Gun Rights

Welcome to Trail Mix, a fun but nutritious snack for your election news diet. See something interesting on the trail? Email me at jake.lahut@thedailybeast.com. This week, we take an early look into the 2024 fallout from Donald Trump’s historic indictment in Manhattan court. Plus, we dive into Gov. Ron DeSantis’ nabbing of a top GOP

Source: TFP File Photo The National Rifle Association on Thursday asked the full 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to hear arguments in a challenge to a 2018 Florida law that prevents sales of rifles and other long guns to people under age 21. A three-judge panel of the Atlanta-based appeals court this month upheld

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Tomorrow morning, March 31, the Senate Judiciary Committee is considering House Bill 674 and House Bill 659. HB 674 proposes an optional, enhanced concealed carry permit that will improve recognition for Montanans’ concealed carry permits in five additional states: WA, MN, NM, SC, and DE. HB 659 allows a 30-day grace period for concealed carry permit holders to renew their permits. It is imperative that

Gun politics in the U.S. demonstrates that a popular majority does not always get its way. Even though most Americans support stricter gun-safety laws, proposals for major new regulations reliably face impassable obstacles in Congress. A popular position, but so far no change in policy. Gene J. Puskar/Associated Press, File The standard explanation for this

A federal judge hearing a right-wing challenge against what are deemed two common-sense gun safety measures in Delaware has ruled against the gun lobby on a critical question in Delaware State Sportsmen’s Association, Inc. et al. v. Delaware Department of Safety and Homeland Security et al.  Therefore, Delaware’s bans on assault weapons, large capacity magazines remain

In every issue of Ms., we track research on our progress in the fight for equality, catalogue can’t-miss quotes from feminist voices and keep tabs on the feminist movement’s many milestones. We’re Keeping Score online, too—in this biweekly roundup. Lest We Forget “Why in God’s name do we allow these weapons of war on our streets

Today and tomorrow, the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold decision making only hearings on two anti-gun bills: HB 426, which aims to bankrupt the firearm industry, and HB 984, to restrict lawful carry. Please consider submitting testimony AGAINST House Bills 426 and 984 through the Hawaii Legislative website. For help creating an account and submitting testimony, click here. Thursday,

Courtesy of Aaron Burden (Unsplash CC0) My sincere condolences to all American women. Apparently Republicans do not believe that your struggles have been sufficient to “keep you in your place.” After six Republicans on the Supreme Court overturned rights guaranteed by the Constitution to decide the fate of your own body and mind by overturning

Advertisement A federal judge hearing a challenge against gun measures in Delaware ruled against opponents iover a major question in Delaware State Sportsmen’s Association, Inc. et al. v. Delaware Department of Safety and Homeland Security et al, Attorney General Kathy Jennings announced. In an opinion issued Monday night, U.S. District Court Judge Richard G. Andrews denied a preliminary

Chris Hayes highlighted a magnificent attack by Rep. Jamall Bowman (NY) on Republican congressmembers for their cowardice on gun violence. I needed that! “Tonight, a pretty incredible and emotional scene in the United States Capitol. A Democratic congressman, Jamall Bowman, who has spent more than a decade as an educator in New York public schools,

For years, the NRA has been litigating a Florida law that bans young adults aged 18-20 from purchasing a firearm. In 2021, a federal judge begrudgingly upheld the law, despite finding that it imposed sever restrictions on the people’s right to keep and bear arms while affording very few public safety benefits. The judge, however,

One hundred thirty-nine. Say the number; let it sink in for a minute. Then consider the number 86. Let that sink in for another minute. Then consider this: Monday’s shooting at the Covenant School, a private Christian school in the Nashville, Tenn. area, became the 139th mass shooting in 2023, only 86 days into the

The Washington Post exposé has been described as “the most powerful article you will read this week” and “one of the most important pieces of journalism ever produced.” Christmas card from Tennessee Rep. Andy Ogles, a Republican who represents the district that Covenant School is in. Image-Shannon Watts/Twitter screengrab On Monday morning, The Washington Postpublished a series

Rep. Tim Burchett claimed that only a “revival” of Christianity, not Congress, can solve the problem. As the country reels from news of yet another school shooting at an elementary school in Tennessee this week, one Tennessee Republican has vowed that Congress will never solve the U.S.’s mass shooting epidemic, and that only Christian nationalism

Opinion editor’s note: Star Tribune Opinion publishes a mix of national and local commentaries online and in print each day. To contribute, click here. ••• How much further will the Supreme Court go to assist in the arming of America? That has been the question since last June, when the court ruled that New York’s

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

Republican North Carolina lawmakers overrode Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of a bill repealing the state’s pistol purchase permit system, enabling the repeal effort to proceed. The Republican-controlled North Carolina House of Representatives passed Senate Bill 41 earlier this month. The bill, which passed in both the House and Senate on party-line votes, repeals a