[ad_1] Despite the horrific number of mass shootings in our country, Congress demonstrates an appalling lack of will to fix the problem. When will it be the right time to recognize the difference between owning a gun as part of a subsistence lifestyle and owning a gun to mow down children in a school or
[ad_1] A political dispute between two royal brothers threatens stability in Jordan, a Middle East nation considered a key U.S. counterterrorism partner. Hamzeh bin Hussein, the popular half brother of King Abdullah II, was accused Sunday of conspiring to destabilize the kingdom. Hamzeh released a video Saturday accusing the government of corruption, incompetence, and intolerance for dissent.
[ad_1] Mike Mozur, Guest columnist Published 8:26 a.m. CT April 5, 2021 Autoplay Show Thumbnails Show Captions Last SlideNext Slide Some days the newspaper provides true insight of real benefit to readers. Last week, the Pensacola News Journal did us all an important public service in that spirit. The March 26 PNJ article “Santa Rosa
[ad_1] Please urge Senator Jon Tester to reject Joe Biden’s gun control agenda and defend the Second Amendment. Joe Biden recently called for a nationwide ban on commonly-owned firearms and magazines used for hunting, recreational shooting and self-defense! He also called on Chuck Schumer and the U.S. Senate to take up and pass gun control
[ad_1] Please urge Senator Pat Toomey to reject Joe Biden’s gun control agenda and defend the Second Amendment! Joe Biden recently called for a nationwide ban on commonly-owned firearms and magazines used for hunting, recreational shooting and self-defense! He also called on Chuck Schumer and the U.S. Senate to take up and pass gun control bills H.R. 8 and
[ad_1] Please urge Senator Susan Collins and Senator Angus King to reject Joe Biden’s gun control agenda and defend the Second Amendment! Joe Biden recently called for a nationwide ban on commonly-owned firearms and magazines used for hunting, recreational shooting and self-defense! He also called on Chuck Schumer and the U.S. Senate to take up and
[ad_1] Please urge Senator Joe Manchin to reject Joe Biden’s gun control agenda and defend the 2nd Amendment. Joe Biden recently called for a nationwide ban on commonly-owned firearms and magazines used for hunting, recreational shooting and self-defense! He also called on Chuck Schumer and the U.S. Senate to take up and pass gun control bills H.R. 8 and
[ad_1] Please urge Senators Braun and Young to reject Joe Biden’s radical gun control agenda and defend the 2nd Amendment. Joe Biden recently called for a nationwide ban on commonly-owned firearms and magazines used for hunting, recreational shooting and self-defense! He also called on Chuck Schumer and the U.S. Senate to take up and pass gun control bills H.R.
[ad_1] There is a central hypocrisy at the heart of the gun control effort. High-profile gun control-supporting politicians, the Hollywood elite, and billionaire tycoons, will advocate to strip ordinary Americans of their right to defend themselves and their family, all the while enjoying the security that armed men with guns provide. As Hunter Biden’s 2018
[ad_1] The United States has a glaring problem: mass shootings. From Columbine to Aurora to Parkland to Boulder, mass shootings briefly grasp the nation’s attention before joining the tragically long list in history. After each shooting, government officials, political pundits and average Americans argue if and how the government should implement gun control legislation. A
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Back on 22 July 2012, I posted an analysis on the continuing affliction of American gun violence, noting the fact that there is a connection between the privately held three hundred million firearms in the U.S.A., and the country having the highest gun-related homicide rate in the developed
[ad_1] On March 11, Delta Air Lines dedicated a building at its Atlanta headquarters to Andrew Young, the civil rights leader and former mayor. At the ceremony, Mr. Young spoke of the restrictive voting rights bill that Republicans were rushing through the Georgia state legislature. Then, after the speeches, Mr. Young’s daughter, Andrea, a prominent
[ad_1] Associated Press Published 9:00 p.m. ET April 4, 2019 | Updated 9:42 p.m. ET April 4, 2021 Detail of a painting of John Rolfe and Pocahontas. (Photo: File) Today is April 5. On this date in: 1614 Indian Chief Powhatan’s daughter Pocahontas married Englishman John Rolfe in the Virginia Colony. 1621 The Mayflower sailed from
[ad_1] By Julia McPeek We need to move upstream and affect human behavior rather than continuing to pull dead bodies out of the river. Bans have their place but are only dams creating pent up demand, black markets and targets for Second Amendment arms racists to blow up. We need skillfully crafted legislation at the
[ad_1] Democrats are back to trying to find a sneaky way to limit law-abiding gun ownership and, once again, gun sales predictably soar. Even 90-year-old Betty White is packing heat. In fact, any time a mass shooter is arrested, MSNBC and BET say the same thing: Betty White. With the help of a sensationalizing press
[ad_1] Jeanne Phipps: Holy week: Asking for help I lament that violence ripped apart my community this past week. How I long for that peaceful place I’ve lived in and loved for so many years, Where violence is something that happens someplace else, not here. I long for that cocoon where I, along with others
[ad_1] Minnesota is a notable exception as a resurgence of high-profile mass shootings nationwide revives momentum for new gun laws in Washington, D.C., and in multiple states. The impasse over new gun restrictions at the divided State Capitol continues even in the aftermath of the state’s own deadly mass shooting at a health clinic in
[ad_1] When Mitt Romney complained on Twitter that President Joe Biden was not practising enough “bipartisanship,” one prominent gun control activist was not impressed. “Who is being partisan?” Fred Guttenberg replied. “Your party has made it clear they will not do what Americans want.” Mr Guttenberg has publicly advocated for stricter gun laws since 2018,
[ad_1] Guns – as tools of security, as instruments of violence – shape the lives of millions of Americans. Gun purchasing surged in 2020 – and so did gun crime. After three high-profile mass shootingswithin two weeks in March, debates surrounding firearms are intensifying once again. Yet despite their centrality in our personal and political
[ad_1] Yesterday, Governor Kim Reynolds signed House File 621 and House File 756 into law. With HF 756, Iowa joins the 18 other states that have constitutional/permitless carry. Gov. Reynolds had this to say yesterday about taking this strong stance to affirm the right to self-defense: “Today I signed legislation that protects the 2nd
[ad_1] The last thing this country need is to politicize violence against women. The Violence Against Women Act was introduced by then-United States Senator and current President Joe Biden in 1994 as a means to protect women from domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking. It got bipartisan support and passed overwhelmingly. The original act set
[ad_1] To the editor: The Second Amendment to the Constitution states “A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.” This amendment is ambiguous since a well-regulated militia and arms are not adequately defined. The Founding Fathers
[ad_1] Dear Editor, Colorado has an intimate relationship with mass shootings. Cynical as it is, you can argue that Columbine pioneered the school-shooting motif, subsequently copied by many disturbed souls. So I wasn’t entirely surprised when the grocery store I frequented every week for more than 10 years became the latest example. Mass shootings are
[ad_1] Political analyst Otis Sanford discusses the week in Tennessee politics for March 28-April 3, 2021. In a numerical sense, lawmakers in Tennessee have little concern or need for bipartisanship. That’s because the 31 Democrats in the General Assembly are vastly outnumbered in policy debates with the state’s 99 Republicans. But with the federal government
[ad_1] AUSTIN — For nearly two hours, committee members listened to those voice either support or opposition to House Bill 929, Bo’s Law Safe at Home. The bi-partisan bill was introduced during a Homeland Security and Public Safety Committee hearing Thursday at the state’s capitol by its author — Rep. Carl Sherman. What You Need
[ad_1] DES MOINES — Gov. Kim Reynolds signed into law Friday a contentious measure eliminating a requirement that Iowans obtain a permit to acquire or carry handguns and loosening other state restrictions. House File 756 “protects the Second Amendment rights of Iowa’s law-abiding citizens while still preventing the sale of firearms to criminals and other
[ad_1] Republican Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed into law Friday legislation allowing people to buy and carry a handgun without a permit. “Today I signed legislation that protects the 2nd Amendment rights of Iowa’s law-abiding citizens while still preventing the sale of firearms to criminals and other dangerous individuals,” Reynolds said in a statement, according
[ad_1] Jordan Sellergren/Little Village On Friday afternoon, as the Easter holiday weekend was beginning, Gov. Kim Reynolds’ office sent out a news release stating that the governor had signed into a law a bill eliminating the requirement for a person to be licensed to buy or carry a gun. The bill, HF 756, was passed
[ad_1] For First Time, Permitless Carry Legislation Advances From Committee! Dear Texas NRA Member: On Thursday, by a 6-3 vote, the Texas House Committee on Homeland Security & Public Safety voted out House Bill 1911, by Rep. James White (R-Woodville), and House Bill 1927, by Rep. Matt Schaefer (R-Tyler), NRA-backed permitless carry proposals that would allow law-abiding citizens to carry a handgun
[ad_1] CLOSE Gov. Reynolds spoke on the law using a “holistic approach” to emphasize safety through addressing mental and behavioral health issues. Des Moines Register Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has signed a law allowing people to buy and carry handguns in Iowa without a permit, fulfilling a longtime goal of gun rights advocates. The law,