[ad_1] To the editor: The Second Amendment to the Constitution states “A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.” This amendment is ambiguous since a well-regulated militia and arms are not adequately defined. The Founding Fathers

[ad_1] Dear Editor, Colorado has an intimate relationship with mass shootings. Cynical as it is, you can argue that Columbine pioneered the school-shooting motif, subsequently copied by many disturbed souls. So I wasn’t entirely surprised when the grocery store I frequented every week for more than 10 years became the latest example. Mass shootings are

[ad_1] Political analyst Otis Sanford discusses the week in Tennessee politics for March 28-April 3, 2021. In a numerical sense, lawmakers in Tennessee have little concern or need for bipartisanship. That’s because the 31 Democrats in the General Assembly are vastly outnumbered in policy debates with the state’s 99 Republicans. But with the federal government

[ad_1] Jordan Sellergren/Little Village On Friday afternoon, as the Easter holiday weekend was beginning, Gov. Kim Reynolds’ office sent out a news release stating that the governor had signed into a law a bill eliminating the requirement for a person to be licensed to buy or carry a gun. The bill, HF 756, was passed

[ad_1] CLOSE Gov. Reynolds spoke on the law using a “holistic approach” to emphasize safety through addressing mental and behavioral health issues. Des Moines Register Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has signed a law allowing people to buy and carry handguns in Iowa without a permit, fulfilling a longtime goal of gun rights advocates. The law,

[ad_1] Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge helped lead a lawsuit against the Biden administration and threw her support behind the National Rifle Association in a pair of Wednesday legal filings. Thirteen states, including Arkansas, sued President Joe Biden’s administration Wednesday, claiming the $350 billion in pandemic relief funds for states and local governments “sets up

[ad_1] A Morning Consult poll released Wednesday shows 59 percent of Republicans are against stricter gun control laws, which is 13 percent more than in 2019. After a handful of shootings, the Republicans’ stance opposing gun control hardens. The poll found that 59 percent of Republican voters oppose having stricter gun control laws in the United

[ad_1] Sometime this spring, in an attempt to do something — anything — on gun control, the U.S. Senate will revive a bill that would require people who buy guns from unlicensed dealers to undergo federal background checks, closing a gap often called the “gun show loophole.” If it passes, this exceedingly modest measure will

[ad_1] Opposing sides of the gun debate turned out in mid-March as lawmakers weighed a bill to curtail the sale and use of untraceable “ghost guns” and make it a crime to carry a weapon on property where it’s forbidden without permission. Assembly Bill 286 drew three hours of testimony along the familiar lines of

[ad_1] The US National Rifle Association (NRA) is at the forefront of the fight over Second Amendment rights as the Biden administration and Democratic Party are seeking to tighten up gun controls following deadly shootings in Georgia and Colorado. However, the 150-year-old group is in a heap of trouble itself. The NRA has signalled that

[ad_1] In the wake of two (more) high-profile mass shootings, we’re (again) talking about guns — and whether Congress will do anything to restrict people from purchasing them. That debate occasioned this exchange on Sunday between “Fox News Sunday” anchor Chris Wallace and South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham (bolding is mine): Wallace: “Senator, first

[ad_1] CLOSE During his speech, Lee highlighted his budget and legislative priorities, including the state’s COVID-19 response, education, rural development and assistance for struggling families. Nashville Tennessean The Tennessee General Assembly has approved Gov. Bill Lee’s legislation to allow most adults to carry handguns without obtaining a permit, a measure some Republicans sought for years

[ad_1] Researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago have published a study that claims “racially biased conservative Whites” support the Second Amendment right to bear arms because they identify gun ownership with good citizenship and suggests mass shootings “may be a symptom of the country’s enduring legacy of racism.” This analysis was published in

[ad_1] It’s an even bigger challenge at the federal level, where no major gun-control measure has passed in more than two decades, even though nearly 20,000 Americans were killed by guns last year, according to the Gun Violence Archive. Boulder residents paid their respects to the lives lost on March 22 and reflected on the

[ad_1] I’ve always been an independent voter. I vote for candidates based on the person, not their party affiliation. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell threatens “scorched earth” if the filibuster is changed or eliminated. Can it possibly get any worse than the current environment in our country? To me, we have no sane gun control

[ad_1] Filibuster stands in way of For the People Act We have to get rid of the filibuster to stop the tyranny of the extremist minority that currently dominates our political power through violence, guns, racism, and disinformation. We have to do that to pass the For the People Act. If this Senate can do

[ad_1] By Brian Greenspun (contact) Sunday, March 28, 2021 | 2 a.m. When will America find its voice? This weekend begins the Jewish celebration of Passover. It’s a big deal. It commemorates the freedom from the bondage of Pharaoh in Egypt of the Jewish people. The Book of Exodus tells this wonderful story about perseverance,

[ad_1] Once a powerful group respected or feared on both sides of the aisle, financial and legal problems in recent years have hobbled the NRA’s ability to shape the political conversation around gun ownership and the Second Amendment. Neither the NRA nor its public face, executive vice president Wayne LaPierre, have made policy statements about

[ad_1] Dad often hunted with my brother Tom, who was 12 years older than me. They were out hunting on Oct. 1, 1951, the day my sister was born. I was told my mom didn’t fault them for being gone but suggested they clean and cook the birds themselves. Much later, retiring from the Air

[ad_1] Mr. Cruz and others say that now is not the time for change. They have said the same thing after every mass shooting, of which there have been too many. Republican senators have tried doing nothing, the status quo, and we know that doesn’t stop the violence. For Mr. Cruz and the NRA and gun

[ad_1] The massacres in Boulder, Colorado, with 10 killed, and in metro Atlanta, with eight killed, are just two more instances of senseless gun violence enabled by the NRA, gun manufacturers, and the corrupt politicians they control. Here is a short reminder of some others, for any who might need it: Columbine High School, Colorado,

[ad_1] WASHINGTON — Supporters of gun control lashed out at President Biden on Friday for suggesting a day earlier that gun legislation would not be his next priority even after two mass shootings in a week. Mr. Biden initially said on Tuesday that he did not need to “wait another minute” to address the epidemic

[ad_1] The group has been plagued by infighting and allegations of self-dealing and is defending itself against a sweeping lawsuit filed in August by the New York attorney general that alleges that the organization violated its nonprofit status as its top leaders allegedly raided the organization’s coffers for personal gain. The NRA disclosed last year

[ad_1] ——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————– “Either this nation will kill racism, or racism will kill this nation.” (S. Jonas, August, 2018) ——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————– Introductory note to the reader: Regular readers of my columns will know that I write on this subject on a fairly regular basis (see the note at the end of the column

[ad_1] CLOSE Boulder, Colorado mourns the ten people murdered during a shooting rampage inside a King Soopers grocery store. USA TODAY WASHINGTON – With Republicans and Democrats already speeding toward a familiar stalemate over whether to respond to a recent spate of mass shootings, experts on both sides of the debate are predicting the Supreme Court

[ad_1] No one is enforcing the laws Let me start with I am a former police officer. The shooting in Boulder this week was a horrific event, and my thoughts and prayers go out to the slain officer’s family and the other victims families. But as normal after one of these mass shootings the first

[ad_1] Kits make ghost guns unregistered and untraceable Guns made by hobbyists or 3D printers are just as lethal, but aren’t traceable and don’t require background checks. USA TODAY A campus-wide email promoting an event about 3D-printed guns has upset some Iowa State University students in the wake of mass shootings in Boulder, Colorado, and Atlanta.

[ad_1] Following the Atlanta and Boulder murders, we now fall somewhere between hope and inanity. You might think the political moment is propitious. Policies such as tighter criminal background checks and closing the private-sale loophole are wildly popular, including among Republican voters. The National Rifle Association — the main institutional opponent of gun reform —

[ad_1] CLOSE The day after a gunman opened fire in a Colorado supermarket, President Joe Biden called on Congress to move quickly to toughen the country’s gun laws. He also called Officer Eric Talley, who died in the line of duty, “an American hero.” (March 23) AP Domestic Joe Biden wants to re-make America’s roads,