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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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 […]
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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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Conor E. Ralph for The New York Times PHOENIX — Mark Kelly, a former astronaut turned Democratic Senate candidate, checked off the policy issues he expects to focus on as he campaigns to unseat the Republican Senator Martha McSally here: energy, health care, education and a strong national defense, in that order. Conspicuously missing from […]
Continue ReadingComments (0) The Center Square https://www.thecentersquare.com/ Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine may have trouble getting his gun control legislation passed through the Legislature despite both chambers being controlled by his party. After a mass shooter in Dayton killed 10 people, DeWine laid out a plan to curb gun violence, which includes background checks, changes to mental […]
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Ask a U.S. citizen what the Second Amendment stands for. Some respond this amendment protects an individual’s right to carry a gun. Like a shooter who misses the target, they are confused as to the amendment’s scope and intent. Historically, the Second Amendment safeguards the citizens’ right through the states’ efforts to recruit armed militias […]
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Dwayne Carpenter/Times-Dispatch On a June night in Virginia Beach, an emotionally worn crowd of mourners stood and joined hands in the Rock Church, where they had gathered for the city’s memorial to the 12 slain at the municipal center less than a week earlier. A calming ocean scene with the words “VB Remembers” was projected […]
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President Donald Trump speaks during a rally Oct. 11 in Lake Charles. Trump encouraged supporters to vote for Eddie Rispone or Ralph Abraham, the two Republicans opposing Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards in last Saturday’s election. Edwards will race Rispone in a Nov. 16 runoff election. [AP Photo/Gerald Herbert] Hide caption By James Gill / […]
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