Show Caption Hide Caption Florida Legislature: What companies are driving legislation? In this excerpt from the Florida Pulse, reporters talk about companies involved in this year’s legislative session. Rob Landers, Florida Today TALLAHASSEE — Florida’s Republican-dominated Legislature passed about 200 bills during the 2023 legislative session, which wrapped up on Friday afternoon. That’s only a
America the terrorized: The death grip of gun rights in the United States | The Hill Skip to content Opinion>Civil Rights The views expressed by contributors are their own and not the view of The Hill Getty Images We Americans have always considered our country exceptional. Today, we are exceptionally well-armed and vulnerable to being
Yesterday, the Hawaii Legislature adjourned sine die from its 2023 session. During this session, the Legislature continued Hawaii’s increasing encroachments against Second Amendment rights, with schemes that other anti-gun state legislatures are trying as well. They first passed, and Governor Josh Green signed, House Bill 426, to open the door for anti-gun zealots to bankrupt
Your EDC Gear (everyday carry) refers to the items that you carry on your person in public each and every day. Whether we realize it or not, we each have an EDC right now because we each have items that we always carry on our person. Even if all we typically carry on ourselves daily
Fears grow in North Carolina as ultra-extreme Republican eyes governor’s mansion If Mark Robinson wins gubernatorial race in 2024 there would be no one to hold back a wave of rightwing bills in the state To Mark Robinson, gay and transgender people are “filth”, homosexuality is an abominable sin, and the transgender movement is “demonic”
This week, HB 189, originally titled the ‘NC Constitutional Carry Act’, moved through several committees in the North Carolina House of Representatives. As drafted, this legislation would have removed unnecessary government permission slips to exercise your Second Amendment rights. Unfortunately, the bill was amended in committee to include a mandatory training and education requirement; as a result, the bill was no longer constitutional carry. The bill title was changed
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A local television reporter is accused of using South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem’s personal cellphone number to make a prank phone call to the former chair of the state’s Republican Party, court documents show. An arrest warrant was issued Wednesday for Austin Goss, the now-former Capitol Bureau reporter for Sioux Falls’ Dakota News Now. Goss
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla) supported a bill that would allow 18-year-olds to buy a firearm in Florida. Current state law requires residents to be at least 21 to purchase a gun. However, if the bill reaches the governor’s desk, more people can buy firearms to defend themselves. Speaking to reporters, DeSantis cited his experience as
On Friday, May 5th, the Vermont House will be holding a floor vote on H230, a “kitchen-sink” gun control bill that greatly infringes your Second Amendment rights. This dangerous anti-gun bill violates Vermont citizens’ Second Amendment rights by implementing a slew of anti-gun laws. This bill includes a laundry list of gun control measures, including mandatory
Editor, In response to the letter by Nancy Mayer in the Whidbey News-Times issue of April 12, I have this to say: No pro-gun person or organization condones the unlawful use of any firearm. State and federal laws determine who can own a gun legally, not the NRA or the GOP. Neither the NRA nor
A local television reporter is accused of using South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem’s personal cellphone number to make a prank phone call to the former chair of the state’s Republican Party, court documents show. An arrest warrant was issued Wednesday for Austin Goss, the now-former Capitol Bureau reporter for Sioux Falls’ Dakota News Now. Goss
SAO PAULO (AP) — Jonathan Schmidt arrived at the federal police headquarters in downtown Rio de Janeiro with an overnight bag containing a golden pistol and seven rifles, one of which was sticking out of the zipper. “I’m in love with guns,” Schmidt said. “I’d have more than 2,000 if the government let me.” Schmidt’s
Yesterday, the Senate passed a substitute version of Senate Bill 2, to impose a Maryland-style “handgun qualified purchase card” and a handgun transfer registry. It now goes to the House, where it will soon receive a committee assignment. Please contact your state representative and ask them to OPPOSE SS 1 for SB 2. Senate Substitute
SEATTLE, WA (May 4, 2023) – Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced today that it has filed a motion for preliminary injunction in its lawsuit challenging Washington’s ban on so-called “assault weapons.” Case documents for Hartford v. Ferguson are available at FPCLaw.org. “The banned firearms certainly qualify for protection under [the Supreme Court’s] standard,” argues the
CNN — North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, the current Republican favorite to be the party’s nominee for governor in 2024, has a long history of remarks viciously mocking and attacking teenage survivors of the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, for their advocacy for gun control measures. In posts
Former president Donald Trump could soon face new charges now that several members of the Proud Boys have been found guilty of seditious conspiracy, former Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew Weissmann said. On Thursday, a jury convicted four members of the far-right group, including Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio, of seditious conspiracy for trying to prevent
SAO PAULO (AP) — Jonathan Schmidt just made the deadline, arriving at Federal Police headquarters in the center of Rio de Janeiro with a travel bag carrying a golden pistol and seven rifles, one peeking out of the zipper. “I’m in love with guns,” said Schmidt. “I’d have over 2,000 if the government allowed.” He