Sid Salter | Guest Columnist STARKVILLE — Does the stunning $73 million verdict against gun manufacturer Remington in the 2012 school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut, that claimed the lives of 20 first-graders and six educators signal a sea change in litigation against gun makers? In a word, no. Congress has provided
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Today, the House voted 65-37 to pass House Bill 272, the constitutional carry bill. This marks the first time that constitutional carry has passed the House. It will now move on to the Senate, which has passed similar legislation before and has also stated that they will act on it promptly. Please contact your state
Des Moines County on Tuesday officially became the 35th county in Iowa to adopt a Second Amendment sanctuary resolution following a unanimous vote by the majority Democrat board of supervisors. For the supervisors and other supporters of the trend being pushed by the Iowa Firearms Coalition, Des Moines County’s new Second Amendment sanctuary status is
(Photo by John Lamparski via Getty Images) A “dark money” group tied to billionaire tech investor Peter Thiel steered hundreds of thousands of dollars into a super PAC spending on Ohio’s Senate race in support of “Hillbilly Elegy” author J.D. Vance, who worked at Thiel’s venture capital firm. Vance faces a crowded field of Republican
Tomorrow, the South Dakota House is scheduled to vote on pro-gun legislation that clarifies certain definitions in regards to firearms, House Bill 1162. Please contact your State Representative and ask them to SUPPORT House Bill 1162. House Bill 1162 updates the definition of “loaded firearm” under South Dakota law to designate that a firearm is
On Feb. 14, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau gave Canadians a Valentine’s Day present, invoking the draconian “Emergencies Act” and suspending a wide range of civil liberties otherwise enjoyed by his countrymen. Lest Americans conclude that our constitutional republic is safe from such facially dictatorial actions, they should know that under existing federal laws and the
Annals of Medicine The Fight Within the American Medical Association A long-standing battle over single-payer health care highlights a profession’s political transformation. By Clifford Marks February 22, 2022 Illustration by Nicholas Konrad / The New Yorker Joy Lee and Dan Pfeifle arrived early for the June, 2019, meeting of the American Medical Association, where they
On Feb. 14, even as the ATF was encouraging jilted lovers to report their exes for firearm violations, Second Amendment champion Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) sent his own message to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, blasting the Department of Justice for mishandling the spike in violent crime. Grassley’s letter to Garland took the administration to
The $73 million settlement by gunmaker Remington with the families of nine victims of the Sandy Hook school massacre was unprecedented. President Joe Biden called it “historic.” That’s all true, but it’s also not nearly enough. “The settlement is a small payment on a very large bill that is long overdue,” said Josh Sugarmann, founder
In 2020, Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau extinguished the property rights of law abiding Canadians at the stroke of a pen. By a unilateral Order in Council – passed without parliamentary debate or a vote – he declared that thousands of previously lawful models of semiautomatic guns and variants were illegal “military grade assault weapons.”
New Historical Fiction Levels Unflinching Gaze at Race, Religion and Responsibility in Colonial South – NRA News Today – EIN Presswire Trusted News Since 1995 A service for political professionals · Tuesday, February 22, 2022 · 563,762,658 Articles · 3+ Million Readers News Monitoring and Press Release Distribution Tools News Topics Newsletters Press Releases Events
The political activism of a Supreme Court spouse is the focus of a New York Times exposé titled “The Long Crusade of Clarence and Ginni Thomas.” The newspaper noted her work for the Council for National Policy, which it said “brings together old-school Republican luminaries, Christian conservatives, Tea Party activists and MAGA operatives, with more
Presented by Senior Living Advocacy – Tell Our Stories With help from Daniel Lippman NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION HIRES NEW CEO: The National Restaurant Association has hired Michelle Korsmo to be its next president and chief executive, as well as chief executive of the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation. Korsmo has served as the president and
It’s a pretty good bet that nobody out there has fond and warm memories about homework. But, if you are reading this, you are of an age that doing those daily must-do assignments in school are a thing of the past. Until now. If you are a true and dedicated participant in our democracy, you
Late last week, Magazine Ban legislation, Senate Bill 5078, was passed out of the House Committee on Civil Rights and Judiciary on a party-line 11-6 vote. Anti-gun legislators are pulling out all the stops to get this measure passed as soon as possible; it now heads to the Rules Committee and it could receive a
This week, numerous Second Amendment-related measures will be considered in the Tennessee Legislature. NRA Members and Second Amendment supporters are encouraged to remain active and in constant contact with their elected officials as they debate both pro- and anti-gun bills. Those measures to be considered are outlined below: Pro-Gun HB 2330 strengthens the right-to-carry of Tennessee
We who abhor gun violence and loathe gun merchants have been dreaming of the day when a few aggrieved parties pull off a miracle and gain a small measure of justice. So it was sweet last week to learn that nine families devastated by the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre of 2012 had extracted a
Mrs. Lincoln Didn’t Steal the Manure, Says New Book by Kevin Orlin Johnson – NRA News Today – EIN Presswire Trusted News Since 1995 A service for political professionals · Monday, February 21, 2022 · 563,683,847 Articles · 3+ Million Readers News Monitoring and Press Release Distribution Tools News Topics Newsletters Press Releases Events &