[ad_1] AUSTIN (Nester) — Rep. Stan Gerdes and Tom Glass are battling to be House District 17’s GOP nominee.  The race involves Bastrop, Burleson, Caldwell, Lee and Milam counties but, like many races for state representative, it reflects an ongoing rivalry in Austin. Click here for election results Gerdes, who is backed by Gov. Greg

[ad_1] (The Center Square) – Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson and Attorney General Josh Stein will face off for governor of North Carolina in the general election this fall. Respective primaries were called less than 45 minutes after polls closed. Robinson won the Republican primary on Tuesday and Stein prevailed among the Democrats. Neither was a

[ad_1] Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson of North Carolina won the state’s Republican gubernatorial primary on Tuesday, according to preliminary results from the Associated Press. Robinson, the first African American to hold his current office, has attracted attention for his statements and staunch support of Second Amendment rights. On Tuesday, he won the Republican gubernatorial nomination for

[ad_1] RICHMOND — An angry Walmart employee in Chesapeake purchased a gun Nov. 22, 2022. Hours later, six of his co-workers were dead. Only a few months later, a 6-year-old student in Newport News brought his mother’s firearm to school and shot his teacher. In December, a 2-year-old girl in Hampton died after she accessed a

[ad_1] We wouldn’t want the week to go by without a word of congratulations to the National Rifle Association, one of America’s most venerable and distinguished civil rights organizations. The worst of the legal onslaught launched by Governor Andrew Cuomo and Attorney General Letitia James has passed. Despite their best efforts to close the doors

[ad_1] America’s oldest gun manufacturer, Remington, is officially closing its plant in New York this month and moving to Georgia after more than 200 years in the Empire State. America’s oldest gun manufacturer, Remington, is officially closing its plant in New York this month and moving to Georgia after more than 200 years in the

[ad_1] An interesting summary of the historical background to this pending Supreme Court case (in which I’m Counsel of Record, and which the ACLU’s Legal Director, David Cole, will be arguing on March 18), by the ACLU’s Jennesa Calvo-Friedman: More than 60 years ago the Supreme Court ruled that the First Amendment bars the government

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[ad_1] I am a lifelong outdoorsman, strong supporter of the Second Amendment and serial exerciser of my Second Amendment right. I chair the Senate Fish, Game and Forestry Committee that has jurisdiction over hunting, fishing and forestry laws in South Carolina. I authored the constitutional amendment guaranteeing South Carolinians’ right to hunt and fish, am

[ad_1] The South Dakota Legislature’s main run has hit its final week, with lawmakers facing major decisions ranging from finalizing the budget to addressing prison construction and a controversial pipeline measure. District 18 Sen. Jean Hunhoff (R-Yankton) and Reps. Mike Stevens (R-Yankton) and Julie Auch (R-Lesterville) appeared at Saturday’s final Cracker Barrel of the session.

[ad_1] Maria Isa at a 2022 event (photo by Sarah Whiting) UPDATED March 12: The House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee heard a bill co-authored by Representative Maria Isa Perez-Vega (DFL-65B), representative of District 66B, to enable local governmental units around the state to restrict or prohibit the possession of dangerous weapons on public

[ad_1] It’s concerning when we have folks seeking to restrict our Second Amendment rights. Maybe even more so when we see how ignorant the people in power who are looking at these issues are about guns.  I wrote last week about how Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson somehow thought that bump stocks would make

[ad_1] Karina Gonzalez, 48, and her 15-year-old daughter were fatally shot by her husband, Jose Alvarez, in their Little Village home on July 3, 2023. Before she was killed, Gonzalez had obtained a civil order of protection against her husband, which required law enforcement to remove his Firearm Owner’s Identification (FOID) card. But he never

[ad_1] Good morning. I’m Samantha Young, a reporter at KFF Health News who covers health-care politics and policy in California, including the impact of gun violence. Please send tips and story ideas to syoung@kff.org. Not a subscriber? Sign up here. Today’s edition: Congress released six funding bills ahead of Friday’s shutdown deadline. A popular Obamacare

[ad_1] MARION, Ill. — The day after former President Donald Trump endorsed his congressional opponent, a scorned Darren Bailey who had deeply coveted Trump’s backing took to Facebook to deliver another of his near-daily video devotionals to supporters. “I am so confident of victory because I believe that you know that you’re not going to

[ad_1] A parallel exists between Wayne La Pierre, former leader of the National Rifle Association, and Clarence Thomas, a Supreme Court justice. Both men have damaged public trust in their respective institutions. As a gun owner and hunter, I have watched over the last few decades as the NRA increasingly polarized its membership via publications,

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[ad_1] The Florida House passed legislation on Friday to lower the legal firearm purchase age from 21 to 18 years. The NRA-ILA reported that the bill, HB 1223, passed the House by a vote of 76-35. It was legal to buy a long gun in Florida at age 18 until shortly after the February 14, 2018, Parkland

[ad_1] Russell Phipps Russell A. Phipps of Hopkinton, a 102-year-old World War II veteran, passed away peacefully on Feb. 25 at The Residence of Valley Farm, a premium senior living facility in Ashland. He was surrounded by his two children and very close hospice workers.  He was husband to his beloved wife, Doris, for 71

[ad_1] By Dave Bates For the Observer-Reporter I am not a politician nor do I enjoy politics. This installment, however, comes dangerously close to taking a political stance. If you are reading this outdoors column that is directed towards hunters, shooters, fishermen and the like, there’s a good chance you might already be a member

[ad_1] During the primaries, three Republicans compete for the House District 5 State Representative position, while House District 6 candidates Daniel Alders, a Republican, and Cody Grace, a Democrat, are uncontested in March and set to run against each other in November. Each candidate spoke to the Tyler Morning Telegraph to share their views and

[ad_1] Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email The Florida House of Representatives has passed a bill that would allow 18-year-olds to buy firearms, lowering the previous age minimum of 21. The Republican-controlled state House passed the controversial

[ad_1] by Jeff Gross, contributing writer Getting closer to Fishing Season As usual folks up in Maine are taking some great Trout and Atlantic Salmon. The Keeper Salmon in the header photo was caught by my friend’s wife on Moosehead Lake.  Apparently, Jon has more than one keeper. Though the Salmon was released. Thursday the 29th

[ad_1] Abraham Lincoln said, “You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time.” Apparently, though, you can fool enough people enough of the time that we in America have a serious problem

[ad_1] Book: THE AMERICAN BEAST: ESSAYS, 2012-2022 Author: Jill Lepore Published by: John Murray Price: Rs 799 At the dedication of the National Archives Building in 1941, the then president, F.D. Roosevelt, emphasised that: “To bring together the records of the past and to house them in buildings where they will be preserved for the

[ad_1] In the Warsaw Ghetto in October 1941 Mary Berg, then a teenager, wrote in her diary about the improbable persistence of laughter in that hellish place: Every day at the Art Café on Leszno Street one can hear songs and satires on the police, the ambulance service, the rickshaws, and even the Gestapo, in

[ad_1] Letters submitted by BDN readers are verified by BDN Opinion Page staff. Send your letters to letters@bangordailynews.com The Feb. 28 Bangor Daily News article by Billy Kobin on the governor’s and Maine Legislature’s newly proposed gun safety bills includes a link to an National Rifle Association article about the bills. In the linked article, the NRA accuses

[ad_1] Actor and incoming NRA president Charlton Heston with outgoing president Marion Hammer and Executive vice president and CEO Wayne LaPierre in 1998. By Dan Christensen, FloridaBulldog.org National Rifle Association honcho Wayne LaPierre’s ticket to ride the NRA’s gravy train was canceled last week with a New York jury’s widely reported corruption findings, but his

[ad_1] So it appears that Kyle Rittenhouse has gotten himself into a little spat with one of his fellow Republicans who is promoting sensible AR-15-style gun control laws. Apparently, Kyliepoo doesn’t like this. Rittenhouse, who killed two men with the aforementioned gun and was subsequently acquitted of the killings, is all up in his feels

[ad_1] Less than a week after Laken Riley was reportedly killed via blunt force trauma by a non-U.S. citizen, President Joe Biden spoke to reporters about his efforts to fight crime and pushed more gun control. Biden said, “I’ve taken more executive actions to stop the flow of illegal guns than any other administration in