[ad_1] If I ever had a chance to address Congress, I’d walk right onto the main floor of the Capitol Building, preferably during a joint session, and ask who must get shot in America before we do something about gun control? Really, who? Tens of thousands of people die from gun-related injuries in America every
[ad_1] Make plans now to join NRA-ILA for the Wisconsin NRA State Conference! This special event will be held on Saturday, June 18th, 2022, in Brookfield. Come out for a unique opportunity to gather, learn, and network in support of the Second Amendment. The conference will feature various dynamic speakers and panel discussions, and will
[ad_1] At midnight on Wednesday, the Alaska Legislature adjourned from its 2022 Legislative Session. Mandatory firearm storage legislation, House Bill 203, failed to gain enough votes to pass in committee. Unfortunately, Second Amendment Emergency Powers Protection Legislation, Senate Bill 136, fell short by just 2 votes for final passage in the afternoon hours of the
[ad_1] Subscribe to The Point, arriving in your inbox Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. • WUFT News: Candlelight vigil held on UF’s campus to honor lives lost in Buffalo massacre. “Communities continue to mourn the lives of those lost after a racially motivated attack Saturday in the Buffalo supermarket that killed 10 and left three
[ad_1] (WJZY) — District 11 Rep. Madison Cawthorn, who lost the Republican primary Tuesday to Chuck Edwards, has made a statement following his loss… and he’s angry. Cawthorn, who has been the subject of personal and professional controversy throughout his freshman year in Congress, called war on his enemies on Instagram and praised those who
[ad_1] Gov. Phil Murphy reacts to Buffalo shooting NJ Gov. Phil Murphy calls for nationwide gun safety legislation in aftermath of Buffalo shooting. Amy Newman, NorthJersey.com Of all the statements to emerge in the days following America’s latest mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, perhaps the most shocking came from the man who sold the
[ad_1] The National Rifle Association (NRA) endorsed former Nevada Attorney General and U.S. Senate candidate Adam Laxalt (R) on Thursday, giving him an A+ rating for his Second Amendment record. Laxalt said in response: I am honored to once again earn the endorsement of the National Rifle Association and to receive an A+ rating for
[ad_1] (Photo Illustration by Igor Golovniov/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Dark money is pouring into U.S. elections, but the vast majority of it is not being disclosed to the Federal Election Commission. The 2022 election cycle has already attracted more than $115 million in contributions from and spending by 501(c) groups reported to the FEC,
[ad_1] Ted Nugent has denied encouraging violence when he called on supporters of Donald Trump to go “berserk on the skulls of Democrats” during a performance at the former U.S. president’s “American Freedom Tour” stop in Texas over the weekend. While appearing in Austin on Saturday (May 14),the 73-year-old rocker, who regularly promotes conspiracy theories
[ad_1] Fresh off an election defeat, one current member of Congress is now taking aim at those in his own party. North Carolina Republican Representative Madison Cawthorn took to social media to voice his frustration with the GOP because, as Cawthorn puts it, “the establishment turned their guns on me.” Cawthorn, though, said it’s now
[ad_1] Wasting little time in the aftermath of Saturday’s mass shooting at a Buffalo supermarket, gun control groups and at least one Democratic lawmaker are already using the monstrous, racially-motivated crime to try and fill their campaign coffers. Screenshots of fundraising emails sent out by Everytown for Gun Safety, Brady PAC and Rep. Eric Swalwell
[ad_1] Sorry, no. Everything old that’s new again isn’t great. It’s just backward. The regressive minority Right is bad for individual rights and toxic for the country. It might work for fake news junkies, Elise Stefanik, and JD Vance when Tucker squeals, “Unfair!” Condescending as he does, in his response to everyone who knows
[ad_1] (MENAFN– Financial News Media) data-id=’165ecfe1′ data-element_type=’widget’ data-widget_type=’theme-post-content.default’> Palm Beach, FL – May 19, 2022 – FinancialNewsMedia.com News Commentary – The Civilian Less Lethal and Self Defense Weapons Market is one of the markets that has been growing it is typically composed of Air Power Weapons, Lighting Devices, Pepper Sprays, Knives, Batons, Stun Guns, Tasers
[ad_1] This week, a conference committee is meeting to consider pro-gun omnibus legislation, Senate File 4062. It is important that NRA Members and Second Amendment supporters contact members of the conference committee and ask them to support SF 4062 with funding for shooting facilities, elimination of shotgun-only hunting zones, and firearm/hunting education grants for schools.
[ad_1] On Saturday, a white supremacist attack on Buffalo’s Black community left ten people dead and three wounded. In the following interview, historian Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, author of Loaded: A Disarming History of the Second Amendment, talks with Parkland survivor and activist David Hogg about how we got here and how to organize against the threat
[ad_1] Dara Kam | News Service of Florida Why AR-15-style rifles are so common in mass shootings AR-15-style rifles have been used in multiple mass shootings in recent years, including the high school shooting in Parkland, Florida. See why. USA TODAY TALLAHASSEE — Pointing to a ruling in a California case, lawyers for the National
[ad_1] Shasta County votes in the Statewide Direct Primary Election on June 7. On the ballot are hotly contested local races for Shasta County’s next sheriff, clerk, district attorney, superintendent of schools and supervisors for Districts 1 and 5. State and national level races include choosing the next state assemblyperson for District 1 and the next U.S. congressperson for District 1. Here is a look
[ad_1] A dangerous debate on gun reform is brewing in Indiana. Despite appeals raised directly by local law enforcement leaders, for the second time in two years the state’s Republican-dominated legislature attempted to advance a controversial proposal that would eliminate permit requirements to carry a handgun in the state. In its original form, this bill
[ad_1] Last Word | May 18th, 2022 By Charlie Barber CMCBARB@msn.com “Let’s you and him fight!” – The Coward’s Credo “Liberty resides in no particular form of government, but in a free man’s own heart. He carries it with him wherever he goes…I laugh at those degraded people who, letting conspirators incite them to rise
[ad_1] Gun rights positions held by a New York Republican making a bid for governor are now under scrutiny in light of the mass shooting in Buffalo. In video of a recent campaign stop obtained exclusively by Spectrum News NY1, Rep. Lee Zeldin calls for repealing New York’s SAFE Act, which expanded gun regulations after
[ad_1] Out of more than 30 bills filed this past legislative session concerning firearms, at least 23 were either similar or identical to bills filed in previous sessions. Again this year, none of those bills became law. Missouri has a reputation as a state friendly to gun rights, and in many ways already has some
[ad_1] Gov. Kathy Hochul doubled down on state plans to reduce gun violence in the aftermath of Buffalo’s mass shooting over the weekend, dismissing questions Wednesday about gubernatorial opponent U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi’s calls for Hochul to be held accountable for her high favorability rating with the National Rifle Association during her tenure in Congress
[ad_1] Tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., the Senate Law & Public Safety Committee is scheduled to consider S.513, legislation which would create a rebuttable presumption of no bail for gun offenses. While everyone can agree that serious gun crimes should be treated harshly, this bill is constructed in a manner that could result in unintended consequences.
[ad_1] Last Saturday, a racist murdered 10 Black people at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket. He was able to kill so quickly and efficiently because he had a gun. A sane society might address the obvious problem, but the gun lobby’s pet Republicans refuse to do anything except shift the blame. PREVIOUSLY: Same Clueless A-Holes
[ad_1] A measure signed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker Wednesday morning outlaws unmarked “ghost guns” and makes Illinois the only state in the Midwest to ban such weapons. President Joe Biden and the U.S Justice Department last month announced new regulations on ghost guns, which can be assembled within 15 minutes and bear no serial numbers,
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[ad_1] Keith Ridler | Associated Press Boise, Idaho – Former U.S. Rep. Raul Labrador has won Idaho’s GOP attorney general primary, beating the longtime incumbent who had been criticized by the far right for not taking a more activist role. Labrador prevailed over Attorney General Lawrence Wasden, backed by establishment Republicans, and Art Macomber, a
[ad_1] The mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, has brought legislation on domestic terrorism and guns into sharp focus for lawmakers. The big picture: There’s a familiar pattern. In the wake of a mass shooting, Congress zeroes in on gun and other relevant legislation, but political gridlock often stymies the efforts and it disappears —