Second Amendment

[ad_1] Alaska Congresswoman Mary Peltola in the halls of the Capitol in January. (Liz Ruskin/Alaska Public Media) While the Nashville school shooting has some congressional Democrats renewing the call for a ban on weapons like the AR-15, Alaska Rep. Mary Peltola spoke Tuesday of her support for the Second Amendment. “I just appreciate the opportunity
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[ad_1] It is revered as a modern-day musket. It is reviled as a tool for mass killers. The AR-15 wasn’t supposed to be a bestseller. The rugged, powerful weapon was originally designed as a soldiers’ rifle in the late 1950s. “An outstanding weapon with phenomenal lethality,” an internal Pentagon report raved. It soon became standard
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[ad_1] Walker Todd was assistant counsel of the New York Federal Reserve, assistant general counsel, and research officer at the Cleveland Fed, and has been actively involved in financial regulation for decades. When he looks at the U.S. banking sector, he sees several problems driving these recurrent crises, chief among them a profound transformation in
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[ad_1] TOPEKA — Democratic Sen. Dinah Sykes proposed supplementing resources for firearm safety instruction in Kansas public schools beyond National Rifle Association and Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks programs for students in kindergarten through high school. Sykes, who previously denounced a bill giving rise to the NRA firearm initiative in Kansas, offered an amendment
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[ad_1] In the wake of the Nashville school shooting that killed six, Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) expressed no remorse for a Christmas photo showing his family posing with assault-style rifles. Ogles was asked by a reporter Tuesday if he regretted posting the original photo, which was roundly criticized by anti-gun violence groups as “celebrating” guns.
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[ad_1] By Eric Bradner, CNN As Nashville police left a news conference Monday, Ashbey Beasley unexpectedly moved in front of the still-live microphones and television cameras. Beasley then told her story: She and her son survived the Fourth of July parade mass shooting in her hometown of Highland Park, Illinois, last year, in which a
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[ad_1] Gun violence is an entrenched aspect of American society, and the topic is highly politicized, with those who support gun control in opposition to those who vehemently defend their right to bear arms. This year alone, there have been over 130 mass shootings, including one at a school in Nashville, resulting in the deaths
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[ad_1] Celebrities like Chelsea Handler, Amy Schumer, Josh Brolin, and others took to social media to blame guns and politicians for Monday’s mass shooting at a Christian elementary school in Nashville, Tennessee, that left six people dead. A 28-year-old woman who identified as a transgender man went to the Covenant School campus on Monday, shot
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[ad_1] Ketchana Jedsenarak/EyeEm/Getty Images/STOCK (NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — Over the last few years, gun laws in Tennessee have become less strict after lawmakers approved legislation that removed requirements for permits and background checks. Despite calls from local law enforcement, Republican lawmakers are now looking to loosen the state’s gun laws even further, contending that gun owners’ rights
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[ad_1] A sign held during the second March for Our Lives rally against gun violence at Pine Trails Park on June 11, 2022 in Parkland, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) A fatal shooting at a private Christian school in Nashville on Monday left three students and three adults dead and reignited a contentious political
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[ad_1] Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., offered condolences to the victims of the Covenant School shooting in Nashville but faced a flurry of criticism over a Christmas card showing him and his family armed with assault weapons. Ogles said he and his family were “devastated by the tragedy” at the Covenant School, where a heavily armed
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[ad_1] CNN  —  Following Monday’s shooting at Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee, Kings of Leon drummer Nathan Followill, who lives in the community, is airing his outrage at yet another incident of gun violence against schoolchildren, this one close to home. “A school shooting just happened near my sons (sic) school. Multiple children dead but
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[ad_1] The 152nd NRA Annual Meetings and Exhibits convention will be held April 14 to 16 at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis. The Second Amendment shapes one of America’s most essential freedoms — the right to keep and bear arms. The 152nd National Rifle Association’s Annual Meetings and Exhibits convention, the biggest Second Amendment
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[ad_1] measure that would allow Floridians to carry firearms without concealed weapons license The Florida House voted on Friday 76-32 to pass House Bill 543 constitutional carry bill, and a Senate version (SB 150) has cleared committees and is ready to be considered by the full Senate. The House approved the measure that would allow
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[ad_1] Moms Demand Action March to Florida Capitol Protesting Florida Republican lawmakers’ efforts to pass permitless concealed carry legislation, Moms Demand Action marches to Florida’s Capitol on Thursday, March 9, 2023. Douglas Soule, USA TODAY NETWORK – FLORIDA Gun rights advocates passed a major milestone Friday in their drive to get a permitless carry bill
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