As a fall rematch between President Biden and former president Donald Trump becomes increasingly likely, the Democratic governor of Pennsylvania is announcing an Election Threats Task Force, a federal-state partnership, in the critical battleground state. The task force, announced Thursday morning by Governor Josh Shapiro, will seek to thwart attempts to disrupt elections as well
Month: March 2024
House Bill 4127 and House Bill 4128, legislation that would restrict law-abiding gun owners in and around polling places, which includes ballot drop boxes, passed out of the Senate will be sent back to the House with amendments. Please contact your representative and urge them to OPPOSE HB 4127 and HB 4128 by using the Take Action button
Yesterday, February 28th, House File 2464 passed out of subcommittee, and is scheduled to be heard in the Senate Commerce Committee next week. The bill is a successor to HSB 671 and prohibits the use of merchant category codes to identify firearms, firearm accessories, and ammunition purchases. Please contact members of the committee and ask them to SUPPORT HF 2464
In the Warsaw Ghetto in October 1941 Mary Berg, then a teenager, wrote in her diary about the improbable persistence of laughter in that hellish place: Every day at the Art Café on Leszno Street one can hear songs and satires on the police, the ambulance service, the rickshaws, and even the Gestapo, in a
Speaking at the White House on Wednesday on his “actions to fight crime and make our communities safer,” President Joe Biden boasted, “we beat the NRA,” adding, “We’re going to finish the job.” Biden bragged that his administration “made historic investments in proven strategies to interrupt and prevent crime and violence in the first place. These
Letters submitted by BDN readers are verified by BDN Opinion Page staff. Send your letters to letters@bangordailynews.com The Feb. 28 Bangor Daily News article by Billy Kobin on the governor’s and Maine Legislature’s newly proposed gun safety bills includes a link to an National Rifle Association article about the bills. In the linked article, the NRA accuses the
We’ve created the Ken Paxton Watch to help readers track how the attorney general is using his office, his bully pulpit, and whatever the elements of his next scandal may be. Texas has had six attorneys general since 1979. For many of them, the role has been a springboard to bigger things. Greg Abbott served in the
Vikramaditya Singh, the Congress MLA from Himachal Pradesh, resigned from his minister’s post moments before the state assembly was to sit for a budget session on February 28, triggering a potential political crisis in the ruling Congress-led government. The 34-year-old MLA is no ordinary politician as he is the son of the late six-time chief
(Bloomberg) — President Joe Biden faces a number of obstacles on the road to reelection. Money won’t likely be one of them. Groups allied with Biden have already committed to spending more than $700 million to help him beat Donald Trump in the 2024 election, according to a political strategist familiar with national fundraising. That’s
OWB holsters, like this Galco Avenger, are comfortable for carry and fast to draw from. But they’re also harder to conceal. When balancing concealability, accessibility and comfort, how do you find the best concealed carry holster for your needs? When outfitting for carry concealed, your handgun, cartridge and ammunition are three very important considerations. But
SAN FRANCISCO (February 29, 2024) – Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) and FPC Action Foundation (FPCAF) announced that the District Court for the Northern District of California has ruled against the state’s laws and policies that prevent peaceable people from exercising their Second Amendment protected rights that were fully restored after their non-violent felony convictions