Month: June 2022

By Miriam Raftery June 29, 2022 (Sacramento) – The California Department of Justice today revealed that a data breach of concealed carry applicants is far wider than originally reported. According to the DOJ’s press release today,  “Based on the Department’s current investigation, the incident exposed the personal information of individuals who were granted or denied a

New York lawmakers will meet in an emergency session on Thursday to loosen the state’s gun-licensing laws to conform with a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision that established a constitutional right for people to carry weapons in public for self-defense. Last week’s Supreme Court decision was in a case challenging New York’s century-old gun license

Sunny Hostin claimed Wednesday that it was “not possible” for anyone to be pro-life if they were also in favor of the death penalty or the Second Amendment. Hostin and her co-hosts on ABC’s midday talk show “The View” — which has been airing live from the Bahamas all week — spent part of the

Opinion editor’s note: Star Tribune Opinion publishes letters from readers online and in print each day. To contribute, click here. ••• A June 29 letter writer (“Court starts the ball rolling”) sets up a number of far-fetched straw men/women to knock down in an overreaction to the recent U.S. Supreme Court religion decision (“Court backs

Still broadcasting from the Bahamas on Wednesday, the cast of ABC’s The View celebrated President Joe Biden signing the bipartisan “gun reform” legislation into law. But while the rest of the coven was in good spirits, co-host Sunny Hostin was “the curmudgeon on the panel” and lamented that no other gun control schemes were likely

By MARK SCOLFORO – Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania lawmakers began a process Wednesday to study Philadelphia’s growing gun violence plague, establishing a panel that could eventually recommend impeachment of the city’s elected Democratic district attorney. The divided House of Representatives voted 114-86 to establish the five-member Select Committee on Restoring Law and

Americans make up 4% of the global population, but own 50% of the firearms in circulation in the world. There are 50 times as many firearm-related accidents in the United States as there are in Germany, and 250 times as many as there are in Japan. 45,222 people died from firearms in 2020 – or

A man attending the NRA convention stands in front of a group of protesters while smoking cigars. Photograph by The Signal Managing Editor Cesar Cardenas. A line of protesters with various signs in front of the NRA convention. A man carries a pole with a series of children sized shirts covered with fake blood on

Fairfax, Va. – The National Rifle Association Political Victory Fund (NRA-PVF) is proud to announce its endorsement of Derek Schmidt for governor in the 2022 Kansas primary election. “Derek Schmidt is a staunch supporter of our Second Amendment freedoms and he will continue to fight to protect our fundamental right to self-defense,” said Jason Ouimet,

I live in Newtown, Connecticut, with my husband and two young daughters. We moved here from Brooklyn, New York, six years after my nephew survived a massacre at the Sandy Hook Elementary School. I’m often asked what it is like to live in this community, and my response is that this place makes me face

Over the last decade, Orange County issued 65,171 permits to carry a concealed handgun and both Fresno and Sacramento counties issued more than 45,000. San Francisco issued 11. That’s according to data published online Monday by the California Department of Justice, but which has since been removed after reporters discovered that the open database included

Yesterday, the House voted 23-18 to pass Senate Bill 302 and the Senate voted 14-7 to pass House Bill 451. HB 451 then went back to the House, which voted 25-15 to concur. These two anti-gun bills now go to Governor John Carney’s desk, where they join three other anti-gun bills. Gov. Carney has announced

Robert J. McCarthy NEW YORK – Kathy Hochul, the Buffalo resident who a only year ago dwelled in Andrew M. Cuomo’s shadow as lieutenant governor, easily captured a three-way Democratic primary for governor Tuesday in a victory that anoints her as undisputed leader of the New York Democratic Party. Trailing in early returns to Andrew

To the Editor: As a mother, aunt, pediatrician and neighbor to beloved children, I have long been deeply troubled by the exorbitant levels of gun violence in our country, and my heart was sickened again last month by the massacre of children and teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.  It is encouraging this

On Monday June 27, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced the launch of the California Department of Justice (DOJ)’s Firearms Dashboard Portal. The data tool was designed to give granular firearm transaction and Concealed Carry Weapons (CCW) permit holder data to anyone visiting the DOJ’s website. However, astute users quickly realized that the dashboard could

Should the winners of the Republican primaries on Tuesday night go on to win their general election races in November – and it’s a safe bet that most will do so, given their districts’ partisan leaning – the state House could see a less fractured GOP caucus.  Three House GOP incumbents faced challengers in Tuesday night’s primaries,