Gun Rights

CNN reporter Don Lemon and GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy got into a heated debate on CNN This Morning. During Wednesday’s (April 19) broadcast of the morning news program, Lemon slammed Ramaswamy for making “insulting” comments about Black Americans.  The GOP candidate was asked about his recent speech at the National Rifle Association (NRA) where

Sign up to our free US news bulletin sent straight to your inbox each weekday morning Sign up to our free morning US email news bulletin Ralph Yarl had no reason to think he was in danger when he approached the house where believed his younger brothers were waiting for him to pick them up,

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on childcare and eldercare costs during an event in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 18, 2023. Reuters The 2024 race for the White House has only a handful of official candidates so far, with Democratic President Joe Biden yet to announce his plans

Today, in a video message, Gov. Bill Lee announced his support for an “improved order of protection law,” otherwise known as a “Red Flag” gun confiscation order. While the governor has described his legislation as a “mental health” bill, even the mainstream press has correctly identified the measure as a “Red Flag” law. Gov. Lee’s

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Flowers are piled around crosses with the names of the victims killed in a school shooting as people visit a memorial at Robb Elementary School to pay their respects May 31, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas.Jae C. Hong/The Associated Press Parents whose children were killed in the Robb Elementary School massacre made sobbing pleads for stricter

WASHINGTON — The roster of Republican presidential hopefuls who flocked to the National Rifle Association’s annual convention reflects the political potency of gun rights, despite the group’s eroding revenues and an opposition movement that’s growing increasingly vocal as the drumbeat of mass shootings marches on. Even amid internal turmoil and legal woes, the gun ownership

STORY OF THE WEEK: The Democratic field in Rhode Island’s 1st Congressional District is starting to gel, with a series of noteworthy developments last week. Former state Rep. Aaron Regunberg, who came close to beating Dan McKee in a 2018 primary for lieutenant governor, formally entered the race with a campaign video (from some of

The National Rifle Association applauds the Nebraska legislature for passing NRA-backed constitutional carry today in a 33-14 vote. The bill is now headed to the governor for his signature. “With Gov. Pillen’s signature, Nebraska becomes the 27th state in America that protects the right of Americans to carry a firearm outside of their home without

House Democrats have slim hope that the onslaught of mass shootings and school shootings in 2023 will push their colleagues across the aisle to pass stricter gun control laws. Some of Congress’s most adamant gun reformers are facing facts that last month’s school shooting in Nashville, where three children and three adults were shot and

Give Philadelphia’s Ethics Board a bigger budget?  Philly’s Board of Ethics recently stepped into the mayor’s race, suing a dark-money PAC for a violation of finance laws meant to stop corruption. The board’s budget has remained flat since it was created over a decade ago — even as its role has greatly expanded, in large part thanks to the Supreme

Clean trucks mean healthier air I belong to the Colorado Mountain Mamas, an organization that advocates for clean air, clean water, healthy food, sustainability, and safe natural areas so our kids can enjoy the outdoors; as can our grandkids, great-grandkids, and their great-great-grandkids … for seven generations. Tragically, in its most recent “State of the

So the National Rifle Association had its yearly convention last week and all the Republicans running for president showed up and gave their speeches in front of their 2nd Amendment supporters. Their was a time in our history when Republicans supported gun control legislation with the assistance of the NRA. In 1967, the Black Panther

The senior ethicist for the Southern Baptist Convention threw the weight of the denomination behind a so-called red flag law in Tennessee, even as rank-and-file ministers and congregants increasingly see denominational leadership’s values as contradictory to their own. Brent Leatherwood, the president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, recently wrote a

Nebraska Legislature will hold the final vote tomorrow, April 19, for Legislative Bill 77, “LB 77” by Senator Tom Brewer, the constitutional carry bill on Final Reading. This bill recognizes the fundamental right of law-abiding adults to carry firearms for self-defense without having to navigate burdensome government regulations. Governor Jim Pillen has pledged to sign LB 77.  This is

Vivek Ramaswamy, the anti-woke candidate for president who’s the new darling of the right, will appear with the Greenwich GOP in mid-June, a fitting visit for a local party with its roots in business and its heart in the culture wars.  The Greenwich Republican Town Committee sent out a save-the-date notice for a “Lincoln-Reagan Party

Analysis ‘Stand your ground’: the US laws linked to rising deaths and racist violence Sam Levin The shooting of Ralph Yarl, the Black teen who rang the wrong doorbell, revives concerns about expanding self defense laws The shooting of a Black teenager who rang the wrong doorbell in Kansas City, Missouri, has renewed scrutiny of

Former President Donald Trump‘s plan to end homelessness is to criminalize it, an idea critics find appalling. “Under my strategy, working with states, we will ban urban camping wherever possible,” Trump said in a video released Tuesday. “Violators of these bans will be arrested, but they will be given the option to accept treatment and