Gun Rights

Letters submitted by BDN readers are verified by BDN Opinion Page staff. Send your letters to letters@bangordailynews.com. This eulogy memorializes Cynthia Peak, substitute teacher and victim of the mass shooting in Nashville, Tennessee. Every sub knows the routine: rushing off to cover for a teacher suddenly taken ill; running up and down stairs trying to find

We discuss the U.S. gun violence epidemic with historian Andrew McKevitt, who says, “We ought to conceive of our gun problem as a problem of gun capitalism.” He covers the history of the proliferation of individual gun ownership since World War II in his forthcoming book, Gun Country: Gun Capitalism, Culture & Control in Cold

Around 6 p.m. on July 17 of this past year, a shooter exited the bathroom of an Indiana mall wielding an AR-15-style rifle. He opened fire, instantly killing a man walking by the restrooms as well as a couple seated at a nearby food court. Moments later, he lay dead on the floor of that

California Democrats are rallying once more to initiate an excise tax on all firearm deals in the state. Assemblyman Jesse Gabriel, D-Woodland Hills, along with 13 other Democratic Assemblymembers, is sponsoring a bill that would impose an 11% excise tax on all retail sales of firearms, firearm parts, and ammunition in California. The funds would

A longtime Republican lawyer who aided former President Donald Trump’s effort to overturn the 2020 election told GOP donors that the party should be working to roll back voting on college campuses and other initiatives aimed at expanding ballot access, according to audio obtained by progressive journalist Lauren Windsor. “What are these college campus locations?”

The National Rifle Association was in Manhattan civil court on Thursday for the latest fight in a yearslong legal battle with New York Attorney General Letitia James. James filed a lawsuit in 2020 with the aim of dissolving the pro-Second Amendment group for “years of self-dealing and illegal conduct.” A judge had denied James’ quest

I’ve long avoided writing about anything related to guns—being both largely unfamiliar with firearms and not holding a passionate view on either “gun control” or “gun rights.” Judging by national polling on the subject, I suppose you’d call me “middle of the road” on guns, believing citizens do indeed have the constitutional right to bear

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Yesterday, the House voted 56-42 on the bill’s final passage, to concur with the Senate on House Bill 1240, a comprehensive ban on most commonly-owned semi-automatic firearms and firearm parts that exceeds the provisions of California’s ban. It will now go to Governor Jay Inslee’s desk for his consideration. Please click here to contact Gov. Inslee

One mass killing every 6.53 days: US shootings are on a record pace Despite the death toll, there is little indication of federal policy changes, but some states have tried to impose more gun control The US is setting a record yearly pace for mass killings, with around one each week. According to a database

A longtime Republican lawyer who aided former President Donald Trump’s effort to overturn the 2020 election told GOP donors that the party should be working to roll back voting on college campuses and other initiatives aimed at expanding ballot access, according to audio obtained by progressive journalist Lauren Windsor. “What are these college campus locations?”

Red-flag laws have languished in most statehouses across the U.S., despite bipartisan support and evidence that temporarily removing guns from people who pose an extreme risk of violence to themselves or others can help prevent mass shootings, suicides and domestic violence. Lawmakers in 30 states have not passed — and in most cases are not

I’ve long avoided writing about anything related to guns—being both largely unfamiliar with firearms and not holding a passionate view on either “gun control” or “gun rights.” Judging by national polling on the subject, I suppose you’d call me “middle of the road” on guns, believing citizens do indeed have the constitutional right to bear

Urgent Action Needed – Contact Your Lawmakers and Gov. Polis to OPPOSE ALL gun control Colorado is currently considering several pieces of gun control legislation that threaten to infringe on the Second Amendment rights of its citizens. Urgent action is needed to oppose these bills and protect the rights of gun owners. Yesterday, The Senate

It’s not just questions about tax returns and accusations of insurrection that swirl around Donald Trump. Violence – sexual violence – is another of the claims against which the twice-impeached former president must defend himself. Writer E Jean Carroll’s civil rape and defamation trial against Trump will now proceed on Tuesday, after his legal team

In shocking news, it seems Justice Clarence Thomas’ excuse for failing to disclose all the gifts, trips, and free rent his family received from his billionaire, dictator-enthusiast sponsor Harlan Crow, is inaccurate. Thomas claimed Crow did not have any business in front of the Supreme Court during the three-plus decades Thomas’ has now stained the

Tony Messenger Gov. Mike Parson made it more likely for a paranoid white man in Missouri to stand in his house and shoot a Black teenager through a closed glass door. We know this because Parson has bragged about it. Long before he was governor, Parson, a former sheriff, was a Republican member of the Missouri House

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