[ad_1] Eight years ago, Albuquerque Mayor Richard Berry, a Republican, cruised to re-election with almost 70% of the vote. Yet this year, with just three weeks left for a candidate to produce the 3,000 petition signatures necessary to get on the ballot, it seems likely there won’t be a registered Republican running for the job

[ad_1] A national gun rights group sent San Jose city leaders a cease-and-desist letter on Wednesday, just two weeks after the city council approved calling for an annual gun fee and mandating gun liability insurance. The July 14 letter from the National Foundation for Gun Rights sent to Mayor Sam Liccardo and council members puts

[ad_1] By Larry Keane President Joe Biden seems to be following the only mantra he knows when it comes to confronting America’s rising crime worries. Go after the Second Amendment and the firearm industry that makes the exercise of the right possible. Gang violence? More gun control. Spiraling crime? Must need more gun control. Repeat

[ad_1] A 2nd amendment gun rights decision in a case out of the 4th U.S. District Court of Appeals could have some significant implications for gun rights here in Washington State. History First In  2018 Voters of Washington State approved Initiative Measure No. I- 1639 which resulted in several changes to existing laws including denying

[ad_1] David Castro had questions. Which university to attend? Either Texas A&M or Purdue. What to study? Probably chemical engineering. What could he do about the environment, global warming, and gun violence? “He had a wry and dark sense of humour, and would say ‘what’s going to happen if they pass laws that allow anybody

[ad_1] A federal law, enacted in 1968, bars federally licensed dealers from selling handguns to people under 21, although those 18 and over are permitted to buy a handgun from a private party. For more than 50 years, licensed firearms dealers have been prohibited by federal law from selling handguns to young adults ages 18

[ad_1] President Biden meets with local leaders and law enforcement at the White House. A federal appeals court on Tuesday said that banning sales of handguns to individuals between the ages of 18 and 21 is a violation of the Second Amendment. In a 2-1 decision, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond

[ad_1] FALLS CHURCH, Va. — A federal law that for more than 50 years has banned licensed firearms dealers from selling handguns to young adults between age 18 and 21 is unconstitutional, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday. In a 2-1 opinion, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond overturned a lower court

[ad_1] By Manu Raju and Lauren Fox, CNN Top Democrats are quietly moving to lock down support for President Joe Biden’s imperiled nominee to head a key agency overseeing firearms — while also struggling to find consensus on a slimmed-down bill to expand background checks for gun sales — the latest example of how the

[ad_1] An image shared on Facebook claims the media and sponsors ‘ignored’ six-time Olympian Kim Rhode because she is an outspoken supporter of the Second Amendment. Verdict: False Rhode’s accomplishments were widely covered in the media for more than a decade. She has several sponsors, according to her website. Fact Check: The image shows Kim Rhode,

[ad_1] “I’ve spoken to him a few times, had a Zoom call with him, trying to get all the facts and figures on this stuff, his credentials,” Manchin said. He added that Chipman’s experience “seemed to be exemplary” but that he’s still considering “everything else that people have concerns about.” Chipman is currently a senior

[ad_1] Nobody was more sensitive to the political peril of gun control than Sen. Joe Manchin III, a Democrat from deep-red West Virginia and a proud gun owner. But standing on the Senate floor five months after 20 children and six adults were gunned down in Newtown, Conn., he told colleagues this was “a defining

[ad_1] PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island’s governor signed into law Monday two bills focused on gun safety. The bills signed by Democratic Gov. Daniel McKee ban so-called “straw purchases” of firearms and prohibit bringing a gun onto school property. “It makes sense to create laws to keep guns out of the hands of people

[ad_1] Carol Anderson is likely to trigger a lot of people on the right with her book about the anti-Black history of the Second Amendment, “The Second: Race and Guns in a Fatally Unequal America.” But if anyone understands what white backlash looks and feels like it’s Anderson, who also wrote the 2016 bestseller “White Rage.” In her

[ad_1] Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards was among dozens of law enforcement officers who called on legislators to keep the current concealed carry requirements in place. The lawmen rallied in Baton Rouge last week to urge lawmakers to uphold Gov. John Bel Edwards’ veto of a bill that would scrap the training and permit needed

[ad_1] At this point, it’s hard to keep track of the gun violence that is ravaging our country. In 2021, there already have been over 310 mass shootings nationwide and over 17,000 lives lost to gun violence. In Orange County’s 37th Senate District, we have experienced two high-profile shootings, including the March 31 mass shooting

[ad_1] By Matt Manda New York’s Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo wasted no time peddling lies and frequently debunked falsehoods about the firearm industry while announcing his new first-in-the-nation criminal gun violence “Disaster Emergency” plans. The governor’s antigun track record runs longer than the Hudson River. It wasn’t surprising that his dog and pony show announcement included a bill signing ceremony enacting the unconstitutional

[ad_1] Allowing restrictive voter laws bad for our health As a Bay Area health care executive, I’ve seen that no matter how comprehensive my team’s care is for our patients, our actions in pediatric oncology are no match for the effects of toxic air pollution and the accelerating ecological crisis. Voting determines what policies get

[ad_1] In another example of liberal gaslighting, a coalition of leftist activists has come together to tell the media that they are not being sympathetic enough to their causes and explain how they can become better allies. NARAL Pro-Choice America, Giffords, United We Dream, and the LGBTQ Task Force, all far left activist organizations that

[ad_1] Last week Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon and Secretary of State Ed Buchanan invited the National Rifle Association to consider relocating its operations from Virginia to Wyoming. We concur and we believe Cody would be an ideal choice for the location for the NRA headquarters. The invitation letter sent to the NRA outlines the case

[ad_1] Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-N.Y., is pushing the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a state law limiting who can carry concealed handguns outside their homes, and she has support from 168 House Republicans. Tenney and the coalition of Republicans will file an amicus brief backing the New York State Rifle & Pistol Association’s lawsuit against

[ad_1] TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) – The National Rifle Association on Wednesday went to a federal appeals court after a judge last month upheld a Florida law that prevents people under age 21 from buying guns. The NRA, which challenged the constitutionality of the law after it passed in 2018, filed a notice of appealing the ruling

[ad_1] The title “The Price of Freedom” refers to the death toll that the gun lobby would dismiss as simply the cost of Second Amendment rights. Bill Clinton, among other interviewees in this documentary, disputes that idea. If the deaths of innocents are necessary for people to exercise their freedom, the former president says, the

[ad_1] CASPER – Gov. Mark Gordon and Secretary of State Ed Buchanan have invited the National Rifle Association to relocate from Virginia to Wyoming, they said in a joint letter released Tuesday. Though the letter was sent to the gun rights group on June 18, Gordon and Buchanan have not yet heard back from the

[ad_1] The modern iteration of the National Rifle Association as a political force opposed to any measure of gun safety was familiar to Fred Guttenberg even before his 14-year-old daughter, Jaime, was killed along with 16 others at Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school in Parkland, Florida, on 14 February 2018. The group’s response to Parkland

[ad_1] By Jon Greenberg, PolitiFact reporter President Joe Biden’s plan to curb rising violence relies on several steps: more aid to local police departments, expanding job programs for young adults, more violence intervention programs, and tougher measures to shut down gun sellers who break federal laws. “Rogue gun dealers feel like they can get away

[ad_1] After wrapping up their final cases for the 2020–2021 session last week, the Supreme Court’s nine justices will not reconvene again until October — but when they do, they are expected to issue major rulings on abortion and gun rights that will be influential for years to come. While more cases could still be

[ad_1] As gun violence soars in the United States, we look at the Second Amendment and its racist roots with Carol Anderson, author of the new book, “The Second: Race and Guns in a Fatally Unequal America.” In the book, Anderson details how the Second Amendment was written to empower local militia groups to put

[ad_1] Some of the key moderate Democratic senators needed to confirm President Biden’s pick to run the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, David Chipman, are still undecided about whether they will vote for the controversial nominee who has a history of working with high-profile gun control groups.  Chipman, who also has a history of

[ad_1] David Calvert/ The Nevada Independent via AP, Pool (2020) State Senate Majority Leader Nicole Cannizzaro, D-Las Vegas, shown in 2020, shepherded Senate Bill 452 through the the chamber earlier this year. The measure would have allowed casinos to become gun-free zones. By Ric Anderson (contact) Sunday, July 4, 2021 | 2 a.m. In recent sessions