Gun Rights

WATERLOO — A Waterloo man who was given probation for possessing guns in a 2023 traffic stop has been charged again with possessing the same guns. A federal grand jury issued the new charges last week after Ian Jon Duffy’s friend obtained the seized weapons through the courts and then allegedly allowed Duffy to have

The National Rifle Association of America (NRA) has filed a lawsuit challenging the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ (ATF) “Engaged in the Business” Final Rule. The ATF’s Final Rule unlawfully redefines when a person is “engaged in the business” of dealing in firearms and therefore required to be federally licensed. This new lawsuit

James C. Nelson I first became aware of the assassination attempt on Donald Trump’s life when my Apple watch lit up with the news. I was sitting with my wife in Kevin Costner’s Horizon movie—a glitzy flick characterized by minutes of boredom punctuated with seemingly limitless minutes of Indian vs. cowboy vs. cowboy vs. Indian

This is Chapter 17/Section 2 (of “The History”), of the 2024 Serialization of the Second Edition (2013) of the book by Steven Jonas: “The 15% Solution: How the Republican Religious Right Took Control of the U.S., 1981-2022.” The subject of this chapter, “The Restoration Declaration,” was (from the perspective of 2048 when the book was

In the months before Saturday’s assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump in Pennsylvania, the state’s legislature blocked a bill banning the sale of the type of assault rifle allegedly used in the attack. Prior to that, at the federal level, nearly all of Pennsylvania’s Republican congressional delegation voted against a bill to reinstate a nationwide assault weapons ban,

When Republican U.S Rep. Jake LaTurner decided to spend more time with family instead of running for reelection to Kansas’ 2nd District in Congress, a flock of candidates leapt at the chance to replace him. The race quickly became the state’s most contested federal election this year. Five Republicans and two Democrats are running to

In another Bruen-based invalidation of a gun law, a federal appeals court has struck a Minnesota law that prohibits 18 to 20-year-olds from being eligible for a carry permit, declaring the law to be invalid and enjoining its enforcement. NRA-ILA, which has advocated on behalf of the rights of young adults for decades, had filed

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From left: Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear and North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper are the front-runners to become Kamala Harris’ running mate if she wins the Democratic nomination. Matt Rourke/AP; Patrick T. Fallon/AFP; Timothy D. Easley/AP; Chuck Burton/AP Soon after President Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race on Sunday,

Talk about your thin-skinned politicians! Apparently, it doesn’t take much more than an insult from critics these days to get the governor of Maine to scream for the police. Since When Is Criticism a Crime? Back in December, during an interview with a local NBC affiliate about blunders by official in the lead-up to the

Kamala Harris has been endorsed by Joe Biden and other big Democratic figures who want to see her lead the party in the US presidential election. Minutes after withdrawing from the race, Biden said choosing her to be his Vice President for the duration of his term of office was “the best decision I’ve made”.

Last week, Sen. JD Vance (R-OH), accepted the Republican party’s nomination for vice president at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, WI. Sen. Vance’s life story is well-known to many through his best-selling memoir, Hillbilly Elegy, which recounts his familial roots in Eastern Kentucky and his hardscrabble upbringing in Middletown, OH. True to form, President

Restoring Ukraine: Lessons Learned from History and the Role of Education in Reconstruction, Denys Kostrzhevskyi – NRA News Today – EIN Presswire Trusted News Since 1995 A service for political professionals · Monday, July 22, 2024 · 729,429,447 Articles · 3+ Million Readers News Monitoring and Press Release Distribution Tools News Topics Newsletters Press Releases

Established in 1975, the Institute for Legislative Action (ILA) is the “lobbying” arm of the National Rifle Association of America. ILA is responsible for preserving the right of all law-abiding individuals in the legislative, political, and legal arenas, to purchase, possess and use firearms for legitimate purposes as guaranteed by the Second Amendment to the

The attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump has inserted an irrevocable act of violence into this year’s presidential election. We have only begun to see how it is resonating and may finally play out. Even before the attempt on his life, Trump had used incendiary language on the topic of political violence, with a

Following the assassination attempt on Donald Trump, the conservative media has engaged in a campaign of misinformation and blame, with non-partisan media failing to do much better. Dr Victoria Fielding reports. WATCHING RIGHT-WING media treat Donald Trump like he performed a heroic miracle in narrowly avoiding being shot at, for yet unknown reasons, has emphasised

Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Email Print Font Size: The Court condemned regulator pressure to cut ties with the gun industry to mitigate financial risk. Font Size: In May, the Supreme Court issued a unanimous opinion in National Rifle Association v. Vullo, siding with the National Rifle Association (NRA). The Court reversed the U.S. Court of Appeals

“The president has said it several times,” Quentin Fulks, Biden’s principal deputy campaign manager, told reporters last Thursday. “He’s staying in this race….He is and will be the Democratic nominee.” Sunday morning on Face the Nation, campaign co-chair Cedric Richmond reiterated that Biden had no intention of dropping out. “I want to be crystal clear,”