Tired crank Keith Olbermann reached a new low in weak-minded rhetoric in recent months with his doltish insight into the Second Amendment. According to the former MSNBC bloviator, the Second Amendment does not protect an individual right to own firearms because the word “own” does not appear in the text. Never mind that the amendment
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Democratic mayoral nominee Eric Adams called for an overhaul of the state’s controversial bail reforms following a press conference on gun violence with Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in Brooklyn Monday. “Let’s sit down with law enforcement experts, those who have advocated for reform,” Adams, the current Brooklyn borough president and a retired NYPD captain, said at the event citing the National Organization
On June 29, Yves Giroux, Canada’s Parliamentary Budget Officer, released a report on the estimated cost of implementing the firearm confiscation (“buyback”) program that is part of the sweeping Order-in-Council announced by Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on May 1, 2020. That law immediately banned more than 1,500 models of firearms (along with any current
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) announced today, July 19, she is re-introducing the Hadiya Pendleton and Nyasia Pryear-Yard Gun Trafficking & Crime Prevention Act, an anti-gun trafficking bill that Gillibrand has been working to pass since 2013. The legislation is named for Hadiya Pendleton, a 15-year-old shot and killed in Chicago in 2013, and Nyasia
Last September we reported on the saga of Ka’Mauri Harrison, a Louisiana elementary school student who was suspended for having a BB gun that happened to come into view while the fourth grader was participating in online schooling in his own home. That case prompted considerable backlash, but the Jefferson Parish School Board refused to relent and even suspended
Much has changed since last summer. In July 2020, notoriously anti-gun researchers circulated a paper that alleged an association between what they deemed “excess” gun purchases early in the pandemic and violence. This year, the same researchers disproved their original findings with the addition of new data. Doctor Garen Wintemute and his team at the
Tokyo [Japan], July 19 (ANI): Four days ahead of the upcoming Olympics, the Indian shooting contingent on Monday began their training here in Tokyo. The official Twitter handle of the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) posted pictures of the shooting contingent resuming their training and it captioned the post as: “The guns they are
Your State Senator & Representative Must Hear from You TODAY! The Veto Override session is officially happening because of YOU! History has been made but our Second Amendment is still on the line. Please use the TAKE ACTION button below to email your state Senator and Representative, respectfully urging him or her to vote YES to override the
Dear Texas House District 113 Member: Your State Representative, Rhetta Bowers, has fled the State of Texas on a private jet to Washington, D.C. to avoid a special session of the Texas Legislature. And, none other than BETO ”Hell Yeah, I’ll Take Your Guns” O’Rourke is busy fundraising on social media to finance this junket! While Rep. Bowers refuses to come
© AP Photo / Michael Conroy David Chipman, a gun control advocate nominated by US President Joe Biden to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF), has faced doubts from several Democratic senators whose votes are needed for his confirmation – particularly due to Chipman’s tough stance on guns. With many moderate Democratic
Last week, the Minnesota Legislature adjourned from its 2021 Special Session having passed the Environment Omnibus legislation and no anti-gun measures. The Environment Omnibus bill includes $900,000 for the “No Child Left Inside” program which can include grants to schools for gun/hunter safety training, and $400,000 for improvements to gun ranges. Special thanks to Senate
By Larry Keane President Joe Biden seems to be following the only mantra he knows when it comes to confronting America’s rising crime worries. Go after the Second Amendment and the firearm industry that makes the exercise of the right possible. Gang violence? More gun control. Spiraling crime? Must need more gun control. Repeat offenders
What is more important than our Bill of Rights? Nothing! That is why we need YOU to join us on the Capitol steps on Monday, July 19th, to help show your support for your pro-gun state Legislators and the veto override of SB 118. Don’t miss this opportunity to hang out with fellow freedom-fighters supporting
NRA-ILA filed the opening brief in the Supreme Court case challenging New York’s restrictive concealed-carry-licensing regime. The case provides the Supreme Court with the opportunity to finally affirm what most states—and common sense—tell us: the Second Amendment protects a fundamental, individual right to bear arms for self-defense outside of the home. For too long, New
Acclaimed Criminal Attorney, Joseph Tully Wins Best of Los Angeles Award- “Best Broken Legal System Book – 2021” – NRA News Today – EIN Presswire Trusted News Since 1995 A service for political professionals · Thursday, July 15, 2021 · 546,357,039 Articles · 3+ Million Readers News Monitoring and Press Release Distribution Tools News Topics
A 2nd amendment gun rights decision in a case out of the 4th U.S. District Court of Appeals could have some significant implications for gun rights here in Washington State. History First In 2018 Voters of Washington State approved Initiative Measure No. I- 1639 which resulted in several changes to existing laws including denying the
Lawyers, Activists Converge on Indianapolis to Advocate for Dorian Murrell; Oppose Racism – NRA News Today – EIN Presswire Trusted News Since 1995 A service for political professionals · Thursday, July 15, 2021 · 546,311,904 Articles · 3+ Million Readers News Monitoring and Press Release Distribution Tools News Topics Newsletters Press Releases Events & Conferences
As President Joe Biden moves to curb the nationwide uptick in violent crime, one key priority for his administration is gun control – particularly, cracking down on the buying and selling of illegal firearms. But the agency tasked with doing just this has faced years of struggles: the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.