Gun Rights

An attendee holds a handgun on display at the National Rifle Association (NRA) annual convention in Houston, Texas, U.S. May 29, 2022. REUTERS/Callaghan O’Hare Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Aug 25 (Reuters) – A federal judge in Texas threw out the state’s ban on people between 18 and 20 years old

OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images (ROCKVILLE, Md.) — President Joe Biden will hit the campaign trail on Thursday to highlight a series of policy wins as Democrats look to keep their narrow majorities in Congress during this fall’s elections. Biden will “lay out the choice before Americans” when he speaks at a Democratic National Committee

Republicans are acting uncharacteristically flat-footed in response to President Joe Biden’s announcement that he’ll be forgiving up to $20,000 in student loan debt to people who make under $125,000 a year. Sure, Fox News pundits are all crying about it, but they can’t quite seem to get their story straight on why viewers are supposed

By Betsy Klein and Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden offered one of his sharpest rebukes Thursday of Republicans who adhere to his predecessor’s political credo, labeling it “semi-fascism” and predicting it has gone too far for most of the country. “What we’re seeing now, is either the beginning or the death knell of an

According to the Gun Violence Archive, there were 693 mass shootings in the United States in 2021. That’s almost 2 a day. We’re dealing with an epidemic of gun violence in this country. But it’s not just mass shootings — it’s also the daily shootings in our cities that claim the lives of children and

President Joe Biden’s legal challenge targeting so-called “ghost guns” went into effect on Aug. 24, focusing on curbing the proliferation of privately assembled firearms. The rules, which the White House posted in April, are designed to prevent unlicensed guns from being sold to convicted felons and other ineligible buyers by making clear that retailers run background

Democratic five-term Assemblyman Rudy Salas (above) is running to defeat Republican David Valadao in California’s 22nd CD. | Rich Pedroncelli/AP BAKERSFIELD — In the wake of highly destructive Hurricane Donald, as the primaries have wound down, here’s the final count on the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump after the Jan. 6th attempted

The National Rifle Association Political Victory Fund has endorsed five Rhode Island House candidates in its 2022 report card for the upcoming elections and dished out “F” grades to General Assembly leaders after they passed an ban on high capacity magazines this year. The new NRA grades include an “F” for formerly “A” rated Senate president Dominick Ruggerio, a

Recently, Mr. John Sigler mailed an open letter and fundraising card endorsing Sen. Colin Bonini, R-Dover. From Mr. Sigler’s bio, which he included in the letter, it is apparent to me he is a party insider. Mr. Sigler states Sen. Bonini is a “true conservative.” While this is probably true, simply voting no on bills

Morain By Rick Morain 8/25/2022 We’re only about 1½ weeks shy of Labor Day, the unofficial starting point of the general election campaign. Of course, candidates and their teams have been campaigning for many months now. But we voters start paying more attention to election matters in early September, just a couple of months before

AR-15 style rifles are displayed for sale at Firearms Unknown, a gun store in Oceanside, California, U.S., April 12, 2021. Bing Guan | Reuters New Biden administration rules that put homemade firearm kits used to build “ghost guns” in the same legal category as traditional firearms went into effect on Wednesday after federal judges declined

(BIVN) – The Hawaiʻi Police Department on Wednesday announced that it has revised the permitting process for a license to carry concealed and unconcealed firearms. The move comes as a result of the July 23, 2022, Supreme Court of the United States decision in the case of New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc.,

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – A South Dakota ethics board’s finding that Gov. Kristi Noem may have engaged in misconduct by intervening in her daughter’s application for a real estate appraiser license isn’t likely the last word on the matter. But exactly how much more comes out on the episode may be up to the Republican

Trump-endorsed Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) scored a landslide victory in the Oklahoma Republican U.S. Senate primary on Tuesday, beating out his special election opponent half an hour after polls closed, the Associated Press projected. Fifth-term Congressman Mullin received nearly 67 percent of the votes by 9:00 p.m. ET with 41 percent total votes reported, compared

Letter by Frank Copple of Sun City West Recently I heard Liz Cheney on TV telling why she was going to take the GOP back to “limited government.” Liz, the GOP was never a limited government party; you were a party of big, intrusive government. And here’s why: Denying women’s rights, which is a basic

With the heat index at 94 degrees and climbing, few voters in rural North Central Florida ventured out of their air-conditioned homes and offices to visit polling locations on the morning of Aug. 23. At many voting sites on the outskirts of deep-blue Alachua County, people barely trickled in on Aug. 23 to cast ballots

Don’t like to read? Courtesy of Colin Lloyd (Unsplash CC0) Republicans don’t know you, and I exist. At least, that’s what I believe. Polls show how we feel about important issues, but they ignore them and therefore reject our needs and wishes. We should ignore them at the polls. Important to most Americans are universal

Mahalo for supporting Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Enjoy this free story! State Rep. Patrick Branco is supporting former rival state Sen. Jill Tokuda in her congressional campaign and serves as an unpaid volunteer in Lt. Gov. Josh Green’s run to become Hawaii’s next governor as Branco’s own political future is now uncertain after election commercials on his