Republican Rep. Madison Cawthorn of North Carolina speaks to reporters at his campaign headquarters in Hendersonville, NC on May 17, 2022. Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images Madison Cawthorn is vowing revenge after Republicans helped tank his re-election bid. He says he’s on a “mission” to expose colleagues who “work towards another, self-profiteering, globalist
Gun Rights
A dangerous debate on gun reform is brewing in Indiana. Despite appeals raised directly by local law enforcement leaders, for the second time in two years the state’s Republican-dominated legislature attempted to advance a controversial proposal that would eliminate permit requirements to carry a handgun in the state. In its original form, this bill would
Gun rights positions held by a New York Republican making a bid for governor are now under scrutiny in light of the mass shooting in Buffalo. In video of a recent campaign stop obtained exclusively by Spectrum News NY1, Rep. Lee Zeldin calls for repealing New York’s SAFE Act, which expanded gun regulations after the
Tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., the Senate Law & Public Safety Committee is scheduled to consider S.513, legislation which would create a rebuttable presumption of no bail for gun offenses. While everyone can agree that serious gun crimes should be treated harshly, this bill is constructed in a manner that could result in unintended consequences. Earlier
Gov. Kathy Hochul doubled down on state plans to reduce gun violence in the aftermath of Buffalo’s mass shooting over the weekend, dismissing questions Wednesday about gubernatorial opponent U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi’s calls for Hochul to be held accountable for her high favorability rating with the National Rifle Association during her tenure in Congress in
A measure signed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker Wednesday morning outlaws unmarked “ghost guns” and makes Illinois the only state in the Midwest to ban such weapons. President Joe Biden and the U.S Justice Department last month announced new regulations on ghost guns, which can be assembled within 15 minutes and bear no serial numbers, making
Last Saturday, a racist murdered 10 Black people at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket. He was able to kill so quickly and efficiently because he had a gun. A sane society might address the obvious problem, but the gun lobby’s pet Republicans refuse to do anything except shift the blame. PREVIOUSLY: Same Clueless A-Holes Blaming
A measure signed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker Wednesday morning outlaws unmarked “ghost guns” and makes Illinois the only state in the Midwest to ban such weapons. President Joe Biden and the U.S Justice Department last month announced new regulations on ghost guns, which can be assembled within 15 minutes and bear no serial numbers, making
Today, the North Carolina General Assembly begins the 2022 legislative session. This year, NRA will continue to fight for legislation to improve Second Amendment rights for the benefit of law-abiding citizens, such as the repeal of the archaic pistol permit system and reducing arbitrary “gun-free zones” where law-abiding citizens are left defenseless. Last year, the
Eleven Democratic Senators are demanding that the Federal Trade Commission launch an investigation into the marketing of guns to children, specifically focusing on a company marketing an “AR-15 style” weapon for kids. The letter, which will be sent on Wednesday, continues gun control advocates’ new strategy of focusing on the marketing of firearms. Earlier this
Yesterday, the Oklahoma House passed pro-gun, firearm discrimination prevention legislation, House Bill 3144. House Bill 3144 hinges on one final Senate vote before heading to Governor Stitt’s desk! Please contact your State Senator and ask them to SUPPORT House Bill 3144. House Bill 3144 expands free enterprise by prohibiting companies that discriminate in the provision of their financial
Pennsylvania will have to wait a little longer to find out who the GOP’s Senate nominee will be this fall. Candidates Mehmet Oz and David McCormick todayare deadlocked in the Keystone State and the winner is pending as a potential recount looms. As of press time, Oz leads McCormick by a margin of 2,672 votes
click to enlarge AP Photo/Joshua Bessex Police outside the Tops grocery store in Buffalo, New York, where a mass shooting occurred on Saturday. The 18-year-old white supremacist who drove 200 miles to shoot 13 people — 10 fatally, 11 Black — in Buffalo, N.Y., with an AR-15 on Saturday serves as yet another reminder of
President Trump: With his help and with everybody’s help this country will be turned around, and we’re gonna get rid of crazy Nancy Pelosi’s political career once and for all. That was what former President Donald Trump had to say as he wrapped up his message in support of former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke for
WASHINGTON — The United States is in the middle of a great gun-buying boom that shows no sign of letting up as the annual number of firearms manufactured has nearly tripled since 2000 and spiked sharply in the past three years, according to the first comprehensive federal tally of gun commerce in two decades. The
Barr wins Republican nomination May 17, 2022 FRANKFORT, Ky. (WTVQ/AP) – Andy Barr has won the Republican nomination for U.S. House in Kentucky’s 6th Congressional District. According to the Associated Press, the unofficial results were called at 7:31 p.m. EDT. Barr defeated Derek Petteys to secure the Republican nomination. U.S. Congressman Andy Barr released this
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Last Thursday, the South Carolina Legislature adjourned sine die from its 2022 legislative session. Constitutional carry once again failed to pass due to inaction by the Senate, despite the House having passed it in 2021. While the Legislature was in session this year, five more states passed constitutional carry, including neighboring Georgia, resulting in a