[ad_1] One of the nation’s strictest gun control measures will go before Oregon voters next month because of volunteer signature gatherers as young as 11 and as old as 94. Measure 114 would require a permit to purchase a gun in the state and ban the sale or transfer of gun magazines that hold more

[ad_1] Matt Rosendale speaks during an event with Ted Cruz in Billings on Oct. 29, 2020. LARRY MAYER, Billings Gazette Pro gun, anti tax. The candidate who takes those positions in a Montana election usually avoids a lot of criticism, but not this year. Hunting groups and the firearms lobby are displeased with U.S. Rep. Matt

[ad_1] Orlando congressional candidates Maxwell Frost and Calvin Wimbish expressed politically opposite views on almost every issue at their debate Thursday night, and it was abortion that led to a personal exchange where Wimbish brought up Frost’s birth mother. Frost and Wimbish are seeking to succeed outgoing U.S. Rep. Val Demings in the highly Democratic

[ad_1] Karen Dolan Gun violence is a clear and present danger to the lives of Americans. Voters want candidates to address it. From horrific mass shootings to the slower but grislier toll of daily gun homicides, gun violence is an epidemic that killed more than 45,000 people in this country last year — an increase of 43% from

[ad_1] Voters will determine in the Nov. 8 general election who will represent them in six newly redrawn Arizona House legislative districts in the Tucson area as Republican and Democratic candidates face off. The districts are 16, 17, 18, 19, 21 and 23. In a seventh Arizona House legislative race in District 20, Democratic incumbents

[ad_1] CLARENCE, N.Y. (AP) — After back-to-back mass shootings last spring, including one that killed 10 people at a supermarket not far from his suburban Buffalo home, Republican U.S. Rep. Chris Jacobs made a decision. If an assault weapons ban came to the House floor, he would support it, he told voters in his conservative

[ad_1] ASHEVILLE – Do struggling families need a child tax credit, universal pre-kindergarten and similar government programs − or would those families be better helped by tamping down government spending in an effort to reduce inflation? That is one stark difference that emerged Oct. 10 between Western North Carolina’s U.S. House candidates Democrat Jasmine Beach-Ferrara

[ad_1] GENESEE COUNTY, MI — There will be a learning curve regardless of who wins the race to represent most of western Genesee County in the Michigan House of Representatives. Candidates Adam Blake Childress (Libertarian), Jesse Couch (Republican) and Jasper Ryan Martus (Democrat) are each seeking a first term in the new 69th District, which

[ad_1] Violent crime and homelessness increased during the pandemic years in Oregon, especially in Portland, where tent camps have become a fixture. The state also suffers from drought and water shortages. Illegal drug use has reached epidemic proportions. There was even a short-lived attempt by counties in southeastern Oregon to join Idaho. Gender isn’t an

[ad_1] Polk County, Florida, Sheriff Grady Judd offered some straightforward advice to residents whose homes or businesses were looted in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian: “You take your gun and you shoot him, you shoot him so that he looks like grated cheese.” Sheriff Judd imparted that wisdom during a Friday appearance on “Fox &

[ad_1] ST. GEORGE —Is it a fear of guns or a lack of knowledge? Rustin Staheli stands in his military uniform, location and date unspecified | Photo courtesy of Rustin Staheli, St. George News Rustin Staheli, a National Rifle Association Certified Instructor, said he completed nine years in the military which involved everything from artillery

[ad_1] A biologist who has helped rescue dozens of raptors poisoned by lead bullet fragments in game carcasses seeks to educate, not regulate, hunters.  Angus M. Thuermer Jr., WyoFile At the Jackson Hole Gun Club’s shooting range, Chris Smith paused after his shooting session to explain why he stopped hunting with traditional lead bullets that

[ad_1] On Tuesday, Grassroots America’s Liberty Education & Action Meeting will feature current threats to Second Amendment gun rights. Topics will include “Your Right to Keep and Bear Arms: Red Flag Laws & Other Attempts to Gut the Second Amendment.” Sean Healy, a private practice attorney in Tyler, will be the featured guest speaker. Healy

[ad_1] JACKSON — At the Jackson Hole Gun Club’s shooting range, Chris Smith paused after his shooting session to explain why he stopped hunting with traditional lead bullets that spread toxins in the environment and wildlife. “I use copper to kill with,” said Smith, a shooter with 25 years of hunting under his blaze-orange vest.

[ad_1] After Philadelphia recreation employee Tiffany Fletcher was shot and killed at work last month, Mayor Jim Kenney banned guns at city pools and rec centers. Less than a week later, his rule was thrown out by a Philadelphia court. The judge who issued the decision seemed to do so begrudgingly. In his opinion, Judge

[ad_1] Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. This story is a collaboration between The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, Mother Jones, and Enlace Latino NC. When the tobacco giant Reynolds American cut a check for Brent Jackson’s political campaign in November 2019, it was well

[ad_1] A seal reading “Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation” is displayed on the J. Edgar Hoover FBI building in Washington, DC, o August 9, 2022. (Photo by Stefani Reynolds / AFP) (Photo by STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images) OAN NewsroomUPDATED 10:10 AM PT – Thursday, October 6, 2022 The Biden administration’s FBI is

[ad_1] President Joe Biden on Wednesday again took to social media to pledge he will not stop pushing until he secures a ban on “assault weapons.” Biden has been referencing his commitment to a ban on “assault weapons” throughout his presidency. The president tweeted: I signed the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act into law, the first

[ad_1] Election 2022: How to register to vote, cast a mail ballot in PA Voters who wish to cast a ballot in the primary or November election need to know these important dates. Teresa Boeckel, York Daily Record Incumbent Republican Lloyd Smucker faces Democratic challenger Bob Hollister in the Nov. 8 election for the 11th

[ad_1] When U.S. Rep. Mary Miller steamrolled fellow incumbent and U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis in the June 28 Republican primary in the re-configured Illinois 15th District, most assumed it was her ticket back to Washington, D.C. Miller, a Donald Trump acolyte who is completing her freshman term in Congress, faces Democrat Paul Lange of Mendon in the Nov. 8 election.

[ad_1] Every state allows people to carry concealed weapons in public, but half of them require a permit. Permitless carry: 25 states allow individuals to carry loaded, concealed handguns in public without first undergoing a background check, obtaining a license, or receiving any firearm training. Shall issue: 10 states require a permit but allow authorities

[ad_1] A study from the Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC) released Monday shows the FBI undercounts the number of times an armed citizen stops an active shooting. The CPRC pointed to the example of 22-year-old Elisjsha Dicken shooting and killing the Greenwood Park Mall attacker in Indiana on July 17, 2022. Greenwood Park Mall in

[ad_1] States that weakened concealed carry laws experienced spikes in violent crimes, according to recent studies. Concealed carry laws, which require people who want to carry and conceal a handgun outside of their home, have long been a target of gun rights advocates who argue the laws impede on Second Amendment rights. They were handed

[ad_1] The 2022 Michigan General Election will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 8, and there are a slew of key races and statewide ballot proposals to know about before casting your vote by mail, or in person in November. The biggest of the Midterm election races in Michigan leads to the governor’s seat, where incumbent

[ad_1] A bill that would restrict the carrying of concealed and unconcealed firearms in “sensitive places” in Hawaii County has garnered quite a bit of opposition ahead of its first committee hearing. Bill 220, if passed, would define sensitive locations on the Big Island where carry of a firearm is prohibited, consistent with an individual’s

[ad_1] Senate candidate John Fetterman (D-PA) wants to end the filibuster so Democrats can push through a gun ban for “assault weapons.” Fetterman’s gun control positions were in the spotlight over the weekend after a September 30 FOX News mention of his reference to NRA members as the “lunatic fringe of gun ownership.” FOX News

[ad_1] The largest gun rights organization most people have never heard of is expanding into electoral politics as part of a long-term strategy to boost the ranks of lawmakers in Congress who support the Second Amendment. Through an affiliated super PAC, the United States Concealed Carry Association is investing in the midterm elections on behalf

[ad_1] Twice-impeached former Republican President Donald J. Trump, along with his devoted allies, again and again challenged the American democracy imagined by the framers of the Constitution and by those who through our history have revered the rule of law. He found weaknesses in our system of government, and even broke through some of the

[ad_1] WASHINGTON, Oct 3 (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court, which expanded gun rights in a major decision in June, on Monday declined to hear a challenge to a federal ban on devices called “bump stocks” that enable semi-automatic weapons to fire like a machine gun – a firearms control measure prompted by a 2017

[ad_1] Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) is taking aim at a gun industry association for the way it engaged in a tax-dodging “voter education” scheme that also violated a core tenet of Second Amendment enthusiasts: compiling a detailed database of gun buyers. The Daily Beast has obtained a letter, which Blumenthal sent to the National Shooting