[ad_1] A trio of bills aimed at curbing gun violence received the endorsement of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday, a giant victory for supporters of gun safety measures who have seen similar proposals languish for years under Republican control of the Senate. The sponsor of the bills, Senate Judiciary Chair Ron Latz, DFL-St. Louis
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[ad_1] Gun legislation made a small but significant step forward in the Minnesota Legislature on Thursday, keeping a set of bills moving toward what could be difficult votes for majority party DFLers. The Senate Judiciary and Public Safety Committee had been a previous chokepoint for firearms bills. With a change in partisan control of the
[ad_1] A new state House committee on firearm legislation had its inaugural meeting this week, debating a range of gun bills for the first time since last year’s massacre at a Uvalde elementary school. During a six-hour hearing, Second Amendment and gun control advocates sparred over a bill that would allow election judges to carry handguns
[ad_1] The National Rifle Association’s financial firepower, which arose in part due to its large and loyal membership base, has long been one of the gun group’s main sources of strength. But the NRA has in recent years faced a financial tsunami, one that came to light after the 2016 election. A swirl of disagreements
[ad_1] Good Thursday morning. I teased it last night via the #FlaPol text service, but word on Adams Street is that New College of Florida is poised to announce a significant hire to help turn around the recent exodus of donors and donations to the transformed institution. Sydney Gruters, who has held prominent positions in
[ad_1] Supporters of Kristina Karamo and backers of Matt DePerno parade and chant during the third round of voting for state Republican Party chair at the Michigan GOP convention in Lansing on Feb. 18, 2023. (Photo for The Washington Post by Sarah Rice) The Michigan Republican Party on Wednesday compared gun laws proposed in the
[ad_1] William Brewer, Sarah Rogers & Noah Peters of Brewer Attorneys & Counselors and I filed a petition earlier this month asking the Supreme Court Second Circuit to review the Second Circuit decision in NRA v. Vullo; I think many of our readers will find it interesting (my apologies for the delay in passing it
[ad_1] A decade-old California law requiring newly sold handguns to include equipment enabling the owner to know whether the gun is loaded and preventing accidental firings, and allowing police to trace cartridges from crime scenes, violates the constitutional right of self-defense because no current models have all those features, a federal judge ruled Monday. “These
[ad_1] A man holds a handgun at the National Rifle Association annual convention in Houston in 2022. REUTERS/Callaghan O’Hare A federal judge on Monday blocked California from enforcing a state law requiring new semiautomatic handguns to have certain safety features, finding it violates the right to bear arms under the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The
[ad_1] Courtesy of Jametlene Reskp (Unsplash CC0) In the 1960s movies about spring break, usually in Florida and California, were very popular. The stories were virtually the same: Beautiful, young men and women with raging hormones, in search of alcoholic beverages and sex. The titles included “Where the Boys Are,” “Palm Springs Weekend,” “Ride the
[ad_1] Sen. Perry’s 2nd Amendment bill powers forward Published 10:56 am Monday, March 20, 2023 Senator Jim Perry, (R- Craven, Beaufort, Lenoir) From the office of Sen. Jim Perry Kinston, N.C. – Senator Jim Perry, (R- Craven, Beaufort, Lenoir) is headed for a showdown with North Carolina Governor, Roy Cooper. Perry is one of three
[ad_1] COLONIAL HEIGHTS — When Glen Sturtevant stood to speak to diehard gun rights supporters gathered at an American Legion post last week, he knew he had some explaining to do. A former state senator with a moderate profile who is trying to make a political comeback in a more conservative district, Sturtevant opened his
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I have to comment on the Feb. 18 Point Of View by the local representative of Michael Bloomberg’s front group the Alliance for Gun Responsibility which is also backed by local anti-gun billionaires. Her ignorance on firearms and her ideological allegiance to the radical
[ad_1] While Pacific faces two lockdowns in one week, gun control legislation flounders Last week, nearly everyone in the Pacific University community received not one, but two Boxer Alert messages warning of active threats. On Wednesday, Pacific’s campus at Lane Community College (LCC) in Eugene went into full lockdown citing an “Armed Individual on LCC
[ad_1] A Second Amendment advocacy group is calling on House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) to cancel his financial support of Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), arguing the Republican leader shouldn’t funnel money to lawmakers who have backed “anti-gun” legislation. Fitzpatrick was one of five Republicans to break with the majority of the GOP in June to
[ad_1] Former NRA board member Ted Nugent screamed on Newsmax that if any federal agent tries to register his guns, he will arrest them instead. Media Matters caught his act. President Biden issued new executive orders on gun violence, trying to strengthen background checks and expose gun dealers who refuse to do their jobs. Nugent
[ad_1] OPINION: Montanans call their state “The Last Best Place,” and for gun owners, it may be just that. Their political leaders actively defend the constitutional rights of Montanans and the rest of us as well. Greg Gianforte, Montana’s Republican governor, is a gun guy who suspended his campaign for a day or so in
[ad_1] A bill reintroduced in the U.S. Senate aims to fix the problems faced by people who live a nomadic lifestyle or don’t have a permanent address and wish to register a firearms license. The Traveler’s Gun Rights Act would allow people who live full-time in RVs, have multiple homes, or are military personnel and
[ad_1] If Democrats regain political power in Montana in the future, it’d be good to have gun rights soundly secured in the Montana Constitution. That’s the argument Rep. Braxton Mitchell, R-Columbia Falls, made Wednesday with a supermajority of Republicans in control of the Montana Legislature. In the House Judiciary Committee, Mitchell argued in favor of
[ad_1] After the president unveiled stricter gun laws, gun rights groups threatened to take legal action against the Biden Administration. On Tuesday, Second Amendment advocates argued that President Joe Biden’s new executive order would target legal gun owners, taking away a constitutional American right. The National Rifle Association criticized Biden’s decision, pointing out that criminals,
[ad_1] Senate President Kathleen Passidomo, R-Naples, said Wednesday she does not support a proposal to lower the minimum age from 21 to 18 to buy rifles and other long guns in Florida. “We don’t have it in the Senate,” Passidomo told reporters. “Nobody’s filed it.” The House this week started moving forward with a bill
[ad_1] The Fifth Circuit’s decision in United States v. Rahimi, which held that the federal statute prohibiting possession of a firearm by a person subject to a domestic violence restraining order violates the Second Amendment, has managed to stay in the news for longer than most circuit court decisions. On March 2, a month after
[ad_1] New executive order will make criminals out of law-abiding gun owners, 2A advocates say Second Amendment advocates responded quickly to President Joe Biden’s newest executive order designed to advance his gun control agenda and his repeated call for a ban on so-called “assault weapons” and high-capacity magazines. “Crimes are committed by criminals. Until President
[ad_1] Gun rights groups are already threatening litigation against President Joe Biden ‘s executive order designed to increase background checks, arguing his action is overly broad and will target legal gun owners. “Biden’s executive orders today attempting to implement a pro-criminal, anti-gun agenda show that when Joe Biden and his fellow gun-grabbers have a choice
[ad_1] In an interview with a National Rifle Association publication late last month, Fulton County Sheriff Richard Giardino basically said he can choose not to enforce laws. He’s not wrong. And that’s what should have all of us fretting. Specifically, Giardino was talking about the Concealed Carry Improvement Act, which New York state’s Democratic-controlled Legislature
[ad_1] TALLAHASSEE — With backing from Speaker Paul Renner, a House panel on Monday approved a bill that would lower the minimum age from 21 to 18 to buy rifles and other long guns in Florida. The bill (HB 1543) would reverse part of a 2018 law that set the minimum age at 21 after
[ad_1] Ohio leaders have bent over backward to give powerful gun lobbyists everything they wanted and more. The National Rifle Association owns our Statehouse lock, stock, and barrel. Republican lawmakers can’t introduce and pass enough pro-gun, industry-written legislation to legalize unlimited gun access in Ohio and allow unrestricted freedom to strap on a Glock anytime,
[ad_1] An Alabama House legislator has filed a bill that would make it a state crime for an immigrant in the country illegally to possess a firearm. HB 64, sponsored by Rep. Ron Bolton, R-Northport, would make it a Class C felony, punishable by up to 10 years in prison, for immigrants living in the
[ad_1] Frustration and disgust permeated the air inside the Gina Montalto wing of the Parkland Library on Saturday afternoon, as former congresswoman Gabby Giffords joined Parkland families and South Florida Democrats in denouncing legislation that may soon reverse some of the gun control efforts they made after the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas five
[ad_1] Jeronimo Yanez remembered smelling “the odor of burning marijuana” as he approached the white Oldsmobile sedan he had stopped near the intersection of Larpenteur Avenue and Fry Street in Falcon Heights, Minnesota. It was a little after 9 p.m. on a Wednesday in July 2016, and Yanez, who worked for the St. Anthony Police
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