[ad_1] Attention candidates: Candidate questionnaire to be printed in the Aitkin Age – Email your answers to news.age@apgecm.com, please limit in entirety of 250 words or less. Deadline: Friday, July 15, 9 a.m. Community service groups/organizations: Prior city, county, or school civic service: (Boards/commissions, etc): Campaign contact: (website, Facebook page, etc.) Why are you running

[ad_1] A new organisation called the NRA Children’s Museum is seeking to raise awareness of the toll that mass shootings are taking on American children — and Texas Senator Ted Cruz is its first target. On Thursday, a fleet of more than 50 school buses arrayed in the shape of a rifle proceeded to Mr

[ad_1] Courtesy of Stephen Melkisethian (Flickr CC0) New gun laws, including “red flag laws,” will not work. Domestic terrorism will continue to be the greatest danger to the American people. Here’s the proof. The tragic and deadly shooting in Highland Park, Illinois, killing seven and injuring dozens more, should have been prevented. Illinois has some

[ad_1] Another big endorsement for 4th District Congressman Dan Newhouse in his re-election campaign. The National Rifle Association Political Victory Fund (NRA-PVF), representing nearly five million members, announced their “A” rating and endorsement of Congressman Dan Newhouse for his reelection campaign. The NRA released the following statement in support of Congressman Newhouse: “On behalf of

[ad_1] In the pathos following the recent mass murders, much has been written about making changes to legislation that would have meaningful impact on these tragedies. Ron Faucheux’s opinion of June 6, “Is consensus on guns possible,” covers Second Amendment rights, tradeoffs protecting gun rights vs. limiting gun ownership, federal and state regulatory policies and

[ad_1] A mile-long procession of 52 buses carrying the belongings of various gun victims is traveling to Sen. Ted Cruz’s (R-TX) home and office in Texas. The bus brigade with 4,368 empty seats represents the number of children killed by gun violence in the United States this year. Some of the belongings include the checkered

[ad_1] Oliver Manuel is sending a fleet of 52 busses to Sen. Ted Cruz’s house in Texas to show the number of kids killed by gun violence this year. The “NRA Children’s Museum” was created in part “with the intention that some people will think this is truly an NRA museum,” Oliver told BuzzFeed News. 

[ad_1] Montana Congressman Matt Rosendale has signed on as a co-sponsor to a bill that would gut a nearly century-old program that provides more than $1 billion to states in conservation in order to stop what some Republican members of Congress believe is an unfair tax on guns and ammunition. The Repealing Excise Tax on

[ad_1] Marchelle Tigner, a firearms instructor, teaches a student how to shoot a gun during a 2017 class in Lawrenceville, Ga. Tigner’s goal is to train 1 million women how to shoot a gun in her lifetime. She is among the nation’s Black women gun owners who say they are picking up firearms for self-protection.

[ad_1] Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), the top Republican negotiator for the Senate’s newly unveiled gun control bill, has said he will not take part in a new round of gun control talks concerning proposals aimed at limiting access to certain rifles or expanding background checks. The lawmaker was asked by reporters on July 12 whether Republicans would

[ad_1] I have been Americanized in many ways, but I am still uncomfortable with the idea of owning a gun even after living in the USA for more than fifty years. The recent explosive surge in mass shootings and other gun-related violence in this country has prompted me to express my thoughts. I have been

[ad_1] advertisement The six high priests of the Roberts Court made their intentions to destroy precedent abundantly clear in three recent bombshell decisions. In Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, they overturned Roe v. Wade and wiped out women’s rights of reproductive free choice. In New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, they struck

[ad_1] MIDLAND — Ann Manary supports the regulation of assault weapons, while Bill G. Schuette is advocating for “red tape” to halt.  “There are things that we can do and that we need to do,” she said, in a reply to a question of what she would support in terms of gun laws. “We need

[ad_1] The day after four people were shot within an evening in Gary, only two Lake County Council members agreed Tuesday to join an ad-hoc committee to address gun violence. Councilman Charlie Brown, D-Gary, and Councilwoman Christine Cid, D-East Chicago, agreed to be members of the ad-hoc committee to look into what the seven-member council

[ad_1] Comment on this story Comment The Senate is expected to confirm Steve Dettelbach, a former top federal prosecutor, to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, a vote that would boost the agency as the country struggles with rising gun violence. A vote is expected Tuesday afternoon. The ATF, which is tasked

[ad_1] Peter Rice  |  Guest Columnist For the sake of transparency, I should declare that I am a card carrying, lifetime member of the National Rifle Association. More on my relationship and the NRA organization later on in this letter. Looking back over the last few weeks, a sensible individual, interested in gun safety and responsible ownership

[ad_1] MIDLAND — Private-public partnerships are one of the recently proposed solutions to address gun violence in the 35th State Senate race.  Republican candidate Christian Velasquez discussed this issue, among several others, Monday at a primary election forum held by the Midland Area League of Voters.  “The government can talk about it, but we really

[ad_1] President Joe Biden on Monday said he wants to implement a new ban on “assault weapons” as he touted the Safer Communities Act at the White House. “We’re living in a country awash in weapons of war,” Biden said, apparently referring to AR-15-style rifles. “What is the rationale for these weapons outside war zones?”

[ad_1] Two members of The Motley Fool’s people team join the podcast to talk about creating success with a contractor workforce. And Motley Fool senior analyst Tim Beyers stops by to talk about Rule Breakers. To catch full episodes of all The Motley Fool’s free podcasts, check out our podcast center. To get started investing,

[ad_1] On prayer in public Read the first eight verses of the sixth chapter of Matthew, then look at some of the iconic photos of the football coach at the center of the recent SCOTUS decision that feature the 50-yard line, Supreme Court building and U.S. Capitol. What conclusion does that lead to? RUSS LEMOND

[ad_1] With the Supreme Court’s wrongheaded ruling on carrying guns outside the home, all persons in New York are less safe and in the bulls-eye. In the wake of this decision, the ability of states to regulate their own sensible gun policies has been sacrificed to the grossly misunderstood Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution

[ad_1] Where I live in east Littlerock in an area with few homes, the marijuana grows have sprung up like weeds.   There are 6 within a 5 minute walk from my house. Once they were empty plots of ground, 1 to 2-1/2 acres. It was quiet. There was little or no traffic. It was

[ad_1] In the wake of the Buffalo and Uvalde mass shootings, 70 percent of Republicans said it is more important to protect gun rights than to control gun violence, while 92 percent of Democrats and 54 percent of independents expressed the opposite view. Just weeks after those mass shootings, Republicans and gun rights advocates hailed

[ad_1] Jack Colwell  |  South Bend Tribune It’s now as American as baseball, hot dogs, apple pie and Chevrolet.      The mass shooting at the Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Ill., was just another reminder of who we are.      After myriad tragedies of gun violence in America — at a school, church,

[ad_1] Letters to the editor  |  Cincinnati Enquirer Expending any city resources to challenge Ohio law is a really bad idea, especially on the abortion front. If the city has ample resources to pursue such an effort, the mayor should evaluate the financial prudence for such resources. A reduction in headcount in the city’s law department is

[ad_1] “The existence of evil is one of the very best reasons to arm law-abiding citizens.” Trump to NRA convention in Texas, 5-28-22 OK, President Trump, you are entitled to speak your mind. But if your assumption is true, then Americans owning more guns should lead to less evil, i.e., fewer shootings. But that is

[ad_1] ”A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” Those words, written as the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution, have been woven into the nation’s identity and governance since ratified in 1791, when muskets

[ad_1] Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor. County workersdemand equitable pay As of July 1, county employees who were considered “essential” and worked throughout the pandemic are working without a contract. Every day we work without a new contract we are losing money. The county is

[ad_1] D. R. Mayer: Environment: We have an obligation to the planet As wildfires and heatwaves and so on hit the planet, including Boulder, we Boulderites can try to help ease the greenhouse gas crisis. And its attendant sixth great extinction of species on Earth, currently underway. Indeed, it is our moral obligation to do