READY, AIM, FIRE: Back when I still lived in Wisconsin, I did some reporting on the Posse Comitatus, a right-wing, paramilitary group of White supremacists, survivalists, religious fanatics, and gun-toting anti-Semites. I stumbled onto this having been inadvertently invited to a Posse wedding by a friend and co-worker — in this case the bride — who would discover only
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MIDLAND — Ann Manary supports the regulation of assault weapons, while Bill G. Schuette is advocating for “red tape” to halt. “There are things that we can do and that we need to do,” she said, in a reply to a question of what she would support in terms of gun laws. “We need to
The Post asked readers last month about the issues they wanted to hear Democratic candidates running for the Kansas House of Representatives address. Based on that feedback, we developed a five-item questionnaire with the most important issues to Johnson County voters. Each day this week, we’ll publish the candidates’ responses to one of five questions.
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California is now offering a route for private citizens to sue the gun industry. Coming less than a month after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down New York’s restrictions on carrying firearms in public, California Governor Gavin Newsom on Tuesday signed into law a measure that lets victims of gun violence file civil suits against
Last week, Governor Ducey signed Senate Bill 1177 a win for law-abiding gun owners! Senate Bill 1177 requires the Arizona Department of Public Safety to send out a renewal reminder and application to concealed weapons permit holders at least 60 days prior to the expiration of a permit. This law is another step forward in continuing to improve
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), the top Republican negotiator for the Senate’s newly unveiled gun control bill, has said he will not take part in a new round of gun control talks concerning proposals aimed at limiting access to certain rifles or expanding background checks. The lawmaker was asked by reporters on July 12 whether Republicans would negotiate
Gabby Giffords found the inner strength and outward support to fight for her life after surviving a brutal assassination attempt more than a decade ago. The well-documented shooting at a community outreach event in Tucson, Arizona, in 2011 challenged every aspect of her physical and mental well-being, but as is detailed in the powerful documentary
What has happened to the Republican Party? It used to be called The Grand Old Party, the Party of Lincoln and Teddy Roosevelt, but it has lost its way. Abe and Teddy wouldn’t recognize it today; it’s now referred to by many as The Grand Obstructionist Party. It goes back to the landmark 1954 Supreme
Media coverage of the fallout from recent mass shootings suggests growing numbers of Americans are fed up with gun violence and ready to demand change. The shifting public sentiment could eventually reduce the numbers of people killed and wounded by gunfire every year in Chicago and south suburbs like Harvey, where shooters killed 30 people
‘Keep moving forward’: Gabby Giffords on recovery, gun control and a new movie The documentary Gabby Giffords Won’t Back Down traces the former congresswoman’s improbable recovery and activism in the wake of a devastating shooting Gabby Giffords Won’t Back Down, a new documentary about the former congresswoman turned gun control activist, opens on the National
On Monday, Governor Gavin Newsom signed another anti-gun bill into law, Assembly Bill 1594. Introduced by Assembly Member Phil Ting (D-19), AB 1594 creates a private right of action against firearm industry members for failure to implement “reasonable” controls. This intentionally vague term can subject the industry to crippling lawsuits regardless of whether there is any actual violation of law, and therefore prevent
There are limits, Justice Holmes famously wrote, to free speech. There is no right, he declared, to shout “fire” in a crowded theater when there is, in fact, no fire. Donald Trump, the January 6th Committee showed us in its hearing today, would have run afoul of Holmes’s strictures. Trump knew from his trusted aides,
I have been Americanized in many ways, but I am still uncomfortable with the idea of owning a gun even after living in the USA for more than fifty years. The recent explosive surge in mass shootings and other gun-related violence in this country has prompted me to express my thoughts. I have been listening
This is how we were warned it would be — the Second Amendment as a blanket right to carry guns anywhere with few exceptions. Clarence Thomas, writing for the super-conservative majority that is the enduring gift of former President Trump, finally found his voice in defense of the indefensible: The Second Amendment, he wrote, guarantees
WASHINGTON — The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Steve Dettelbach, a former top federal prosecutor, to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, boosting the agency as the country struggles with rising gun violence. Dettelbach was confirmed by a 48-46 vote that split mostly along party lines; Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Rob Portman,
advertisement The six high priests of the Roberts Court made their intentions to destroy precedent abundantly clear in three recent bombshell decisions. In Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, they overturned Roe v. Wade and wiped out women’s rights of reproductive free choice. In New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, they struck down
The vote gives the besieged agency responsible for responding to a national surge in gun violence a permanent leader after the president’s first nominee failed to win confirmation. WASHINGTON — The Senate on Tuesday narrowly confirmed Steven M. Dettelbach to run the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, giving the agency responsible for marshaling