[ad_1] On July 21, California Gov. Gavin Newsom gave a press conference in which he attempted to bolster his image on crime heading into the home stretch of a hotly contested recall election. According to the California Attorney General’s office, homicides were up 31 percent in 2020 over 2019. As is the habit of soft-on-violent-crime
[ad_1] Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. A new state law will soon let most Texans carry handguns in public without going through training or having to get permits. Gov. Greg Abbott lauded the so-called “constitutional carry” legislation and other firearms
[ad_1] Incoming New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, is expected to face challengers on the left in 2022 as potential rivals pore over her past opposition to driver licenses for illegal immigrants and her other previous positions that were out of step with the party’s liberal base.She once received the endorsement of the National
[ad_1] ALBANY – When she was a student at Syracuse University, New York’s next governor, Kathy Hochul, was involved in a student government protest. This was in the 1970s, a different time to be sure. Rather than climate change or marriage equality, she was demonstrating about something far more prosaic: the price of textbooks at
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[ad_1] Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul, set to become governor on Aug. 24, announced on Thursday she intends to run for reelection next year. Many think she can win. And even the GOP state party chair, Nick Langworthy, thinks Hochul should be taken seriously. He says she has a knack for on the ground campaigning that
[ad_1] More often than not, the stars, moons and planets of New York’s political heavens have aligned perfectly for Kathy Hochul. From rising through former Chairman Joseph F. Crangle’s Democratic organization, to her appointment and subsequent election as county clerk, to the three-way race allowing victory in a Republican congressional district, to her selection as
[ad_1] By Andy Branca / Herald Forum Among my favorite hobbies over the past 30 years is target shooting with handguns, shotguns, and rifles. I enjoyed hunting in my youth, but other life activities led me in new directions, and I haven’t hunted since my high school and early college years. Eight years ago, I
[ad_1] Next week, California voters will start receiving mail-in ballots, which will give them the opportunity to decide whether to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) two years into his first term. The recall election, which will take place on Sept. 14, asks voters two questions: whether Newsom should be recalled, and who should replace him.
[ad_1] “The attack on the Capitol on January 6 was the culmination of a monthslong disinformation campaign designed to allow President [Donald] Trump to remain in office,” Whitehouse (D-R.I.) wrote in a letter (pdf) to Sen. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), chair of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol, also
[ad_1] Davison’s rampage, the worst mass shooting in Britain since 2010, apparently began at the home of his mother, with whom he reportedly argued frequently over politics. After killing her with his handgun, he continued out onto the street outside and shooting people he came upon randomly. The first victims were a three-year-old girl and
[ad_1] With all the drama one would expect with any legislation involving personal firearms, the Extreme Risk Firearm Protection Order Act was signed into law in February 2020 by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham. It took effect that May. According to the Santa Fe New Mexican, only four petitions have been filed statewide seeking to remove
[ad_1] Dear Texas House District 135 Member: Over a month ago, your State Representative, Jon Rosenthal, fled the State of Texas on a private jet to Washington, D.C. to avoid a special session of the Texas Legislature — and then turned to none other than BETO “Hell Yeah, I’ll Take Your Guns” O’Rourke for fundraising help to finance that junket. He STILL hasn’t showed
[ad_1] Dear Texas House District 113 Member: Over a month ago, your State Representative, Rhetta Bowers, fled the State of Texas on a private jet to Washington, D.C. to avoid a special session of the Texas Legislature — and then turned to none other than BETO “Hell Yeah, I’ll Take Your Guns” O’Rourke for fundraising help to finance that junket. She STILL hasn’t showed
[ad_1] Dear Texas House District 65 Member: Over a month ago, your State Representative, Michelle Beckley, fled the State of Texas on a private jet to Washington, D.C. to avoid a special session of the Texas Legislature — and then turned to none other than BETO “Hell Yeah, I’ll Take Your Guns” O’Rourke for fundraising help to finance that junket. She STILL hasn’t showed
[ad_1] Dear Texas House District 47 Member: Over a month ago, your State Representative, Vikki Goodwin, fled the State of Texas on a private jet to Washington, D.C. to avoid a special session of the Texas Legislature — and then turned to none other than BETO “Hell Yeah, I’ll Take Your Guns” O’Rourke for fundraising help to finance that junket. She STILL hasn’t showed
[ad_1] Dear Texas House District 45 Member: Over a month ago, your State Representative, Erin Zwiener, fled the State of Texas on a private jet to Washington, D.C. to avoid a special session of the Texas Legislature — and then turned to none other than BETO “Hell Yeah, I’ll Take Your Guns” O’Rourke for fundraising help to finance that junket. She STILL hasn’t showed
[ad_1] US 01:40 GMT 13.08.2021(updated 01:41 GMT 13.08.2021) Get short URL Earlier, social media giants Facebook and Twitter were blasted after it became clear both platforms were deliberately disabling the sharing of articles regarding a missing laptop and emails said to belong to US President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter. At the time, officials explained the
[ad_1] The congressional hearings examining the January 6 riot at the Capitol, which were egged on by outgoing President Donald Trump and his false claims that the election had been rigged against him, have often emphasized the perspective of the Capitol Hill Police. The congressional hearings examining the insurrection portrayed the police as both heroic
[ad_1] President Joe Biden’s choice to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has come under additional pressure this week due to alleged racism and failure to disclose some public remarks to the Senate committee weighing his nomination. Late last month, the gun policy news site The Reload reported on racist comments
[ad_1] Commentary: After more than 40 years of gun shows at the EXPO New Mexico at the State Fairgrounds in Albuquerque the State of New Mexico will no longer allow gun shows at state-run facilities. The NRA released a statement on the state’s “misguided policy” banning gun shows saying, “Senate Bill 8 [a 2019 bill that enacted sweeping
[ad_1] In one undisclosed 2019 talk given to a law firm titled “Can the Right to Bear Arms Coexist with Gun Control?,” David Chipman said his views and politics weren’t typical of most at the ATF and in law enforcement because the groups were mostly “a very conservative bunch, primarily of white men.” The comments
[ad_1] I grew up in Minnesota, and I hunted and shot guns a lot. I’m not against guns. I even bought my two younger brothers their first rifle. And also as a kid I got to tour the Capitol, as kids still do. As an adult exercising the First Amendment in the rotunda, I was
[ad_1] NEW YORK — After months of holding on to power amid sexual harassment allegations and defying calls to resign, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo abruptly did just that Tuesday. With Cuomo on his way out, Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul is ascendant. We take you through the major players, what’s happened this week and what’s
[ad_1] Before she took on the statewide role of lieutenant governor, Kathy Hochul briefly served on Capitol Hill, representing a congressional district in Western New York. During that stint, which lasted less than two years, she sometimes bucked her party. She also gained the backing of the National Rifle Association (NRA). Hochul won the seat
[ad_1] Attorney General Letitia James is being eyed as a key contender in next year’s Gubernatorial race after clearing her own path by taking down Cuomo last week with her damning sexual harassment report in scenes that were reminiscent of Cuomo helping to take down Governor Eliot Spitzer in 2007. James announced in February this
[ad_1] Who takes over for Cuomo? Kathy Hochul will make history as NY’s first woman gov Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul, who takes over for Cuomo, will step in and make history as the first woman to serve as governor of New York. Staff video, USA TODAY ALBANY – Incoming Gov. Kathy Hochul declared herself ready
[ad_1] Contact Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham TODAY! The State of New Mexico will no longer allow gun shows at state-run facilities. The New Mexico Gun Collectors Association, which had been holding shows at EXPO New Mexico at the State Fairgrounds in Albuquerque for more than 40 years, was given verbal notice that their October show
[ad_1] Gov. Chris Sununu vetoed two bills that would have ended the state’s Gun Line Tuesday, halting a proposal by some gun rights advocates to send all firearm background check requests to the FBI. This story was originally published in New Hampshire Bulletin. In a long-awaited decision, Sununu struck down Senate Bill 141 and House
[ad_1] Yesterday, Governor Chris Sununu vetoed two pro-gun measures, Senate Bill 141 and House Bill 334. Senate Bill 141: Sought to resolve New Hampshire’s longstanding problem with delays during handgun purchases, by abolishing the “state gun line” system that the State Police currently use for handgun purchases. Instead, the process for purchasing a handgun would