[ad_1] The Utah man shot dead by FBI agents Wednesday morning after making online assassination threats to President Biden and other top Democrats was a staunch Donald Trump supporter, Air Force veteran, Second Amendment advocate and twice-widowed father of three adult children. Craig Deleeuw Robertson, 75, was reportedly armed when federal agents arrived at his

[ad_1] RALEIGH, N.C. — Dozens of Second Amendment advocates drove into Raleigh from across the state Wednesday, voicing their objections to proposed rules that would create more oversight of those who train people to carry concealed handguns in the state. State law enforcement officials say they’ve recently found themselves unable to take action against firearms

[ad_1] You probably saw that a federal judge has just blocked the new state law raising the age for all gun purchases to 21. I wish I could say I was shocked or even surprised by the ruling, but that would be to deny the reality of the maddening times in which we live. Passing

[ad_1] On a crisp Sunday afternoon in Royse City, Texas, 32-year-old Cesar Hurtado unzipped a hardshell case to reveal a custom-built AR-15-style rifle in his living room. Emblazoned on the side of the gun is the tagline “no war, no gods, no masters”. Hurtado’s interest in firearms started with hunting, but after the 2019 Walmart

[ad_1] More than two dozen House Democrats put forward legislation Friday that would slap “assault weapons” and high-capacity magazines with a 1,000% excise tax, a change that would raise the price of a $500 weapon to $5,000 in a bid to reduce access to guns across the country. Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va., and 24 other

[ad_1] by Jeff Gross, contributing writer For the folks that Deer it appears this year will be another banner year. Numerous areas are seeing numbers of Deer with 2 fawns, including in Maine. Also, Moose with twins are sighted in Maine, as well. Moose twins are quite the rarity. Large numbers of bucks are being seen as

[ad_1] Gun rights activists are projecting confidence in response to the new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention leader saying she is receptive to the Biden administration’s call to frame gun violence as a public health matter. “The American public at this juncture isn’t willing to give up more of their freedoms and their rights

[ad_1] ATLANTA—More guns are being stolen out of cars in America, particularly in states that have made it easier for people to carry firearms on the road. There are no reliable national numbers, but an NPR survey of a sampling of police departments reveals steady increases in reports of guns stolen from vehicles. In Atlanta,

[ad_1] NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WJHL) — The interim tag will be removed for Timothy Hill as voters in Tennessee House District 3 elected him to his former seat to fill the remainder of former Rep. Scotty Campbell’s term, all while lawmakers prepare for a special legislative session on guns. Voters across four counties overwhelmingly selected the

[ad_1] Published 2023-08-03 12:04 12:04 August 3, 2023 pm Your trusted source for contextualizing health and safety news. Sign up for our daily newsletter. Young Americans who identify strongly with gun use and gun ownership often hold male supremacist beliefs and racial resentment.  The young people who are most closely associated with guns are more

[ad_1] Published 2023-08-03 12:04 12:04 August 3, 2023 pm Your trusted source for contextualizing health and safety news. Sign up for our daily newsletter. Young Americans who identify strongly with gun use and gun ownership often hold male supremacist beliefs and racial resentment.  The young people who are most closely associated with guns are more

[ad_1] FIRST ON FOX: Sens. Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz., and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., are warning that the Biden administration is clearly misinterpreting a bipartisan law passed last year as it works to withhold funding from schools that offer hunting and archery courses. The warning from the two senators comes after Fox News Digital reported the Department

[ad_1] “The Secret History of Gun Rights: How Lawmakers Armed the N.R.A.,” the prominently displayed 5,000-word lead story in Sunday’s New York Times, was the work of investigative reporter Mike McIntire, who spent the Obama years hassling the Tea Party and the GOP with hostile investigations before turning his attention to the National Rifle Association,

[ad_1] The New York Times got quite the “scoop” this weekend regarding the National Rifle Association of America: the Association is involved in public and legal advocacy to protect Second Amendment freedom.  The article, headlined “Lawmakers’ Files Reveal Secret History of N.R.A.,” reports that Representatives John D. Dingell Jr. and Bob Barr, during times they

[ad_1] The Supreme Court rigidly limits governments to simplistic, outdated solutions to firearm violence. Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen rejected New York’s century-old approach to gun regulation and announced a new test for Second Amendment rights. That test was constructed entirely out

[ad_1] FIRST ON FOX: A top House Republican is planning to introduce legislation Tuesday that would protect federal funding for archery and hunting education courses nationwide. Rep. Mark Green’s, R-Tenn., legislation — the Protecting Hunting Heritage and Education Act — would amend the 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) to clarify school programs “training

[ad_1] Manuel and Patricia Oliver had already been on the road for more than a week when they pulled their school bus bearing an American flag into a city park in Uvalde, Texas. They were unsure of just how many people would greet them on that sweltering day. Then the families started arriving. Parents, grandparents,

[ad_1] As an old Michigan deer hunter, I can understand the loyalty of many gun enthusiasts to their sporting firearms. I can state plainly that I used a semi-automatic rifle to take my first deer. A rally outside the State House in Annapolis, Maryland. The rally was in support of a bill to ban assault

[ad_1] Walk into the Rebound recovery centre, on the Main Street of Hazard, Kentucky, a small Appalachian coalmining town, and you will get an instantly friendly welcome. Yet the stories you hear are bleak. On a white board at the end of the room, across from the sofas, the names of former clients who have

[ad_1] The Biden administration confirmed to Fox News Digital that it is withholding critical funds for elementary and secondary schools nationwide with hunting or archery programs in their curriculum. The Department of Education explained in a statement that its funding decisions were based on the plain text interpretation of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (BSCA),

[ad_1] Greetings from Martha’s Vineyard, where Morning Memo has relocated until Labor Day. The same news and commentary except sun-dappled and sandy-toed. Sign up for the email version. Can’t Stop Won’t Stop It turns out that Special Counsel Jack Smith’s Mar-a-Lago investigation didn’t stop with the June indictment of Donald Trump and Walt Nauta. We

[ad_1] On Jan. 4 of this year, 8 people including children were mercilessly gunned down and killed by a shooter who then turned the gun on himself to evade capture. This happened in an all-American town of Cedar City, Utah where such things are relatively unheard of. In that the community was shocked goes beyond

[ad_1] Long before the National Rifle Association tightened its grip on Congress, won over the Supreme Court and prescribed more guns as a solution to gun violence — before all that, Representative John D. Dingell Jr. had a plan. First jotted on a yellow legal pad in 1975, it would transform the N.R.A. from a

[ad_1] Alaska Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy on Saturday signed into law a measure that seeks to block state and local officials from closing gun stores during disasters declared by the governor, unless such closures apply to all other businesses. Regarded as a win for Second Amendment supporters and Alaska residents, House Bill 61 — which

[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 and while also promoting commerce.  Yet a group of 15 Republican U.S. senators have gone against the

[ad_1] A bipartisan congressional delegation will tour the site of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre, where 17 people were killed and 17 injured, before the building is torn down. “You will have the somber experience of touring Marjory Stoneman Douglas, the site of the deadliest high school shooting in our country’s history,” U.S.

[ad_1] There is an article in the Chicago Reader by Deanna Isaacs published July 12, titled, “What we talk about when we talk about guns,” that makes the point that gun violence is a redundant term. We don’t talk about bomb violence — bombs are inherently violent. So are guns. Violence is the purpose of

[ad_1] New poll shows more than 90% of Ohioans want mandatory background checks for gun buyers. 88% want mandatory training for concealed carry permits. But lawmakers are unlikely to change positions. Ohioans across the political spectrum overwhelmingly support gun safety regulations, including some shot down by Ohio lawmakers, a new statewide survey finds. Roughly nine

[ad_1] Ronald Reagan’s pronouncement, in his first inaugural address in 1981, that “government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem” marked a signal moment in what has become the most successful political counterrevolution in modern American history. Having won a smashing electoral victory, Reagan acted as if he were the latter-day

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