Gun And Survival

By Francis Wilkinson / Bloomberg Opinion It takes a village to raise a frightened man with hair-trigger impulses and put a loaded gun in his hand. Our village has raised many, and we have armed them spectacularly. Upstate New York resident Kevin Monahan has been charged with murdering 20-year-old Kaylin Gillis. The young woman was

First Thing: Joe Biden announces 2024 re-election campaign Announcement sets the stage for an extraordinary rematch with Donald Trump Don’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up here Good morning. Joe Biden has announced his 2024 re-election campaign. Biden had declared that his ancestral journey to Ireland this month had reinforced a “sense

Gov. Kristi Noem shares a lot of stories about her late father, Ron Arnold, that are intended to portray him as the South Dakota embodiment of John Wayne. Noem doesn’t seem to realize that with every story she tells, she’s also creating her own public psychological profile. Recently, she spoke to a National Rifle Association

As President Biden declared his bid for re-election Tuesday morning, former president and Republican 2024 contender Donald Trump welcomed Biden to the race with a blistering indictment of the current president’s record.  “You could take the five worst presidents in American history, and put them together, and they would not have done the damage Joe

The prosecutor investigating whether former president Donald Trump meddled in the 2020 US election in Georgia has called for “heightened security” as she predicted a decision on potential charges during the summer. Fulton County district attorney Fani Willis wrote to law-enforcement bodies saying she expects to announce decisions between July 11 and September 1. She

Student organizers from Iowa WTF and March For Our Lives Iowa protest a bill that would allow guns on school grounds on April 24 at the Iowa Capitol. Photo by Starting Line staff Valley High School Senior Luke Rowley remembers what it was like going to school the day after the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting

Guns in NYC Crime Mostly from Out-of-State Sales Internet Explorer 11 is not supported For optimal browsing, we recommend Chrome, Firefox or Safari browsers. The Future of What’s Happening Now Of the 12,910 guns recovered from crimes from 2017 to 2023, 93 percent were linked to an initial sale outside of the state, three times

On Wednesday, April 26th, the Education and Cultural Affairs Committee will hold a public hearing on Legislative Document 1557, which recognizes the right of law-abiding individuals with concealed carry permits to exercise their Second Amendment rights on school property.  Gun-free zones create soft targets for violent criminals and this bill ensures law-abiding Mainers have the

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National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) chairman Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) on Monday endorsed former President Donald Trump for president in 2024, a major additional pickup for the former president amid several major endorsements he has racked up lately. Daines, who made the endorsement during an appearance on Donald Trump Jr.’s Rumble show Triggered on Monday

Courtesy of Paul Sableman (Flickr CC0) If you listen to Fox News, today’s fake Republicans, or the NRA gun lobby, you are not only in denial, you are rejecting every fact about gun violence ever reported by legitimate journalists who have the courage to tell the truth. Our country has become an armed fortress where

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WASHINGTON — The three Tennessee Democratic legislators who faced expulsion over gun control protests visited the White House on Monday, elevating their push to overhaul firearm laws with a message that framed the fight as a larger struggle for justice. Rep. Justin Jones said he and his colleagues had come to Washington “as representatives of a movement”

Lawmakers and community leaders gathered Monday morning at Monterey Park City Hall to support legislation they hope will reduce guns on the streets, months after 11 people were killed in a mass shooting on Lunar New Year’s Eve. The lawmakers and gun-control supporters called for adoption of three measures — AB 732, AB 733 and

Last Monday, your NRA testified against over a dozen dangerous gun control bills at a lengthy House Judiciary Committee hearing that stretched well into the evening.  The Senate Judiciary Committee hearing was scheduled to take place last Tuesday, however, due to the passing of a state Senator and a resolution being heard to honor her, that hearing was rescheduled for

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Monday met with three Tennessee state Democratic lawmakers, two of whom were expelled by the Republican-controlled state House after they protested for gun safety measures following a mass school shooting. Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris met with Tennessee state Reps. Justin Jones of Nashville, Justin Pearson of Memphis