[ad_1] EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Mike Braun, R-Ind., has hinted who his choice for president will be in the increasingly crowded 2024 Republican primary field. “It’s not that difficult,” Braun told Fox News Digital, to see that former President Trump is the candidate who portrays the success of the U.S. prior to the coronavirus pandemic, and he

[ad_1] I’ve long avoided writing about anything related to guns—being both largely unfamiliar with firearms and not holding a passionate view on either “gun control” or “gun rights.” Judging by national polling on the subject, I suppose you’d call me “middle of the road” on guns, believing citizens do indeed have the constitutional right to

[ad_1] California Democrats are rallying once more to initiate an excise tax on all firearm deals in the state. Assemblyman Jesse Gabriel, D-Woodland Hills, along with 13 other Democratic Assemblymembers, is sponsoring a bill that would impose an 11% excise tax on all retail sales of firearms, firearm parts, and ammunition in California. The funds

[ad_1] A semi-automatic rifle is displayed above shotguns at Rainier Arms Friday, April 14, 2023, in Auburn, Wash. Washington state lawmakers agreed to ban the guns. Colorado lawmakers lack the votes to ban sales of the rifles in Colorado. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson) Despite what lobbyists for gun rights and the gun industry profess, the United

[ad_1] Reuters photographer Evelyn Hockstein has muted comments on her Twitter profile after parents accused her of publishing staged photos of their children with guns at the NRA Annual Meeting in Indianapolis. Hockstein’s ruse unraveled after parents claimed she had their children pose with guns, then published the photos without parental permission, FOX News reported.

[ad_1] The View hosts said Friday that the latest string of random shootings involving shooters who were white, Hispanic, and black was about the “major problem” of guns and “white men.” During a segment on The View, the show aired a montage of news reports about random shootings. The stories detailed a man who fatally

[ad_1] Letters submitted by BDN readers are verified by BDN Opinion Page staff. Send your letters to letters@bangordailynews.com. This eulogy memorializes Cynthia Peak, substitute teacher and victim of the mass shooting in Nashville, Tennessee. Every sub knows the routine: rushing off to cover for a teacher suddenly taken ill; running up and down stairs trying to

[ad_1] In the days after the Oklahoma City bombing 28 years ago this week, “We will never forget” was a phrase that took hold in a community rocked by the worst homegrown act of terrorism the nation had ever experienced.   168 people, including 19 children and one OU student were killed. This week, as Oklahomans

[ad_1] Hamlet’s famous soliloquy, “To be, or not to be, that is the question,” is bigger than just suicide; all the main characters in the play are murdered. The greater meaning of the play is Shakespeare’s mediation on a single word: revenge, and on humanity’s misguided and lethal thirst for it. Revenge is a behavior

[ad_1] Clinton Frederick Miller II MD  |  Guest Columnist I repeatedly voted to elect Christopher T. Sununu as governor of New Hampshire. However, his recent unconscionable, callous, inhumane, heartless categorization of the United States epidemic of gun violence as “the new normal” on his way to genuflecting before the despicable NRA convention has now irrevocably turned me

[ad_1] NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Chances are shrinking fast for a key gun control proposal to make it out of the Tennessee Legislature. There’s been little support from GOP lawmakers for the Republican governor’s proposal, which would keep firearms away from people who could harm themselves or others. Gov. Bill Lee has said his idea

[ad_1] Nashville, Apr 21 (AP) Chances are shrinking fast for a key gun-control proposal to make it through the Tennessee Legislature in the wake of a deadly school shooting, as GOP lawmakers push back against the Republican governor’s proposal to keep firearms away from people who could harm themselves or others. Tennessee has become a

[ad_1] by Jeff Gross, contributing writer Photos: John Deere photos, Marina Emin Anglers around Rhode Island continue to have great success. Trout are headed for the grill all over the state. Correct me if I am wrong, but it sure looks like a substantial number of 4+ lb. Largemouth Bass are being caught all over Rhode Island.

[ad_1] Nebraska is set to be the 27th state to allow “constitutional carry” of firearms. “This has been a seven-year labor of love,” Nebraska State Sen. Tom Brewer, sponsor of LB77, told The Epoch Times. The bill passed on April 19 allows anyone who can legally own a firearm to carry it openly or concealed

[ad_1] Vice President Kamala Harris said Thursday on FOX’s “Jennifer Hudson Show” that an assault weapon ban is reasonable. Harris said, “When I look at the tragedies all over our country that have affected so many people so personally, and the senseless nature of it all. Here is the thing, first of all, we should

[ad_1] The National Rifle Association was in Manhattan civil court on Thursday for the latest fight in a yearslong legal battle with New York Attorney General Letitia James. James filed a lawsuit in 2020 with the aim of dissolving the pro-Second Amendment group for “years of self-dealing and illegal conduct.” A judge had denied James’

[ad_1] Tennessee’s Republican governor, Bill Lee, is under fire from conservatives and gun rights advocates for introducing a red flag law that is nearly identical to those of most blue states — but he is calling it an “order of protection” instead of a red flag rule.  Mr. Lee released the text of the proposal

[ad_1] The first so-called “smart gun” that uses biometrics to unlock for shooting will hit the market at the end of the year. Biofire Technologies announced this month that it is taking pre-orders for its home defense gun that is intended to prevent unwanted access to children and criminals. This is either a big step

[ad_1] Vice President Harris slammed Congress on Thursday for lacking “the courage to stand up” to the National Rifle Association (NRA) and pass gun safety laws in the wake of several recent mass shootings. “I just think it is pitiful that the people in the United States Congress do not have the courage to stand

[ad_1] NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Chances are shrinking fast for a key gun-control proposal to make it out of the Tennessee Legislature in the wake of a deadly school shooting, as GOP lawmakers are pushing back against the Republican governor’s proposal to keep firearms away from people who could harm themselves or others faces. Tennessee has

[ad_1] Well, at least this time, Don Lemon isn’t in the headlines for losing a fight with his co-hosts or with CNN brass. Instead, he’s now making waves for losing a fight with a GOP presidential contender. On Wednesday, Vivek Ramaswamy — a business executive and the author of “Woke Inc.” who’s hoping to become

[ad_1] Published 2023-04-20 05:00 5:00 April 20, 2023 am This column first appeared in The Amendment, a new biweekly newsletter by Errin Haines, The 19th’s editor-at-large. Subscribe today to get early access to future analysis. Students shot to death at a Christian school in Tennessee. Employees killed at a bank in Kentucky. Black teenagers killed

[ad_1] Jim Mastro  |  Guest Columnist I really try to ignore the ridiculous “debate” regarding banning AR-style “assault” rifles, but at some point I just feel I have to speak out, even though I doubt it will do any good. The arguments put forward by those opposed to banning these combat weapons are, to be

[ad_1] There is, it seems, no saving the US from its epidemic of gun violence or from the influential lobby dedicated to preventing the passing of gun-control legislation that would help end it. The gun rights group known as the National Rifle Association (NRA), which is by far America’s most powerful, most secretive and most

[ad_1] By the time Kimberly Mata-Rubio sat down in front of Texas lawmakers Tuesday night, 13 hours had passed since she arrived at the Capitol. Mata-Rubio told legislators the wait to testify for a bill that would raise the minimum age to buy certain semi-automatic rifles reminded her of May 24, when hours agonizingly stretched

[ad_1] I watched Donald Trump’s speech to the faithful at Mar-a-Lago after his indictment with tears in my eyes. On that solemn occasion, he shared his vision of the second coming of his presidency when he reclaims the office that was stolen from him. He has fleshed it out in his Truth Social postings and

[ad_1] Republican presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy slapped the World Economic Forum (WEF) with a lawsuit in a Cincinnati, Ohio court on Wednesday for “creating a false perception” that he is affiliated with the organization. According to Ramaswamy’s campaign, the WEF listed him as one of its “Young Global Leaders” despite him rejecting the group’s invitation

[ad_1] GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy had a contentious exchange Wednesday with CNN’s Don Lemon over a recent accusation Ramaswamy made about Democrats during a National Rifle Association event. Speaking to the pro-Second Amendment audience in Indianapolis last Friday, Ramaswamy first mentioned that after the Civil War, efforts were made to disarm freed Black people,

[ad_1] GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy traveled over to CNN This Morning on Wednesday to discuss his campaign. During the part of the interview about his recent speech at the NRA convention, host Don Lemon told Ramaswamy that it was “insulting” he would dare to say that black Americans enjoy equal rights. Lemon spent the

[ad_1] On Tuesday’s CNN This Morning, Governor Chris Sununu (R-NH) was subjected to the kind of debate that conservative guests typically experience on CNN as co-host Don Lemon complained about New Hampshire’s gun-friendly laws. Co-host Poppy Harlow even went so far as to try to credit strict gun laws in neighboring blue states for New