Gun Rights

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court will hear a case on whether a statute that prohibits the possession of firearms by people under domestic violence restraining orders is unconstitutional. Research has found that access to a gun increases the risk of killings in domestic violence cases. “American women are killed by intimate partners (husbands, lovers, ex-husbands,

Treasure Coast Newspapers Show Caption Hide Caption Speaker Mike Johnson inherits same political problems faced by past GOP leaders, AP Explains Republican Mike Johnson is the new speaker of the House, but the ally of Donald Trump inherits many of the same political problems that have tormented past GOP leaders, tested their grasp of the

So last summer, after a long and austere family plan, we travelled to New York for holidays. I grabbed the kids and the wife and off we went to fulfil a lifelong dream, to explore iconic Manhattan. I don’t know if Woody Allen had anything to do with it. As a movie buff and huge

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Opinion by Shannon Watts (CNN) — Editor’s Note: Shannon Watts, who founded the group Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, is the author of “Fight Like a Mother: How a Grassroots Movement Took on the Gun Lobby and Why Women Will Change the World.” The opinions in this commentary are her own. Read more opinion

A Republican bill would ban banks and credit card companies from using a merchandise code specific to gun retailers in Wisconsin — even though credit card companies already “paused” enacting the code months ago. Gun control advocates celebrated when major credit card companies last year agreed to adopt a new code to categorize sales at

Common sense regulation should be addressed Jane Schlechtweg  |  Fort Myers News-Press In the wake of our nation’s 566th mass shooting this year, including 18 dead and 13 wounded in Lewiston, Maine on October 25, rising calls for common sense gun regulation should be addressed. The Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States,

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LOADINGERROR LOADING Once again, on Friday, President Joe Biden toured the site of a mass shooting — this time in Lewiston, Maine — and renewed calls for “common sense” gun reform. The week before, an incident that claimed 18 had almost proved devastating enough to bridge the bipartisan divide between state lawmakers on gun control.

Were it in my power, I would confer a Profile in Courage Award upon Jared Golden, Maine’s Second District congressman. The award, created in 1989 by the family of late President John F. Kennedy, annually recognizes exemplars of the type of courageous political leadership Kennedy celebrated in his 1957 Pulitzer prize-winning book “Profiles in Courage.”

WASHINGTON, DC – Guns are back at the Supreme Court, as the justices announced on Friday they will decide on free speech rights for the National Rifle Association (NRA) and whether the federal government can ban bump stocks, which are a firearm accessory, by calling them machineguns. People usually think of the Second Amendment right

You knew another mass shooting was bound to happen. The only unanswered questions were when, where and how many fatalities there would be. A little over a week ago, we found out. At least 18 people were shot and killed and 13 injured in Lewiston, Maine. Not surprisingly, law enforcement authorities identified the suspect as

Following is a summary of current US domestic news briefs. US Supreme Court to decide legality of federal ban on gun ‘bump stocks’ The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday trained its sights once again on gun rights, agreeing to decide the legality of a federal ban imposed under former President Donald Trump on “bump stock”

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a gun rights case involving bump stocks — attachments to semiautomatic rifles — during this term, which started last week and typically runs through early summer, which will be in the middle of the next general election. The case is Garland v. Cargill, and what is being challenged is

On October 7 the world witnessed a horrific attack on Israel by Hamas terrorists. Yet shockingly and disgustingly there were some in the journalism community who actually sympathized with Hamas, as NewsBusters detailed here.  Well those leftists are still at it, as they passed along Hamas propaganda as factual, called any opposition to a ceasefire

(Bloomberg) — The US Supreme Court will consider reviving National Rifle Association claims that a New York state official unconstitutionally pressured insurance companies including Chubb Ltd. and Lloyd’s of London to stop doing business with the gun lobby. The justices agreed to review a federal appeals court decision that said the NRA’s allegations of “blacklisting”

The Supreme Court on Friday agree to hear two appeals involving gun and free speech rights: one dealing with “bump stocks” accessories for high-powered guns, and a free speech challenge by the National Rifle Association (NRA). The high court will hear arguments in the case National Rifle Association of America v. Vullo, which questions whether a

Mill Valley must change mind about private club Recently, Mill Valley cleared the way for the Treehouse, a private club with a substantial entrance fee and monthly dues (“Mill Valley commission approves downtown private club,” Oct. 26). It will occupy the vacant Bank of America building, now symbolic of the bank’s abandonment of local communities.