Support for reasonable gun safety measures is at an all-time high in the Commonwealth in the wake of the recent carnage in our schools and government offices, yet Republicans continue to block any effort to address the issue. I believe most Frederick County residents want to feel safe and secure in their homes, offices, stores, […]
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WASHINGTON (AP) – Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens never really put down his pen. Without opinions and dissents to write following his retirement from the Supreme Court in 2010, Stevens chose instead to write books from his home in Florida, reflecting on his life but also the Constitution. Stevens, who died last week […]
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NEEDLES — The city council inspired serious and apparently widespread discussion with consideration of declaring Needles to be a Second Amendment Sanctuary City during its regular meeting of June 11. The request to do so was brought by Councilor Timothy Terral. It received several supportive comments by people in the audience from both sides of […]
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Governor Phil Murphy (Phil Murphy/WikiCommons) All New Jersey gun retailers will have to offer at least one smart gun for sale to comply with a new law that goes into effect early next year. Gov. Phil Murphy signed the bill (S101) on Tuesday, along with three other gun bills, in an attempt to toughen the […]
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Delegate C. Matt Fariss On Tuesday, July 9, legislators met in Richmond under Governor Northam’s call for a Special Session on gun control. The speaker and senate majority leader asked the Virginia Crime Commission to conduct a review of what happened in Virginia Beach and the proposed legislative changes to Virginia’s laws concerning firearms and […]
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Air Force veteran John Takeuchi. (Robinson Kuntz/Daily Republic) To be armed . . . or not to be. Nearly 60 years ago, I took an oath to “. . . support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic. . . ”. That promise did not end when I […]
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Photo by Andrik Langfield on Unsplash Police brutality and gun violence: These two stark issues seem to be the bookends in the daily narratives of many African-Americans. On the side of police abuse, a notorious example occurred just last May when Phoenix police officers with drawn weapons traumatized a Black family in a parking lot […]
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MLive.com Gun rights supporters in the Michigan House are working to decriminalize certain firearm-related offenses as part of a larger effort to roll back regulations on gun ownership and use in the state. House Republicans named protecting second amendment rights as one of its top priorities this session. So far, many of the gun-related bills […]
Continue ReadingBeginning in 1920 and ending Tuesday, the life of John Paul Stevens, late associate justice of the Supreme Court, spanned 99 of the most consequential years in the history of the country he loved. As a participant in the great events of that dramatic time – he was a World War II Navy intelligence officer, […]
Continue ReadingThis editorial was first published in The Washington Post. Guest editorials don’t necessarily reflect the Daily Messenger’s opinions. Beginning in 1920 and ending Tuesday, the life of John Paul Stevens, late associate justice of the Supreme Court, spanned 99 of the most consequential years in the history of the country he loved. As a participant […]
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