[ad_1] Even the most incremental gun reform is elusive in the United States today. So every small legislative victory deserves at least a little celebration. Virginia’s recent compromise on gun storage meets the mark. The state’s House of Delegates last week passed a bill that would give gun owners a $300 tax credit to buy
[ad_1] X Gonzalez, a leader of the #NeverAgain movement, stood in silence for more than six minutes during the 2018 March for Our Lives rally in Washington, D.C. (Jennifer Lett/South Florida Sun-Sentinel) Five years ago today in Parkland a former student walked into Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School with a military-style assault weapon and a cluster
[ad_1] The shooting in Parkland, Florida, that killed 17 and injured 17 others five years ago Tuesday inspired one University of Virginia student to begin advocating for stricter gun laws politically and youth awareness of gun violence nationally. The shooting at UVa three months ago that killed three and injured two others has reminded her
[ad_1] Last week, the Hawaii Legislature considered several anti-gun bills, and three more anti-gun bills are already scheduled to be heard tomorrow, starting at 2PM, by the House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee. Please consider submitting testimony AGAINST HB 426, HB 804 and HB 984 through the Hawaii Legislative website. For help creating an account and submitting
[ad_1] Guns would make it onto school campuses and into lesson plans under Republican-backed proposals that are echoes of legislation that was rejected last year. One bill would shield parents who take their firearms with them into gun-free school zones from prosecution if they have a concealed carry permit. Currently, unloaded guns can be left
[ad_1] Last week, the House Judiciary Subcommittee killed the remaining anti-Second Amendment bills. Despite efforts from the anti-gun majority in the Senate to restrict your rights, no gun control bills have advanced. The following bills were voted down by the Subcommittee: Senate Bill 918 bans selling or carrying many firearms and magazines that law-abiding citizens commonly
[ad_1] Lives changed. Laws changed. But some things did not. The mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School five years ago scarred South Florida, touching off a national gun-control movement whose ripples could still be felt as recently as Tuesday night’s State of the Union address in Washington, D.C. In the aftermath of the
[ad_1] Tomorrow, Tuesday, February 14th, at 11:00 a.m., the Judiciary Committee will hear and vote on Senate Bill 40, a bill that repeals the permit-to-purchase a firearm requirement. Please use the link below to contact the committee members and ask them to support SB 40. Expediency is more important than ever when it comes to
[ad_1] Last Friday, February 10th, was the deadline for the majority of bills to pass from their chamber of origin to the opposite chamber. Despite efforts by anti-gun legislators to restrict your rights, no gun control bills have advanced. NRA-ILA would like to thank the pro-Second Amendment majorities in the State Senate and the House of
[ad_1] Bill Ellis / St. Vrain Valley Voices At one point in its history, the NRA developed the mistaken policy that everyone should have a gun so everyone would be protected. When the gunman entered the movie theater in Aurora and started shooting, according to this theory there would be someone in the audience armed
[ad_1] House and Senate lawmakers are pushing for new gun control restrictions that would permanently prohibit people from buying or owning firearms if they are convicted of domestic abuse while in a dating relationship. The effort to close the so-called “boyfriend loophole” comes less than a year after President Biden signed a law that took
[ad_1] The annual NRA-ILA Jay M. Littlefield Award recognizes individual NRA members for their meritorious defense of the Second Amendment. Late last year, awards were presented to two individuals for their selfless commitment to upholding and supporting the Second Amendment. Dennis Barthenheier, owner of Wisconsin Firearms Training Center in Brookfield, Wisconsin, received the award for his
[ad_1] click to enlarge In Missouri, Republicans recently voted down a measure that would allow police to stop children who were carrying firearms. This year’s legislative whoring for the gun lobby started out innocently enough in Missouri. The main focus of Missouri Republican politicians was to be an attack on Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner. That’s
[ad_1] In the face of a furious backlash against changes proposed to Bill C-21, Canada’s Liberal government has dropped two expansive amendments to the bill. Gun rights groups, opposition politicians and ordinary Canadians opposed the bill because it would not only criminalize mainstream hunting and sport shooting firearms lawfully owned by millions of individuals –
[ad_1] Joe Biden gave another State of the Union (SOTU) speech last week, and, as most anticipated, it included an attack on our right to keep and bear arms. Biden has hammered away at this theme throughout his term in the White House, and there was nothing in his latest broadside against gun owners that
[ad_1] Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a high-profile proponent of loosening firearm laws, tried to ban guns at an election event in downtown Tampa last year and blame the city officials for the prohibition, emails obtained by The Washington Post showed. The Post reported that Republican governor’s campaign sought to ban firearms from his re-election party
[ad_1] Parkland gun control activist David Hogg believes the gun control lobby can succeed in restricting the Second Amendment if everyone will come together and target guns the way anti-tobacco activists targeted cigarettes. Hogg was interviewed by CBS News on February 12, where he talked of how gun rights groups such as the NRA have often
[ad_1] You know them from their passionate speeches at the nation’s capital or from their faces on the cover of Time magazine. They were the celebrity youth activists from Parkland who led marches and told the world “Never Again” after gun violence took the lives of 17 people at their high school in 2018. They
[ad_1] You know them from their passionate speeches at the nation’s capital or from their faces on the cover of Time magazine. They were the celebrity youth activists from Parkland who led marches and told the world “Never Again” after gun violence took the lives of 17 people at their high school in 2018. They
[ad_1] DFL-proposed gun safety laws should be welcomed by all Minnesotans and all Americans. The gun lobby, which exists to boost sales of guns and ammunition, does not care that firearms are now the leading cause of death among children in the U.S. Or about mass shootings. Or suicides by gun. Or gang-related shootings that
[ad_1] STACKR — Gun sales and ownership have been hotly debated topics in the U.S. for decades, with many interested parties vying to be heard. The 1994 federal assault weapons ban was vigorously lobbied against by the National Rifle Association and other gun rights groups, which argued that the legislation violated the Second Amendment. When
[ad_1] Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) wanted guns banned from his election-night party in Tampa last year but wanted to blame city officials, according to a new report. Emails obtained by The Washington Post reveal the sensitive request made by DeSantis’ campaign to city officials in Tampa prior to a Nov. 8 election party. DeSantis,
[ad_1] The day after 11 people were fatally shot and nine others injured in a senseless attack at a dance studio in Monterey Park, California, federal and local officials gathered on an outdoor stage for a thank-you fest. One by one, speakers came to the podium to thank, for example, the L.A. County sheriff for
[ad_1] Courtesy of Greg Myers (Flickr CC0) Although the NRA gun lobby and their bought and paid-for politicians deny the seriousness of our nation’s problem with guns, a report by the ATF just blew their lies right out of the water. The government needs to protect the people, not guns and domestic terrorism. It is
[ad_1] Two gun rights organizations are supporting separate lawsuits over the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) rule on pistol stabilizing braces. “This rule demonstrates a clear abuse of power by the ATF,” Jason Ouimet, executive director, National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action said in a statement on the NRA website announcing
[ad_1] With the recent appearance of AR-15 pins on the lapels and ties of several members of Congress, the right’s Second Amendment shtick is looking less like a principled stand and more like product placement than ever. After Rep. Jimmy Gomez called out the disturbing trend on the House floor, other Democrats in Congress joined
[ad_1] BLACKSBURG Uncharacteristically nervous, Nikki Giovanni waited to ascend the stage. The poet, writer, activist and Virginia Tech professor is known around the world. She’s a popular speaker. But awaiting her words this time were thousands of grief-dazed students, parents, professors and other employees. Like her, they still reeled from the mass shooting on campus
[ad_1] Hommage aux victimes de la fusillade dans une discothèque gay, à Orlando (Floride), en 2016. DPA / PHOTONONSTOP « Pays de sang. Une histoire de la violence par arme à feu aux Etats-Unis » (Bloodbath Nation), de Paul Auster, traduit de l’anglais (Etats-Unis) par Anne-Laure Tissut, photographies de Spencer Ostrander, Actes Sud, 208 p., 26 €. Orlando,
[ad_1] HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has formed a coalition with several states that are filing a lawsuit against U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Patrick Morrisey Morrisey and several members of Second Amendment advocacy groups spoke about the lawsuit at Bare Arms
[ad_1] Today, the Judiciary Committee voted on a bipartisan vote, 5-0-1-2, to advance Legislative Bill 77, the constitutional carry bill. LB 77 recognizes the right of law-abiding adults to carry a firearm for self-defense without having to first pay fees or obtain government permission. It is now up for a floor vote. Please use the link below to