House Bill 272, the constitutional carry bill, may come up on the House floor as early as this week. Sheriffs and members of leadership across the state are speaking out in favor of constitutional carry. Now, it is critical that all law-abiding gun owners ask their state representatives to do the same. In order for
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The father of one of the children killed in the Parkland high school massacre has been arrested after he scaled a huge crane outside the White House on the fourth anniversary of the mass shooting. Manuel Oliver, father of Joaquin “Guac” Oliver, posted a photo on Twitter at around 6am showing himself dressed in a
On the four year anniversary of the deadly shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, President Joe Biden on Monday urged Congress to take action in order to reduce gun violence in this country. What You Need To Know On the four year anniversary of the deadly shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas
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Washington — U.S. President Joe Biden Monday marked the fourth anniversary of the deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida by calling on the country to uphold the “solemn obligation” to end gun violence. “On this difficult day, we mourn with the Parkland families whose lives were upended in an instant; who had to bury a
Parkland victim’s father in custody after scaling crane by White House in protest Manuel Oliver said he climbed the 150ft crane ‘so the whole world will listen to Joaquin today’ The father of a Parkland shooting victim was taken into custody after scaling a construction crane near the White House on Monday as part of
U.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw was 34 as he entered his first congressional term in 2019 amid buzz that he could be the future of a Republican Party searching for a younger generation of lawmakers. The Houston Republican had a growing social media following and garnered a sudden national profile after he appeared on Saturday Night
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Today marks the fourth anniversary of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida that claimed the lives of 17 students and staff and injured 17 others. But with little ground gained on getting guns off the streets since the attack, survivors and activists are calling upon President Joe Biden to
The clown prince of American politics is back in the headlines. During a campaign stop in Tyler, Texas, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Robert Francis “Beto” O’Rourke shared his new position on firearms. According to the noted gun confiscation proponent, he’s no longer hell bent on grabbing guns. The failed presidential candidate told those gathered, “I’m not
It has become axiomatic that, when we write about Joe Biden commenting on guns, we will be reporting that he has uttered something patently false. In fact, there are usually several things that he gets completely wrong, and often the things he gets wrong are things he repeatedly gets wrong. And it’s not just us,
The White House press secretary was recently criticized for flippantly downplaying crime fears in a January 25 podcast. While reading out and commenting on cable news chyrons, Jen Psaki joked that CNN and MSNBC were “OK, true,” but FOX News was covering some “alternative universe,” with “Jeanine Pirro talking about soft on crime consequences. I
WASHINGTON – Four years after 17 people were gunned down at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, President Joe Biden says his administration stands with the advocates working to end gun violence and is urging the nation to uphold the “solemn obligation” to “keep each other safe.” “Out of the heartbreak of Parkland a
J. Mark Powell That corny country TV variety show “Hee-Haw” had a gag called, “Gloom, Despair, and Agony on Me.” Hillbilly sad sacks laid around a cabin porch and wailed in woebegone misery, “If it weren’t for bad luck I’d have no luck at all.” That was a comedy sketch. But the man we’re about
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators last week introduced a bill to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) — a 1994 law credited with significantly reducing intimate partner violence whose renewal was delayed over Republican objections to a proposed gun-safety provision. That provision has been dropped. The measure introduced Wednesday would not close the
The House Appropriations Committee tabled House Bill 9 on a 13-5 vote this past week. NRA-ILA will notify you if there is any further movement on this issue during the remaining five full days of the 30-day session. House Bill 9 had been significantly re-written in the House Judiciary Committee to create a fourth-degree felony penalty if a person kept or stored a
click to enlarge Abe Asher U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez addresses the crowd Saturday at the Paper Tiger. U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez rallied a boisterous, overflow crowd at Paper Tiger on Saturday afternoon in support of Greg Casar’s and Jessica Cisneros’ bids to push San Antonio’s congressional delegation further to the left. From her first words
On Wednesday, February 16, the House Civil Rights and Judiciary Committee is scheduled to consider an amended version of extreme magazine ban legislation, Senate Bill 5078. The measure only passed out of the Senate late last week and has already been referred and scheduled for a committee hearing. NRA Members and Second Amendment supporters need to