Gun Rights

I’m delighted to report (as Adam Liptak wrote in today’s New York Times) that the ACLU will be representing the NRA in this important First Amendment case, and that the ACLU’s Legal Director David Cole—an experienced Supreme Court advocate—is (the Times notes) planning on arguing. The issue in the case is whether New York financial

The National Rifle Association (NRA) has found an unlikely ally in the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) as the group pursues its First Amendment case before the Supreme Court.  “The NRA is proud to stand with the ACLU and others who recognize this important truth: regulatory authority cannot be used to silence political speech,” NRA

Democrat’s amped-up efforts to restrict American’s Second Amendment rights are in full swing.  Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) and Democratic Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) introduced legislation that calls for the regulation of firearms by outlawing weapons with a magazine capacity greater than ten rounds, among other measures aimed at increasing gun control. Advertisement The Gas-Operated Semi-Automatic

Samuel W. Bell is a Democrat representing District Five (Providence) in the Rhode Island Senate. District Five contains the neighborhoods of Mount Pleasant, Elmhurst, Federal Hill, Valley, and the northern portion of the West End. Bell grew his roots as an activist after the horrific shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, advocating for sensible gun legislation. Because

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Gun rights activists cheered Friday after a federal appeals court struck down parts of New York’s expansive concealed carry law.  The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit blocked three provisions of New York’s “Concealed Carry Improvement Act” (CCIA), a law Democrats passed last year in response to a Supreme Court ruling that declared the

There are three fewer people in the UNLV community. I have three fewer peers. And there is more gun violence in this country than ever. Every mass shooting provokes the same cycle of thought and prayer. And it really is all that we can do in the moment of it. It was certainly all that

Staff reports  |  Hendersonville Times-News According to a news release, Republican Tim Moffitt filed Dec. 4 with the Henderson County Board of Elections as a candidate for reelection to the North Carolina Senate’s District 48. Moffitt is currently in his first term in the Senate. He has also served for 3 1/2 terms in thestate

Every day on the news, horrific reports of gun violence flash across the screen. In offices across America, the latest mass shooting is a simple conversation topic with your morning cup of coffee. An issue of this severity should not be so common that we are desensitized. Guns were created to protect and defend, but

Gun safety advocates from Connecticut and across the country came back to Washington, D.C., to push for passage of a trio of reforms nearly 11 years since the Sandy Hook school shooting. They teamed up with most of Connecticut’s congressional delegation to redouble their efforts in passing gun safety legislation that did not make it

Dive Brief: Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and 48 other congressional Democrats sent letters to the CEOs of the four biggest card networks Wednesday, demanding answers on their delayed implementation of a new gun merchant category code. Legislators expressed “disappointment” that Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover Financial Services have paused their work to implement the unique

A group of almost two dozen state attorneys general have signed a letter telling major firms providing voting advice to corporate shareholders to stop backing efforts to “de-bank” conservatives.  Republican Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird led 22 other state attorneys general in sending a letter to Institutional Shareholder Services and Glass Lewis, the two companies

Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size A bruising four-year legal battle between ABC personality Julian Morrow and former collaborator Nick Murray ended on Thursday, when the High Court denied the co-founder of The Chaser leave to appeal. The country’s top court declined to hear appeals brought by Morrow and his barrister, Sue Chrysanthou

The National Rifle Association is sounding the alarm about another attack on the Second Amendment. Speaking to Fox News, an NRA spokesman said Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s latest proposal to ban so-called assault weapons is an attempt by the New York Democrat to “destroy our self-defense and Second Amendment rights.” “Sen. Chuck Schumer launched

The NRA had a bad day on Sept. 22. That was the day President Joe Biden unveiled his new Office of Gun Violence Prevention, the first-ever White House office dedicated to the issue. Sitting in the Rose Garden for the announcement was Rob Wilcox, the initiative’s new deputy director who couldn’t help but think of

CNN Opinion by CNN contributors (CNN) — CNN Opinion asked political contributors to weigh in on the third Republican presidential debate of the 2024 race. The views expressed in these commentaries are their own. Errol Louis: GOP candidates are ignoring the elephant in the room The wild, final Republican presidential debate of 2023, filled with

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