[ad_1] Jaime Guttenberg was 14 when she was shot and killed in her high school in Parkland, Florida. That day in 2018, Valentine’s Day, her father began chasing an elusive dream. “I have a dream of ending the gun violence epidemic in this country, and I am dedicating my life to it,” says Fred Guttenberg.
[ad_1] Gov. Phil Murphy’s campaign attacked Republican gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli on gun control as the challenger called for Murphy to denounce a House bill that would expand the number of seats on the U.S. Supreme Court. “While Governor Murphy has enacted among the strongest gun safety laws in the nation, Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli wants
[ad_1] Contributed by the Office of Congressman Mike Rogers Congressman Mike Rogers made the following statement last week after President Biden announced his executive actions on gun control. “Today President Biden made official what we’ve known for a while: Democrats are set on dismantling the Second Amendment. “Biden’s use of Executive overreach started when he
[ad_1] On March 22, a young man pulled into the parking lot of a King Soopers in Boulder, Colorado, got out of his car and shot an elderly man several times before walking into the store and shooting people indiscriminately with a semi-automatic weapon. By the time his rampage was over, 10 people were dead, including
[ad_1] AUSTIN, Texas — Texas handgun owners would no longer need a license or training to carry their weapon in public under a bill that cleared a major vote Thursday over Democrats who railed against loosening gun laws after the 2019 mass shooting at an El Paso Walmart. Texas has more than 1.6 million licensed
[ad_1] The Texas House gave initial approval to a “constitutional carry” bill that would allow Texans to carry a handgun without a license. Current Texas law requires gun owners to obtain a permit to carry their weapon in the open or in a concealed manner. House Bill 1927 passed 84-56 after several hours of emotional
[ad_1] Back in 2019, Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke made this provocative statement about gun control in a primary debate: “Hell yes, we’re going to take your AR-15, your AK-47…!” To those on the political right, this statement confirmed all that they had feared about those on the left. I will paraphrase their fears: “If
[ad_1] Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, a legendary business professor and associate dean at the Yale School of Management, has watched this split grow in recent years, and has heard it from CEOs he knows and works with. What the GOP cares about and what major businesses care about are, increasingly incompatible, he says. “The political desire to
[ad_1] The Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg was still on lockdown. A gunman had killed 32 students and teachers before turning the weapon on himself. Kaine, sleepless, returned to Virginia on the next flight out, traveling from hospital to hospital to visit the wounded once he arrived. “Every April, I always think about this,” Kaine
[ad_1] Monday night was a busy night for the Senate Judiciary Committee as the panel heard testimony on nearly two dozen gun bills. As previously reported, there were a few pro-gun bills discussed, however most of the attention was focused on legislation, which if passed, would present a historic assault on the Second Amendment rights
[ad_1] The House of Representatives is reconvening next week. Senate Bill 6, to ban magazines over an arbitrary capacity limit, has been assigned to the House Judiciary Committee. Please contact committee members and ask them to OPPOSE SB 6. Senate Bill 6, the so-called “Delaware Large Capacity Magazine Prohibition Act,” bans possessing magazines with a
[ad_1] Thursday morning, Gov. Phil Murphy held a press conference to unveil yet another gun control package in the Garden State. Every time he reverts back to the same playbook, it is nothing more than an admission that years of gun control have been a failure. But because he has no real ideas about how
[ad_1] Earlier this week, the Senate voted to pass House bill 1366 and House Bill 31. The bills will now be transmitted to Governor David Ige for his consideration. Please contact Gov. Ige and ask him to veto HB 1366 and HB 31. House Bill 1366, sponsored by Patrick Branco (D-50), amends language regarding home-built firearms passed
[ad_1] On Wednesday, April 21, the Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Committee is holding a public hearing on several Sunday hunting bills, including Legislative Document 1033, which would allow Sunday hunting on private property with written landowner permission. This bill creates more hunting opportunities for Maine sportsmen and women. Maine is just one of two states
[ad_1] Tennessee’s new permitless handgun law set to take effect in July has raised objections and concerns from law enforcement professionals across the state, including from some in Williamson County. The incoming law will allow adults 21 and older as well as military members between 18 and 20 to open or concealed carry handguns on
[ad_1] US President Joe Biden speaks about gun violence prevention in the Rose Garden of the White House in … [+] Washington, DC, on April 8, 2021. – Biden on Thursday called US gun violence an “epidemic” at a White House ceremony to unveil new attempts to get the problem under control. (Photo by Brendan
[ad_1] Washington President Joe Biden announced limited measures to tackle gun violence in the United States last week, but more ambitious steps will be harder to enact despite widespread public support. The president’s actions delivered on a pledge he made last month to take what he termed immediate “common-sense steps” to address gun violence, after a
[ad_1] Newly released court documents allege that in 2018, the National Rifle Association and its CEO Wayne LaPierre approved a $1.5 million dollar contract to keep then-NRATV host Dan Bongino on for the 2019 calendar year at the NRA’s failing TV outlet. This came as the gun rights organization was falling deeper into financial troubles over the course of 2018. A legal document obtained by Salon and filed by Ackerman McQueen, the
[ad_1] Big business has ratcheted up its objections to proposals that would make it harder to vote, with several hundred companies and executives signing a new statement opposing “any discriminatory legislation.” The letter, published Wednesday in The New York Times and The Washington Post, was signed by companies including Amazon, Google, Starbucks and Bank of
[ad_1] Guns are ingrained in the Arizona psyche, from the legendary Shootout at the OK Corral that morphed into tourist-dependent Tombstone to the CNN broadcast of Donald Trump supporters casually carrying long guns during a protest in downtown Phoenix. Arizona has some of the least restrictive gun laws in the nation, built on a pioneer,
[ad_1] I read with interest Kevin Mitchell’s letter supporting making Becker County a Second Amendment Sanctuary. If Mr. Mitchell would look at the reality, it already is. No one is going to take away a person’s guns. There are now more guns than people in the United States, and it would be impossible to do
[ad_1] Both the House and Senate are expected to consider Emergency Powers legislation, Senate Bill 370 and House Bill 504, respectively. SB 370 was recently passed out of the House Judiciary Committee and is should be on the House Floor tomorrow. House Bill 504 was heard on the Senate floor today and will receive Third
[ad_1] Tomorrow, the House Judiciary Committee is scheduled to consider self-defense expansion legislation, Senate Bill 573. Please contact committee members and ask them to SUPPORT SB 573. Senate Bill 573 clarifies existing law to prevent cities and municipalities from being able to create gun free zones in locations where they shouldn’t be allowed to. This
[ad_1] Joe Biden recently announced he would nominate gun control activist and lobbyist David Chipman for Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF). Chipman’s hostility towards the Second Amendment and his work for a national gun control organization disqualifies him from serving as the Director of the ATF. Make no mistake,
[ad_1] Joe Biden recently announced he would nominate gun control activist and lobbyist David Chipman for Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF). Chipman’s hostility towards the Second Amendment and his work for a national gun control organization disqualifies him from serving as the Director of the ATF. Make no mistake,
[ad_1] A noisy contingent from North Dakota’s university system, as well as their sundry apologists, are upset about an amendment to legislation that would withhold some matching tax dollars, under the challenge grants program, for state schools that partner with abortion providers. This is an affront to academic freedom, they tell us. Keep politics out
[ad_1] Tomorrow, April 15, the Judiciary Committee will hold a work session to vote on Legislative Document 1068. Please contact MEMBERS OF THE Judiciary Committee and ask them to OPPOSE this gun confiscation measure. Legislative Document 1068 creates two new sections of Maine law, which outline the power of the court in issuing orders or consent agreements
[ad_1] Joe Biden recently announced he would nominate gun control activist and lobbyist David Chipman for Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF). Chipman’s hostility towards the Second Amendment and his work for a national gun control organization disqualifies him from serving as the Director of the ATF. Make no mistake,
[ad_1] Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellMcConnell seeks to end feud with Trump Senate GOP signal they won’t filibuster debate of hate crimes bill Colin Powell on Afghanistan: ‘We’ve done all we can do’ MORE’s (R-Ky.) diatribe against big business could spawn volumes of analysis. The text tells many tales: the frayed coalition
[ad_1] Last week, the Idaho Senate gave final approval to shooting range funding legislation, House Bill 286. The measure now heads to the desk of Governor Brad Little for his signature. Please contact Governor Little and ask him to sign House Bill 286 into law. House Bill 286, sponsored by Representative Caroline Nilsson Troy (R-District 5B), clarifies existing law