[ad_1] I find it impossible not to sympathize with the families of the shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde as I read about their heartbreaking losses and ongoing struggle to find Republican lawmakers who will discuss strengthening Texas’ gun laws. Although I’ve never known the agony of losing a child to gun violence, I do
[ad_1] It is 3 a.m., this column will run Feb. 1, one week from this morning. According to statistics from 2020, by that date 868 people in the United States will have died from gun violence. Now that you see where this is heading, you will know that this is not one of my lighter
[ad_1] On February 9th, the Senate Law and Justice Committee will hold a public hearing for Senate Bill 5232, the companion to House Bill 1144, which imposes a firearm permit requirement, a 10-day waiting period scheme, and allows indefinite delays on firearm transfers. The committee originally scheduled the bill for February 2nd, but did not hear it.
[ad_1] When Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed the assault weapon ban law, Delphine Cherry, 55, of Hazel Crest, raced to Springfield to be by his side when he signed it. “I did not know he was going to sign the assault weapon ban that quick because I was just in Springfield at the inauguration. I get
[ad_1] On Monday, February 6, the New Mexico Senate Health & Public Affairs Committee will hold a public hearing on Senate Bill 171 by Sen. Bill Soules (D-Las Cruces), legislation that attempts to supersede federal law and make it a FELONY to manufacture, sell, transfer, or acquire a firearm sound suppressor and other National Firearms Act items, as well as
[ad_1] After a string of mass shootings, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif) is tightening the reigns on California residents’ Second Amendment rights. On Wednesday, Newsom expressed his support for Senate Bill 2, which calls for more gun restrictions, limiting where people are allowed to carry concealed guns. If passed, residents would no longer be able to
[ad_1] Senate Bill 116, a bill that expands access and standardizes firearm safety education for schools, has been sent to the Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs for a hearing on Wednesday morning, February 8, 2023, at 10:30 a.m. Please attend and show your support for firearm safety education. The hearing will take place
[ad_1] Mahalo for supporting Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Enjoy this free story! The fear of gun violence pervades all of our lives. Who doesn’t feel a heightened degree of anxiety when in public spaces these days? There is no place or venue where the need to be vigilant is not required. This is the milieu of madness
[ad_1] (The Center Square) – With the state of Illinois again restrained from enforcing a gun ban against plaintiffs in a second state-level challenge, the attorney who brought the case says he’s seeking subpoenas for those who passed the measure. Illinois’ ban on certain semi-automatic guns and magazines was enacted Jan. 10. Sheriffs across the state
[ad_1] The recent escalation in Israeli military violence and Palestinian shootings in Jerusalem and the West Bank has been depressingly familiar. Over the past week, the Israeli army raided the Jenin refugee camp, killing 10 people including a 61-year-old woman; a Palestinian shot dead seven Israeli Jews in the East Jerusalem settlement of Neve Yaakov;
[ad_1] Updates on HB 9, HB 72, and SB 44 House Bill 9 by Rep. Pamela Herndon (D-ABQ), a bill that creates back-door storage requirements by imposing criminal penalties on gun owners if a third-party minor accesses and displays, brandishes or injures someone with their firearm, will be voted on by the full New Mexico House any day now. It is important
[ad_1] California Gov. Gavin Newsom might be trying to build a nascent presidential campaign by lobbing cross-country bombs at his fellow governor in Florida over the Sunshine State’s stance on Second Amendment rights. But the father of a girl who died in a notorious school shooting had a news flash for Newsom this week: Criminals
[ad_1] PROVIDENCE − “Think about the places you frequent: Your grocery store, your children’s schools, your places of worship, your favorite club/dance hall, your workplace, your local movie theater, your own front porch. “Frequenting these places should NOT be a death sentence for you and your loved ones,” Sydney Montstream-Quas, chairwoman of the Rhode Island
[ad_1] Rep. Matt Gaetz is calling on his colleagues to support a bill that would abolish the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), a law enforcement agency that operates under the Department of Justice, after its latest guidance that restricts the ownership of gun components. During a speech on the floor of the
[ad_1] A week after back-to-back mass shootings left 18 people dead in Monterey Park and Half Moon Bay, Governor Gavin Newsom threw his support behind a bill to ban concealed weapons in a wide variety of public spaces and raise the minimum age to hold a concealed carry permit. The bill is driven in part
[ad_1] Sens. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) introduced a pro-Second Amendment bill on Wednesday that would allow gun owners with concealed carry privileges in their home states to exercise those same rights in any other state with concealed carry laws. The bill, the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act, is co-sponsored by 43 other
[ad_1] California Democrats will try again this year to strengthen concealed carry laws following a string of shootings in the state. Gov. Gavin Newsom joined other high-ranking Democrats Feb. 1 in a press conference to announce the reintroduction of legislation that would raise the legal age of firearm purchases to 21 and increase requirements for
[ad_1] It’s not generally prudent to criticize the umpire before the start of a ballgame, or the judge who’s expected to consider the constitutionality of the new law you’re proposing. But Gov. Gavin Newsom didn’t mince words Wednesday in referring to U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez of San Diego, who is likely to have the
[ad_1] The National Rifle Association (NRA) has consistently resisted the government’s efforts to classify firearms with braces under the National Firearms Act. However, when the latest regulation was suggested, the NRA provided remarks, which can be accessed here. On December 20, 2022, NRA-ILA representatives met with the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) .
[ad_1] California Gov. Gavin Newsom called for more gun restrictions Wednesday, including limiting where people can carry concealed guns following a series of mass shootings that left many dead and wounded across the state in January. On Wednesday, Newsom, a Democrat, endorsed legislation that would ban people from carrying guns into churches, public libraries, zoos,
[ad_1] CLAIM: In the lead-up to his February 1 push for more gun control, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) claimed, “Permitless carry does not make you safer.” VERDICT: Partly False. On June 7, 2017, Breitbart News relayed FBI data published by the NRA that showed two of the earliest permitless carry states, hereafter called constitutional
[ad_1] WalkUp Foundation founder Ryan Petty, who lost his daughter in the Parkland, Florida, shooting, told California Gov. Gavin Newsom that more gun control would not have saved his daughter’s life. Petty was responding to Newsom’s claims that a new bill endorsed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on concealed carry of firearms would put Floridians
[ad_1] Friday morning at 8:30 a.m. the Public Safety Finance and Policy committee will meet in Capitol Room 120 to vote on numerous gun control bills. Please contact the committee members today asking them to oppose the “red flag” proposal, universal background checks, criminalizing the failure to report a lost or stolen firearm, and unreasonable firearm and
[ad_1] Five mass shootings in California. Forty in the country overall. That’s just in the first weeks of 2023, according to the Gun Violence Archive. Shannon Watts, founder of Moms Demand Action, announced this month that she plans to step away from leadership at the organization she started in 2012, the day after the Sandy
[ad_1] Last week, Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont announced a handful of legislative proposals aimed at curbing gun violence in the state. Yash Roy 2:16 am, Feb 01, 2023 Staff Reporter Zoe Berg, Senior Photographer Five states currently ban the open-carrying of guns. Connecticut hopes to begin the sixth by the end of this year. Banning
[ad_1] Immediately following the House Speaker announcing the expansion of constitutional carry, Florida Democrats responded to the Republican permitless carry proposal. “Permitless carry is dangerous for Floridians. Responsible gun ownership means knowing how to operate and store your firearm for your own safety and for the safety of those around you,” said Leader Fentrice Driskell,
[ad_1] Florida legislators have taken the first step toward allowing any adult Floridian without a criminal record to carry concealed weapons free of any need to take gun-safety classes or register with the state. They wouldn’t be allowed to openly pack handguns, as in the Wild West. Still, opponents warned that bills introduced Monday in
[ad_1] Re “Virginia reacts to Tyre Nichols video release: ‘We need reform and systemic change’” (Jan. 28): After watching the video released by the Memphis Police Department of the attack on Tyre Nichols, it appeared he was attacked by a gang of hoodlums. Those men do not have the right to be called “police officers.”
[ad_1] The state of Illinois lost an appeal on Tuesday after a lower court judge issued a restraining order on a newly enacted ban on some semiautomatic rifles as well as high-capacity magazines. Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed the gun control law on Jan. 10, which bans the sale and distribution of assault weapons, high
[ad_1] The NRA, which has shown signs of declining influence in recent years, reported lobbying on a range of topics in its fourth quarter disclosure, including on background checks and on firearm bans and sales. Nominee defeated in 2021 “While others focus on inconsequential benchmarks, the NRA focuses on results for our members and gun