[ad_1] Anti-gun politicians hate civilian gun ownership so much, they’re willing to do away with the First Amendment just to get at the Second. Such is the case with New York’s new speech-based restrictions on the Right-to-Carry. Just as troubling is California’s AB2571, which purports to ban all firearms-related advertising that a minor (those under
[ad_1] With the Supreme Court’s wrongheaded ruling on carrying guns outside the home, all persons in New York are less safe and in the bulls-eye. In the wake of this decision, the ability of states to regulate their own sensible gun policies has been sacrificed to the grossly misunderstood Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution
[ad_1] Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker departs the Memorial Chapel Funeral Home after visiting the family of Eduardo Uvaldo, who was killed Monday during a mass shooting at the Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Ill., Saturday, July 9, 2022, in Waukegan, Ill. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast) OAN NEWSROOMUPDATED 7:22 PM PT – Sunday, July
[ad_1] Where I live in east Littlerock in an area with few homes, the marijuana grows have sprung up like weeds. There are 6 within a 5 minute walk from my house. Once they were empty plots of ground, 1 to 2-1/2 acres. It was quiet. There was little or no traffic. It was
[ad_1] In modern U.S. history, you can count on one hand the number of Supreme Court cases that clarify what the Second Amendment really means. The Bruen ruling is one of them. In the recent ruling for New York State Rifle and Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, the court spoke, for the first time, that
[ad_1] Treasure Coast Newspapers NI90: Sebastian repairs, Jai Alai and python hunter TCPalm’s Rob Landers brings you some of this week’s top stories on the News in 90 Seconds. Rob Landers, Treasure Coast Newspapers The right place to start might be with what looks like a wrong move I had a very handy friend, years ago,
[ad_1] In the wake of the Buffalo and Uvalde mass shootings, 70 percent of Republicans said it is more important to protect gun rights than to control gun violence, while 92 percent of Democrats and 54 percent of independents expressed the opposite view. Just weeks after those mass shootings, Republicans and gun rights advocates hailed
[ad_1] Jack Colwell | South Bend Tribune It’s now as American as baseball, hot dogs, apple pie and Chevrolet. The mass shooting at the Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Ill., was just another reminder of who we are. After myriad tragedies of gun violence in America — at a school, church,
[ad_1] Letters to the editor | Cincinnati Enquirer Expending any city resources to challenge Ohio law is a really bad idea, especially on the abortion front. If the city has ample resources to pursue such an effort, the mayor should evaluate the financial prudence for such resources. A reduction in headcount in the city’s law department is
[ad_1] “The existence of evil is one of the very best reasons to arm law-abiding citizens.” Trump to NRA convention in Texas, 5-28-22 OK, President Trump, you are entitled to speak your mind. But if your assumption is true, then Americans owning more guns should lead to less evil, i.e., fewer shootings. But that is
[ad_1] ”A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” Those words, written as the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution, have been woven into the nation’s identity and governance since ratified in 1791, when muskets
[ad_1] The injured are still fighting to recover. Victims’ families and witnesses in Highland Park are still trying to process the events that took place during the community’s July Fourth parade when a shooter opened fire on attendees. The accused shooter’s father doesn’t regret helping get him a Firearm Owners Identification or FOID card because
[ad_1] On Friday, May 20, 1988, at Indian Trail Elementary School in Highland Park, Ill., teachers frantically ran out to children laughing at recess, stopped their games, hustled them back into classrooms and locked entrances to the school. I was in second grade there at the time. The school canceled classes for the rest of
[ad_1] Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor. County workersdemand equitable pay As of July 1, county employees who were considered “essential” and worked throughout the pandemic are working without a contract. Every day we work without a new contract we are losing money. The county is
[ad_1] By the time Highland Park police arrived at Robert Crimo III’s home in September 2019, there had already been several signs of trouble. A reported suicide attempt. Domestic violence calls to his family home. And then someone contacting police to say they heard Crimo had threatened people at the house, and that he had
[ad_1] Today marks the initial signature collecting deadline for Initiative Petition 17. The petitioners claim to have gathered enough signatures to qualify it for the ballot this November. The Secretary of State will now have to certify if the signatures are sufficient. IP 17 would: – require a permit to purchase a firearm – ban magazines over 10
[ad_1] After more than 300 mass shootings (4+ people injured or killed, not including the shooter) in the first 186 days of 2022, including massacres in Buffalo, Uvalde, and Highland Park, and the cherished American holidays of Memorial Day and Fourth of July infected by the same plague, we are fed the thin gruel served
[ad_1] Next week, the Greenwood Village City Council will vote on the final passage of Ordinance 07-22, which will infringe on your Second Amendment rights by prohibiting firearm sales from home businesses. Your chance to express your opposition to this anti-gun ordinance is Monday, July 11th, at 7:00 pm, during the public hearing period for Ordinance
[ad_1] D. R. Mayer: Environment: We have an obligation to the planet As wildfires and heatwaves and so on hit the planet, including Boulder, we Boulderites can try to help ease the greenhouse gas crisis. And its attendant sixth great extinction of species on Earth, currently underway. Indeed, it is our moral obligation to do
[ad_1] Flag-waving and fireworks. Bocce ball and beer. Marching bands — and murder. This has become the American Independence Day routine. It’s the quotidian things that hurt the most. Every good reporter knows this, and on July Fourth, the journalists for the Chicago Sun-Times gave us some real doozies: Abandoned baby strollers. A klezmer band
[ad_1] Jacqueline Smetak | Press-Citizen opinion writer Back when people were still reading Jorge Borges, there was a thing called “Baroque Worry.” In an era of free-floating anxiety, when you had nothing real to worry about, you could always make stuff up. These days, we don’t live in an era of anxiety. We live in
[ad_1] ATLANTA — While mass shootings and gun violence continue to plague the country and spark debate over gun laws, Georgia and Alabama are among several states that have not or are likely not to impose firearm restrictions at the state level. As early as 1837, Georgia passed a law banning handguns, which was later
[ad_1] Mayor Jim Kenney of Philadelphia said the quiet part out loud during his unprompted commentary on the shooting during the city’s traditional Benjamin Franklin Parkway Fourth of July celebrations. An insensitive coda set reporters and potential candidates for mayor pouncing on Kenney, but what got ignored in the pile-on was the truth-telling about the
[ad_1] The high court’s decision invalidated a law giving New York broad discretion over concealed carry permits, a framework used by five other states and Washington, D.C. But Democratic lawmakers believe the ruling allows them to bolster the vetting process and prohibit concealed firearms in a variety of public locations. New York has already enacted
[ad_1] New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signs gun laws after string of shootings Gov. Kathy Hochul signed 10 gun-related bills, including one which will prohibit New Yorkers under the age of 21 from buying semi-automatic rifles. Patrick Colson-Price, Associated Press Imagine this scenario: It’s 4:30 p.m. A busy work day is ending and another evening
[ad_1] There were over 1 million opportunities for someone to buy a gun from a licensed dealer without a completed background check in 2020 and 2021, according to an FBI report released last month. In all, 1,002,274 background checks — or 4.2 percent — took longer than three business days in 2020 and 2021, a higher share
[ad_1] Voters might not know it from Sen. Ron Johnson’s congressional or campaign issue webpages, but the Wisconsin Republican has spent his two terms in the Senate opposing virtually every gun safety proposal that has been introduced. Last month, he even opposed the bipartisan compromise gun bill that passed in the wake of the mass
[ad_1] Illinois Democrats are working behind-the-scenes to drum up support to ban assault weapons and large-capacity magazines — as Gov. J.B. Pritzker and state lawmakers also look at ways to fix shortcomings in the state’s firearm owner identification card system and pass other gun control measures. The goal in the aftermath of the July Fourth
[ad_1] In the two years documentary filmmakers shadowed former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords, the most jarring moment for them was in the kitchen of her Tucson, Arizona, home. As cameras were rolling, she and her husband, Sen. Mark Kelly, nonchalantly opened the freezer. Kelly grabbed a plastic container and revealed it holds the piece of Giffords’
[ad_1] Opinion editor’s note: Star Tribune Opinion publishes letters from readers online and in print each day. To contribute, click here. ••• LANGUAGE DEFINING WOMEN Well-meaning — and problematic The July 5 commentary “A second front in the war on women” should not have put the left’s well-meaning, inclusive language on the same footing as