(Harrisburg) — When Pennsylvania lawmakers were rushing to wrap up the session’s business in June, aides to state Attorney General Josh Shapiro came to them with a request: expand the office’s authority to pursue gun-trafficking crimes across the state. The idea was to insert the measure into a fast-tracked bill dealing with drug crimes. But […]
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A woman protests the flow of illegal guns in New York City, Aug. 12, 2019. (Credit: CNS photo/Eduardo Munoz, Reuters.) WASHINGTON, D.C. – After the mass shooting that killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, Feb. 14, 2018 – this century’s Valentine’s Day Massacre – students who survived the attack […]
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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – When Pennsylvania lawmakers were rushing to wrap up the session’s business in June, aides to state Attorney General Josh Shapiro came to them with a request: expand the office’s authority to pursue gun-trafficking crimes across the state. The idea was to insert the measure into a fast-tracked bill dealing with drug […]
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) listens to a question from the media after attending the Republican weekly policy luncheon on Capitol Hill July 23, 2019 in Washington, DC. McConnell has come under fire in recent months for the Senate’s inaction on proposed gun control policies. The United States Senate’s 53 Republicans sent a letter […]
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People participate in a demonstration and news conference against illegal guns in front of the Jacob Javits Federal Building on August 12, 2019 in New York City. Support for stricter gun laws has ticked up since two mass shootings in early August rattled the country, contributing to a political environment where gun violence prevention groups […]
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( Photo by Zaccaria Boschetti ) HARRISBURG, Pa. – When Pennsylvania lawmakers were rushing to wrap up the session’s business in June, aides to state Attorney General Josh Shapiro came to them with a request: expand the office’s authority to pursue gun-trafficking crimes across the state. The idea was to insert the measure into a […]
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After the recent shootings in Dayton, OH and El Paso, TX, President Trump’s political instincts were to lead legislation to pass universal background checks. He told reporters, “I think we can get something good done,” and announced that Sen. Mitch McConnell was “totally on board.” Let’s hope for the sake of the Republican Party and […]
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Washington State University students are feeling the hurt from gun control Initiative 1639 as WSU police will no longer provide secure storage for their hunting rifles and shotguns, under a program that had been in effect for decades. (Dave Workman) U.S.A. – -(Ammoland.com)- Something unusual, perhaps even remarkable, is happening in Washington State as fall […]
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Attendees hold handguns in the Sig Sauer booth during the 2013 NRA Annual Meeting and Exhibits at the George R. Brown Convention Center on May 4, 2013 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) SAN ANTONIO – The Texas Legislature passed a slew of laws this year that will ease restrictions on guns, including […]
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Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse bases his brief on an argument that the Supreme Court must change because the public will not like the court’s decisions. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse has written and filed an unusual brief with the U.S. Supreme Court. Typically, when legislators file “friend of the court” briefs, they are about what a ruling […]
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