[ad_1] The National Rifle Association has laid off dozens of employees, canceled its national convention and scuttled fundraising, membership and shooting events that normally would be key to rallying its base in an election year. The coronavirus pandemic has upended the gun-rights organization during what should be heady times for the group, in the middle

[ad_1] People at the NRA booth during Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC 2020, at the National Harbor, in Oxon Hill, Md., Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) The National Rifle Association has laid off dozens of employees, canceled its national convention and scuttled fundraising, membership and shooting events that normally would be key

[ad_1] Already struggling due to expensive legal battles, the National Rifle Association is scraping by amid the coronavirus pandemic, with dozens of employees laid off or furloughed and senior staffers taking 20 percent pay cuts. The organization canceled its national convention and several fundraisers and other events that bring money into the group. In a

[ad_1] Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. The National Rifle Association has laid off dozens of employees, canceled its national convention and scaled back on fundraising, membership and shooting events just months before the presidential election and during an unprecedented pandemic, as gun advocates are fighting

[ad_1] New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) extended her state’s coronavirus shutdown two more weeks, but simultaneously noted that Federal Firearms License holders (FFLs) could reopen their gun stores and take customers by appointment. On May 1, KOB 4 reported that Grisham extended the shutdown to May 15, but allowed gun stores, pet services, and

[ad_1] by: CNN Business, Shannon Robinson Posted: May 3, 2020 / 11:14 AM CDT / Updated: May 3, 2020 / 11:14 AM CDT (CNN/WIAT) — Blue Bell ice cream company pleads guilty and agrees to pay $19.3 million in fines for distributing contaminated ice cream causing a listeria outbreak 5 years ago that left three

[ad_1] FILE – In this May 4, 2013, file photo, National Rifle Association members listen to speakers during the NRA’s annual Meetings and Exhibits at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston. The Los Angeles City Council, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020 repealed a law requiring companies that want city contracts to disclose whether they

[ad_1] Some gun owners balk at California’s new ammunition law Anyone looking to buy ammunition in the Golden State will now be required to show an ID and is subject to a spot background check and a $1 fee. The new law also bars online sales of ammunition, forcing buyers to use a licensed dealer,

[ad_1] THE N.R.A. The Unauthorized HistoryBy Frank Smyth Read by the author The long and complicated history of the powerful gun rights organization known as the National Rifle Association merits a serious examination by an author not handpicked by the group to tell its story. The journalist and gun enthusiast Frank Smyth has nominated himself

[ad_1] Rick Friedman, owner of Right to Self Protect, a firearms store and training facility with two locations in New Jersey, is accustomed to seeing the same clients month after month. But when SARS-CoV-2 began to spread, Friedman noticed a change. His neighbors began to stop him on the street and ask about coming in.

[ad_1] Carolyn Muyskens @cjmuyskens Tuesday Apr 28, 2020 at 11:01 AM ALLEGAN COUNTY — Private practice attorney Michael Villar is running against Allegan County Prosecutor Myrene Koch in the August primary election. The primary contest will be the second between Koch and Villar for the prosecutor’s position. In August 2018, Koch and Villar went head-to-head after

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[ad_1] The NRA trolled Democrat presidential hopeful Joe Biden Monday with a tweet urging him to keep talking because his botched facts “make more people buy guns” and drive more people to join the NRA itself. They tweeted: Dear @JoeBiden: Every time you push for gun control and botch every fact about guns, you make

[ad_1] WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a major gun-rights case from New York because the law in question has been rescinded, disappointing Second Amendment activists and several conservative justices, who said the court had been manipulated. The decision dismissing the case was unsigned, but three justices filed a dissent. “By incorrectly dismissing

[ad_1] Posted: Apr 27, 2020 / 07:48 PM EDT / Updated: Apr 27, 2020 / 07:48 PM EDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court sidestepped a major decision on gun rights Monday in a dispute over New York City’s former ban on transporting guns. The justices threw out a challenge from gun rights groups, including

[ad_1] The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear a challenge to a New York City law restricting the rights of handgun owners to carry their weapons outside the home. The 6-3 decision sends the case back to the lower courts — a move that pleases gun control advocates who were afraid that the

[ad_1] The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear a challenge to a New York City law restricting the rights of handgun owners to carry their weapons outside the home. The 6-3 decision sends the case back to the lower courts — a move that pleases gun control advocates who were afraid that the

[ad_1] The U.S. Supreme Court has once again punted on the question of gun rights, throwing out as moot a challenge to New York City’s strict gun regulations on transporting licensed guns outside the home. New York City, in the name of public safety, has very strict gun regulations. It allows people to have a

[ad_1] A 2nd Amendment challenge to a New York City gun ordinance fizzled in the Supreme Court on Monday, but conservative justices looked poised to expand gun rights in future cases. In a brief unsigned opinion, the high court said the New York case was moot because the city had repealed an ordinance that barred

[ad_1] The Supreme Court on Monday refused to decide on the constitutionality of a controversial New York City gun law that has since changed, ruling in an unsigned opinion that the case is now “moot” because of the changes in the law. The court’s move to even hear the gun rights case despite a perceived procedural issue

[ad_1] WASHINGTON, April 27 (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a challenge to New York City restrictions on handgun owners transporting their firearms outside the home, meaning the justices for now will not be wading into the battle over the scope of the right to bear arms under the U.S. Constitution’s Second

[ad_1] Reprinted with permission from MediaMatters Investigative reporting has illuminated connections between pro-gun activists and the fringe protests demanding that various states prematurely end stay-at-home orders and allow nonessential businesses to reopen. Local gun activists in Wisconsin and Virginia, some well-known national gun rights extremists, and pro-gun message boards are cheering on the protests too.

[ad_1] Reprinted with permission from DCReport Former Kansas Gov. Mark Parkinson, a Democrat but the CEO of a nursing home industry group, wrote Trump after the 2016 election seeking a “collaborative approach” to regulation, much like the one the Federal Aviation Administration has had with the aircraft industry. Team Trump acquiesced, rolling back fines and

[ad_1] [United States Foreign Policy for 2019-2020 is clarified in this speech, for those who wish to study how all 193 nations interrelate in 2020. After the speech text appearing below is further analysis of the speechwriter, Stephen Miller. This will be useful to heads of state, foreign ministers, and United Nations ambassadors. The 2020

[ad_1] SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An appeals court has reinstated a California law requiring background checks for people buying ammunition, reversing a federal judge’s decision to stop the checks that he said violate the constitutional right to bear arms. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday granted the state attorney general’s request to stay

[ad_1] FILE – In this June 11, 2019, file photo, Chris Puehse, owner of Foothill Ammo, displays .45-caliber ammunition for sale at his store in Shingle Springs, Calif. An appeals court on Friday, April 24, 2020, has reinstated a California law requiring background checks for people buying ammunition, reversing a federal judge’s decision to stop

[ad_1] Dozens of pastors across the Bible Belt have succumbed to coronavirus after churches and televangelists played down the pandemic and actively encouraged churchgoers to flout self-distancing guidelines. As many as 30 church leaders from the nation’s largest African American Pentecostal denomination have now been confirmed to have died in the outbreak, as members defied

[ad_1] Ammunition Depot comments on Judge Roger T. Benitez ruling that Californians may again purchase ammo without a background check and order ammo online. SAN DIEGO (PRWEB) April 24, 2020 California’s citizens have struck a blow to Proposition 63 and its violation of their constitutional right to keep and bear arms. Today, Judge Roger T.

[ad_1] A small consolation in the upheaval created by the coronavirus is that disease is a public health issue, not a political one; it should transcend the partisanship that has so bitterly divided us. The virus, we’ve heard repeatedly, can’t tell the difference between Republicans and Democrats. In fact, however, COVID-19 and the governmental actions

[ad_1] Campaign Action Considering that the NRA has bought and paid for control of the U.S. Senate, virtually all of the House GOP, the executive branch of the government, and as a result the U.S. attorney general’s office, it’s hard to not roll one’s eyes out of one’s head at the idea of the liberal “weaponized government” LaPierre