[ad_1] By Alaa Elassar, CNN The parents of a student who died during the Parkland school shooting tricked a former president of the National Rifle Association (NRA) to give a speech in front of thousands of empty chairs representing victims of school gun violence. Video posted online shows David Keene addressing a makeshift field in Las Vegas.
[ad_1] The Arizona Legislature may adjourn as soon as today. House Bill 2840, a critical self-defense bill, is still sitting in the Senate awaiting floor action. Please contact your state senator and ask them to promptly SUPPORT HB 2840. House Bill 2840 allows law-abiding citizens to store their loaded firearms in their locked personal vehicles while
[ad_1] Pennsylvania’s effort to join 21 other states with Constitutional Carry advanced as the Senate Judiciary Committee, Chaired by Senator Lisa Baker, voted to move Senate Bill 565 to the Senate floor for consideration. Constitutional carry legislation isn’t for criminals, it simply puts law-abiding citizens who are otherwise legally able to possess and carry a
[ad_1] CLOSE The empty chairs David Keene, former NRA president, is addressing represents teenagers who were killed due to gun violence. (Photo: Change The Ref) In a video released by a gun violence prevention group, former NRA president David Keene is seen addressing a stadium of empty chairs. At that time, Keene believed he was speaking to James Madison
[ad_1] A YouTube video shows David Keene, two-time president of the National Rifle Association, donning a cap and gown to speak to thousands of students from James Madison Academy on their graduation day. Keene asks the students to uphold the second amendment that their school’s namesake James Madison took part in drafting. But when the
[ad_1] FAIRFAX, Va. — NRA-ILA Executive Director Jason Ouimet released the following statement on Thursday regarding David Chipman’s party line vote out of Senate Judiciary Committee: “David Chipman spent the last 10 years unapologetically lobbying for gun control on Capitol Hill and getting paid to do Michael Bloomberg’s bidding. He supports extreme, unconstitutional restrictions on
[ad_1] Earlier this month, David Keene, the former president of the National Rifle Association, stood on an outdoor stage in Las Vegas as he addressed thousands of empty white chairs. Keene was rehearsing his speech to the James Madison Academy’s 2021 graduating class. “Let me begin by telling you what an honor it is to
[ad_1] Today, the House could hear Senate Bill 6, to ban most ammunition magazines in common use. You may view the agenda here. Please click the button below to ask your state representative to OPPOSE SB 6. Senate Bill 6, the so-called “Delaware Large Capacity Magazine Prohibition Act,” bans possessing magazines with a capacity greater
[ad_1] Attorney General Merrick Garland opened for the president on Wednesday, outlining the details of the plan. Garland noted that most federally licensed firearms dealers sell to those who passed background checks. “But those dealers that willfully violate the law increase the risk that guns will fall into the wrong hands,” he said, characterizing part
[ad_1] A former NRA president and gun rights advocate both unknowingly delivered commencement speeches at a fake high school graduation that represented thousands of children who died from gun violence before they could graduate alongside the class of 2021. In two videos shared on Wednesday, former NRA President David Keene and author and gun rights
[ad_1] A gun violence prevention group has released videos in which they trick famous pro-gun figures into addressing a sea of empty chairs, representing children and teenagers who were shot and killed before they could graduate from high school. Change the Ref, a gun safety organization founded by Patricia and Manuel Oliver, whose son Joaquin
[ad_1] WASHINGTON — President Biden said on Wednesday that states could draw from $350 billion in federal stimulus money to shore up police departments and vowed to crack down on gun dealers who fail to run background checks, as the White House seeks to combat the alarming rise in homicide rates in America’s cities. Mr.
[ad_1] President Biden in remarks Wednesday said his crime prevention strategy would focus on strengthening background checks, banning assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, and boosting community policing. Biden met with state and local leaders and law enforcement officials ahead of his remarks to talk crime prevention strategy, amid a surge in violence in cities across
[ad_1] Tomorrow, the New Hampshire House and Senate will hold 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! Contact your State Representative and State Senator and ask them to SUPPORT House Bill
[ad_1] FIRST ON FOX: Several former and current members of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) are sounding the alarm against President Biden‘s nomination to lead the agency. Former ATF Director Michael Sullivan, as well as a current ATF member involved in training and a retired ATF deputy director who wished to
[ad_1] Colorado Gov. Jared Polis repealed the state’s preemption laws on firearm regulations following a mass shooting in Boulder. Preemption laws have faced challenges in recent months, with several states partially repealing them and a number of lawsuits contesting their constitutionality. Gun control groups applaud these challenges, while gun rights groups view them as infringing
[ad_1] Governor Edwards has two more days to sign Constitutional Carry Legislation, Senate Bill 118 into law. Don’t let him prevent law-abiding Louisiana citizens from enjoying the same rights that 21 other states now recognize. Please contact your State Representative and ask them to urge Governor Edwards to SIGN Senate Bill 118 into law. Also, please call
[ad_1] Today, an 11-judge en-banc panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in Duncan v. Bonta, the NRA-backed challenge to California’s ban on magazines capable of holding more than 10 rounds of ammo. The case was argued by the Kirkland & Ellis law firm. One of the highlights was an exchange between
[ad_1] SAN DIEGO — A federal appeals court panel today put an indefinite hold on a San Diego federal judge’s ruling that overturned California’s three-decade-old ban on assault weapons. The one-page order by the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals panel came in response to a challenge to the ruling filed earlier this month by
[ad_1] A federal appeals court panel on Monday put an indefinite hold on a San Diego federal judge’s ruling that overturned California’s three-decade-old ban on assault weapons. The order by the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals panel came in response to a challenge to the ruling filed earlier this month by the state. “This
[ad_1] Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) is backing former North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory in the race to succeed him, after former President Donald Trump threw his support behind Rep. Ted Budd (R-N.C.). Burr’s upcoming retirement has triggered over a dozen people to launch bids, many of them Republican. But Burr told Politico that McCrory is
[ad_1] Texans will soon be able to carry a handgun without a license after Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill allowing for the permitless carry of firearms. The new law, which goes into effect Sept. 1, allows those who are 21 and older and not otherwise prohibited from having a gun to carry a handgun
[ad_1] SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – A federal appeals court panel Monday put an indefinite hold on a San Diego federal judge’s ruling that overturned California’s three-decade-old ban on assault weapons. The order by the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals panel came in response to a challenge to the ruling filed earlier this month by
[ad_1] Written by John Cole, Managing Editor A long-time communications executive is running for Governor in 2022. Charlie Gerow, CEO of Quantum Communications and Vice Chairman of CPAC and the American Conservative Union, formally announced his intentions to seek the Republican Party nomination for Governor on Thursday evening. “I know what needs to be done,”
[ad_1] Six years ago this week our community changed forever when a white supremacist walked into a Bible study at a historic AME church in downtown Charleston and slaughtered nine people. As a community, we wept, mourned and asked ourselves how this could happen here. Then we swore we’d never let something like this happen
[ad_1] On Friday, Governor Roy Cooper vetoed Senate Bill 43, the bipartisan-supported bill to expand the ability of citizens to defend themselves and their loved ones while attending religious worship. This is not surprising, given that he vetoed similar legislation last year. Like last year, Gov. Cooper has erroneously claimed that the bill will allow
[ad_1] Cities across Colorado will now be able to pass their own gun laws under a new bill signed by Gov Jared Polis over the weekend. The Colorado governor signed the bill into law on Saturday, along with two other pieces of legislation expanding background checks for gun sales and creating an office of gun
[ad_1] On Tuesday, June 22nd, attorneys from the law firm Kirkland & Ellis will argue that California’s ban on standard-capacity magazines violates the Second Amendment before an 11-judge, en-banc panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, in an NRA-backed case. Our attorneys have already successfully argued this case before a three-judge panel that struck the
[ad_1] On June 8, ProPublica published a story titled, “The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax.” The salacious item focused on how America’s ultra-wealthy navigated the Internal Revenue Code to lessen their tax burden. ProPublica relied on “a vast cache of IRS information,” including individuals’ private tax
[ad_1] We’ve written quite a bit (here, here, here, here, and here) about how Chipman—a man who has spent the last several years as a high-profile, anti-gun lobbyist—is truly unqualified to serve as Director of ATF. But we haven’t touched on one aspect of his written testimony that has recently come to light in a