ATLANTA (Reuters) – The governors of Texas, Florida and Georgia, where COVID-19 is raging, pushed back hard on Tuesday against local leaders who want to impose tighter restrictions to control the runaway spread of the coronavirus in their areas. Texas Governor Greg Abbott speaks at the annual National Rifle Association (NRA) convention in Dallas, Texas,
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Donald Trump celebrated receiving the endorsement of the gun lobby, after caving to their demands repeatedly. A day after the National Rifle Association announced it would again endorse Trump, he tweeted out on Friday his thanks for their “FULL & COMPLETE ENDORSEMENT!” “As long as I am President, I will ALWAYS protect our Great Second
It is increasingly likely that Patrick Neville, the far-right leader of Colorado’s shrunken House GOP caucus, will be overthrown later this year. Neville, of Castle Rock, has been minority leader since 2016, but Rep. Hugh McKean, a Loveland Republican, has been public about his plans to seek the job of minority leader heading into the
Missouri governor says he’d PARDON gun-toting St. Louis couple if they are charged for pointing firearms at Black Lives Matter protesters outside their mansion Missouri governor Mike Parson said he will pardon Mark and Patricia McCloskey The governor said the couple has ‘every right to protect themselves’ last month Comes after couple seen brandishing firearms
On July 14, a judge in Lynchburg, VA, partially blocked enforcement of the Commonwealth’s new ban on private firearm sales, ruling it effectively prohibits law-abiding adults under age 21 from acquiring handguns, in violation of Virginia’s constitutional right to keep and bear arms. The decision came in the case of Elhert v. Settle. “Prior to
Last week, Governor Ralph Northam announced that August 18th will be the start date for the General Assembly to convene a special session. In his press conference, Gov. Northam cited budget issues due to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis and other items as the focus. While there have not been any indications that Gov. Northam or
Last week, Governor Ned Lamont called for the General Assembly to convene a special session beginning on July 21, 2020. The central focus is expanded absentee balloting, transparency and accountability for law enforcement, telehealth services, and prescription drug prices. While there have not been any indications that Gov. Lamont will use this session for a
Fairfax, Va. - The National Rifle Association Political Victory Fund (NRA-PVF) endorsed President Donald Trump for reelection as the president of the United States of America in 2020. The endorsement was announced in a letter sent to the president yesterday, Wednesday, July 15. “On behalf of America’s 5 million NRA members, the National Rifle Association Political Victory Fund
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Anti-gun activists are laying the groundwork now to blame gun owners for any increase in violent crime this year. First came desperate attempts to tie “gun violence” to COVID-19 when the pandemic dominated the news cycle. Now, anti-gun academics are rushing to produce research that can be used to blame gun owners for any increases
The Czech Republic continues to be at the forefront of the battle for gun rights in Europe. On July 13, the Czech government announced that it endorsed a plan to enshrine the right of individuals to use a firearm to defend themselves and others in the central European nation’s constitution. The move comes three years
European firearm owners are in the midst of a three fronted war on the possession and use of lead ammunition. The battles are being fought against a European-wide ban on metallic lead (ammunition), a prohibition on the use of lead ammunition in terrestrial environments, and a ban on both the use and possession of lead
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump regularly praises his two Supreme Court nominees, but they have shown over the past two years that they don’t always agree with him – or with each other. In just the past month, Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch sided twice with the court’s liberal justices in landmark cases. First, he declared that employment
Fairfax, Va. – On behalf of our more than five million members, the National Rifle Association Political Victory Fund (NRA-PVF) today endorsed J.R. Claeys for election to the 24th senate district of Kansas. “Kansans can count on Rep. Claeys to protect our individual freedom of self-protection,” said Travis Couture-Lovelady, NRA-ILA’s Kansas state director. “The NRA
One of the country’s leading gun-control groups received up to $350,000 from taxpayers to deal with the fallout from coronavirus, but that has not affected its political arm’s plans to spend millions on the 2020 election. Giffords PAC, one of the largest gun-control political action committees in the country, told Colorado Politics that it would spend
If the Democrats nominated Karl Marx, they’d describe him as a “moderate Marxist” . . . It’s SOP for the Democrats and the liberal media: they invariably try to peddle their presidential candidates as “moderates” or “centrists.” But on today’s Morning Joe, MSNBC’s John Heilemann took things an absurd step further, actually describing Biden as
On July 15th, Governor Michael Parson called on the General Assembly to convene a special session on July 27th to address violent crime. Among his agenda items are: “6. To enact legislation amending Section 568.045, RSMo in order to criminalize acts where a person knowingly encourages, aids, or causes a child less than seventeen years of age to
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