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Today, the Senate voted 27-13 to pass House Bill 543, the constitutional carry bill received from the House last week. With that, Florida has taken another major step towards becoming the 26th constitutional carry state. The bill will now go to Governor Ron DeSantis, who has repeatedly and publicly stated that he will sign a

In the futile and hopeless hours of familiar gridlock after the most recent mass shooting in Nashville, the social media meme war that serves as proxy for our political process launched again into overdrive. Some themes were familiar: Republicans love guns more than they love children; the party that purports to revere life seems unwilling

Content warning: This article contains references to gun violence. I’ve attempted to stay away from the news this past year for my mental health, but no matter how hard I try, news of mass shootings and gun violence plague my life. In reading ABC7 Eyewitness News reporter Kiara Alfonseca’s latest article, my heart sank deep

On Monday, April 3rd, the Maine Joint Standing Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety will be holding a public hearing on several anti-gun bills. The NRA urges all members to attend the hearing to show your support for the Second Amendment. Hearing information is below: Committee On Criminal Justice and Public Safety 111 Sewall

Enough with the “thoughts and prayers.” Three beautiful 9-year-olds going to school and three adults just doing their jobs are killed at their school.  People in Israel take to the streets for days and they win. Netanyahu backs down. People in Tbisili, Georgia, take to the streets, stand up to water hoses for days and

Dan Kelly is promising voters he won’t be political if they return him to the state Supreme Court, even as the forces of Republican politics swirl around him like a storm. Kelly, who was appointed to the court by former Republican Gov. Scott Walker in 2016 and lost his previous bid for election in 2020, speaks about

As the riot of gun violence in America produces fresh massacres by the day, firearm fundamentalists refuse to acknowledge the blood on their hands, and their suicidal stance in the face of escalating carnage is that more guns are the answer. But it’s worse than that. Take a close look at the arguments that gun

The BDN Opinion section operates independently and does not set newsroom policies or contribute to reporting or editing articles elsewhere in the newspaper or on bangordailynews.com. LZ Granderson is an opinion columnist for the Los Angeles Times. Sandy Hook is the mass shooting I hear mentioned most often when people talk about the moment they knew

Today, the Senate voted 34-1 to pass House Bill 295, to prohibit payment processors from requiring the use of a firearms-specific MCC to distinguish purchases at a firearms retailer from a general merchandise retailer or a sporting goods retailer, and prohibit the misuse of payment card processing systems to surveil, report, or disclose these legal transactions. It now goes to Governor Brad Little’s

The deadly shooting in a Nashville grade school that left three nine-year old students and three adult staff members dead has sparked calls in Tennessee for what’s called a red-flag law, with advocates suggesting that may have prevented the attack. One was proposed in the state in 2020. That red-flag law —  also known as an extreme risk

Joe Scarborough ripped into Republicans and the gun lobby, blaming their complacency for America’s increasing frequency of mass shootings. Scarborough delivered his rant on Wednesday as Morning Joe discussed the Nashville Police Department’s release of bodycam footage from the officers who neutralized the Covenant Church School shooter. This led to Scarborough discussing the proliferation of

The Bible is a lynchpin of the pro-gun movement. In every corner of our country, purportedly Christian leaders lean into the narrative that bearing arms is a God-given right – one that should not be restricted in any way. So, as our nation reels from yet another mass shooting — this time, a gunman killed

The first gunshot cracked through the air just after 1 a.m. Then came another shot, and another. They kept coming, again and again, each shot thundering across downtown Dayton, Ohio. In just half a minute, more than three dozen gunshots echoed through the crowded streets. AR-15-style rifles are on display at Burbank Ammo & Guns

CNN  —  It took just two minutes to encapsulate America’s hopeless estrangement on guns. Deep into a long, grueling hearing called by Republicans to target the Washington, DC, government, tensions provoked by the Nashville school shooting boiled over into an emotive exchange between Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and freshman Democratic Rep. Jared Moskowitz. With

House’s Lowering Carry Permit Fee Bill Advances to the Senate Today, March 29, the Senate voted 31-8, to pass House Bill 2304, a bill that expands access and standardizes firearm safety education for schools. It has been sent to the Governor’s desk to be signed into law.  Earlier this month, HB 2304 passed the House

Key Points Some American families are choosing to leave the United States due to gun violence and safety fears. Most recently, three students and three staff members were killed in a Nashville school shooting. President Biden has urged Congress to pass tougher gun reform legislation and ban assault-style weapons. For Amy Fox and her husband

– Advertisement Above – The Republican Hypocrisy Factory is currently operating at Ludicrous Speed in the wake of yet another horrific school shooting, which involved their favorite weapon of choice, the AR-15. This story contains an update and a correction. Every pro-gun GOP member of Congress has been tweeting overtime in the days following the