Chris Hayes highlighted a magnificent attack by Rep. Jamall Bowman (NY) on Republican congressmembers for their cowardice on gun violence. I needed that! “Tonight, a pretty incredible and emotional scene in the United States Capitol. A Democratic congressman, Jamall Bowman, who has spent more than a decade as an educator in New York public schools,
Republican North Carolina lawmakers overrode Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of a bill repealing the state’s pistol purchase permit system, enabling the repeal effort to proceed. The Republican-controlled North Carolina House of Representatives passed Senate Bill 41 earlier this month. The bill, which passed in both the House and Senate on party-line votes, repeals a
EAA has just announced the Girsan MC 14T, a new .380 ACP pistol import with a tip-up barrel design. The European American Armory Corporation, or EAA, has just announced an exciting new Turkish pistol import. Called the Girsan MC 14T, it’s chambered for .380 ACP and looks to be inspired primarily by the Beretta Model
Today, the Senate voted 27-13 to pass House Bill 543, the constitutional carry bill received from the House last week. With that, Florida has taken another major step towards becoming the 26th constitutional carry state. The bill will now go to Governor Ron DeSantis, who has repeatedly and publicly stated that he will sign a
For this snowy wet weather adventure, Luke is going back to the Green Forest in a new Viewer Requested Series Called The Search For Bigfoot. With all of the strange experiences and sounds that have been heard here, could they be the mysterious creature known as Bigfoot or was it something else? Gear List :
The Washington Post exposé has been described as “the most powerful article you will read this week” and “one of the most important pieces of journalism ever produced.” Christmas card from Tennessee Rep. Andy Ogles, a Republican who represents the district that Covenant School is in. Image-Shannon Watts/Twitter screengrab On Monday morning, The Washington Postpublished a series
CNN — It took just two minutes to encapsulate America’s hopeless estrangement on guns. Deep into a long, grueling hearing called by Republicans to target the Washington, DC, government, tensions provoked by the Nashville school shooting boiled over into an emotive exchange between Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and freshman Democratic Rep. Jared Moskowitz. With
Content warning: This article contains references to gun violence. I’ve attempted to stay away from the news this past year for my mental health, but no matter how hard I try, news of mass shootings and gun violence plague my life. In reading ABC7 Eyewitness News reporter Kiara Alfonseca’s latest article, my heart sank deep
The BDN Opinion section operates independently and does not set newsroom policies or contribute to reporting or editing articles elsewhere in the newspaper or on bangordailynews.com. LZ Granderson is an opinion columnist for the Los Angeles Times. Sandy Hook is the mass shooting I hear mentioned most often when people talk about the moment they knew
Tomorrow morning, March 31, the Senate Judiciary Committee is considering House Bill 674 and House Bill 659. HB 674 proposes an optional, enhanced concealed carry permit that will improve recognition for Montanans’ concealed carry permits in five additional states: WA, MN, NM, SC, and DE. HB 659 allows a 30-day grace period for concealed carry permit holders to renew their permits. It is imperative that
Enough with the “thoughts and prayers.” Three beautiful 9-year-olds going to school and three adults just doing their jobs are killed at their school. People in Israel take to the streets for days and they win. Netanyahu backs down. People in Tbisili, Georgia, take to the streets, stand up to water hoses for days and
Republican Florida lawmakers Wednesday heard eight amendments from their Democratic colleagues aimed at reducing the potential negative impacts of a bill that would allow most Floridians to carry concealed firearms without a license. One by one, they shot them down. The next vote on the bill will be the last. The bill (HB 543) is
As the riot of gun violence in America produces fresh massacres by the day, firearm fundamentalists refuse to acknowledge the blood on their hands, and their suicidal stance in the face of escalating carnage is that more guns are the answer. But it’s worse than that. Take a close look at the arguments that gun
Dan Kelly is promising voters he won’t be political if they return him to the state Supreme Court, even as the forces of Republican politics swirl around him like a storm. Kelly, who was appointed to the court by former Republican Gov. Scott Walker in 2016 and lost his previous bid for election in 2020, speaks about
To the editor: I want something very simple. I want President Biden to state that he will not sign another bill passed by Congress, no matter how valid, until a bill reaches his desk outlawing assault weapons. (“Police seek motive as Nashville school shooting captures the attention of a divided nation,” March 27) I want
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On Monday, April 3rd, the Maine Joint Standing Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety will be holding a public hearing on several anti-gun bills. The NRA urges all members to attend the hearing to show your support for the Second Amendment. Hearing information is below: Committee On Criminal Justice and Public Safety 111 Sewall
The deadly shooting in a Nashville grade school that left three nine-year old students and three adult staff members dead has sparked calls in Tennessee for what’s called a red-flag law, with advocates suggesting that may have prevented the attack. One was proposed in the state in 2020. That red-flag law — also known as an extreme risk