[ad_1] Seventeen years ago, Melynda Vincent was convicted of bank fraud because she paid for groceries with a bad check for $498. Although bank fraud can be punished by up to 30 years in prison under federal law, Vincent was sentenced to probation, which she successfully completed before earning three university degrees and launching a

[ad_1] On Thursday, Sen. Chris Murphy (D) railed against House Republican efforts to remove the NFA regulations on firearm suppressors, describing the devices as items “primarily designed for crime.” The NRA posted Murphy’s speech, wherein he said, “Silencers are the tools of killers, they are the tools of criminals, period, stop.” He then built on

[ad_1] The Supreme Court’s 2022 Bruen Decision held that the 2nd Amendment protects the right of U.S. citizens to carry handguns in public for self defense. It held that handgun permit requirements of “proper cause” and “may issue” were unconstitutional. New York State dropped those rules, changing the law to read “shall issue” but adding

[ad_1] Lawmakers heard hours of testimony on Wednesday from supporters and opponents of a proposed “red flag” gun law, offering a glimpse of the coming public debate over a controversial referendum on the November ballot. Wednesday’s hearing was largely perfunctory because voters — not lawmakers — will decide this fall whether Maine should join roughly

[ad_1] The Moore Township Board of Supervisors met on Tuesday, June 3. During reports, Patrolman Thomas D. Roberts provided the police department’s monthly report for May, which included 273 total incidents, seven written/verbal warnings issued, 16 traffic citations issued, one non-traffic citation issued for harassment, two arrests made for DUI and theft, four reportable accidents

[ad_1] The state’s Judiciary Committee has heard public testimony on Wednesday afternoon on the red flag law citizens referendum. This procedural step almost didn’t happen after democratic committee chairs said it would not be scheduled. Republicans pushed back and said it was against the law to not have a hearing on a measure that will

[ad_1] “We have a mad king surrounded by courtiers and yes men afraid to tell him he’s making a fool of himself.” By Alejandro Serrano, The Texas Tribune Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R) was clear from the start. Weeks before this year’s legislative session began, and before he announced any other priorities, the Republican Senate

[ad_1] By Peter Lemiska March 3, 2018 The whole country is still mourning the loss of young lives at the hands of another mass murderer and feels only the most profound compassion for the survivors. But the liberal media apparently found a way to capitalize on another catastrophe. Either that or they honestly believe that

[ad_1] Having won in the House with its demand that the so-called “big, beautiful bill” eliminate the tax on firearms suppressors, Second Amendment advocates are now pushing the Senate to eliminate the tax and registration requirement on short-barreled rifles. The industry is moving swiftly to build support for its call to include the Short Act

[ad_1] As a parent who’s sent a child off to live on a college campus, I can tell you there’s nothing that keeps you up at night quite like the thought of your kid being in danger and not being able to protect him or herself. And in New Jersey? That fear just got a

[ad_1] Republicans and gun owners’ rights groups accused Democratic leaders of ignoring a state law requiring public hearings on citizen-initiated bills. AUGUSTA, Maine — Democrats in the Maine Legislature have reversed course and will hold a public hearing on a citizen-initiated “red flag” gun law proposal this week, following sustained pressure from Senate Republicans and

[ad_1] Firearm deaths of children and teenagers rose significantly in states that enacted more permissive gun laws after the Supreme Court in 2010 limited local governments’ ability to restrict gun ownership, a new study has found. In states that maintained stricter laws, firearm deaths were stable after the ruling, the researchers reported, and in some,

[ad_1] (The Center Square) – Gun advocates are moving forward with a lawsuit challenging Colorado’s Proposition KK, which put a 6.5% firearms and ammunition excise tax on firearm vendors that took effect April 1. The proposition passed in November with a narrow majority of 54%. Revenue from the tax is expected to be up to $39

[ad_1] Bereaved parents saw their hopes for change dashed after a bill meant to protect children from sexual predators and drug dealers online died in the Colorado state legislature last month. Several of those parents had helped shape the bill, including Lori Schott, whose 18-year-old daughter Annalee died by suicide in 2020 after consuming content

[ad_1] The Supreme Court handed down its landmark decision in New York Rifle Association v. Bruen nearly three years ago, but since then, pro-gun advocates have been hoping for the court to take up major cases pertaining to the Second Amendment. Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s rejection of a petition challenging Maryland’s “assault weapons” ban earlier this

[ad_1] The legal arm of the National Rifle Association asked the Supreme Court on Friday to take up a new case that could expand gun rights for owners of AR-style rifles, challenging federal restrictions on short-barreled versions of the popular firearm. In a petition filed Friday, the NRA’s Institute for Legislative Action urged the high court to hear Rush

[ad_1] Are Blacks for or against gun ownership? Both. And it’s complicated… or maybe it’s not. To some, Hu Sani Sallah-Wilson doesn’t fit the media image of the typical gun enthusiast, i.e., white, male, MAGA-leaning, outspoken and often anti-Black. Though definitely male, Sallah-Wilson is progressive in his worldview, humble and soft-spoken and unapologetically pro-Black. And