Posted: Jun 29, 2021 / 12:04 PM CDT / Updated: Jun 29, 2021 / 12:04 PM CDT WICHITA FALLS (KFDX/KJTL) — American National Bank & Trust recently fulfilled the final wishes of a long-time customer despite the challenges those wishes presented. Robert Hayley, a lifelong resident of Seymour, was a faithful supporter of the Second
What brand of oppressive government do you want? Taxing those who didn’t participate in a government system such as Obamacare. Being entitled to the labor and products others produce, such as health care and baking cakes. Are they stepping stones to things like banning firearms with misleading legislation like “a safe communities act” or eliminating your
TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) – While saying the case “falls squarely in the middle of a constitutional no man’s land,” a federal judge has upheld a 2018 Florida law that prevents people under age 21 from buying guns. The 48-page ruling by Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker came more than three years after the Republican-controlled Legislature
Longtime Trump Organization Allen Weisselberg left his Manhattan apartment Tuesday morning and headed for Trump Tower – just as he has done for decades – only this time with potential indictments weighing over him and the company he has steered. Weisselberg, 73, the chief financial officer of the company, returned to work just hours after
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey hosted state Rep. Proncey Robertson, R-Mount Hope, and State Sen. Randy Price, R-Opelika, at a State Capitol ceremonial bill signing for legislation that allows Alabamians to acquire lifetime concealed carry firearm permits. This will allow law-abiding gun owners, who purchase the new lifetime carry permits, to avoid the inconvenience of traveling
Jonathan Kott will never forget sprinting alongside Sen. Joe ManchinJoe ManchinDemocrats eye next stage of spending fight White House mounts full-court press on infrastructure deal The Hill’s 12:30 Report – Presented by Goldman Sachs – Barr ruffles feathers over book excerpt MORE to catch the underground subway train that connects congressional office buildings — just
Date: June 29, 2021 To: USF & NRA Members and Friends From: Marion P. Hammer USF Executive Director NRA Past President Governor Ron DeSantis has received HB-259 (Church Carry) which restores your right to protect yourself and your family in church. ACTION NEEDED: Please email or Call Governor Ron DeSantis and ask
by Mark Bunch/President Royal Gorge Gun Club/Chairman Fremont County NRA You have had a rough week. Fighting with your spouse and the summer heat has been merciless this year, making it almost impossible to sleep at night. This is probably the first night you have actually been able to fall asleep in a couple of
Donald Trump won’t be personally charged in the Manhattan district attorney’s case against the former president’s business organization when the first indictment comes down, his attorney claimed. Trump, in a lengthy and rambling statement issued on Monday, called the DA’s investigation ‘a continuation of the greatest Witch Hunt of all time’ and claimed prosecutors ‘failed’ to
Peter Mattisson: Leonard Pitts: More to know on race and guns Ken Stickney’s Letter To The Editor in Sunday’s edition misstated both the Leonard Pitts commentary and Carol Anderson’s book on the Second Amendment. Pitts and Anderson talked about why the Second Amendment was included in the amendments to the Constitution. Pitts said that the
It is well-known that in the last few years there has been a drastic increase in the processing of ATF Form 4473. This form is prescribed by the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms and required to be completed when a person proposes to purchase a firearm from a Federal Firearms License holder, such as
U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez’s decision to strike down California’s Assault Weapon Ban has caused some gun controllers to lose their minds. California Gov. Gavin NewsomGavin NewsomCalifornia secretary of state confirms Newsom recall election Newsom overstated California’s wildfire prevention efforts: report 70 percent of Californians over 12 have received one shot of coronavirus vaccine MORE
Last Thursday, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee split along party lines when voting whether to advance the nomination of David Chipman as director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). The vote underscored the hyper-partisan nature of Biden’s choice to lead the agency that enforces federal gun control laws and regulates the
According to the president and his ever-obliging attorney general, a “crackdown” is coming on America’s federally licensed gun dealers (FFLs), with “zero tolerance” for allegedly illegal behavior. While no decent person – least of all the NRA or its members – supports arming dangerous criminals, a recent case from Texas provides disturbing hints as to
President Joe Biden, along with U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, spoke briefly on Wednesday, June 23, about the administration’s plans to combat rising crime. This came after a roundtable event with a select group of mayors, a police chief, eight state attorneys general, and a group that was referred to as “community violence intervention experts.”
‘GOP defunded the police!’ Biden aide Cedric Richmond blames Republicans for increased crime by opposing massive COVID rescue package that included money for law enforcement Biden senior advisor Cedric Richmond blamed Republicans for defunding police ‘Republicans are very good at staying on talking points of who says defund the police,’ Richmond told said. ‘But the
Joe Biden knows he needs to appear to be doing something about crime. Murder rates around the country rose precipitously in 2020, and in many cities the increases have continued into 2021. But the president has few levers to affect crime quickly, and faces political hazards in every direction. Biden has championed police reform, and
Lawmakers are ready to wrap-up their regular legislative session, and all indications point to a swift plan to slide a few anti-gun bills through at the last minute. Under the cover of the COVID lock-down, business as usual has proceeded in Providence, albeit with the public shut out of the Statehouse for an entire year.
The Texas Supreme Court dismissed four lawsuits filed by survivors and the families of those killed during a 2017 mass shooting at a church in Sutherland Springs, ruling Friday that the retailer who sold the rifle conducted the required background check on a dishonorably discharged Air Force member who later used it to gun down
Following the mass shooting at a Fairfield Township house party last month, Gov. Phil Murphy said New Jersey’s tough gun laws couldn’t keep illegal weapons from crossing its borders, and the federal government needed to help. “We are not on an island,” he said at the time. With violent crime spiking during and after the
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards has vetoed bipartisan legislation that would have nixed the permit requirement for carrying a concealed handgun. The governor, a Democrat, said he’s a strong supporter of the Second Amendment and an “enthusiastic outdoorsman and hunter,” but he can’t support permitless concealed carry. “I simply cannot support carrying a concealed carry
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edward vetoed a bill passed by the bipartisan state lawmakers that would have nixed the permit requirement for carrying a concealed handgun. The governor, a Democrat, said he’s a strong supporter of the Second Amendment and an “enthusiastic outdoorsman and hunter,” but he can’t support permitless concealed carry. “I simply cannot
Louisiana Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards has vetoed a no-permit concealed carry law for guns that he said could endanger the public, leaving the self-described “Sportsman’s Paradise” an outlier in the Deep South where such laws have recently passed in neighboring states. Mr. Edwards’ veto of the bill, which would have allowed legal gun owners
Gov. John Bel Edwards vetoed legislation that would have allowed Louisiana residents 21 and older to carry concealed firearms without a permit, adding fuel to a growing movement among conservative lawmakers to hold what would be the state’s first veto override session. The measure would have done away with the mandatory background check and firearms
Gov. John Bel Edwards vetoed legislation that would have allowed Louisiana residents 21 and older to carry concealed firearms without a permit, adding fuel to a growing movement among conservative lawmakers to hold what would be the state’s first veto override session. The measure would have done away with the mandatory background check and firearms
The National Rifle Association and New York Attorney General Letitia James this week continued to tangle in court amid a lawsuit that could lead to the dissolution of the gun rights organization over its status as a non-profit entity. The NRA previously filed a motion challenging the constitutionality of James’ legal challenge to the group,
MONTGOMERY, AL – Governor Kay Ivey signed into law three bills sponsored by Senator Randy Price (R-Opelika), including a bill to establish a lifetime concealed carry permit, a bill to require the Emergency Management Agency (EMA) to adopt guidelines for identifying and designating safer shelters throughout the state, and the Alabama State of Emergency Consumer
In the waning hours of last night, the final day to sign Louisiana’s Constitutional Carry Legislation into law, John Bel Edwards decided to listen to the anti-gun minority in the Sportsman’s Paradise, and veto Senate Bill 118. Despite the thousands of emails, calls, and texts coming from NRA Members and Second Amendment supporters, Governor Edwards
Yesterday, a federal district court judge in the United States District Court Northern District of Florida upheld a Florida law that prevents law-abiding citizens between the ages of 18 and 20 from purchasing a firearm. The judge explained that “for better or worse,” he was bound by the Eleventh Circuit’s Second Amendment precedent and had
Yesterday, the New Hampshire House and Senate held floor votes on the conference committee report for House Bill 334, which allows an individual to carry a loaded firearm on an Off-Highway Recreation Vehicle (OHRV) or snowmobile. Please act now and politely urge Governor Sununu to sign House Bill 334 when it gets to his desk.