Month: July 2022

The US Senate on Tuesday confirmed President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the federal agency overseeing gun regulations, which had lacked a permanent director for over seven years. Steve Dettelbach, 56, will now become the director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), following a series of deadly mass shootings that have

During a trial in West Virginia earlier this year, witnesses tell The Daily Beast, a state court judge whipped out his handgun, waved it in the air, and left it on the bench with the barrel pointing directly at the corporate lawyers who had irritated him. Circuit Judge David W. Hummel Jr., who oversees cases

Fleet of 52 empty yellow school buses are on their way to Sen. Ted Cruz’s house in Texas to represent 4,368 children killed by gun violence since 2020 A fleet of 52 yellow school buses are heading to Sen. Ted Cruz’s home in Houston, Texas to protest gun violence in the U.S.  The buses carry

Victims of gun violence in the state of California will soon have a legal route to sue makers of firearms. As reported by CBS News, California gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday signed into law a measure, scheduled to take effect on July 1, 2023, that enables victims of gun violence to file civil suits against

House lawmakers have signed off on a plan aimed at preventing military suicides by offering gun safes, locks or other safety devices to troops to store their personal firearms. Under a measure proposed by Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif., the Pentagon would run a six-year pilot program to furnish “secure gun storage or safety devices for

New Billboard Is Up to Protest Laurie Jinkins for Allowing Partisan Politics to Kill the Chinese American History Month – NRA News Today – EIN Presswire Trusted News Since 1995 A service for political professionals · Friday, July 15, 2022 · 581,404,056 Articles · 3+ Million Readers News Monitoring and Press Release Distribution Tools News

In the pathos following the recent mass murders, much has been written about making changes to legislation that would have meaningful impact on these tragedies. Ron Faucheux’s opinion of June 6, “Is consensus on guns possible,” covers Second Amendment rights, tradeoffs protecting gun rights vs. limiting gun ownership, federal and state regulatory policies and the

HOUSTON, Texas (KWTX) – Gun control group Change The Ref on Thursday rolled out what it called the “NRA Children’s Museum,” a mile-long convoy of school buses that drove by the offices of Senator Ted Cruz, who the group claimed is “the leading recipient of gun lobbyist funding in the State of Texas with $749,000.”

Being our semi-regular weekly survey of what’s goin’ down in the several states where, as we know, the real work of governmentin’ gets done and where the people are many and their hands are all empty. This week’s Very Special Episode concerns a couple of case studies in why our politics don’t make any sense

A new organisation called the NRA Children’s Museum is seeking to raise awareness of the toll that mass shootings are taking on American children — and Texas Senator Ted Cruz is its first target. On Thursday, a fleet of more than 50 school buses arrayed in the shape of a rifle proceeded to Mr Cruz’s

Don’t like to read? Courtesy of Stephen Melkisethian (Flickr CC0) New gun laws, including “red flag laws,” will not work. Domestic terrorism will continue to be the greatest danger to the American people. Here’s the proof. The tragic and deadly shooting in Highland Park, Illinois, killing seven and injuring dozens more, should have been prevented.

Another big endorsement for 4th District Congressman Dan Newhouse in his re-election campaign. The National Rifle Association Political Victory Fund (NRA-PVF), representing nearly five million members, announced their “A” rating and endorsement of Congressman Dan Newhouse for his reelection campaign. The NRA released the following statement in support of Congressman Newhouse: “On behalf of our

Why don’t we have gun control? It is because our Supreme Court, or, more correctly, five Republicans on our Supreme Court, legalized bribery. Not the bribery of store clerks or bank tellers or people who work for airlines. You go to jail for that. Not the bribery of judges or police or people who work

Last month, Congress passed its first federal gun safety measures in almost 30 years, a significant breakthrough on an issue that had long seemed intractable. One of the key players behind the legislation was Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy, who has been pushing for action on guns ever since the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School

Columbia has submitted a draft ordinance to Attorney General Alan Wilson’s office asking if it violates the state’s preemption law. The draft ordinance victimizes gun owners who have suffered the loss or theft of their property, if they fail to report a lost or stolen firearm within a certain period of time after discovering them