YELM, Thurston County — The talk at the Yelm Prairie Christian Center was of frustration and anger — and of what to do about Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson. So intense is the distress over new firearms regulations in the state and Ferguson’s support of them that a group of 35 or so came together […]
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Dead On Arms owners Laura and Chad Walsh stand near a display of the AR-15 firearms they manufacture at their shop in Cloquet recently. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com) Tucked into a wooded corner along Highway 2, 13 miles west from downtown Duluth, the area’s first independent indoor shooting range is notably out of sight, out […]
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Supporters of gun control measures gather at the Legislative Office Building in Concord, N.H., in August, to urge Republican Gov. Chris Sununu to act after mass shootings in Texas and Ohio. The percentage of Americans who favor stricter gun laws is on the rise, though significant partisan divisions persist. A Pew Research Center survey conducted […]
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In 20 communities south of Boston, the number of licenses issued from 2013 to 2018 was almost 50 percent higher than the number issued in the six years prior. In 2009, 10 people were issued gun licenses in Hull, a town with a population of a little more than 10,000. By 2017, the number of […]
Continue Reading@AlbertJayKnock President Beto would eviscerate the First Amendment, the Second Amendment, the Fourth Amendment, the Fifth Amendment and probably the Ninth Amendment and the Tenth Amendment. I appreciate Beto O’Rourke. I cannot believe that I just typed those words. But I appreciate Beto. I’m glad Texas voters were smart enough to keep the former Democratic […]
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Nita Mauch, I have read and reread both your Oct. 6 letter and then my Sept. 29th letter. Simply stated, my letter supports the 5-to-4 United States Supreme Court decision in the case McDonald v. Chicago that upholds the individual’s right to keep and bear arms. The dissenting view written and endorsed by four liberal […]
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728×114 image ad Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) tells CNN’s Van Jones he disagrees with Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke’s proposed gun control plan. Click here to view original web page at Sen. Doug Jones: O’Rouke’s message on guns is wrong
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Statehouse Insider is written each week by Doug Finke Hide caption GateHouse Media Illinois Those were some eye-opening results in the NPR Illinois-University of Illinois Springfield poll that have been coming out in dribs and drabs recently. Specifically, support for various gun control measures that you wouldn’t necessarily expect to see. The reason is the […]
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Gun Owners of America State Director Alan Rice has often clashed with Fish and Game officials. Here he testifies at a legislative hearing against the agency while Col. Kevin Jordan, right, listens in. (Courtesy Photo) CONCORD — Gun rights advocates who condemned as “anti-Second Amendment” the outgoing Fish and Game director are urging Gov. Chris […]
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Sen. Doug Jones: O’Rouke’s message on guns is wrong Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) tells CNN’s Van Jones he disagrees with Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke’s proposed gun control plan. Click here to view original web page at Sen. Doug Jones: O’Rouke’s message on guns is wrong – CNN Video
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