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[ad_1] State Senate passes ban on guns at polling places Legislation prohibiting weapons within 100 feet of a polling location (except for law enforcement) passed the state Senate yesterday and will now be considered by the House. Lawmakers debated the measure—which creates the same standard for all polling places that already exists at schools operating as
[ad_1] CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) – A West Virginia House committee advanced legislation Wednesday to allow handguns on campus, just hours after more than three dozen speakers urged lawmakers to reject the proposal. The proposal, Senate Bill 10, would allow those with a concealed carry license to carry without fear of punishment by the college. Gwen
[ad_1] The Monterey Park rampage on Jan. 21 was just one of a number of mass shootings to occur in California in January. Two days after that event, seven people were killed at Half Moon Bay, while a mass shooting in Oakland claimed another life. With over 100 gun control laws, California has an “A”
[ad_1] Comment on this story Comment EAST LANSING, Mich. — At 21, Zoe Beers has already survived two school shootings. The first was in California when she was 8. The second was this week, as a gunman stormed the Michigan State campus, killing three students and wounding five more. Now, she said, she’s had enough.
[ad_1] Twenty-six-year-old Rep. Maxwell Frost travelled over to Comedy Central’s The Daily Show on Tuesday for an interview temp host Sarah Silverman to discuss an assortment of left-wing goals, one of which was gun control with Frost urging people to vote for “morally just leaders who actually give a damn about children’s lives.” Silverman began by
[ad_1] Former child actor Austin Majors’ death earlier this week from a suspected fentanyl overdose while staying at an “interim housing program” makes him the latest victim of the drug and homelessness crises plaguing California. According to Majors’ sister, Kali Raglin, the 27-year-old’s cause of death was a “suspected fentanyl poisoning with an ongoing investigation,”
[ad_1] Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s career has been defined by gun violence and her efforts to prevent it – from the double assassination that made her mayor of San Francisco, to a recall effort over her gun proposals, to yet another mass shooting at a college campus that took place just 17 hours before she announced
[ad_1] Today, the House Judiciary Committee voted to pass Senate Bill 10, the Campus Self-Defense Act, to ensure that law-abiding adults are not stripped of their right to self-defense when they cross an arbitrary boundary onto a college campus. It now goes to the House floor for further consideration. Please contact your delegate and ask
[ad_1] West Virginia lawmakers are advancing the campus carry bill, despite pleas from college students and educators across the state. The House Judiciary Committee passed SB 10, the Campus Self-Defense Act, by voice vote Wednesday. It now moves to the House floor for further consideration. The bill would allow people with concealed carry permits to
[ad_1] Tomorrow, Thursday, February 16th, the House of Representatives will vote on Senate Bill 98, a bill that removes the requirement to be re-fingerprinted for the renewal of the enhanced permit. Please contact your representative today, and urge them to support SB 98. Also, earlier this week, the House Judiciary Committee defeated HB 1213, a bill that mandated
[ad_1] Yesterday, the Senate Judiciary Committee passed Senate Bill 40, a bill that repeals the permit-to-purchase a firearm requirement. Senate Bill 41, a bill that recognizes law-abiding citizens’ right to self-defense while attending a church with a school attached, became part of Senate Bill 40 and advanced as well. Now Senate Bill 40 eliminates the redundant background
[ad_1] Today, the Senate voted 36-12 to pass Senate Bill 5006, an anti-gun bill that hijacks a suicide prevention measure. It will now go to the House for further consideration. Please contact your state representative and ask them to OPPOSE SB 5006. Senate Bill 5006 turns a suicide prevention measure into a prohibition on an individual’s Second Amendment rights. When individuals in
[ad_1] UVALDE, Texas — Tracy King was getting ready to head to lunch from his office in this town straddling the Hill Country and South Texas on May 24 when he heard the sirens heading toward Robb Elementary. The video above is from a previous story. Within hours, questions about what drew the emergency response
[ad_1] Story by David Beard, The Dominion Post CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The House Judiciary Committee’s Wednesday morning public hearing on the campus carry bill drew 40 people; 38 opposed it. Most of the opponents to SB 10 were university students, faculty and administrators. But Mary Ellen O’Farrell, speaking on her own behalf, summed up the
[ad_1] On Friday, February 17, the New Mexico House Judiciary Committee will hold hearings on mandatory waiting period and semiautomatic firearms ban/magazine limit legislation: * House Bill 100 by Rep. Andrea Romero (D-Santa Fe), expands New Mexico’s so-called “universal background check” law to include a mandatory 14-day waiting period on all firearm purchases. This criminal protection bill would
[ad_1] Yesterday, the House Judiciary Committee voted 16-7-2 to advance Representative Bobby Cox’s House Bill 3594, the constitutional carry bill, to a floor vote. H 3594 recognizes the right of law-abiding adults to carry a firearm for self-defense without having to first pay fees or obtain government permission, while also increasing penalties for criminals caught with firearms. Please
[ad_1] The U.S.’s gun violence crisis is shattering records as the number of school shootings hit a record high in 2022, according to a grim new analysis released on the fifth anniversary of the shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, on Tuesday. According to The Washington Post, there were 46 shootings at
[ad_1] Today, at 9AM, the House Judiciary Committee will hear House Bill 2667 and, at 2PM, the Senate Military Affairs, Public Safety and Border Security Committee will hear Senate Bill 1300. These bills ensure that law-abiding adults are not stripped of their right to self-defense when they cross an arbitrary boundary onto a college campus. Please use the Request
[ad_1] SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – Wednesday February 15, legislators are tackling some heavy topics. Among other things, they’ll discuss the Second Amendment and a bill that could affect the lives of young immigrants. Second Amendment Today, members of the Senate Judiciary Committee are scheduled to hear from experts on both sides of the gun control
[ad_1] Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. UVALDE — Tracy King was getting ready to head to lunch from his office in this town straddling the Hill Country and South Texas on May 24 when he heard the sirens
[ad_1] The deadly shooting spree at Michigan State University Monday night was another tragic American event involving firearms. But for at least two MSU students, it brought up horrific memories. A lone gunman opened fire at an academic building and the student union, killing three students and critically injuring five others. It was the second
[ad_1] advertisement In the first few weeks of 2023, some 69 people were killed in 39 separate mass shootings in this country. The shooters were ages 6 to 72. The US had 648 mass shootings in 2022. All male. In more civilized countries it’s one and done. When a British gunman killed 16 people in
[ad_1] GREENFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Following the recent shooting in Michigan where three students died and five others in critical condition, Congressman McGovern is calling for more gun control measures but is pointing the finger at his Republican counterparts for not getting legislation passed. MSU shooting: Police ID suspect and three victims who were killed
[ad_1] Comment on this story Comment This time, the victims were students at Michigan State University. This time, the gunman had no apparent connection with the people he shot or the school they attended. This time, the assailant killed himself before we could learn why he went on his rampage. But we do know how:
[ad_1] Tuesday’s Morning Joe predictably jumped on the mass shooting at Michigan State to denounce Republicans. Among many such condemnations during the segment, Joe Scarborough said, “there’s no other way to put it. It’s the Republican party that’s allowing this to continue to happen.” Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson, who doubles as an MSNBC analyst,
[ad_1] FRANKFORT — A bill that would block local assistance with federal firearms bans — one of several filed by Republicans in the GOP-dominated Kentucky legislature that aim to curb gun control restrictions — sailed out of a state House of Representatives committee Tuesday. House Bill 153 would prevent local law enforcement, employees of public
[ad_1] Tomorrow, at 9:00AM, the House Judiciary Committee will hold a public hearing on Senate Bill 10, the Campus Self-Defense Act, to ensure that law-abiding adults are not stripped of their right to self-defense when they cross an arbitrary boundary onto a college campus. Please contact committee members and ask them to pass SB 10
[ad_1] SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WTVO) — A judge taking on three federal lawsuits challenging Illinois’ semi-automatic weapons ban has ordered the state to show “each and every item banned” by the law. Federal Judge Stephen McGlynn ordered that the guns be turned over for “illustrative examples of each and every item banned.” Three federal lawsuits, including
[ad_1] On Thursday, February 16th, the House Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee will be holding executive sessions to vote on numerous gun bills. Please contact committee members now and ask them to OPPOSE ALL anti-gun measures that would place further burdens on law-abiding gun owners and sportsmen! Some of the latest in this line