[ad_1]   Tillis again returned to Papertown on Aug. 23, hosting a brief but wide-ranging town hall and taking questions from elected officials and municipal administrators on everything from the future of the paper mill to cannabis legalization. Working hard on the ground  Canton Mayor Zeb Smathers welcomed Tillis to BearWaters Brewing, expressing his appreciation

[ad_1] From Justo Robles of CalMatters’ California Divide team:  Dozens of domestic workers laid banners on the state Capitol grounds Tuesday that spelled out the words “racist” and “injustice.” Then they cleaned them up.  It was all part of a rally of several hundred domestic laborers to urge state lawmakers to pass more workplace protections.

[ad_1] Opinion by Michael Fanone (CNN) — No weapon has been more in the public eye in America of late than the AR-15, in large part because of its tragic role in some of this country’s deadliest shootings. The AR-15 has the dubious distinction of being America’s most popular semi-automatic rifle. I’m more familiar with

[ad_1] The brutal killing of three Black people by a white gunman in Jacksonville, Florida has once again brought under the spotlight the steep rise of neo-Nazism and white supremacist tendencies in the U.S. The gunman used a military-grade assault rifle emblazoned with swastikas and left behind a manifesto saying he hated Black people, officials

[ad_1] EXCLUSIVE — Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen (R-MT) filed an amicus brief in a lawsuit over a Maryland county law he says is defying the Supreme Court‘s landmark Second Amendment test by establishing “unconstitutional” gun-free buffer zones. A group of 18 attorneys general led by Knudsen filed the brief Monday at the Virginia-based U.S.

[ad_1] The National Rifle Association (NRA) is taking Kamala Harris and Joe Biden to task for their historical revisionism with regard to the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban. Harris posted a graphic on X, formerly Twitter, saying about a new ban, “@JoeBiden has taken on the @NRA and won. He can do it again.” The graphic quotes Biden as saying, “I

[ad_1] NRA spokesperson Billy McLaughlin told FOX News Digital that the Biden Administration’s “pro-criminal policies drive more people to buy guns.” The NRA’s chief goal was to take on one of Vice President Kamala Harris’s social media posts in which she pushed Biden’s claim that he beat the NRA once and will do it again. Biden

[ad_1] New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin (D) outlined the state’s plan to require guns sold in the state be outfitted with micrcostamping technology to leave an “identifying marker” on spent shell casings. Two things: 1) The technology only applies to semiautomatic firearms, as they are the guns that eject shell casings after each shot.

[ad_1] The National Rifle Association has promoted a false version of American gun culture; among other things is the legendary association with the Second Amendment’s right to bear arms with the Minutemen of the American Revolution. Carl T. Bogus finds a darker history in Madison’s Militia. James Madison, the future president, authored the Second Amendment to

[ad_1] by Jeff Gross, contributing writer Photo: Trevor Berwick, for large 1/4 striper. Fishing on the Bay is on the upswing.  Numerous friends are catching Stripers and 5-10 lb Bluefish almost daily.  In fact one friend seems to go out in his kayak and it appears the Stripers and Bluefish swim to him, and congregate

[ad_1] RaShaun Brown wears glossy pink lipstick, three-inch-long hot pink fingernails and a small black pistol in a cross-body holster. She wants people to know she’s not only a gun owner but one who carries openly. “Because when I was growing up, I never saw a Black person, woman or man, out in public with

[ad_1] New Jersey’s top law enforcement officer has outlined the state’s plans for mandating gun retailers sell firearms with microstamping technology. Attorney General Matthew Platkin announced Tuesday that his office has formally established a process for handguns to be included on the state’s microstamping-enabled firearms roster. LEADING HOUSE DEMOCRAT ADVOCATES NEW AGENCY TO REGULATE AI

[ad_1] Rep. Mike Thompson, D-Solano, chair of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, has submitted an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court, calling on the high court justices to reject a lower court ruling that the federal ban on gun possession by people subject to a domestic violence restraining order violates the Second

[ad_1] ROBINSON, Texas (FOX 44/KWKT) — Gun safety has always been at the forefront of conversations for many Texans year round. Especially with the mass shootings the country has seen over the years. Laws concerning the second amendment are constantly being challenged. Heart of Texas Shooting Center Chief Officer Eric Nutt wants everyone to know

[ad_1] Comment on this storyComment The 2024 Republican presidential nominating contest has been mostly about former president Donald Trump. This has obscured ideological schisms within the conservative movement over the proper role of government, America’s place in the world and much more. The first GOP debate on Wednesday, in Milwaukee and airing on Fox News,

[ad_1] The California legislature is slated to hear a number of high-profile bills before the session ends in five weeks. Among those are a proposal to tax guns and ammunition, a ban on chemicals in food products including Skittles and other popular candies, and legislation to curb light pollution. All three bills were heard in

[ad_1] Louisiana, like most American states, has no law requiring guns to be stored safely, but it is here where the odds of getting accidentally plugged by a child are the highest. Why this should be is a matter of conjecture. Maybe our gun owners are particularly lackadaisical or our kids are unusually mischievous. Whatever,

[ad_1] Some of the more than 50 Laguna Beach residents urging President Biden to convene a Camp David gun summit. From left to right, Wayne Baglin, Cort Kloke, Patricia Twitty, Bob Mister, Susan Hough, Bob Jacob, Faye Baglin, Bob Borthwick, Al Oligino and Denny Freidenrich. More than 50 Laguna Beach residents recently bought two full-page

[ad_1] by Jeff Gross, contributing writer, commentary “I’ve found that common sense ain’t so common.” – Mark Twain (or 18th century Voltaire) Throughout the last 50 years there has been hysteria crisis after hysteria crisis. “We are entering an Ice Age!”.  We are depleting the ozone layer therefore we must ban freons, then the Acid Rain

[ad_1] Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) took some backlash on Wednesday after he attempted to define the “cultural identity” of Republicans during a campaign event at a church in Gilbert, Arizona. Gallego, who has announced a run for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), claimed that Republican “culture” could ultimately be boiled

[ad_1] Candidates running to be Louisiana’s next top money manager discussed the role of the treasurer, social issues and investing, state debt and much more in an online forum Wednesday. The webinar was hosted by the Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana, a nonprofit, nonpartisan research group. All three candidates in the Oct. 14 election

[ad_1] A long-standing bedrock conservative principle has been to minimize government interference in the free enterprise system. It’s a philosophy that holds any mingling between bureaucracy and business should be limited to activity that protects the public’s interests while also promoting commerce. Yet a group of 15 Republican U.S. senators have gone against the grain

[ad_1] The Second Amendment, adopted in 1791, justified replacing a standing army with properly controlled civilian militias responsible for defending certain inalienable rights held in common and derived from a self-evident, divinely ordained equality of all human beings. Inherent in human nature, these rights are nevertheless individual and have come to be understood as justifying

[ad_1] Maryland’s “one brief shining moment” (to use both an Arthurian and JFK-ish analogy) as a state that respected the 2nd Amendment of the U.S. Constitution in general and armed citizens’ concealed carry rights, in particular, was nice while it lasted. Since Wes Moore replaced Larry Hogan as Governor of Maryland, the state has, perhaps

[ad_1] The first Republican presidential debate is fast approaching on Aug. 23, when candidates will hope to close the gap on former President Donald Trump and separate from the rest of the pack. In this series, Up For Debate, the Washington Examiner will look at a key issue or policy every day up until debate day and where key candidates stand.

[ad_1] LANSING — Michigan gun laws have changed, with new laws related to universal background checks, gun storage, and temporary removal of guns from people a judge deems dangerous, all expected to take effect in March 2024. The Michigan Legislature passed the new laws last spring after Democrats, who already controlled the governor’s office, flipped

[ad_1] One of failing presidential candidate Ron DeSantis’ most recent legislative victories was allowing Floridians to carry loaded concealed weapons without facing a pesky permit process. Meanwhile, a new study out of Rutgers University offers further proof that lax gun safety laws leads to more gun violence. The study, published in the Journal of Urban Health, looked

[ad_1] A ban on semiautomatic weapons was upheld Friday in the Illinois Supreme Court, as the state attempts to eliminate the types of guns frequently used in mass shootings across the country. The legislation, known as the Protect Illinois Communities Act, specifically bans the sale or possession of various models and types of rifles and

[ad_1] The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit on Wednesday voided a federal law that prevents unlawful drug users from possessing firearms. The statute, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(3), bars anyone who is an “unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance,” including marijuana, from possessing a gun. Violators can face up to

[ad_1] One neighbor described Craig Robertson as a good guy who could sometimes rub people the wrong way. “He definitely had his political views, which he was very public about on Facebook,” Andrew Maunder said. “But I think deep down, he was just a cranky old guy who was harmless.” Robertson was shot outside his