CLOSE During his speech, Lee highlighted his budget and legislative priorities, including the state’s COVID-19 response, education, rural development and assistance for struggling families. Nashville Tennessean The Tennessee General Assembly has approved Gov. Bill Lee’s legislation to allow most adults to carry handguns without obtaining a permit, a measure some Republicans sought for years to

Researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago have published a study that claims “racially biased conservative Whites” support the Second Amendment right to bear arms because they identify gun ownership with good citizenship and suggests mass shootings “may be a symptom of the country’s enduring legacy of racism.” This analysis was published in the

It’s an even bigger challenge at the federal level, where no major gun-control measure has passed in more than two decades, even though nearly 20,000 Americans were killed by guns last year, according to the Gun Violence Archive. Boulder residents paid their respects to the lives lost on March 22 and reflected on the long

I’ve always been an independent voter. I vote for candidates based on the person, not their party affiliation. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell threatens “scorched earth” if the filibuster is changed or eliminated. Can it possibly get any worse than the current environment in our country? To me, we have no sane gun control legislation

Filibuster stands in way of For the People Act We have to get rid of the filibuster to stop the tyranny of the extremist minority that currently dominates our political power through violence, guns, racism, and disinformation. We have to do that to pass the For the People Act. If this Senate can do nothing

By Brian Greenspun (contact) Sunday, March 28, 2021 | 2 a.m. When will America find its voice? This weekend begins the Jewish celebration of Passover. It’s a big deal. It commemorates the freedom from the bondage of Pharaoh in Egypt of the Jewish people. The Book of Exodus tells this wonderful story about perseverance, religious

Once a powerful group respected or feared on both sides of the aisle, financial and legal problems in recent years have hobbled the NRA’s ability to shape the political conversation around gun ownership and the Second Amendment. Neither the NRA nor its public face, executive vice president Wayne LaPierre, have made policy statements about the

Dad often hunted with my brother Tom, who was 12 years older than me. They were out hunting on Oct. 1, 1951, the day my sister was born. I was told my mom didn’t fault them for being gone but suggested they clean and cook the birds themselves. Much later, retiring from the Air Force

Mr. Cruz and others say that now is not the time for change. They have said the same thing after every mass shooting, of which there have been too many. Republican senators have tried doing nothing, the status quo, and we know that doesn’t stop the violence. For Mr. Cruz and the NRA and gun lobby,

The massacres in Boulder, Colorado, with 10 killed, and in metro Atlanta, with eight killed, are just two more instances of senseless gun violence enabled by the NRA, gun manufacturers, and the corrupt politicians they control. Here is a short reminder of some others, for any who might need it: Columbine High School, Colorado, 1999:

WASHINGTON — Supporters of gun control lashed out at President Biden on Friday for suggesting a day earlier that gun legislation would not be his next priority even after two mass shootings in a week. Mr. Biden initially said on Tuesday that he did not need to “wait another minute” to address the epidemic of

The group has been plagued by infighting and allegations of self-dealing and is defending itself against a sweeping lawsuit filed in August by the New York attorney general that alleges that the organization violated its nonprofit status as its top leaders allegedly raided the organization’s coffers for personal gain. The NRA disclosed last year that

——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————– “Either this nation will kill racism, or racism will kill this nation.” (S. Jonas, August, 2018) ——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————– Introductory note to the reader: Regular readers of my columns will know that I write on this subject on a fairly regular basis (see the note at the end of the column for

CLOSE Boulder, Colorado mourns the ten people murdered during a shooting rampage inside a King Soopers grocery store. USA TODAY WASHINGTON – With Republicans and Democrats already speeding toward a familiar stalemate over whether to respond to a recent spate of mass shootings, experts on both sides of the debate are predicting the Supreme Court is

No one is enforcing the laws Let me start with I am a former police officer. The shooting in Boulder this week was a horrific event, and my thoughts and prayers go out to the slain officer’s family and the other victims families. But as normal after one of these mass shootings the first thing

Kits make ghost guns unregistered and untraceable Guns made by hobbyists or 3D printers are just as lethal, but aren’t traceable and don’t require background checks. USA TODAY A campus-wide email promoting an event about 3D-printed guns has upset some Iowa State University students in the wake of mass shootings in Boulder, Colorado, and Atlanta. The

Following the Atlanta and Boulder murders, we now fall somewhere between hope and inanity. You might think the political moment is propitious. Policies such as tighter criminal background checks and closing the private-sale loophole are wildly popular, including among Republican voters. The National Rifle Association — the main institutional opponent of gun reform — has

CLOSE The day after a gunman opened fire in a Colorado supermarket, President Joe Biden called on Congress to move quickly to toughen the country’s gun laws. He also called Officer Eric Talley, who died in the line of duty, “an American hero.” (March 23) AP Domestic Joe Biden wants to re-make America’s roads, bridges

 (RNS) — The gun carnage in this country — seen just in the last few days in the spa shootings in the Atlanta area and a mass shooting at the King Soopers grocery store in Colorado — is not only a horrific social problem, it is also a theological problem, even a theological crisis. The theological

Ava decided to write to Tyshaun when she saw her mother cry after reading Cox’s story about him in The Post. Cox follows the children’s relationship as they FaceTime, bombarding each other with heart emojis, sending gifts (including stress toys), and commiserating and comforting each other as they open up about their “bad weeks.” “The

In the wake of a mass shooting in Boulder, Colo., Cruz says legislation he offered in 2013 could have prevented one of the deadliest such events in U.S. history, except Democrats “filibustered it, demanded 60 votes.” The claim is highly misleading. The man who committed the 2017 mass shooting in a Texas church, killing 26

Colorado has been enacting gun control laws at a rapid clip for years, and yet none of those restrictions was able to prevent Monday’s horrific attack at a Boulder grocery store. Gun-rights supporters say that disconnect ought to give federal and state lawmakers pause as they ramp up calls for tougher firearms regulations in response

In the ten years since the federal assault weapons ban expired, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., has kept trying to renew the law, which she authored. In a press release this month honoring the 20th anniversary of the ban, she wrote, “The evidence is clear: the ban worked.” But gun violence experts say the exact opposite.

From Hartmann Report American mass murders are a remnant of our slave patrols; RBG was right that Heller was wrongly decided and needs to be overturned Another mass gun murder just happened in America, the seventh in seven days, and already “Second Amendment legislators” are offering the 2021 version of thoughts

Firearms Advocacy groups say that the AR-15 rifle is the most popular firearm in America, with an estimated 10 million versions of the original ArmaLite design now in civilian hands (Image courtesy of the National Rifle Association). WASHINGTON, D.C. – In the wake of the mass shooting that claimed 10 lives Monday in Colorado, President

Written by Reid J. Epstein Hundreds of miles apart but at exactly the same time on Monday afternoon, a gunman opened fire in a supermarket in Boulder, Colorado, and Iowa state Senate Republicans voted to gut the state’s law requiring permits to carry concealed weapons. The bill’s sponsor expressed relief that Iowans would be able

In the aftermath of the deadly mass shooting at a high school in Parkland, Fla., in 2018, cities across the country began passing their own gun control laws when state and federal governments failed to act. The city of Boulder, Colo., was one of them, unanimously adopting a wide-ranging ban on the sale and possession

With Daniel Lippman FIRST IN PI — BALLARD ADDS TOP WALSH AIDE: Eugene O’Flaherty, most recently corporation counsel for the city of Boston and a top aide to now-Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, has joined Ballard Partners as a partner as the firm looks to expand its congressional practice and ties to the new administration, giving

Sign up for our PoliticsNY newsletter for the latest coverage and to stay informed about the 2021 elections in your district and across NYC U.S. President Joe Biden urged Congress to swiftly pass gun control laws and may take action on his own to stop mass violence, the White House said on Tuesday, a day