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One of the most infamous gun control duos in the nation’s history is teaming up again as former president Barack Obama endorsed his former vice-president Joe Biden in the 2020 contest for the White House. Biden will ever be remembered for dubiously encouraging Americans to fire their shotguns indiscriminately into the air to ward off potential intruders. Obama,
DATE: April 21, 2020 TO: USF & NRA Members and Friends FROM: Marion P. Hammer USF Executive Director NRA Past President Anti-gun forces are always quick to report the use of firearms in violent crimes – but they never talk about the number of times law-abiding people use a firearm successfully in
DATE: April 22, 2020 TO: USF & NRA Members and Friends FROM: Marion P. Hammer USF Executive Director NRA Past President The potential retirement of two U.S. Supreme Court Justices has liberal Democrats on edge. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg is 87 years old and Justice Stephen Breyer is 81. With core liberal issues
Chris Sikich Indianapolis Star Published 12:15 PM EDT Apr 22, 2020 Andy Lyons was sitting at his kitchen table chatting on Facebook with his 29-year-old son about their frustrations with Gov. Eric Holcomb’s stay-at-home order when his son challenged him to do something about it. Just like that, the idea for the protest that drew about
The CEO of the National Rifle Association (NRA) told the gun group’s board of directors that its legal battles have cost it $100 million, according to a newly revealed recording obtained by NPR. In the recording from a January meeting, CEO Wayne LaPierre laments “the power of weaponized government” in the form of ongoing investigations by the attorneys
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The COVID-19 panic has been used by would-be state and local authoritarians as an excuse to keep Americans from exercising their right to keep and bear arms. Thankfully, American gun owners have a friend in the White House that has worked to protect their rights on the federal level by declaring the firearms industry to
A state with one of the worst “Red Flag” gun confiscation laws on the books just got worse. On April 13, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra issued a guidance document on the procedures concerning certain types of restraining orders. Citing the ongoing COVID-19 panic, Becerra noted that all ex parte Gun Violence Restraining Orders (EGVROs)
Anti-lockdown protests gather momentum as armed demonstrators waving Trump 2020 flags call for America to open NOW while Facebook REMOVES anti-quarantine posts and is accused of ‘working with state governments to limit free speech’ In North Dakota, upset protesters swarmed the capitol building while carrying ‘Don’t Tread on Me’ flags In Ohio, a local militia group
Aaron Eaton learned how to shoot in the Army back in 2006 but holstered a pistol for the last time when he left in 2009 and took a job as a technician for a sewer company. That all changed on March 26 when the father of four walked out of an Alabama gun store with
This is what it looks like when a pandemic collides with the culture wars in America. The mayor of Louisville, Ky., warned churches that holding services on Easter Sunday would defy the city’s social distancing guidelines. Mitch McConnell, the Kentucky Republican and Senate majority leader, answered with a stern letter, arguing, “Religious people should not
A network of pro-gun activists and numerous prominent Republican groups are behind at least some of the protests of coronavirus restrictions seen around the country in recent days. Some of the largest Facebook groups calling for protests around the country are run by three far-right gun activists who believe the National Rifle Association (NRA) is too liberal,
EMERGENCY PETITION FOR RULEMAKING TO CLOSE AND BAN ALL LIVE ANIMAL WET MARKETS IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK – NRA News Today – EIN News Trusted News Since 1995 A service for political professionals · Sunday, April 19, 2020 · 514,978,712 Articles · 3+ Million Readers News Monitoring and Press Release Distribution Tools News
Morgan Lee and Russell Contreras, Associated Press Updated 9:22 pm EDT, Monday, April 13, 2020 Closed stores are shown at a central plaza and shopping district amid a public health order that has closed down most retail stores and suspended dine-in restaurant service in Santa Fe, N.M., Friday, March 27, 2020. New Mexico Cabinet Secretary for
The only thing less fun than being stuck in shutdown is being stuck in shutdown with shows like The Blacklist. The latest episode of the NBC drama not only lectures us about gun issues but does so through the mouths of criminals. What else can we expect after the show’s last grisly attempt at addressing
A new study shows that state laws allowing judges to temporarily remove firearms from at-risk people can lower suicide rates among older adults. It also showed that increased firearms regulations in general are associated with lower suicide rates. The study by UCLA researchers, published earlier this month in the journal BMC Public Health, relied on
Our Second Amendment rights are being threatened. The City of Portland needs to hear from you now! In response to COVID-19, the Portland Mayor and City Council adopted Order No. 156-19/20 on April 14th, which replaced the list of essential businesses previously authorized by the city. The order stated that “Gun shops shall not be considered an essential business or service within the