Last year, the Brennan Center for Justice requested under California’s freedom of information law, that the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) provide records relating to the Department’s “social media monitoring” activities. The request was based on the lack of public “information about the capabilities and limitations of the LAPD’s social media monitoring operations” and its
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The Virginia state government’s attacks on law-abiding gun owners continue apace. On September 1, Attorney General Mark R. Herring (D) used his position to offer an expansive interpretation of statute that will create a confusing patchwork of gun-free zones throughout the Commonwealth. Herring’s actions are an important reminder that gun rights supporters need to be
Long a slogan of defiance and independence, it is little wonder that the phrase “Come and take it” now finds itself falling into disfavor with a new generation of busybodies and penny-ante authoritarians. The latest is Taylor Eighmy, president of the University of Texas, San Antonio (UTSA). Eighmy announced to the campus community on Sept.
Convicted Russian agent Maria Butina has been elected to the lower house of Parliament in her home country but not in her home city. BusinessInsider reported Sunday that Butina was elected to represent the rural region of Kirov Oblast, about 2,700 miles from her hometown Barnaul, Altai Krai. When she was just 19, she served
Opinion: The practice of removing potential jurors without cause shows how racial bias works in the criminal justice system. Will other states follow Arizona’s lead and end it? Jeffrey Abramson | opinion contributor Arizona is taking a bold step toward reforming jury selection — specifically, how potential jurors may be removed from service for no given reason.
Seasoned administrator Raninder Singh was on Saturday re-elected as the president of the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) for an unprecedented fourth term. He beat Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MP Shyam Singh Yadav 56-3 in the elections in Mohali. (More Sports News) Raninder, son of incumbent Punjab chief minister and Congress leader Capt. Amarinder
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Raninder Singh was re-elected as the President of the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) the governing body for the sport of Shooting in India, in the General Body Elections held at the IS Bindra Stadium in Mohali on Saturday. The General Body Election of the NRAI had representation from 59 of its members, of
In a case that shows the enduring corrupt power of the U.S. gun lobby, on Sept. 9 President Biden was forced to withdraw his nomination of David Chipman as director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Chipman was well-qualified for the job. He served 25 years as an ATF special agent, and
DATE: September 17, 2021 TO: USF & NRA Members and Friends FROM: Marion P. Hammer USF Executive Director NRA Past President We wanted to be sure you saw this article published Friday 9/17/2021. Florida’s pension fund adopted anti-gun guidelines with Rick Scott’s blessing By Lee Williams, The Gun Writer Reprinted with permission
On Tuesday, September 21st, the House Judiciary Committee is hearing House Bill 4003, to reduce the penalty for law-abiding citizens who forget to renew their Concealed Pistol License in certain instances. Please contact committee members and ask them to SUPPORT HB 4003. House Bill 4003 reduces the offense of carrying a handgun on an expired
The BDN Opinion section operates independently and does not set newsroom policies or contribute to reporting or editing articles elsewhere in the newspaper or on bangordailynews.com. Griffin Dix is co-chair of the Brady Campaign to End Gun Violence chapter in Oakland, California. His son was shot and killed in 1994. This column was produced for The
A man grabs a gun displayed at Shore Shot Pistol Range gun shop in Lakewood Township, N.J., March 19, 2020. (Eduardo Munoz/Reuters) They’re just another way of fighting the culture wars. In the latest issue of National Review, I write about the lax enforcement of our gun laws and touch on a theme that is
Dear Texas House District 91 NRA Member: The Texas Legislature passed groundbreaking legislation to restore and protect your Second Amendment rights in the Lone Star State during its 2021 Regular Session. As NRA-ILA reported to you earlier this month, a dozen new pro-Second Amendment bills took effect on September 1. Your State Representative, Stephanie Klick, voted for House Bill 1927, NRA-supported constitutional carry
The NRAI will, however, go ahead with the elections on Saturday as the matter is pending before the Delhi High Court with the next date of hearing in December. Just a day before the National Rifle Association of India’s (NRAI) elections in Mohali, the Sports Ministry has directed the shooting body to initiate the process
Gun control advocacy group Everytown for Gun Safety announced on Thursday that it would be spending $1.8 million in the 2021 Virginia elections to back the Democratic candidates for governor, Terry McAuliffe; lieutenant governor, Hala Ayala; and attorney general, Mark Herring. “Virginian voters gave lawmakers a mandate to take bold action on gun safety, and now Glenn Youngkin
An NRA instructor described as “the Left’s worst nightmare” helped train thousands of minority women from Detroit on how to safely protect themselves with guns “to ensure they’re never victims.” “The left thinks the Second Amendment wasn’t made for people who look like us. They said the same thing during the Jim Crow era too,”
The Washington Supreme Court has agreed to review a City of Edmonds challenge to a Washington State Court of Appeals ruling that negated the city’s gun storage ordinance. Following the Edmonds City Council’s passage of an ordinance in July 2018 requiring safe gun storage, the NRA and the Second Amendment Foundation — along with Edmonds