By Kay Jones and Nicole Williams, CNN The National Rifle Association (NRA) announced Tuesday it has canceled its 2021 annual meeting in Houston, citing the worsening Covid-19 situation there. The NRA reached the “difficult decision” to call off the event after analysis of the “relevant data regarding COVID-19 in Harris County, Texas,” the association said

The National Rifle Association announced on Tuesday that it was canceling its annual meeting in Houston because of concerns over the rising number of Covid cases in the area, fueled by the Delta variant. “The N.R.A.’s top priority is ensuring the health and well-being of our members, staff, sponsors and supporters,” the organization said in

The National Rifle Association (NRA) announced Tuesday that it was canceling its annual Texas meeting due to safety concerns amid rising coronavirus infections around Houston.  In a statement on its website, the gun rights advocacy group said its “top priority is ensuring the health and well-being of our members, staff, sponsors, and supporters.”  “We make

President Biden and his Attorney General, Merrick Garland, have championed “red flag” laws that authorize courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from possessing or accessing guns based on unproven and uncorroborated allegations by family members, coworkers, law enforcement officers or others. A key feature of these laws is an initial order that is imposed “ex parte” – without notice

DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The National Rifle Association announced Tuesday, August 24, it has cancelled its 2021 Annual Meeting set for Houston due to the COVID-19 surge. “We make this difficult decision after analyzing relevant data regarding COVID-19 in Harris County, Texas,” the NRA said in a letter it posted on Twitter. “We also consulted with

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Early Voting For District 10 Started Today ELLIS COUNTY – Former Texas State Representative Jake Ellzey, District 10 who is now sitting in the 6th Congressional District seat after winning that race last month, created  the need for an upcoming special election to fill his vacancy. Early voting has started for a

Commentary In this episode of Counterculture, “Gun Control and COVID-19,” host Danielle D’Souza Gill explores American freedoms that are being taken away by our government little by little. She also delves into how COVID-19 and gun control are linked together. This video gives us vital information about how the government and Democrats in particular want

Supporters of gun control and firearm safety measures hold a protest rally outside the US Supreme Court as the Court hears oral arguments in State Rifle and Pistol v. City of New York, NY, in Washington, DC, December 2, 2019. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on

Incoming New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, is expected to face challengers on the left in 2022 as potential rivals pore over her past opposition to driver licenses for illegal immigrants and her other previous positions that were out of step with the party’s liberal base.She once received the endorsement of the National Rifle

By Andy Branca / Herald Forum Among my favorite hobbies over the past 30 years is target shooting with handguns, shotguns, and rifles. I enjoyed hunting in my youth, but other life activities led me in new directions, and I haven’t hunted since my high school and early college years. Eight years ago, I joined

With all the drama one would expect with any legislation involving personal firearms, the Extreme Risk Firearm Protection Order Act was signed into law in February 2020 by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham. It took effect that May. According to the Santa Fe New Mexican, only four petitions have been filed statewide seeking to remove firearms

US 01:40 GMT 13.08.2021(updated 01:41 GMT 13.08.2021) Get short URL Earlier, social media giants Facebook and Twitter were blasted after it became clear both platforms were deliberately disabling the sharing of articles regarding a missing laptop and emails said to belong to US President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter. At the time, officials explained the move

  Commentary: After more than 40 years of gun shows at the EXPO New Mexico at the State Fairgrounds in Albuquerque the State of New Mexico will no longer allow gun shows at state-run facilities. The NRA released a statement on the state’s “misguided policy” banning gun shows saying, “Senate Bill 8 [a 2019 bill that enacted sweeping gun

I grew up in Minnesota, and I hunted and shot guns a lot. I’m not against guns. I even bought my two younger brothers their first rifle. And also as a kid I got to tour the Capitol, as kids still do. As an adult exercising the First Amendment in the rotunda, I was told

Gov. Chris Sununu vetoed two bills that would have ended the state’s Gun Line Tuesday, halting a proposal by some gun rights advocates to send all firearm background check requests to the FBI. This story was originally published in New Hampshire Bulletin. In a long-awaited decision, Sununu struck down Senate Bill 141 and House Bill

ANALYSIS/OPINION: Imagine the uproar if Donald Trump or George W. Bush had appointed an NRA lobbyist to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF). Liberals, Democrats, and the media would have gone nuts. Former New York Mayor Michel Bloomberg would have thrown a fit, and the nominee would have been excoriated in

Supporters of banning abortions and unrestricted access to rapid-fire weapons have something in common — a preference for bait and switch debate tactics. They provide emotionally charged justifications for policies that in reality have less politically potent rationales. This is their response to a dilemma. If they did not use exaggerated melodramatic rhetoric that calls for

Stars’ salutations to arms Killing citizens in New York, shooting innocents in Chicago, mass murders by firearms in California. And Hollywood keeps triggering movies that star guns. “Django Unchained,” “Rambo,” “Brawl in Cell Block 99,” “A Nightmare on Elm Street.” Nice. “Evil Dead” was 2013. One massacre — which maybe got released on a Valentine’s

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The latest push to loosen gun laws in states across the U.S. has put police officers at odds with Republican lawmakers who usually trumpet support for law enforcement. In states like Texas, Tennessee and Louisiana, police opposed pushes to drop requirements for people to get background checks and training before

This story was posted with permission from on Salon.com It just so happens that in the process of making us laugh about the problems they observed in America during their show’s run — and which have gotten so much worse — they foresaw the advent of the Trump era. Their sketches also manage to speak

Nick Penzenstadler, USA TODAY and Brian Freskos, The Trace  |  USA TODAY President Joe Biden’s pick to lead the Justice Department’s gun agency hinges on a final decision by Sen. Angus King, an independent from Maine, that could kneecap a key plank of the gun violence prevention agenda. David Chipman, a former agent with the

Missouri Republican Gov. Mike Parson has now pardoned the pair for their crimes, as he had previously promised he would. Both state and national Republicans were aghast the McCloskeys even being charged for their gun-waving, and the racist portions of the party—meaning pretty much all of it—claimed that even charging the Missouri pair for waving guns

There’s a thin line between what we call “civilization” and the kind of grim barbarism created by ISIS, Boko Haram and Al Qaeda. That line is defined by a single and simple tweak of a culture and its main religion’s primary story-line with a variation that, from time to time, infects human cultures. Here it

It’s been a busy summer of hate for liberal journalists. When they weren’t cursing Republicans for their election “rigging” “American Apartheid”  tactics, they were condemning them as a “domestic terror threat” who supported “war criminal” Donald Trump.  This past month saw MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace paint the Republican party as a “domestic-terror threat,” the New York

Lea en español It was on Nov. 5, 2005, when José Guzmán had the worst day of his life. Two armed teenagers robbed the Subway restaurant located near 43rd Avenue and McDowell Road in Phoenix, where Guzmán’s 17-year-old son Guillermo worked. What appeared to be a simple robbery turned into a double murder in a matter of seconds.

Life goes on. While the media grows ever shriller and as arguing over political topics continues in the nation’s capital, the National Rifle Association is quietly planning to mark its 150th anniversary during an annual meeting in Houston, set for Sept. 3-5. This is a mammoth event, described as a “celebration of freedom” by the

Federal judges have rejected most Second Amendment arguments of gun rights activists since a 2008 landmark case. Now the Supreme Court will hear a case that could invalidate state laws restricting who can be armed on our streets. The New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, which is affiliated with the NRA, and two men

Robin Ball and her husband Steve opened the gun range on July 25, 1995. Ball has served as CEO of the company for 26 years. SPOKANE, Wash. — The CEO of Sharp Shooting Indoor Range and Gun Shop announced her retirement Tuesday afternoon and the sale of her business. According to a press release, Robin

New laws restricting abortion, banning covid-19 mandates and limiting transgender participation in school sports are set to go into effect in Arkansas on Wednesday. This week, pandemic-inspired allowances for alcohol delivery will become permanent; country music legend Johnny Cash will have a day dedicated in his honor; and qualifying immigrants will be eligible for new