After more mass shootings, one side is gaining donors and political will; the other is galvanized by gun rights. Will anything be different? After the massacre of schoolchildren at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn., in 2012, the gun-control movement was small and badly outspent by the National Rifle Association. Parents seeking an outlet for
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Topline Voting company Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation lawsuit against far-right network Newsmax can move forward, a judge ruled Thursday, as Dominion and rival company Smartmatic pursue 11 defamation lawsuits over baseless election fraud claims about their voting machines. Key Facts Delaware state Judge Eric M. Davis denied Newsmax’s motion to dismiss the defamation suit, finding
Lake County Councilman Charlie Brown (D-Gary) and Councilwoman Christine Cid (D-East Chicago) announced their support for a proposal to ban sales of “AR-15” firearms at gun shows held at the Lake County Fairgrounds. What they are proposing is to restrict lawful, tax-paying businesses from selling legal products to law-abiding citizens, who wish to exercise an
Let’s take gun control and ask hard questions: Do pencils cause misspelled words? Do cars drive drunk? Do spoons make people fat? And, do guns kill people by themselves? Does gun control include leaving massive weapons costing billions of dollars in Afghanistan obtained by our enemies? Where did an 18-year-old guy get the money? Why
I am from gun safety future, and Republicans, you’re in trouble. For more than 40 years, you have successfully avoided talking about this issue as fatalities and injuries climbed and as firearms became deadlier. With the help of the National Rifle Association, you declared any form of regulation a dire threat to the U.S. Constitution
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Last night, the House passed Senate Bill 6, to ban many standard capacity magazines in common use, sending it to Governor John Carney’s desk. The Senate passed House Bill 450, to ban many commonly-owned firearms, and House Bill 423, sending those to Gov. Carney’s desk as well. The Senate also passed Senate Bill 8 and
On April 6, Anthony Romero, the longtime executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union, joined a Zoom call with several dozen employees. He was there to eat crow. The mood on the call was testy. The employees belonged to the ACLU’s national political advocacy department, a relatively recent addition to the 102-year-old civil liberties
Good Friday morning. You couldn’t blame Republican leadership in Tallahassee for confusing former state Rep. Mike Hill with the creepy “Michael Myers” character in the Halloween movie series. Hill used to represent his Pensacola district in the state House. We could understand if that memory would cause GOP leadership in Tallahassee to awaken in the
Presented by With Daniel Lippman LOBBYING ON THE FORMULA CRISIS: The Infant Nutrition Council of America, which represents members Abbott Nutrition, Gerber, Perrigo and Reckitt — which together own the largest manufacturers of infant formula in the U.S. — has tapped former Arkansas Sen. Blanche Lincoln and her lobbying firm Lincoln Policy Group to lobby
If Tom Suozzi was determined to get in Gov. Kathy Hochul’s space, he certainly managed to do that with his attacks. At one point, he prompt this response from Hochul about whether she once took money from the National Rifle Association. “I know you want to slough it off,” Suozzi said. “Excuse me. It’s my
Last night, news broke that the Biden Administration is taking behind-the-scenes steps to further strangle the already constricted market for ammunition in the United States. The move could result in a reduction of the commercial production of 5.56 caliber ammunition by over thirty percent. The move, if completed, would dramatically reduce availability of ammunition for America’s
One of the nation’s most prominent gun rights advocates will hang up her holsters — at least in the public realm. Marion Hammer, a former National Rifle Association President, announced her retirement as Florida’s top lobbyist for the NRA Institute for Legislative Action in the state. “It has been an honor to serve NRA members
Few individuals have been such a constant force within gun advocacy circles as Barnes, who runs an eponymous firearms, explosives, and ammunition law firm based in Washington, D.C. | Mitel commercial Not long after he was nominated to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, David Chipman received a call from a longtime
Will pending congressional legislation measurably reduce the number of firearm slayings and injuries that plague our country? That metric, more than anything else, should guide how we assess the U.S. Senate’s bipartisan framework on gun control – and to a lesser extent, the competing bill that already passed the House of Representatives. Gun-control supporters say
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! It was late November, 1993. President Clinton had not even been in office for a year. The Toronto Blue Jays just won the World Series for the second season in a row. “Home Improvement” and “Roseanne” were TV ratings juggernauts. Wayne’s World 2 hit the big screen.
There’s a surprise for the audience hidden behind the thick red curtain onstage. Nobody in the crowd seems to have noticed this surprise as the room slowly filled up or when everyone stood to pledge allegiance to the American flag hanging at the front of that same stage. But the surprise is sort of a
Today, the Senate Executive Committee passed all of the anti-gun bills before them. Yesterday, the House passed House Bill 423 by a vote of 40-0 and House Bill 451 by a vote of 27-13. The Committee then added those bills to their agenda for the hearing today. These bills are now eligible to be added