FILE – This May 10, 2016, file photo, shows a handgun sitting on a desk in the Hawaii Department of Natural Resources hunter education classroom in Honolulu. A federal appeals court has ruled that the 2nd Amendment provides the right to openly carry a gun in public for self-defense. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of […]
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Depending on where we live, there are bans on high-capacity magazines and bump stocks. There are waiting periods for gun purchases, background checks and age limits. Soon Colorado will join a dozen other states with Red Flag laws allowing temporary removal of guns from the homes of those found by a court to be troubled […]
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Democrat presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg used a question and answer … Democrat presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg used a question and answer session during an Iowa speech to claim numerous gun controls he supports are “completely compatible with the Second Amendment.” C-Span published the question and answer session, wherein an audience member stood and read aloud […]
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Tuesday, April 23 rd is the deadline for bills to pass through their chamber of origin. Two anti-gun bills remain eligible for floor votes and could be voted on any day. Please contact your Assembly Member and urge them to OPPOSE AB 291 and AB 153. Click the “Take Action” button to contact your Assembly […]
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The question of whether additional gun rights or gun controls are needed in Oklahoma and the nation will be the topic at a public forum in Oklahoma City on April 23. The free forum, titled “The Gun Debate,” is being sponsored by Oklahoma Watch and will be held from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. at […]
Continue ReadingTo the Editor: “America’s first freedom” is not the right to firearms; it is the freedom to the right to life to to live is protected by the Constitution and is the bedrock principal on which our government and civil society are founded. Just a follow up on Ohio House Bill 174, which would allow […]
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Tweet Where is transparency in Niles City Schools? I am a proud grad- uate of Niles City Schools and president/broker of Association Group Insurance Agency Inc. Our agency has been the agent of record for the Niles school district Anthem Blue Cross plan from 2004 to September 2018 except for one year in that time […]
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Mass shootings have become institutionalized as an almost normal part of American life, as have the responses to such shootings. After each massacre, victims, their families and gun-control advocates bemoan the latest atrocity and call for background checks and a ban on assault weapons. Gun rights advocates oppose such reforms and stand behind the Second […]
Continue ReadingThe columbine is a perennial flower often seen growing wild in the Rocky Mountains. But since April 20, 1999, the word has been a universally recognized reference to what was then the worst mass shooting at a school in American history. Thirteen people were shot to death and 21 were wounded by a pair of […]
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Don Spencer is a lifelong resident of Oklahoma and became president of the Oklahoma Second Amendment Association in 2016. He is a firearm instructor certified by the Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training and is licensed to be an armed security guard. Editor’s Note: This story is for release Sunday, April 21, 2019. The […]
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