Show Caption Hide Caption State of the State: Gov. Lee outline budget, legislative priorities During his speech, Lee highlighted his budget and legislative priorities, including the state’s COVID-19 response, education, rural development and assistance for struggling families. Nashville Tennessean The Tennessee General Assembly passed a sweeping expansion of gun rights in the state in March,
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Today a federal judge in Arizona sided with NRA-ILA and Safari Club International and held that hunters’ use of traditional ammo does not violate federal environmental law. The case dates back to 2012, when a group sued the U.S. Forest Service. The group alleged that by allowing hunters to hunt with traditional lead ammo in
On March 29, the North Dakota House passed Emergency Powers legislation, Senate Bill 2344, by a 92 to 2 vote. The measure will soon head to the desk of Governor Doug Burgum for his signature. Please contact Governor Burgum and ask him to sign Senate Bill 2344 into law. Senate Bill 2344 provides protections for gun stores, ranges,
Show Caption Hide Caption Boulder shooting: Biden urges Congress to pass gun safety measures President Biden urged Congress to pass gun safety measures while addressing a supermarket shooting in Boulder, Colorado. Associated Press, USA TODAY WASHINGTON – Back-to-back mass shootings in Georgia and Colorado underscore how loopholes and weak restrictions in gun laws enabled both suspects to
The Colin Wilhelm for U.S. Congress Campaign Launches Powerful Campaign Video – NRA News Today – EIN Presswire Trusted News Since 1995 A service for political professionals · Thursday, April 1, 2021 · 537,890,686 Articles · 3+ Million Readers News Monitoring and Press Release Distribution Tools News Topics Newsletters Press Releases Events & Conferences RSS
President Joseph Biden, a Democrat who owns guns, is proposing an aggressive gun control plan that targets assault weapons, high-capacity magazines and ghost guns. But unlike his predecessor President Trump, a Republican who banned bump stocks, Biden has not announced plans to crack down on other devices that speed up the rate of fire. Gat
A Morning Consult poll released Wednesday shows 59 percent of Republicans are against stricter gun control laws, which is 13 percent more than in 2019. After a handful of shootings, the Republicans’ stance opposing gun control hardens. The poll found that 59 percent of Republican voters oppose having stricter gun control laws in the United States.
Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee will hear Senate Bill 6, to ban magazines over an arbitrary capacity limit. As previously scheduled, the committee will also hear Senate Bill 3, to impose a Maryland-style “handgun qualified purchase card” and a handgun transfer registry in Delaware. Please contact committee members and ask them to OPPOSE SB 6
Tomorrow, the Assembly Judiciary Committee will hold a work session and vote on Assembly Bill 42. This bill expands prohibited persons in Nevada. Please contact committee members and ask them to OPPOSE AB 42, or AMEND the bill to not expand the scope of prohibited persons beyond federal law. Assembly Bill 42 is a bill that, on its face, focuses on
Sometime this spring, in an attempt to do something — anything — on gun control, the U.S. Senate will revive a bill that would require people who buy guns from unlicensed dealers to undergo federal background checks, closing a gap often called the “gun show loophole.” If it passes, this exceedingly modest measure will make
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Email Print Photo by Chris Juhn Rep. Ilhan Omar in March at Avivo village An interview with U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar The MSR sat down with Rep. Omar last week after her recent visit to the U.S. border, where she expressed empathy with those desperately seeking entrance into the U.S. after
Alabama lawmakers have not passed a single piece of pro-gun legislation in six years. Other states are enthusiastically passing a variety of bills to protect and advance Second Amendment rights for the benefit of law-abiding citizens. Just this year, legislatures in Montana, Tennessee, Iowa, and Utah have passed constitutional/permitless carry bills. Recently, Georgia passed a
CANADIAN SENATOR MCPHEDRAN CALLED ON GOVERNMENTS TO HEED GENOCIDE DETERMINATION – NRA News Today – EIN Presswire Trusted News Since 1995 A service for political professionals · Wednesday, March 31, 2021 · 537,855,483 Articles · 3+ Million Readers News Monitoring and Press Release Distribution Tools News Topics Newsletters Press Releases Events & Conferences RSS Feeds
Yesterday, the Senate Finance Committee voted to pass pro-gun legislation that fixes the handgun purchase process in the Granite State, by a vote of 5-2. Thanks to your strong support, this important legislation will advance this session, and will move to the State Senate for a floor vote tomorrow, April 1. Please contact your State Senator and
When future Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett was nominated to a federal appeals court in 2017, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., at the time ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, expressed concern over Barrett’s religious affiliation as a pious Roman Catholic identified with her church’s most conservative elements. “I think whatever a religion is, it
The Tennessee legislature passed a measure that would allow residents to both open and concealed carry handguns without a permit, which some have dubbed as “constitutional carry.” The bill will now move to Republican Gov. Bill Lee’s desk, where he is expected to sign it into law. The bill is backed by the National Rifle
Opposing sides of the gun debate turned out in mid-March as lawmakers weighed a bill to curtail the sale and use of untraceable “ghost guns” and make it a crime to carry a weapon on property where it’s forbidden without permission. Assembly Bill 286 drew three hours of testimony along the familiar lines of the
A day after President Biden called on Congress to pass a new assault weapons ban and tougher background checks, the administration was considering steps it could take without legislation. Jen Psaki, the press secretary, said that President Biden was considering executive actions to curb gun violence but that there was no substitute for congressional action.Stephen