On Friday, April 16th, House Majority Leader Representative Cathy Tilton and 14 Second Amendment supporting co-sponsors introduced HB 179, NRA-backed legislation to protect Alaskans from infringements on their right to keep and bear arms during times of emergency, like the COVID-19 pandemic. Please contact your State Representative and ask them to SUPPORT House Bill 179. House Bill
Here’s what you need to know: Refugees displaced by a government offensive at a tent camp in February in Afrin, Syria.Credit…Ivor Prickett for The New York Times After a backlash from Democrats and human rights activists, the White House abruptly reversed course on Friday on the number of refugees it will allow into the United
Here’s what you need to know: Refugees displaced by a government offensive at a tent camp in February in Afrin, Syria.Credit…Ivor Prickett for The New York Times After a backlash from Democrats and human rights activists, the White House abruptly reversed course on Friday on the number of refugees it will allow into the United
Written by John Cole, Managing Editor and PoliticsPA Staff House Speaker Bryan Cutler announced that he tested positive for COVID-19. Here is the Playbook. Cutler Tests Positive for COVID-19: House Speaker Bryan Cutler announced in a statement on Thursday morning that he tested positive for COVID-19. Dickinson Announces Rematch Vs Doyle: The law professor
INDIANAPOLIS — A former employee whose mother had warned law enforcement officials last year that he might try to commit “suicide by cop” stormed a FedEx facility in Indianapolis late Thursday, fatally shooting eight people and injuring at least seven others. The violence gave way to a day of grief and suspense, as families waited
INDIANAPOLIS — The authorities were searching for a motive on Friday after a gunman stormed a FedEx facility in Indianapolis late Thursday, fatally shooting eight people and injuring at least seven others in a fast-moving, chaotic scene that emerged as the latest mass shooting to rock the nation in a matter of weeks. The violence
Here’s what you need to know: Video transcript Back transcript Gunman Kills 8 People at FedEx Warehouse in Indianapolis The police said a gunman fatally shot eight people and injured several others at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis late Thursday before killing himself. Just after 11 o’clock, on Thursday evening, the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department
Early Thursday evening, on a 84-56 vote, the Texas House gave initial approval to House Bill 1927, by Rep. Matt Schaefer (R-Tyler), an NRA-backed permitless carry proposal that would allow law-abiding citizens to carry a handgun without a state-issued License To Carry (LTC). This is the first time a permitless carry bill has been debated by, and passed out of, one legislative
President Biden’s commission to evaluate proposed overhauls to the Supreme Court is planning to tackle potential changes that range far beyond the hotly disputed proposal to expand the number of justices, according to people familiar with the matter. Named last week, the 36-member, ideologically diverse commission is expected to meet on Friday for a private
Here’s what you need to know: Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga of Japan is eager to discuss issues like trade, the supply chain for technologies and the nuclear threat from North Korea.Credit…Pool photo by Yuichi Yamazaki President Biden will welcome Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga of Japan to the White House on Friday, using the first visit by
Yesterday, the Montana Senate passed Emergency Powers Legislation, House Bill 504, on third reading. The measure now heads back to the House for a concurrence vote before heading to the desk of Governor Greg Gianforte for his signature. Please contact Governor Gianforte and ask him to sign House Bill 504 into law. House Bill 504 provides protections
This morning, House Bill 1293 and House Bill 1297 were passed on a concurrence vote from the House, and will now be sent to the desk of Governor Doug Burgum for his signature. Please contact Governor Burgum and ask him to sign these important measures into law. House Bill 1293 expands the list of firearms that
Jaime Guttenberg was 14 when she was shot and killed in her high school in Parkland, Florida. That day in 2018, Valentine’s Day, her father began chasing an elusive dream. “I have a dream of ending the gun violence epidemic in this country, and I am dedicating my life to it,” says Fred Guttenberg. “When
Gov. Phil Murphy’s campaign attacked Republican gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli on gun control as the challenger called for Murphy to denounce a House bill that would expand the number of seats on the U.S. Supreme Court. “While Governor Murphy has enacted among the strongest gun safety laws in the nation, Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli wants to
Contributed by the Office of Congressman Mike Rogers Congressman Mike Rogers made the following statement last week after President Biden announced his executive actions on gun control. “Today President Biden made official what we’ve known for a while: Democrats are set on dismantling the Second Amendment. “Biden’s use of Executive overreach started when he was
On March 22, a young man pulled into the parking lot of a King Soopers in Boulder, Colorado, got out of his car and shot an elderly man several times before walking into the store and shooting people indiscriminately with a semi-automatic weapon. By the time his rampage was over, 10 people were dead, including grocery
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas handgun owners would no longer need a license or training to carry their weapon in public under a bill that cleared a major vote Thursday over Democrats who railed against loosening gun laws after the 2019 mass shooting at an El Paso Walmart. Texas has more than 1.6 million licensed handgun
The Texas House gave initial approval to a “constitutional carry” bill that would allow Texans to carry a handgun without a license. Current Texas law requires gun owners to obtain a permit to carry their weapon in the open or in a concealed manner. House Bill 1927 passed 84-56 after several hours of emotional debate.
Back in 2019, Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke made this provocative statement about gun control in a primary debate: “Hell yes, we’re going to take your AR-15, your AK-47…!” To those on the political right, this statement confirmed all that they had feared about those on the left. I will paraphrase their fears: “If Democrats
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, a legendary business professor and associate dean at the Yale School of Management, has watched this split grow in recent years, and has heard it from CEOs he knows and works with. What the GOP cares about and what major businesses care about are, increasingly incompatible, he says. “The political desire to use
The Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg was still on lockdown. A gunman had killed 32 students and teachers before turning the weapon on himself. Kaine, sleepless, returned to Virginia on the next flight out, traveling from hospital to hospital to visit the wounded once he arrived. “Every April, I always think about this,” Kaine (D-Va.),
Monday night was a busy night for the Senate Judiciary Committee as the panel heard testimony on nearly two dozen gun bills. As previously reported, there were a few pro-gun bills discussed, however most of the attention was focused on legislation, which if passed, would present a historic assault on the Second Amendment rights of
The House of Representatives is reconvening next week. Senate Bill 6, to ban magazines over an arbitrary capacity limit, has been assigned to the House Judiciary Committee. Please contact committee members and ask them to OPPOSE SB 6. Senate Bill 6, the so-called “Delaware Large Capacity Magazine Prohibition Act,” bans possessing magazines with a capacity
Thursday morning, Gov. Phil Murphy held a press conference to unveil yet another gun control package in the Garden State. Every time he reverts back to the same playbook, it is nothing more than an admission that years of gun control have been a failure. But because he has no real ideas about how to
Earlier this week, the Senate voted to pass House bill 1366 and House Bill 31. The bills will now be transmitted to Governor David Ige for his consideration. Please contact Gov. Ige and ask him to veto HB 1366 and HB 31. House Bill 1366, sponsored by Patrick Branco (D-50), amends language regarding home-built firearms passed last
On Wednesday, April 21, the Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Committee is holding a public hearing on several Sunday hunting bills, including Legislative Document 1033, which would allow Sunday hunting on private property with written landowner permission. This bill creates more hunting opportunities for Maine sportsmen and women. Maine is just one of two states that
Tennessee’s new permitless handgun law set to take effect in July has raised objections and concerns from law enforcement professionals across the state, including from some in Williamson County. The incoming law will allow adults 21 and older as well as military members between 18 and 20 to open or concealed carry handguns on their
US President Joe Biden speaks about gun violence prevention in the Rose Garden of the White House in … [+] Washington, DC, on April 8, 2021. – Biden on Thursday called US gun violence an “epidemic” at a White House ceremony to unveil new attempts to get the problem under control. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI
Washington President Joe Biden announced limited measures to tackle gun violence in the United States last week, but more ambitious steps will be harder to enact despite widespread public support. The president’s actions delivered on a pledge he made last month to take what he termed immediate “common-sense steps” to address gun violence, after a series
Newly released court documents allege that in 2018, the National Rifle Association and its CEO Wayne LaPierre approved a $1.5 million dollar contract to keep then-NRATV host Dan Bongino on for the 2019 calendar year at the NRA’s failing TV outlet. This came as the gun rights organization was falling deeper into financial troubles over the course of 2018. A legal document obtained by Salon and filed by Ackerman McQueen, the NRA’s
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