[ad_1] While speaking Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering (D) suggested an armed citizen engaging the July 4 parade attacker would have meant “more carnage.” Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) described how some states allow people to carry guns “with no training whatsoever.” He then asked Rotering, “How much can we
[ad_1] EDITOR’S NOTE: Eli Dicken engaged and shot at the Greenwood mall gunman from approximately 30 yards away. This story inaccurately set up the targets at 30 feet away. WESTFIELD, Ind. — An expert marksman says he is impressed by the man who shot and killed the shooter at the Greenwood Park Mall on Sunday.
[ad_1] Shannon Watts, a gun control activist and the founder of Moms Demand Action, claims that defensive gun use in the United States is “rare” and that laws allowing people to carry guns increase gun crime. Both of her claims are dubious at best. After an active shooter was killed by a law-abiding gun owner
[ad_1] Two-year-old Aiden McCarthy was lying bloodied and pinned underneath his unconscious father when he was found. Just a toddler, Aiden was still in diapers, had somehow lost one shoe and was down to just one blood-soaked sock, with scrapes across his body. It was July Fourth, and Aiden was rescued from the site of
[ad_1] WASHINGTON, D.C. — Highland Park’s mayor is in Washington D.C. Wednesday morning for a hearing on mass shootings. Nancy Rotering spoke before the Senate Judiciary Committee about access to military-style assault weapons and protecting communities. The July Fourth parade attack in Highland Park was the 309th mass shooting this year. Rotering was the driving
[ad_1] GREENWOOD, INDIANA: A bystander who is being hailed for killing Indiana mall shooter Jonathan Sapirman, gunned down the suspect just 15 seconds after the carnage began, and not two minutes, new details have revealed. Elisjsha Dicken, who was armed, possibly saved numerous lives when he opened fire on Sapirman in the Greenwood Park Mall on
[ad_1] Apparently, banning many of the most popular firearms in America is not enough for the anti-gun leadership in the United States House of Representatives. The House Judiciary Committee announced that on Wednesday not only would it “mark up” H.R. 1808 (a ban on many common semiautomatic firearms), but it will also consider H.R. 2814.
[ad_1] The message from Americans to Congress was clear: Do something. Anything. After the recent mass murder of elementary school children, teachers and grocery shoppers, the U.S. Senate did what’s expected of the people we elected to represent us. They compromised and passed bipartisan gun legislation that its lead Republican negotiator said “will not infringe on any law-abiding American’s
[ad_1] Emotions ran high on both sides of the gun control debate Tuesday night in Naperville as community members and city officials weighed in on a proposed ban on the commercial sale of some high-powered weapons. At Tuesday’s city council meeting, community and council members debated an ordinance prohibiting the sale of what Naperville officials
[ad_1] Greenwood Police Chief James Ison corrected the record on Tuesday by noting that 22-year-old Elisjsha Dicken opened fire on the Indiana mall mass shooter and “neutralized” him just 15 seconds after the attack began. The New York Post points out that Ison had initially said Dicken returned fire two minutes into the attack, but
[ad_1] Just imagine: Hours after a gunman opened fire at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School four years ago, Florida Republicans did something more than tweet out prayers from a hundred miles away: they showed up at the crime scene, stood in the blood-smudged hallways where 17 students and teachers were killed and surveyed the carnage
[ad_1] The Secretary of State officially qualified anti-gun Initiative 17 to appear on the ballot for the General Election in November. Initiative 17 infringes on the Second Amendment rights of Oregonians. The anti-gun package includes a state-run government registry of gun owners’ personal information, requires a permit to purchase a firearm, imposes an indefinite delay
[ad_1] Montana hunters, anglers and conservationists are speaking to Montana Rep. Matt Rosendale. But it’s unclear if he’s listening to them. On Monday, more than a dozen groups signed onto a letter asking Montana’s sole member of Congress to discontinue his sponsorship of a controversial piece of legislation that would remove the federal excise tax
[ad_1] Leftists are pushing back against the praise being poured on 22-year-old Elisjsha Dicken by claiming he was no “Good Samaritan.” On July 19, 2022 Breitbart News noted that Dicken was receiving praise from police, mayors, and the very mall–Greenwood Park Mall–where Sunday’s attempted mass shooting occurred. He had his handgun on him, thanks to
[ad_1] Fairfax, Va. – The National Rifle Association Political Victory Fund (NRA-PVF) is proud to announce its endorsement of Mike Dunleavy for Governor in the 2022 Alaska Primary. “Mike Dunleavy has demonstrated steadfast support for our Second Amendment freedoms,” said Jason Ouimet, chairman, NRA-PVF. “He has worked tirelessly to secure Alaska’s rich hunting heritage and defend our
[ad_1] NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Missouri officials are slamming a planned FBI audit of various sheriff’s offices in the state, saying the audit is an attempt “to illegally obtain” information on concealed carry permit holders. One sheriff, in particular, said that even under a threat of federal arrest, he will not
[ad_1] In late June, Illinois Gov. J. B. Pritzker traveled to New Hampshire to be the keynote speaker at New Hampshire’s Democratic Party state convention. Officially, he was there to “help other Democratic governors get elected” and to lobby for Chicago as the site of the party’s 2024 presidential convention. Unofficially, there was buzz that
[ad_1] The Greenwood Park Mall is pictured on July 18, 2022, in Greenwood, Indiana. | Source: Jon Cherry / Getty On Sunday, 20-year-old Jonathan Sapirman walked into a Greenwood Park Mall food court in Greenwood, Indiana, carrying a rifle and pistol with access to another rifle and more than 100 rounds of ammunition, according to
[ad_1] Tim Michels’ campaign says it will correct a false claim in a new mail piece that he’s been endorsed by the NRA even though the group hasn’t backed anyone in Wisconsin’s guv race. A Michels spokesman said the error was unintentional. But the campaign of GOP rival Rebecca Kleefsich ripped him for lying to
[ad_1] WASHINGTON — The Aloha State has some of the strongest gun control laws in the U.S., but a spate of mass shootings, from Buffalo, New York to Uvalde, Texas are pushing Democratic congressional candidates Jill Tokuda and Patrick Branco to stake out their positions on one of the nation’s most intractable political issues. The
[ad_1] Having been a Times-Herald subscriber for most of my adult life and having written more than a few Letters to the Editor, I’ve gotten to know, and come to like very much, Times-Herald Editor Jack F. K. Bungart. I knew Mr. Bungart was from the Chicago area — he’s a huge Cubs fan. Need
[ad_1] One of the clearest memories from my childhood is the Sandy Hook shooting in 2012. I was in my local library probably getting some young adult book or a movie when I looked up at the television screen and saw the news coverage of the shooting. The faces of children not that much younger
[ad_1] MADISON – Republican candidate for governor Tim Michels sent out a campaign mailer to potential voters in recent days promoting an endorsement from the National Rifle Association that Michels does not have — an error a spokesman said was unintentional and has since been corrected. Michels’ campaign mailer included a photo of Michels in hunting gear with
[ad_1] Campaign Action Last week, before Manchin stepped in, Republicans were still making noises about not allowing even that much to pass as long as Democrats were pursuing the larger reconciliation bill including climate change measures and tax reforms—the things Manchin had been saying he would support publicly and privately for months. They haven’t yet said
[ad_1] The gun grabbers couldn’t be more off-target if they were trying. The morning after an Indiana mall shooting was stopped by a man police are calling a good Samaritan and normal Americans are calling a hero, the anti-gun nuts at Brady United Against Gun Violence were out with a social media post, displaying exactly
[ad_1] Editor’s note Talk of the County is a reader-generated column of opinions. If you see something you disagree with or think is incorrect, please tell us. Call us at 312-222-4554 or email talkofthecounty@tribpub.com. Hurrah Hurrah President Biden, you took action on high gas prices and they are coming down. I’m paying a dollar less per
[ad_1] Tomorrow, at 7:00 P.M., the Naperville City Council will consider File 22-0848, to ban commercial sales of many commonly-owned firearms and standard capacity magazines. NRA Members and Second Amendment supporters are invited to ask the Council to OPPOSE File 22-0848. To view the draft ordinance and for more information on submitting testimony or participating
[ad_1] As New York officials prepare to defend that state’s new and almost certainly unconstitutional gun licensing law, the president of the state’s bar association has called attention to “significant deficiencies” in another law, the “extreme risk protection order” (a.k.a. “red flag”) law. New York’s “extreme risk protection order” law, enacted in 2019, allows a
[ad_1] Since the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its decision in NYSRPA v. Bruen affirming the Second Amendment right to bear arms for protection outside the home, New York politicians have been on the warpath against the right to self-defense. Despite Gov. Kathy Hochul’s (D) and the N.Y. State Assembly’s best (and unconstitutional) efforts, New
[ad_1] Jerry Zremski , Robert J. McCarthy Eleven days before a racist gunman rampaged through a Buffalo supermarket on May 14, Rep. Chris Jacobs joined a group of Second Amendment advocates in rural West Falls to film an ad for his re-election campaign. The hunters and gun rights backers he consistently supported as a Second