[ad_1] Two evolving groups of the electorate–women and young voters–are set to make waves in the 2024 presidential election. Both of these groups have had an emerging impact on politics, and pollsters and pundits have a lot to say about how these groups will leave their mark on 2024. As the voting day nears and

[ad_1] “They have taken away all First Amendment Rights. THIS IS NOT AMERICA!”  So complained Donald Trump after a New York jury ordered him to pay $83.3 million for defaming E. Jean Carroll.  “In so many different respects,” I surmised last year, “it is hard to think of any other single person whose actions have had such

[ad_1] click to enlarge Oakland County Jail/ZUMA Press Wire Jennifer Crumbley, the mother of Oxford High School shooter Ethan Crumbley, was arrested on Dec. 4, 2021. In the blurry video clip from inside the cop car, Jennifer and James Crumbley sit in the back seat, held there temporarily just hours after their son killed four

[ad_1] Republican lawmakers and political candidates rallied with supporters Saturday outside the New Mexico State Capitol to denounce proposed gun restrictions and lay out an electoral strategy to make inroads with conservative Democrats in order to get more gun rights supporters elected in the Roundhouse. Five state GOP electeds joined gun rights advocates and encouraged

[ad_1] Ugh, whenever I see the name Kyle Rittenhouse I just shudder. He thinks he’s just so smart, and as you’ll soon see, he’s not. In fact, he’s an uneducated idiot who should really disappear for a while, grow up, and thank his lucky stars that he got away with murder. Rittenhouse is now lashing

[ad_1] BY GREG MARKLEY OPINION — Teaching college at Fort Benning in 2013, I gave 30 soldiers an assignment: “Name your favorite of the Ten Amendments and explain why.” When essays came in a week later, I found one Sixth Amendment (criminal defendants’ rights), two Fourth Amendment (unreasonable searches and seizures), three First Amendment (free

[ad_1]   Second Amendment issues might not be as heavily reported as they once were when Barack Obama declared war on gun rights. The Heller, McDonald, and Bruen decisions have answered many vital issues concerning the right to carry and ownership. That still hasn’t stopped liberals from trying to chip away at the Bill of

[ad_1]   Second Amendment issues might not be as heavily reported as they once were when Barack Obama declared war on gun rights. The Heller, McDonald, and Bruen decisions have answered many vital issues concerning the right to carry and ownership. That still hasn’t stopped liberals from trying to chip away at the Bill of

[ad_1] by Jeff Gross, contributing writer Fishing Finds The weather cannot make up its mind, but Rhode Island trout fishing has great potential. The RI DEM continues to stock some phenomenal trout.  If you have open water, consider giving the stocked areas a try.  Starting today Friday thru Sunday the NE Fishing Expo is going on

[ad_1] BOSTON (SHNS) – The Senate on Thursday night approved a sweeping overhaul of state firearms laws, setting up talks with the House that could lead to a major new law later this spring or summer. The Senate bill seeks to rein in untraceable ghost guns, bans carrying firearms in government administrative buildings, gives firearm

[ad_1] By Sherry Larson People’s Defender The Adams County Republican Party, chaired by Ty Pell, hosted a full house of interested voters on January 25 at the newly opened Adams County Training Center. The forum, which showcased federal, state, and local candidates, ran smoothly as Pell introduced and facilitated the evening, efficiently providing questions

[ad_1] Whistleblowers at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) are sounding the alarm on a reported 1,300-page draft document that allegedly justifies a proposed rule that would effectively ban private gun sales, according to a watchdog group.  “The fact that inside ATF sources are blowing the whistle on this draft rule is

[ad_1] For the second year in a row, the Florida Senate appears poised to reject a proposal that would lower the minimum age from 21 to 18 to purchase rifles and shotguns in the state. Senate President Kathleen Passidomo, R-Naples, said Thursday the Senate does not have a bill on the issue and that it

[ad_1] Acquitted gun killer Kyle Rittenhouse has lashed out at a Texas state representative over his stance on AR-15 legislation. Republican Justin Holland wants to raise the age when people can purchase the semi-automatic rifle from 18 to 21 in the state. Rittenhouse became known the world over when he fatally shot two people and

[ad_1] A Southern California federal judge with a history of pro-gun rulings issued another such decision this week, preventing the state’s ammunition background check from being enforced. Judge Roger Benitez of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California ruled on a California law that went into effect in 2019 requiring a background

[ad_1] Saturday Night Live made headlines this weekend for all the wrong reasons. During Weekend Update, a cast member suggested that Donald Trump stumbled and introduced a “new term” to the debate called “de-banking.” What followed was a rather feeble attempt at mocking the former president. In reality, de-banking is no laughing matter. It means

[ad_1] A bill that would lower the minimum age from 21 to 18 to purchase rifles and shotguns was approved Tuesday by a House panel, but its future remains in doubt as the proposal has not been filed in the Senate. The bill (HB 1223), approved by the Republican-controlled House Criminal Justice Subcommittee, would reverse

[ad_1] TALLAHASSEE – A bill that would lower the minimum age from 21 to 18 to purchase rifles and shotguns was approved Tuesday by a House panel, but its future remains in doubt as the proposal has not been filed in the Senate. The bill, approved by the Republican-controlled House Criminal Justice Subcommittee, would reverse

[ad_1] TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A bill that would lower the minimum age from 21 to 18 to purchase rifles and shotguns was approved Tuesday by a House panel, but its future remains in doubt as the proposal has not been filed in the Senate. The bill (HB 1223), approved by the Republican-controlled House Criminal Justice

[ad_1] (FOX40.COM) — With a new gun control law in California suspended as its legality makes its way through the courts, some officials are standing firm on their hopes of seeing the law permanently repealed. “While we know there is an issue with gun violence and we all want to address it, this path is

[ad_1] National Rifle Association(NRA) CEO Wayne LaPierre testified Tuesday in his New York fraud case that the reason he was resigning from his post was because he was diagnosed with late-stage Lyme disease, according to Stephen Gutkowski of The Reload. The 74-year-old LaPierre, who announced his resignation effective Wednesday on Jan. 5 for health reasons,

[ad_1] ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Densely packed in Lawyers Mall in Annapolis on Tuesday morning, mothers, advocates and policymakers celebrated a decade of legislative wins limiting firearm access and laid out plans to establish civil liability for gun dealers in 2024. Since 2013, the General Assembly has passed legislation mandating universal background checks and requiring gun

[ad_1] CNN  —  Wayne LaPierre, who helmed the National Rifle Association for three decades, wrapped up his testimony at a civil corruption case Tuesday by saying he wasn’t in it for the money. LaPierre took the stand in the final days of his tenure as head of one of the nation’s most powerful lobbying groups.

[ad_1] On Tuesday, the Indiana House of Representatives voted to pass a GOP-authored bill aimed at keeping records of gun sales and ownership private. House Bill 1084, authored by Rep. Jake Teshka, R-North Liberty, was prompted by a December 2022 announcement by the International Organization for Standardization of the creation a new merchant category code

[ad_1] Dominic Erdozain wants to reframe the gun control debate. The right has “convinced itself that privately held guns are the foundation of democracy,” he writes, and everyone else has been “bullied into acquiescence.”Advocates and opponents, the historian argues, have been “trapped in an illusion: the belief that today’s ‘freedoms’ are the norms of American

[ad_1] Legislation pending in the Washington state legislature would force gun owners to purchase insurance. Democratic State Sens. Patty Kuderer and Javier Valdez of Washington introduced SB5963, which would force insurance companies to ask prospective customers if they own firearms, and to then advise them of the state requirement to own liability insurance, according to

[ad_1] When Wayne LaPierre first joined the National Rifle Association in 1978, he was more comfortable on K Street than in a duck blind. “The safest place you could be with Wayne and a gun back then was in a different state, because he really did not know anything about guns,” former NRA spokesman John

[ad_1] Photos courtesy of Jonathan Kastellec, left, and Charles Cameron Charles Cameron is jointly appointed in the Department of Politics and the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs. He specializes in the analysis of political institutions, particularly courts and law, the American presidency, and legislatures. Jonathan Kastellec is a professor in the Department of Politics. His research

[ad_1] House Bill 415 as written is a disaster waiting to happen with implications to lessen school safety instead of enhancing it.  It is a piece of legislation unsolicited by any school district or school related entity in Idaho, and it was written in a vacuum and pushed onto our state by the National Rifle

[ad_1] A Washington Senate bill requiring liability insurance for gun owners is providing a new twist on the argument that citizens have right to bear arms in the state. Senate Bill 5963 would mandate all firearm owners in Washington to acquire and consistently maintain a residential dwelling policy and/or insurance policy that covers losses and