Los Angeles Police Chief Daryl Gates was begging for help. “The police of America are pleading with you,” he told senators in 1989, urging them to adopt a ban on assault weapons. “I do not want any more officers to be spray-gunned to death by street punks armed with high-tech killing machines.” Gates’s testimony preceded
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The rash of recent gun violence has sent Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives into a totalitarian feeding frenzy. The irony lies in the fact that few of these leftist politicians know squat about guns. On Wednesday, H.R.7910 passed the House and is headed to the Senate. The legislation would, among other things, raise
ATLANTA, Ga. (CBS46) – With yet another round of fatal mass shootings in the U.S. over recent weeks, gun regulations have once again made national political headlines. In Georgia, the issue is one of the hot-button topics in the state’s nationally watched gubernatorial election between incumbent Brian Kemp and Democrat Stacey Abrams. But a new
Biden blames NRA for lack of gun control but claims he won’t sign executive order and ‘abuse the Constitution’ like Trump during fawning Jimmy Kimmel interview – his first for 118 days Biden insisted he won’t copy Trump’s ‘abuse of Constitution and constitutional authority’ to fight gun violence President was urged to ‘start yelling at
Topline President Joe Biden blamed the National Rifle Association (NRA) and Republicans’ fear of getting “primaried” as the reason behind a lack of legislative progress on gun safety in the U.S. during his appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” late on Wednesday night, days after a series of deadly mass shootings rocked the country. Key Facts
While most candidates in southern Maine are assured of getting their party’s nomination during the Maine state primary this Tuesday, June 14, a few Democrats and Republicans have to compete for it if they hope to run in the general election this fall. Along coastal York County, there are three party races that voters will
Gov. Ron DeSantis rebuked Florida Democrats this week, describing their efforts to reform state gun laws as a move that will “knee cap” the rights of Florida’s law-abiding citizens. Show Caption Hide Caption Matthew McConaughey recounts visiting Uvalde after mass shooting Uvalde, Texas native, Matthew McConaughey visited President Joe Biden and joined the White House
Low in the polls and failing on every front, President Joe Biden decided to sit down for a softball interview with leftist late-night “comedian” Jimmy Kimmel Wednesday evening to try to rehabilitate his floundering presidency, and luckily for Biden, Kimmel was happy to oblige. After exchanging pleasantries, Kimmel cut to the chase to lobby Biden
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Topline President Joe Biden blamed the National Rifle Association (NRA) and Republicans’ fear of getting “primaried” as the reason behind a lack of legislative progress on gun safety in the U.S. during his appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” late on Wednesday night, days after a series of deadly mass shootings rocked the country. Key Facts
Miah Cerrillo, a fourth grade student at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, and survivor of the mass shooting appears on a screen during a House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing on gun violence on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool) WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives passed
We were planning a Shavuot family gathering in Potomac to visit our great-grandsons and their parents. It was to be a large, crowded, rowdy, family group with all the usual provisos of testing and masking. There would be late night study, games, cheesecake, and all the trimmings. As great-grandparents do, we planned to bring toys
Federal firearms dealers are getting their licenses revoked or not renewed by the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms at a much greater rate since President Biden first came to office, a GOP lawmaker said Wednesday. “Federal Firearms Licensees are being denied renewals or their licenses are being taken away at a rate of
When Democrats redrew the state’s Supreme Court districts last year for the first time in 58 years, they hoped the new map would maintain their party’s majority on the court. A longtime Democratic justice had just lost his seat, and state legislators from his party knew that maintaining their 4-3 dominance of the state’s top
Lots of Republicans are close with the gun lobby. But for Elise Stefanik, the third-ranking Republican in the House, the relationship is more like: Until death do us part. Stefanik’s husband, Matt Manda, is the public affairs manager for the firearm industry’s top trade association, the National Shooting Sports Foundation. Despite the sporty branding, NSSF
The power of the gun rights lobby and organizations like the National Rifle Association in Washington, D.C., is well-known, where groups opposed to tighter gun laws spend millions to support mostly Republican candidates. The National Rifle Association’s NRA Political Victory Fund also donates to powerful Republicans in North Carolina. During the 2020 elections, the NRA’s
US law makers have responded to recent mass shootings by voting to set a minimum age of 21 for buying semi-automatic weapons. The United States House of Representatives vote was part of a wide-ranging gun control bill passed on Wednesday, which proposes raising the minimum age for purchasing a semi-automatic rifle and bans selling ammunition
All doubt has been removed as to the plans of lawmakers in Providence. They see the most recent pair of tragedies committed by heinous criminals in other states as a prime opportunity to pass bills that they have been trying to pass for years. The House Judiciary Committee has three gun bills on the agenda