Second Amendment

Florida Rep. Charlie Crist, the Democratic gubernatorial opponent of Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, told “The View” Friday that he supports the Second Amendment but wants to ban “assault weapons.” The panel asked Crist, a former Republican, about previously opposing abortion, amnesty for illegal immigrants and gay marriage. The Florida gubernatorial candidate said he changed
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The major-party nominees to succeed Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy in Washington made their cases to voters on a debate stage Thursday evening. They met at the Southern Vermont Arts Center in Manchester for a debate held by VTDigger that the online news outlet live-streamed on YouTube. Gerald Malloy, the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate, lives
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This fall, Iowans will have a chance to vote on adding gun rights protections to the Iowa Constitution after Republican lawmakers and gun rights activists worked for years to get the proposal on the ballot. It could hinder future attempts to pass gun control laws in the state. The proposed constitutional amendment says: “The right
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A bullet tore through Raul Mendez’s left eye amid a deadly rampage at a Fourth of July party in Arizona this summer, covering his face with blood and rendering him unconscious. But Mendez told Fox News that with God’s help, he soon opened his eyes amid screaming from other partygoers — and then he got
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Corbis/Corbis/Getty Who has received the most Oscar nominations at of these actresses? Jennifer Lawrence spoke candidly about motherhood during a cover story for Vogue, revealing she’s experienced two miscarriages. The Hunger Games actress, who gave birth to her first child earlier this year, spoke to Vogue about the recent overturning of Roe v Wade and
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Jennifer Lawrence called Ohio Republican Senate nominee JD Vance a “rich twat” as she revealed that the 2016 election of Donald Trump divided her family. The actor told Vogue ahead of the midterm elections in November that she was upset at the trigger laws banning abortions in her home state of Kentucky following the overturning
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Jennifer Lawrence said she’s at war with her conservative relatives over politics.  The 32-year-old Kentucky native commented on her family feud during a cover interview for Vogue. Lawrence discussed having nightmares about Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson and recalling how the 2016 election caused a major rift between her and some relatives. “I just worked
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While the governor and Republican-led Legislature push to expand access to firearms in South Dakota, a majority of voters favors restrictions such as waiting periods and age limits for some gun purchases, according to a statewide poll co-sponsored by South Dakota News Watch. The poll of 500 registered voters showed that 60% of respondents support
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In declaring this summer that New York’s strict rules for granting concealed carry permits to gun owners violated the Second and 14th Amendments, the U.S. Supreme Court has compounded the error of its 2008 decision in District of Columbia v. Heller holding that possession of a handgun in the home was constitutionally protected. The Second
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Opinion editor’s note: Star Tribune Opinion publishes letters from readers online and in print each day. To contribute, click here. ••• Scott Jensen’s “Safer Streets” campaign is disingenuous (“Jensen sees vote potential in metro,” Aug. 28). Leading the Republican chorus that conflates sensible gun regulation with a threat to Second Amendment rights (despite Supreme Court
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Sheriff Nathan Harmon is a firearms instructor with the National Rifle Association and a staunch supporter of the Second Amendment. So when he first heard about the Biden administration’s rule cracking down on “ghost guns,” he was fairly apprehensive. But when asked about its recent implementation and the effect it might have on law enforcement,
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President Joe Biden is preparing to deliver a major speech on Thursday promising to heal the “soul of the nation” even as he continues stoking fears about supporters of former President Donald Trump as “semi-fascist.” “It’s not just Trump, it’s the entire philosophy that underpins the — I’m going to say something — it’s like
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In the last few days, Unhinged Joe’s declared: “I respect conservative Republicans. I don’t respect MAGA Republicans.” By Nate Jackson WASHINGTON, D.C. (Texas Insider Report) — Joe Biden took a taxpayer-funded trip to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania yesterday, where he was supposed to unify Americans behind a “Safer America” agenda to support law enforcement and reduce crime. It was
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By John and Nisha Whitehead With every passing day, the United States government borrows yet another leaf from Nazi Germany’s playbook: Secret police. Secret courts. Secret government agencies. Surveillance. Censorship. Intimidation. Harassment. Torture. Brutality. Widespread corruption. Entrapment. Indoctrination. Indefinite detention. These are not tactics used by constitutional republics, where the rule of law and the rights
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Candidates on the primary ballot in New Ipswich were quizzed on their stances on abortion and education, including concepts such as Critical Race Theory or “divisive concepts,” during a candidate forum at Mascenic High School Tuesday. The event was not a debate, but offered candidates the opportunity to speak on their platforms and take questions from
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