Month: January 2023

WASHINGTON, Jan 27 (Reuters) – Flags are lowered, sorrowful statements are issued, pleas to lawmakers are made, again. In the wake of two mass shootings in California this week, President Joe Biden has followed a heartfelt and familiar script of outrage and grief over gun violence in America, coupled with a renewed call for Congress

State Rep. Niemerg, local sheriffs push back on assault weapons ban A downstate Republican is joining area sheriffs in pushing back against Illinois’ new assault weapons ban. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – A downstate Republican is joining area sheriffs in pushing back against Illinois’ new assault weapons ban. Sheriffs in Crawford, Jasper and Lawrence counties are among

Andrew Wegley The police chiefs of two of Nebraska’s three largest law enforcement agencies testified in opposition to Sen. Tom Brewer’s latest “constitutional carry” bill, while dozens of residents traveled as long as four hours to the Capitol to support the proposal during a hearing that lasted more than four hours Thursday. The Gordon senator’s

On Friday, January 27th, NRA members and Second Amendment supporters in the Granite State are invited to attend, and participate in, public hearings on two anti-gun bills being heard by the House State-Federal Relations & Veterans Affairs and the House Criminal Justice & Public Safety Committees. Please contact committee members now and ask them to

BISMARCK — North Dakota has among the least restrictive gun laws in the country, but some conservative lawmakers believe the state Legislature should lift nearly all limits on where weapons can be carried. The Legislature approved a bill in 2017 to allow most law-abiding adult residents to carry a concealed gun in public without a

On February 2nd, the Senate Law and Justice Committee will hear Senate Bill 5232, the companion to House Bill 1144, which imposes a firearm permit requirement, creates a 10-day waiting period scheme, and allows indefinite delays on firearm transfers. Please contact committee members and ask them to OPPOSE SB 5232. Senate Bill 5232 requires an individual to

Polling suggests that Americans broadly support gun control measures, yet legislation is often stymied in Washington, and Republicans rarely seem to pay a political price for their opposition. The calculation behind Republicans’ steadfast stonewalling of any new gun regulations — even in the face of the kind unthinkable massacres like in Uvalde, Texas — is

With a focus on gun safety and not on gun use, I now see this education in schools as necessary. If we won’t put our children first, we need to teach them to put themselves first. Lindsay Karp  |  Opinion contributor Show Caption Hide Caption Administrators warned 3 times on the day boy shot teacher

Newsmax has compared its ratings to Vice TV in an ongoing war of words about the channel’s carriage on cable provider DirecTV. The conservative news broadcaster ceased to air on cable TV at 11.59 p.m. ET on January 24, after a row between the two over a new deal went unresolved. DirecTV said it would

Your Santa Fe City Council voted 7-2 on Wednesday in favor of a resolution requiring certain city-controlled properties that can be used for school-related or school-sanctioned events to be posted off-limits to firearms, including those carried by concealed handgun licensees. These would include the Santa Fe Community Convention Center and its underground garage (including personal vehicles, presumably), public libraries in the

How California got tough on guns By Ben Christopher | CalMatters The modern American gun debate began in 1967, when 30 protesting members of the Black Panther Party marched into the California Capitol with loaded handguns, shotguns and rifles. In California there were few restrictions on carrying loaded weapons in public. That soon changed. The

Advocates of gun-law reform face an uphill battle to push their ideas through the Republican-controlled Indiana General Assembly, but say public sentiment on firearms safety may be moving some to action. Groups seeking to change Indiana gun laws say recent high-profile shooting incidents heighten the need for universal background checks, storage regulations, raising the minimum

Tuesday was yet another day that left a good number of shaken Chico residents wondering “What in the world is going on here?” A Code Red shut down four Chico Unified School District locations as well as Chico State after someone reported seeing a man with a gun on a campus. Chico Police quickly responded