Gun Rights

On Wednesday, the Maine Senate held a floor vote on LD 1255, a gun ban that would have prohibited law-abiding citizens from carrying firearms at polling locations. Thanks to the strong response of NRA members and Second Amendment supporters, the bill was defeated. NRA-ILA would like to thank all lawmakers who defended the Second Amendment

Yesterday, the House voted 35-24 (with 1 excused), along party lines, to pass House Bill 2005 B, the anti-gun package requested by Governor Tina Kotek and Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum that got combined into one omnibus bill. It now goes directly to the Senate, which has scheduled the first reading on the floor for today. Please contact

Jordan Neely lies unconscious on the floor of the F train after another passenger placed him in a chokehold on Monday, May 1, 2023, in New York. (Paul Martinka via AP) A man was choked to death on the F train in New York City this week. The victim, who appeared to be homeless, was

Thirty-nine percent of Gen Z and millennial Republicans support stricter gun regulation, according to YouGov. This may not sound like a lot, but it’s 17% more than the 22% of older Republicans who support more gun control. Republicans like to act as if these young voters do not matter, but their turnout and strength are

Last week, Governor Josh Green signed House Bill 426 into law. Yesterday, the House and Senate both voted to adopt the conference committee version of Senate Bill 1230. It will soon be transmitted to Gov. Green’s desk. Please click here to contact Gov. Green and urge him to veto SB 1230. House Bill 426 aims to

However, I have some concerns on presentation, content and balance. While I understand the media’s preoccupation with mass shootings, I feel that it minimizes the daily murders that also happen and that result in many more deaths than any mass shooting. How about putting some additional emphasis on that statistic? These murders should never be accepted

A man holds a handgun at the National Rifle Association annual convention in Houston in 2022. REUTERS/Callaghan O’Hare The Firearms Policy Coalition, which has frequently challenged California’s gun violence laws, announced Tuesday it has filed suit in federal court in San Diego to end the state’s 10-day waiting period on firearms purchases. The lawsuit argues that

Georgia Senator Raphael Warnock warned “nobody is safe” amid the continued plague of gun violence sweeping the U.S. after a mass shooting killed one and injured four at an Atlanta medical facility. The Democrat’s speech came after five women were shot, including one fatally, in a waiting room of Northside Hospital Medical in midtown. The

The Montana legislature has adjourned from the 2023 session. Thanks to the hard work of Representative Ler, Governor Greg Gianforte has signed HB 356 into law, which ensures that taxpayers don’t fund businesses that discriminate against the firearm industry. This bill is crucial in preventing anti-gun corporations, banks, and executives from imposing gun control through

One person was killed and four others injured in a mass shooting at a high-rise Midtown Atlanta hospital that put Georgia’s capital city on edge and immediately sparked calls on all levels of government for more action on gun safety. The shooting happened around lunchtime in a waiting room at the Northside Hospital Midtown medical

The U.S. is setting a record pace for mass killings in 2023, replaying the horror on a loop roughly once a week so far this year. The carnage has taken 88 lives in 17 mass killings over 111 days. Each time, the killers wielded firearms. Only 2009 was marked by as many such tragedies in

There is strong, bipartisan support in Tennessee for some form of a “red flag” law to temporarily restrict someone’s access to guns if they’re a threat to themselves or others, according to a new Vanderbilt University poll that shows a significantly increased interest in gun issues in the weeks following the Covenant School shooting. Vanderbilt

click to enlarge If there’s one thing we Utahns like above all else—other than fighting over which are the best ice cream flavors, cookie franchises, football teams (bite me, Zoobs) and porn sites—it’s that we unite and come together as one to rejoice that we are loved and adored by non-Utahns. We hate it when

The Democrats have finished their work in Olympia. They were forthright in defending access to abortion and enhancing gun control. But, when it came to decreasing the economic uncertainties of life for working-class families, their approach was at best incremental.   Let’s start with the good stuff. Thanks to the Democrats and Gov. Jay Inslee, we

Vivek Ramaswamy, an entrepreneur vying to be the Republican candidate for president in 2024, allegedly paid to change the Wikipedia page about him, according to a disclosure made on the community encyclopedia. The changes include scrubbing the fact that Ramaswamy received the Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans in 2011 and Ramaswamy’s role

Today, with bipartisan approval, the House voted 26-12 to pass House Bill 61, to ensure that Second Amendment rights remain protected for Alaskans during emergencies. It now goes to the Senate, where it will be assigned to the Judiciary Committee for further consideration. Please contact committee members and ask them to SUPPORT HB 61. House

A selection panel is in Orlando Wednesday interviewing 15 applicants for the vacancy on the Florida Supreme Court opened when Justice Ricky Polston resigned in March. The person chosen will have to immediately be confronted with profound decisions about the future of our state. Among the first cases up will be the future of abortion

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