[ad_1] By Leonard E. ColvinChief ReporterNew Journal and Guide During the 2021 Republican wave, Democrat Alex Askew who represented the 85th District covering mainly Virginia Beach, lost his reelection bid. Now Askew is working to return to the Virginia General Assembly, this time in the newly drawn 95th House District where he is running in

[ad_1] Letter to the Editor: Modern gun laws abuse the Second Amendment Reader Stanley McKie responds to a letter about banning guns in Washington. Buss’ argument that “Democrats make this country unsafe” is patently disingenuous (“Democrats make this country unsafe,” published May 17). Buss would be more convincing if he would share true stories about

[ad_1] EXECUTIVE SUMMARY MRC Free Speech America, as part of its new Freedom of Information Act investigations, has learned how the Biden administration is weaponizing a government-funded anti-terrorism grant program in an effort to destroy conservatives, Christians and the Republican Party. Under the Trump administration, the “Targeted Violence & Terrorism Prevention Grant Program” (TVTP) was

[ad_1] FIRST ON FOX: The Biden administration is doling out taxpayer money through an anti-terrorism grant initiative to a university program that has explicitly lumped the Republican Party, as well as Christian and conservative groups, into the same category as Nazis, according to documents shared exclusively with Fox News Digital. The Media Research Center, a

[ad_1] The Macon County News letters page is a public forum open to a wide variety of opinions as a right guaranteed in the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Letters are neither accepted nor rejected based on content. Letters must be signed and contact information provided. Views expressed are not necessarily reflective of the

[ad_1] About the Second Amendment: I have questions. I cannot wrap my lizard-sized brain around the notion that the reason for people to keep and own guns is to protect against tyranny. Spare me the historical discourses about the establishment of the Second Amendment, because I realize a bunch of a rag-tag colonists rose up

[ad_1] Ron DeSantis During a recent trip to Japan, South Korea, Israel and Britain, Mr DeSantis portrayed China as being locked in a new Cold War with the West and pushed for action to counter Beijing’s rise. “Our economy is dependent on China and it’s given them more leverage and more power as a result.

[ad_1] One year after a gunman killed 19 students and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas, the legislature is poised to effectively do nothing on the topic of gun control with five days from ending its official session. In 2022, the Uvalde and Buffalo, New York, mass shootings happened ten days apart. A shooter rampaged through

[ad_1] President Biden, in a somber speech evoking the pain of the death of two of his own children, implored Congress on Wednesday to “please do something” to stop the flow of guns involved in mass shootings like the school massacre that killed 19 children and two teachers a year ago in Uvalde, Texas. Marking

[ad_1] A federal appeals court has temporarily blocked the Biden administration from fully enforcing new regulations on pistols with stabilizing braces, gun accessories that President Biden has called “especially dangerous” after they were used in several mass shootings. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday enjoined the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives

[ad_1] JAKARTA – After being the focus of dire American travel warnings during more than 15 years of terrorist attacks, Indonesians may be excused for cracking a wry smile now that six countries are doing the same for the United States, the mass shooting capital of the world.  New Zealand, which along with Iceland shares the top

[ad_1] JAKARTA – After being the focus of dire American travel warnings during more than 15 years of terrorist attacks, Indonesians may be excused for cracking a wry smile now that six countries are doing the same for the United States, the mass shooting capital of the world.  New Zealand, which along with Iceland shares the top

[ad_1] TOPEKA — Kansas supporters of Moms Demand Action rejected Tuesday claims by the Kansas State Rifle Association that a series of local government proclamations recognizing a national gun violence awareness day was evidence of a campaign to promote unconstitutional seizure of firearms. The Kansas State Rifle Association, the state lobbying affiliate of the National

[ad_1] Gun rights advocates and the owners of pistol stabilizing braces are scrambling to stop a rule by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) that will make possession of the brace a felony after May 31. “I think this is going to be a very fluid situation over the next week or

[ad_1] Celebrating memories of the Greatest Generation and Silent Generation formulating Americans both through, the Great War and the Great Depression, lessons most didn’t learn until experiencing 21st century Food Deserts, over population or suddenly, violently rendered, parentless. Legacies of America’s imbalanced balancing act between our presumptive domestic demands and shrinking global supply,

[ad_1] Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) signed into law Democratic gun-grab bill SB 83 on Monday. This law will enable family members, quacks, cops, roommates, and others to petition to void another citizen’s Second Amendment rights if they can halfway persuade a judge it might prevent the targeted citizen from doing future harm either to

[ad_1] Rep. Jamal Bowman, D-N.Y., may only be in his second term in the House of Representatives, but he is not wasting any time trying to shake up the system. He has recently and very publicly challenged GOP members of Congress, from Marjorie Taylor Greene to Thomas Massie on issues from saving lives from gun

[ad_1] The letter in response to the Planned Parenthood commentary “Share your abortion story” authored by Bill and Jann Dunlap ( Daily Pilot Mailbag, May 19 ) serves to show how many don’t understand the complexity of an unwanted pregnancy. Throwing around false morality and debasing women is less than helpful. There are myriad reasons

[ad_1] Republican politicians who consider, let alone pass, modest gun safety proposals often pay heavy tolls with their constituents. We saw this most poignantly in the aftermath of the May 24 Uvalde massacre. As we reflect on the anniversary of the murders of 19 children and two teachers, let’s also reflect on how little has

[ad_1] FILE – Flowers are piled around crosses with the names of the victims killed in a school shooting as people visit a memorial at Robb Elementary School to pay their respects May 31, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas. Families in Uvalde, Texas, are digging in for a new test of legal protections for the gun

[ad_1] For six years, I had the honor of representing Uvalde, Texas, in Congress—a close-knit community that, one year ago, was forever scarred by unthinkable violence and engulfed by pain and grief. That day, 19 innocent children and two dedicated teachers were taken from us, and their families were struck by tragedy. The Uvalde Strong

[ad_1] At least 23 people were shot, one of them fatally, during Brandon Johnson’s (D) first weekend as Chicago Mayor. Breitbart News reported 21 people were shot Friday into Sunday morning alone in Johnson’s Chicago. One of those shooting victims, a 17-year-old boy, succumbed to his wounds. ABC 7 / Chicago Sun-Times noted the overall number of

[ad_1] Michael Paul Williams TIMES-DISPATCH  there were any consistency to the gun rights movement, the NBA’s Ja Morant would be an NRA poster child. After all, the Memphis Grizzlies basketball star is in a jam following a social media video of him waving a gun inside a motor vehicle in Tennessee. A similar livestream in

[ad_1] The Tommy gun was widely used by U.S., British, and allied troops in World War II, but during the war the U.S. replaced it with a cheaper alternative, the M3 “Grease Gun,” and manufacturing of the Thompson submachine gun ceased in 1944. invention of the AR-15 In the late 1950s, ArmaLite Inc. developed the

[ad_1] By Mwizenge S. Tembo, Ph. D. Emeritus Professor of Sociology Zibalwe was a sprawling village of 500 people on the banks of the Lundazi River in the Eastern Province of Zambia in Southern Africa. Hundreds of villages at the time were located in the middle of the African savannah wilderness amidst wild animals such

[ad_1] Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Friday signed a sweeping gun control bill into law, including universal background checks and a “red flag” measure that lets law enforcement intervene if someone is deemed at high risk of injuring themselves or others with a firearm. The gun control measures were folded into a broader public safety

[ad_1] Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on May 19 signed into law a sweeping gun control bill that includes universal background checks and a “red flag” measure that lets law enforcement intervene if someone is deemed at high risk of injuring themselves or others with a firearm. The gun control measures were folded into a broader

[ad_1] In a new interview with AL.com, Derek St. Holmes, the legendary guitarist and vocalist known for his time working with Ted Nugent in the 1970s, was asked if he thinks Ted‘s politics have diminished his guitar legacy. Derek responded: “The answer to your question is yes, I do. I was leery of doing an