Things got ugly Monday when former Rep. Allen West announced he was challenging National Rifle Association Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre at the organization’s annual meeting later this month. Mr. West, a conservative champion who recently lost his GOP primary bid for Texas governor, told The Washington Times that he had been drafted to take
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A conference committee has been put together to look at the Firearm Discrimination Prevention Measure, House Bill 3144. Having received amendments that damage the intention of the legislation, NRA Members and Second Amendment supporters are encouraged to contact committee members and ask them to pass HB 3144 with Rep. Kevin West’s language fix. House Bill 3144, as
Dispatch Nebraska Is the Next Test of Trump’s Power in the G.O.P. The Nebraska Republican gubernatorial candidates Charles Herbster, left, and Brett Lindstrom await questions during a debate. Photograph by Kenneth Ferriera / AP Late last month, as long lines of cars and pickups neared the I-80 Speedway—a dirt car racetrack in eastern Nebraska—a row of
MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has received the endorsement of two more major law enforcement groups, according to two letters obtained by ABC News. The International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), the world’s largest group for police leaders,
May 9, 2022 LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Early voting began Monday for Arkansas’ primary election, which features crowded races for a Senate seat and some of the state’s top offices. Voters can begin casting ballots early for the May 24 election, which will also include nonpartisan races for state Supreme Court and other judicial
Dallas Green, Little Rock mayoral candidate Steve Landers’ contact person for many of his campaign activities, is well known about town and throughout the state for her extremist views on pandemic protocols and gun rights. Green is a spokesperson for Gun Owners of Arkansas, a group that positions itself to the right of the NRA
Eric Adams, who was elected as mayor of New York City last November, appeared at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art’s red carpet event last week in a tuxedo jacket emblazoned with “End Gun Violence” and a “no guns” logo. “Bringing a little swagger back to the Met Gala,” he tweeted, telling Bloomberg news
As NRA-ILA recently pointed out, gun control researchers and their establishment press lapdogs propagate misleading “science” to advance their political agenda. Sometimes this involves sophisticated statistical modeling, other times it involves the crude mischaracterization of data. The anti-gun advocates’ longest-running version of the latter involves conflating firearm-related deaths among children and those among juveniles and
On Jan. 12, the Indiana House of Representatives referred House Bill 1077 to the Indiana State Senate for consideration. The bill repeals the law that requires a person to obtain a license to carry a handgun in Indiana. Paul Helmke, professor of practice at IU, said the bill allows more people to carry loaded guns
The United States faces a democratic crisis, as we have been told for several years now. But what exactly does this mean? On the anniversary of the January 6 attempted coup, the answer may seem obvious: the crisis is perhaps most dramatically seen in the transformation of the national Republican Party, which has abandoned a
By Michael Warren, CNN David Perdue and Donald Trump often say that Gov. Brian Kemp has irrevocably divided Georgia Republicans. “He has alienated a good part of the Republican Party,” Perdue said on a humid evening in late April to a group of voters in Oconee County, a short drive from the University of Georgia.
Vista Outdoor, the parent company of Camelbak, Giro, BlackBurn, and Bell – along with shooting sports and ammunition brands – has decided to split into two distinct companies to separate its shooting and its non-shooting categories. In today’s release announcing the split, the company cited wanting to increase strategic focus and capital allocation for each
On social media, Richard Whitehead is a warrior for the American right. He has praised extremist groups. He has called for public executions of government officials he sees as disloyal to former President Donald Trump. In a post in 2020, he urged law enforcement officers to disobey COVID-19 public-health orders from “tyrannical governors,” adding: “We
In 2020, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service expanded hunting and fishing opportunities on 2.3 million acres of federal lands across the country. That decision was met with a lawsuit seeking to keep those lands closed to hunting and fishing. NRA-ILA, in partnership with Safari Club International, Sportsmen’s Alliance Foundation, and the Rocky Mountain Elk
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Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. KELLER — As Tarrant County continues moving away from its perch as one of America’s reddest urban counties and public schools increasingly serve as battlefields for culture wars, school board races in four North Texas
Last night, the Connecticut General Assembly adjourned from its 2022 Regular Session. This year, NRA Members and Second Amendment supporters worked hard to contact their legislators on multiple pro-gun and anti-gun measures. Fortunately, several egregious gun control proposals were defeated. Unfortunately, the General Assembly missed an opportunity to pass pro-gun legislation that would have strengthened
U.S. Rep. Ken Buck, R-Windsor, landed a coveted endorsement Wednesday from the National Rifle Association’s Political Victory Fund entering the Republican primary election. “I am proud to once again be endorsed by the NRA,” Buck said. “Coloradans know that I will always be a steadfast and ardent defender of our 2nd Amendment right to keep