Month: June 2022

Senate advances sweeping gun control bill – Mass News With the support of over a dozen Republicans, the wide-ranging US legislation was cleared for a procedural vote US Senators from both parties have introduced a landmark gun control bill. This will be up for floor vote in upper chamber. The law, if passed, would be

At present, federal law generally bars anyone who is convicted in any court for a domestic violence felony, or any felony for that matter, from possessing firearms. But federal law also imposes a lifetime firearm possession prohibition on those who have been convicted in any court of a “misdemeanor crime of domestic violence” (MCDV). Under the federal statute, in order

The National Rifle Association (NRA) has announced that it will not support the Senate gun safety legislation, saying the new bill will open the door to “unnecessary burdens on the exercise of Second Amendment freedom.”  The association in a statement on Tuesday said it will support proposed legislation that will improve school safety, promote mental

Former Iowa congressman Steve King has sparked widespread outrage with a tweet comparing enslavement to abortion on Tuesday morning. The condemnation Mr King faced was a throwback to his final years in the House, when his far-right politics frequently drew criticism from Republicans as well as Democrats. Mr King’s ties to and defense of white

The NRA will support legislation that improves school security, promotes mental health services, and helps reduce violent crime. However, we will oppose this gun control legislation because it falls short at every level. It does little to truly address violent crime while opening the door to unnecessary burdens on the exercise of Second Amendment freedom

Opinion: Stigmatizing ‘black gun’ culture won’t stop rampage shootings. But it would put firearms back in their proper place as tools that require respect, not idols to worship. Show Caption Hide Caption Experts say ‘glaring’ loopholes exist in gun purchase policies Gun policies and programs can help intervene and prevent violence, but ‘glaring’ loopholes allow

WASHINGTON, June 21 (Reuters) – A bipartisan group of lawmakers released the first significant gun control legislation in decades on Tuesday, paving the way for the U.S. Senate to move to a vote this week, following two mass shootings that killed dozens of people and sent shock waves through a nation plagued by gun violence.

The Senate voted 64 to 34 Tuesday evening to advance an 80-page gun safety bill to strengthen background check requirements for gun buyers under 21, provide funding to states to administer red flag laws and to provide billions of dollars in new federal funding for mental health services.   Fourteen Republicans voted to proceed to

The Assembly Judiciary Committee agenda for tomorrow grew overnight. In fact, it doubled. We reported on a package of horrible gun bills yesterday, that became even worse today! Democrats in the Assembly added five more bills late yesterday, and language for the new legislation wasn’t even available as late as this morning.  These are drastic gun bans

Article content Mass Shooting is defined as “four or more shot and killed in a single event.” Article content The U.S. already in 2022 at the time of this letter has experienced 198 mass shootings, 27 involving schools resulting in 140 deaths, while in 2020 having 45,222 gun-related deaths. The latest shooting inside a Uvaide,

MMWD needs 10-year ban on swimming pools I implore Marin Municipal Water District leaders to please share one reason why there is not a moratorium on filling existing swimming pools and spas during this time of drought (“MMWD weighs future of water conservation incentives,” June 11). Requiring a cover does not do enough to eliminate

Jason Ravnsborg just won’t quit. In the 647 days since he fatally struck a man with his car, Ravnsborg, South Dakota’s attorney general, has faced near-endless calls to go away –– from county sheriffs and police groups, Republicans and Democrats, in letters to the editor and on billboards. A poll last month found that 70

A prominent member of the far-right Proud Boys group charged in connection with the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot believes that he would benefit from a delay in his trial due to the series of public hearings from the House committee investigating the attack. But in a filing dated June 20, counsel for Ethan Nordean

NRA applauds Governor Sununu for signing House Bill 1636 into law. This NRA-backed legislation allows individuals to carry a loaded firearm on an OHRV or snowmobile in the Granite State. NRA would like to thank Representative John Burt (R – Hillsborough 39) for introducing this important pro-gun legislation this session. House Bill 1636: “ATV-Carry” allows

Despite the pressures of hellhounds like The Oath Keepers, Proud Boys, and his boss, Donald Trump, Mike Pence refused to turn the vote back to the states or overturn the ballots and threw his lot in with the angry mob that threatened the Capitol and those inside of it. Mike Pence and Liz Cheney Are