Month: June 2022

On Thursday, the Supreme Court said that Americans have a right to carry firearms in public for self-defense, and on Friday the House sent President Joe Biden the first gun violence bill Congress has passed in decades. The Supreme Court case New York State Rifle and Pistol Association Inc., et al. v. Bruen, Superintendent of

Jon Harris After the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday expanded gun rights by upending a century-old New York law, Gov. Kathy Hochul vowed to fight back and said she was prepared to call the State Legislature back into session “to deal with this.” That’s exactly what she’s doing. Hochul late Friday said she was convening

BOISE (Idaho Statesman) – With uncommon bipartisan support, Congress approved the nation’s first major gun safety legislation in nearly 30 years at the end of this week, even as each of Idaho’s four congressional lawmakers voted against the negotiated framework. On Thursday night, Sens. Mike Crapo and Jim Risch joined 31 Senate Republicans in casting

Today, state Senator Jason Anavitarte (R-31) received the Defender of Freedom Award from the National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action in recognition of his tireless efforts to defend liberty and protect the interests of law-abiding gun owners and sportsmen in Georgia. Although his time in the Georgia Legislature only began in 2021, Senator Anavitarte

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Happy Friday everyone. What a week, huh. If you’re a fan of liberal meltdowns, well kids, this is your Super Bowl wrapped in a World Series with a Stanley Cup chaser. It’s all sports stuff.  First, the Supreme Court strikes down New York state’s regulations for concealed

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Rep. Mary Miller says former President Donald Trump’s endorsement is “huge” as she faces off on Tuesday in an Illinois congressional primary against fellow House Republican Rep. Rodney Davis. Miller is a first-term representative in Illinois’ 15th Congressional District, which has been dramatically redrawn in the once-in-a-decade

WHAT DOES IT CHANGE? The ruling struck down New York’s gun licensing laws and similar laws in California, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey and the District of Columbia denying concealed-carry gun permits to residents wanting a gun for self-defence unless they could prove they had “proper cause.” The ruling makes it much more difficult for

2. John Cornyn The cross-messaging that got a gun bill passed. Congress this week really did pass a bipartisan gun violence, mental health, and school safety bill that’s heading to President Joe Biden’s desk. The senators correctly called the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act the most significant such package Congress has passed in 30 years—which is

The Supreme Court’s decision today to overturn Roe v. Wade has evoked a massive response across the country. It will undoubtedly have major effects on reproductive rights locally and nationally, but there’s also another potential game-changer at the federal level in the form of a “red flag” gun law headed to the President’s desk. KCBX

TRENTON – Gov. Phil Murphy on Friday directed all state agencies to look for ways to prevent gun violence, including designating certain areas as gun-free, in the wake of the Supreme Court decision that expands the right to carry guns in public. “While the Supreme Court may have dispensed with common sense, it did affirm the

Former chair for Buerger As former chair of the Garfield County Democrats, I am happy we have, with redistricting, new opportunities in Colorado House District 57. The geographic area seems a more natural “fit” compared to the old “57.” For me it is also encouraging to have three good people running to represent us. That

Amid gun violence incidents continuing to torment US residents, the Senate has passed a gun control bill for the first time in 28 years, the media reported on Friday. Late Thursday night, 15 Republicans joined Democrats in the upper chamber of Congress to approve the measure by 65 votes to 33, the BBC reported. The

US Supreme Court’s ruling striking down New York state’s limits on carrying concealed handguns in public is likely to provide legal ammunition to challenge other regulations around the country even as Congress has passed modest reforms. Protesters hold up signs during a gun control rally outside City Hall in Los Angeles on Saturday, June 11,

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski was among 15 Republican senators who joined all 50 Senate Democrats Thursday to pass a gun safety bill that aims to stem mass shootings and school violence. The legislation will send more than $15 billion to communities to improve school safety and mental health services for young people. It also strengthens

Trenton Democrats desperately want to pass something, anything. They just are not sure what. So far, their approach has been to throw everything at the wall and see what sticks. Make no mistake, Gov. Phil Murphy loaded them up with plenty of bad ideas, and now, they seem destined to intertwine their political fortunes (or misfortunes) with

The U.S. Senate voted 65-33 to approve bipartisan gun-safety legislation that is hailed as the biggest breakthrough on the issue in three decades. The vote came the same day the Supreme Court struck down a New York law that required people to show a special need to carry a handgun in public, ruling for the

In a 6-3 ruling, the Supreme Court on Thursday struck down New York’s restrictions on concealed carry licenses in the case New York State Rifle and Pistol Association Inc. v. Bruen. Justice Clarence Thomas wrote in the majority opinion that “the Second and Fourteenth Amendments protect an individual’s right to carry a handgun for self-defense

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