A recent Gallup poll asked Americans about their level of trust in various institutions. Of the 16 options, the one respondents identified as LEAST trustworthy – with only 7% expressing a “Great deal” or “Quite a lot” of confidence in it – was Congress. This was just below television news (at 11%) but also below
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NRA’s strength comes from its dedicated members and their commitment to personally support the Second Amendment. Nationwide, NRA-ILA works with the very best pro-gun grassroots leaders via our NRA-ILA FrontLines Activist Leader (FAL) program. One of our top FALs is Steve King, of Lee’s Summit, Missouri. Being a Frontlines Activist Leader is not only a
“Assault weapon” is a meaningless and politically elastic term. Demonstrating that the agenda drives the definition, President Biden’s nominees to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) both refused to commit to any intelligible definition. David Chipman, Biden’s initial and unsuccessful choice for ATF director, famously flubbed a straightforward request to define
On July 19, 22-year-old Elisjsha Dicken was shopping with his girlfriend at the Greenwood Park Mall in Greenwood, Ind. when a gunman armed with a rifle opened fire in the food court. Upon witnessing the heinous crime, Dicken acted. The young man drew the Glock handgun he was concealed carrying and engaged the shooter as
Per Republicans and the National Riffle Association, a good guy with a gun will be able to save people from a bad guy with a gun. Yeah, right! In Uvalde, Texas, 376 fully-armed police officers stood in the hallway for 77 minutes and did nothing while innocent children and teachers were shot and killed. The
South Bend Tribune Mass shooters’ favorite gun is an assault rifle (AR-15). These assault rifles were used in the Uvalde, Texas,school slaughter and also used in the Sandy Hook school shooting. It was also the weapon used in the Buffalo, N.Y., supermarket shooting as well as the July 4th shooting in Gary and the Minneapolis
Not too long ago, in the aftermath of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, a 10-year-old child in Ohio who was raped and became pregnant had to travel out of state to receive an abortion. Rather than recognize the heinous nature of the rape and the lasting physical and psychological trauma
Guatemala was once listed among the most violent countries on earth. Today, after years of declining crime rates, violence is once again on the rise in 2022. In the first quarter of the year, violence has risen by 9.9 percent, according to the country’s National Institute of Forensic Sciences, or Inacif. Of the more than
Gov. Gavin Newsom of California signed legislation that would provide a minimum $10,000 award to residents who successfully sue makers of illegal guns. Gov. Gavin Newsom of California signed legislation, which would provide a minimum $10,000 award per weapon, and legal fees, to residents who successfully sue makers of illegal guns.T.J. Kirkpatrick for The New
HOLLYWOOD, FL — Tampa Bay’s Republican congressional candidates tried Saturday to prove their conservative credentials to Florida’s powerful, high-profile governor and an assemblage of Florida conservative politicians, donors and others. Candidates hoping to represent Florida in the U.S. House promised their allegiance to term limits, to state’s rights, to choice in education. They voiced their
Brandon Wolf — Photo: Sean Black “On Monday, June 13, 2016, I felt I didn’t even know whether or not it would be worth living to see Tuesday,” says Brandon Wolf. “There was a part of me that hoped that when I fell asleep, I never woke back up again.” The 33-year-old gun safety and
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! “They’re coming for your guns,” warned Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla. “What about our right to live?” countered Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash. The trio of mass shootings in Buffalo, Uvalde, Tex., and Highland Park, Ill., sparked House Democrats to prep a bill to ban high capacity weapons and
Lucas Robinson | Wisconsin State Journal Republican voters will have the choice between a former state lawmaker, a district attorney and a conservative lawyer in the party’s primary for Attorney General on Aug. 9. The winner of the primary will face sitting Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul on Nov. 8. The term is for four
Anadolu AgencyGetty Images Following a mass school shooting in Texas last month – which claimed the lives of 19 children and two teachers – the US Senate has passed the ‘most significant’ gun control bill in nearly 30 years. In a rare move, 15 Republicans joined Democrats in the Senate to approve the bill, which
Two-year-old Aiden McCarthy was lying bloodied and pinned underneath his unconscious father when he was found. Just a toddler, Aiden was still in diapers, had somehow lost one shoe and was down to just one blood-soaked sock, with scrapes across his body. It was July Fourth, and Aiden was rescued from the site of the
LUCAS ROBINSON The Republican candidates vying to win the party’s nomination for Attorney General on Aug. 9 are touting their tough-on-crime credentials as the winner could get the chance to shape the future of law enforcement, abortion, elections and more in Wisconsin. The three-way race features former state lawmaker Adam Jarchow, conservative lawyer Karen Mueller
Former U.S. President Donald Trump’s supporters clash with police and security forces as people try to storm the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., the U.S., January 6, 2021. /Getty Former U.S. President Donald Trump’s supporters clash with police and security forces as people try to storm the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., the U.S., January
Did you notice? It was the most remarkable thing. One evening last week, the House Judiciary Committee approved legislation that would impose the first assault- weapons ban in this country since an earlier ban was allowed to expire in 2004. Sure, the vote was predictable — 25 Democrats in favor, 18 Republicans opposed — but