[ad_1] A federal judge Friday heard sharply contrasting arguments about whether gun control Measure 114′s regulations are constitutional in what she described as a very complicated case amid a new legal landscape. After a two-hour hearing, U.S. District Judge Karin J. Immergut said she’ll issue a written ruling early next week on whether to grant

[ad_1] Comment on this story Comment Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) tells us that “in times such as these … I question why terrible, horrific things happen … I question why we lose innocent loved ones” [“Hundreds gather in Chesapeake to mourn victims of Walmart shooting,” Metro, Nov. 29]. The answer: We have nearly 400

[ad_1] One of the strictest gun control laws in the nation is facing a new National Rifle Association-backed legal challenge as a federal judge prepares to decide whether to delay the measure’s implementation. Two former Oregon lawmakers, a sporting goods store, the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) and the Oregon State Shooting Association — the

[ad_1] Fights over gun laws usually unfold in state houses and on Capitol Hill. But an Inland gun rights political action committee has its sights set more locally. The Inland Empire Gun Owners PAC works to elect local leaders who share its perspective on the right to bear arms. It also pitches in on lawsuits

[ad_1] OPINION: President Biden told reporters over Thanksgiving that he would use the upcoming lame-duck session of Congress to do something he has wanted to do for decades. He wants to ban what he routinely calls “assault weapons,” a term that includes virtually all other semi-automatic rifles, shotguns and handguns. Reasonable heads may try to

[ad_1] The National Rifle Association’s Oregon affiliate, joined by two former state lawmakers, an Oregon sporting goods store and the National Shooting Sports Foundation, Thursday filed the third lawsuit challenging Measure 114, a day before a judge hears arguments on whether to delay the gun control measure from taking effect. The suit contends the measure

[ad_1] Opinion editor’s note: Editorials represent the opinions of the Star Tribune Editorial Board, which operates independently from the newsroom. ••• Over the summer, President Joe Biden achieved a modest but importantly bipartisan accord on gun reforms. Now the fragile coalition of senators who helped forge that agreement faces a more serious challenge: reinstating the

[ad_1] If you are Jewish and live in America, now is the time to carry a firearm. Thanks to a recent National Rifle Association victory in NYSRPA v. Bruen, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Second Amendment protects our right, any law-abiding American’s right, a Jew’s right to carry a handgun for self-defense outside

[ad_1] As everyone knows, guns don’t kill people—bullets do. Georgia GOP Goddess Majorie Taylor Greene tells us the Second Amendment guarantees us the right to buy guns on the same day they don’t kill people. And after all, how can we be safe without guns—you want to bring a knife to a gun fight? (That

[ad_1] Republicans support guys with guns because they hide behind the 2nd Amendment and cower before the NRA. They support criminals who are murdering our kids and neighbors. The GOP has gone soft on crime. That has to change. We have an epidemic of gun crimes in the United States right now. It needs to

[ad_1] On Monday White House press secretary Karin Jean-Pierre said President Biden’s Thanksgiving Day criticism of semiautomatic firearms was actually meant to be directed toward “assault weapons.” Real Clear Politics noted that their reporter, Philip Wegmann, asked Jean-Pierre about Biden’s comment: The president has said repeatedly that he wants to ban assault weapons, but on

[ad_1] U.S. gun death rates have surged at a record pace during the COVID-19 pandemic and are rising the fastest among Black men, according to a sweeping new study published Tuesday. The federal government recorded 1,110,421 shooting deaths and gun suicides between 1990 and 2021. In those 32 years, the rate of gun deaths from

[ad_1] State Rep. Jim Durkin is an endangered species — a socially moderate, fiscally conservative gentleman who plays well with others. Now, the reasonable dad of the Illinois Republican Party has had enough, post-election. He picked up his keys, and he is going for a drive. As his wife, I am happy for him and

[ad_1] The recent spate of unusually horrific killings – in Chesapeake, Virginia, where a Walmart store manager murdered his own employees, and in Colorado Springs, Colorado, where a gay bar was shot up – has to some extent reopened what has been the something of a closed issue, assault weapons bans. Why are so many

[ad_1] Courtesy of ROG5728 (Wikimedia CC0) Oregonians approved a stricter multifaceted gun safety law in the recent election. However, before the ballots were fully tallied, the proposed rule was met with claims that limiting magazine capacity to 10 rounds violates the Second Amendment. The problem with establishing gun safety measures begins with the National Rifle

[ad_1] A gun control bill that would ban “assault weapons” likely does not have enough votes to make it to President Joe Biden’s desk, Democrats said on Nov. 27. “I’m glad that President Biden is going to be pushing us to take a vote on an assault weapons ban. The House has already passed it.

[ad_1] And the shootings continue. Should ownership of all ARs be banned? Maybe not yet. In 1991 Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger emphatically stated that NRA lobbyists’ use of the Second Amendment, in coordination with American gun manufacturers to increase gun sales, was “the biggest fraud ever perpetrated on the American people.” As badly

[ad_1] Representative Matt Gaetz, a Florida Republican, is facing backlash from Parkland parent Fred Guttenberg over his “constitutional carry” tweet that he made on Saturday. The GOP lawmaker took to Twitter on Saturday morning and tweeted: “Florida should be a Constitutional Carry state.” His tweet has received 18,000 likes and over 5,000 comments as of

[ad_1] On this “Face the Nation” broadcast, moderated by Margaret Brennan: Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Rep. James Clyburn, Democrat of South Carolina Former Homeland Security Secretaries Jeh Johnson and Michael Chertoff Colorado Gov. Jared Polis Click here to browse full transcripts of “Face the Nation.”   MARGARET BRENNAN:

[ad_1] Award-winning journalist Kyle Spencer’s new book, Raising Them Right — The Untold Story of America’s Ultraconservative Youth Movement and Its Plot for Power explores a decades-long campaign — online and off — to lure unsuspecting young people into the far-right fold, capitalizing on magnetic celebrities like Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, the thermodynamic

[ad_1] I applaud the Express-News and the reporters and columnists who brought the issue of drunk driving to readers’ attention in last Sunday’s edition. No one likes to discuss the lifelong damage — physical, psychological and financial — to the victims, and their families and loved ones. I know because I am one of those

[ad_1] Six years ago, I was asked to write a play addressing the urgent issue of gun violence in America. One that would be staged in the immediate run-up to the 2016 presidential election as a featured selection of the storied New York International Fringe Festival. A last chance to collectively grapple with America’s signature

[ad_1] You and I have much to be thankful for, and most of us celebrated that on Thursday. If we were lucky, we gave thanks in the company of people we love. Now let’s get to work on changing the world so we can really be thankful next year, or our grandchildren will thank us

[ad_1] Just a day after President Biden pledged he was going to “get rid of assault weapons,” MSNBC viewers heard guests and hosts obediently blame gun deaths on Republicans for failing to pass legislation banning these weapons. “What’s it going to take?” MSNBC anchor Katy Tur wailed at the top of the 2pm ET hour

[ad_1] President Joseph Biden made some alarming remarks about gun control during a Thanksgiving event in Nantucket, Massachusetts. Biden has long targeted Americans’ Second Amendment rights and pushed for a ban on so-called assault weapons. His stance got even more extreme Thursday when he met with reporters outside the Nantucket fire station. The president condemned

[ad_1] Courtesy of Stephen Melkisethian (Flickr CC0) FBI Director Christopher Wray declared that “domestic terrorism is the greatest danger to the American people.” Mass shootings are more numerous than the days on the calendar. It is logical and necessary to refer to the men who commit mass murders with the use of a weapon of

[ad_1] By a margin of 7 million votes in 2020, American voters tossed Donald Trump into the trash bin of history. Lest there was any doubt, on Nov. 8 voters sent Trump on to the dump. Nothing good will ever happen again for or to Trump aside perhaps from a split Supreme Court decision or

[ad_1] Comment on this story Comment Over 10 days, people across the country woke up to a version of the same news on three different mornings: another high-profile shooting and a new death toll. Three, last week, on a college bus. Five, on Saturday, inside a nightclub. Six, on Tuesday, in a Walmart. And now,