[ad_1] Richard Montgomery High School Rockville, Maryland (August 25, 2022) THE PRESIDENT: Wes, thank you for that introduction. And Wes is the real deal. (Applause.) The real deal. Folks, he’s a combat veteran. Only drawback is he’s a Rhodes Scholar. (Laughter.) Former CEO of one of the biggest anti-poverty organizations in America. And if we
[ad_1] WASHINGTON — Back on the campaign trail and touting a series of victories, President Joe Biden took aim at U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz and a couple of Texas Democrats, albeit less directly, as he called for protecting social security and banning assault weapons at a rally on Thursday night. “Do you want to put
[ad_1] President Joe Biden has pledged to ban assault weapons if the Democrats manage to strengthen their precarious hold over the House of Representatives and Senate at November’s midterm elections. Speaking at a rally for the Democratic National Committee at Richard Montgomery High School in Rockville, Maryland, on Thursday, Mr Biden stressed the significance of
[ad_1] Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. – Advertisement – In the wake of the Uvalde school shooting, the Republican congressman who represents the city, Tony Gonzales, welcomed Democratic President Joe Biden to the community. They visited Robb Elementary together, attended
[ad_1] Jane Yoder-Short | Press-Citizen opinion writer I missed learning that a hero is someone with a gun. Growing up in a Mennonite pacifist home we had rules about what we could and couldn’t watch on TV. Shooting programs with guns were off-limits. One Saturday, my sister and I thought we were getting away with watching
[ad_1] August 25, 2022, 5:00 PM HST * Updated August 25, 3:22 PM The Hawai‘i Police Department has revised the permitting process for a license to carry concealed and unconcealed firearms following the Supreme Court’s ruling on a landmark case out of New York. The High Court’s 6-3 decision in the case of New York
[ad_1] HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A federal court in Fort Worth struck down a Texas ban that limited adults under 21 years old from carrying handguns. District Court Judge Mark Pittman ruled on Thursday that the ban is unconstitutional. Pittman said the restriction is inconsistent with the Second Amendment and U.S. history. According to our
[ad_1] Mahalo for supporting Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Enjoy this free story! Hawaii and Maui counties are the first two municipalities in the state to put in place revisions to their permit process for a license to carry firearms in the wake of a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling that toppled a New York state law limiting
[ad_1] Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. In the wake of the Uvalde school shooting, the Republican congressman who represents the city, Tony Gonzales, welcomed Democratic President Joe Biden to the community. They visited Robb Elementary together, attended mass at a
[ad_1] IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Uvalde school board fires police chief Arredondo 06:22 Now Playing O’Rourke says Abbott is ‘more beholden to NRA, gun manufacturers’ than those he is meant to serve 07:21 UP NEXT Young gun safety advocate takes activism to Congress by
[ad_1] An attendee holds a handgun on display at the National Rifle Association (NRA) annual convention in Houston, Texas, U.S. May 29, 2022. REUTERS/Callaghan O’Hare Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Aug 25 (Reuters) – A federal judge in Texas threw out the state’s ban on people between 18 and 20 years
[ad_1] According to the Gun Violence Archive, there were 693 mass shootings in the United States in 2021. That’s almost 2 a day. We’re dealing with an epidemic of gun violence in this country. But it’s not just mass shootings — it’s also the daily shootings in our cities that claim the lives of children
[ad_1] Though the Civil War was over 150 years ago, the social fabric of the United States still suffers from the country’s former divisions. Cultural and political values are split between the so-called free counties and the former slave counties, which existed in 15 states (only 11 of which seceded during the Civil War). Now, a
[ad_1] President Joe Biden’s legal challenge targeting so-called “ghost guns” went into effect on Aug. 24, focusing on curbing the proliferation of privately assembled firearms. The rules, which the White House posted in April, are designed to prevent unlicensed guns from being sold to convicted felons and other ineligible buyers by making clear that retailers run
[ad_1] The National Rifle Association Political Victory Fund has endorsed five Rhode Island House candidates in its 2022 report card for the upcoming elections and dished out “F” grades to General Assembly leaders after they passed an ban on high capacity magazines this year. The new NRA grades include an “F” for formerly “A” rated Senate president Dominick Ruggerio,
[ad_1] Recently, Mr. John Sigler mailed an open letter and fundraising card endorsing Sen. Colin Bonini, R-Dover. From Mr. Sigler’s bio, which he included in the letter, it is apparent to me he is a party insider. Mr. Sigler states Sen. Bonini is a “true conservative.” While this is probably true, simply voting no on
[ad_1] AR-15 style rifles are displayed for sale at Firearms Unknown, a gun store in Oceanside, California, U.S., April 12, 2021. Bing Guan | Reuters New Biden administration rules that put homemade firearm kits used to build “ghost guns” in the same legal category as traditional firearms went into effect on Wednesday after federal judges
[ad_1] (BIVN) – The Hawaiʻi Police Department on Wednesday announced that it has revised the permitting process for a license to carry concealed and unconcealed firearms. The move comes as a result of the July 23, 2022, Supreme Court of the United States decision in the case of New York State Rifle & Pistol Association,
[ad_1] SPIRIT LAKE, I.A. (Dakota News Now) – The Iowa Firearms Coalition has been working to change security policies in public buildings, claiming the current system has left them vulnerable to attacks. As a result, the Spirit Lake School Board decided to allow members of their on-campus staff to carry guns. The IFC applauds the
[ad_1] Markwayne Mullin has defeated T.W. Shannon in the Republican primary runoff election on Tuesday for Sen. Jim Inhofe’s seat in the U.S. Senate, according to unofficial results from the Oklahoma State Election Board. Mullin received 65.06 percent of votes with 311 of 1984 precincts reporting, with Shannon attracting 34.94 percent, according to unofficial online
[ad_1] Courtesy of Colin Lloyd (Unsplash CC0) Republicans don’t know you, and I exist. At least, that’s what I believe. Polls show how we feel about important issues, but they ignore them and therefore reject our needs and wishes. We should ignore them at the polls. Important to most Americans are universal healthcare, sensible gun
[ad_1] By SARA BURNETT, Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Most U.S. adults think gun violence is increasing nationwide and want to see gun laws made stricter, according to a new poll that finds broad public support for a variety of gun restrictions, including many that are supported by majorities of Republicans and gun owners. The
[ad_1] MARY REICHARD, CO-HOST: The reality of the streets in this country comes into contact with the legal theory of the Second Amendment every single day. MONTAGE: MR: Gun violence makes the national news everyday in this country. Rising crime creates fear, and that leads to law abiding citizens looking for ways to protect themselves. Take
[ad_1] Even after the Buffalo and Uvalde mass shootings, 70% of Republicans said it is more important to protect gun rights than to control gun violence, while 92% of Democrats and 54% of independents expressed the opposite view. Just weeks after those mass shootings, Republicans and gun rights advocates hailed the Supreme Court ruling that
[ad_1] By Don Poole Updated: 4 hours ago Published: 4 hours ago I want to encourage all Alaska voters to cast their vote carefully in the new election system. This is the first time for it, so vote carefully. Many Alaskans do not trust this new idea of ranking and intend to vote just for
[ad_1] Democratic Texas gubernatorial candidate Robert Francis “Beto” O’Rourke’s position on guns is straightforward. The former New York manny wants to ban and confiscate America’s most popular firearms and further undermine Texans’ Second Amendment rights. This radical position plays well with some Democratic presidential primary voters. It doesn’t with the Texas electorate. That’s why the
[ad_1] Gun control advocates’ preferred policies have been repeatedly rejected by the American people through their elected representatives. The U.S. Supreme Court and Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution has foreclosed, for now, gun control backers’ chief aim – total civilian disarmament. Moreover, the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act makes clear that firearm
[ad_1] Gun control advocates have renewed a longstanding plan to have the Federal Trade Commission (which regulates commercial speech) punish firearms manufacturers for how they advertise firearms. A petition filed with the FTC by several large firearm prohibition organizations claims that any suggestion firearms provide protection to their owners or make their homes safer is
[ad_1] Betsy Johnson, an independent candidate for governor of Oregon, wears wildly oversized glasses and campaigns at homey events billed as “Beers With Betsy.” A former state senator who abandoned the Democratic Party, Johnson markets herself as the “goldilocks” alternative to the “extremes” of partisan politics, insisting she’s beholden to “only to Oregonians” and not
[ad_1] On a road trip to find untapped votes, the Democratic challenger for governor faces armed protestors, shouting matches and a stolen catalytic converter. August 21, 2022 at 6:00 a.m. EDT Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke speaks to more than 300 supporters at a town hall meeting in Gov. Greg Abbott’s hometown of Wichita