, the efforts to implement federal reform were for nought, thanks in large part to the
[ad_1] https://sputniknews.com/20211110/deep-s-nra-secret-tapes-revealing-groups-post-columbine-strategy-leaked-after-two-decades-1090628270.html ‘Deep S***’: NRA ‘Secret Tapes’ Revealing Group’s Post-Columbine Strategy Leaked After Two Decades ‘Deep S***’: NRA ‘Secret Tapes’ Revealing Group’s Post-Columbine Strategy Leaked After Two Decades The 1999 mass shooting at Columbine High School – one of the deadliest in US history – prompted a lot of criticism of gun rights advocates, including
[ad_1] The case challenges a more restrictive New York statute requiring “proper cause” for the issuance of a permit to carry. An affiliate of the National Rifle Association is contesting it, claiming it violates the Second Amendment’s “right to bear arms.” Two years ago, the court fired a blank at a different New York City
[ad_1] JB Guns is a locally owned and operated firearm store that was opened on December 1, 2009. The business was started to provide Central Florida with a place to purchase affordable new and used firearms for personal protection, hunting, sport shooting as well as the avid collector. We are a Garmin Authorized dealer and
[ad_1] The following is a transcript of a video I published on Monday, November 1st. Oral argument in NYSRPA v. Bruen took place on November 3rd. The video can be viewed at Rumble, Bitchute, and Odysee. There are two important, related dates relevant to the Second Amendment in November. On November 3rd, the nine Supreme
[ad_1] On CNN Tuesday, conservative commentator S.E. Cupp criticized the Republican Party for ignoring the video tweeted out by Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) depicting him killing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY). “Gosar … posted this video meme, which he tweeted, of him killing Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a cartoon anime thing where he superimposed his face and
[ad_1] Protesters converge on Breonna Taylor’s hometown Hundreds of armed, predominantly Black, activists demanded justice for Breonna Taylor during demonstrations Saturday in her Kentucky hometown that drew counter-protesters from a white militia group. (July 25) AP In the spring of 1967, twelve Black men toting loaded rifles marched into the California state Capitol to make a
[ad_1] Soon after the Columbine High School shooting in 1999, senior leaders of the National Rifle Association huddled on a conference call to consider canceling their annual convention, scheduled just days later and a few miles away. Thirteen people lay dead at a high school in Colorado. More than 20 were injured. Images of students
[ad_1] Guns made from 3D printers or manufactured by a person are legal in Florida and the US, but those in the business of manufacturing firearms are required to apply for a serial number and register the firearm. As Mike Vasilinda tells us, Two Florida lawmakers now want to make manufacturing your own gun illegal.
[ad_1] Bytmonas/iStock (NEW YORK) — This report is a part of “Rethinking Gun Violence,” an ABC News series examining the level of gun violence in the U.S. — and what can be done about it. Paul Kemp, a founding board member and the president of Gun Owners for Responsible Ownership, has been a gun owner for
[ad_1] On Aug. 6, 2020, following numerous scandals at the National Rifle Assn., New York Atty. Gen. Letitia James filed a lawsuit seeking to shut down the group. In the suit, James accused Wayne LaPierre, the NRA’s chief executive, and a number of senior officials, as well as the organization itself, of contributing to the
[ad_1] U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse introduced a bill aimed at gun violence Thursday afternoon in Washington, D.C., but his mind was on Boulder. The End Gun Violence Act takes into account the mass shooting March 22 at a King Soopers store in Boulder, the city in the heart of Neguse’s 2nd Congressional District. Boulder police
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (WDVM) –On Capitol Review, Chief Counsel and Policy Director of the Giffords Law Center Adam Skaggs tells Tasmin Mahfuz about the Supreme Court taking up arguments in its biggest gun case in more than a decade about a dispute over whether New York’s law violates the Second Amendment right to “keep and bear
[ad_1] Mike Brown, a north Idaho attorney and gun rights advocate, said the shooter was “most likely” federally prohibited from possessing a gun. BOISE, Idaho — Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by the Idaho Press. In the months before October’s deadly mall shooting, the suspected shooter flaunted firearms and lobbied for felons’ gun rights.
[ad_1] Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK — This report is a part of “Rethinking Gun Violence,” an ABC News series examining the level of gun violence in the U.S. — and what can be done about it. The United States has a gun violence epidemic, and it’s not one shared by its peers. The nation
[ad_1] Shooter video games like Call of Duty are often citied as the motivation for real-life gun crimes. But according to a new scientific study published today, there’s no evidence that these games cause violence in the real world. The London-based study author looked at how adolescent boys’ violent behaviour is affected by the releases
[ad_1] A recent video from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, the notoriously polemical GOP congresswoman, made waves across social media. In the ad, Greene stepped out of a Humvee, donning boots, aviator glasses and an army-green jacket, and lifted up a military grade Barrett M82A1 sniper rifle. “Joe Biden armed an Islamic terrorist nation with $83
[ad_1] The United States Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in a case that could jeopardize one of the foundational provisions of New York State’s gun control laws. At issue is a 108-year-old provision in state law that requires anyone who wants to get a license to carry a concealed handgun outside the home to show
[ad_1] The Supreme Court is likely to expand gun rights in New York after several justices expressed concern over the state’s high bar requiring ‘proper cause’ to obtain a concealed carry permit – possibly indicating an end to the state’s notoriously restrictive gun laws. Gun rights advocates presented their arguments Wednesday to the nation’s highest court
[ad_1] There’s a virus afflicting our country that has claimed the lives of more Americans in the last 50 years than all of our wars combined. It is equivalent to having one year’s worth of a COVID-level pandemic nearly every decade, yet it has been routinely ignored by influential lawmakers. This virus has nothing to
[ad_1] The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Wednesday in the case of New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. (NYSRPA) v. Bruen, which focuses on whether New York State violated plaintiffs Robert Nash and Brandon Koch’s Second Amendment rights by denying them unrestricted concealed carry permits. Lawyer Paul Clement is representing both men
[ad_1] PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The highest court in the land heard arguments Wednesday on a case that could impact the use of conceal and carry permits across the nation. The U.S. Supreme Court has not taken on a Second Amendment case of this magnitude in more than a decade. And depending on the ruling, it
[ad_1] Sign up for our PoliticsNY newsletter for the latest coverage and to stay informed about the 2021 elections in your district and across NYC Conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices on Wednesday appeared willing to strike down New York state’s limits on carrying concealed handguns in public in a major firearms rights case that could
[ad_1] OPINION: When I was first elected to the Board of the National Rifle Association in 2000, I had the honor of taking a seat beside some of the people I had previously only been able to admire from a distance. I sat next to General Joe Foss, the legendary World War II ace and
[ad_1] SeanPavonePhoto/iStock (WASHINGTON) — The nation’s highest court on Wednesday spent nearly two hours wrestling with the concealed carry of handguns in public places and discretionary permitting requirements in nearly a dozen states that impose limits in the interest of public safety. The oral arguments on Second Amendment rights — the court’s most consequential in