Month: April 2024

On Thursday, May 2nd, the New Hampshire Senate will be voting on House Bill 1186, an act relating to the use of firearm-specific merchant category codes. House Bill 1186 prohibits the assigning of a specific merchant category code to the sale of firearms, ammunition, or firearm accessories, and provides a civil penalty for violations of this

By Mike Barrett, Ashburn, Va. Tuesday, April 30, 2024 | 2 a.m. View more of the Sun’s opinion section I like to shoot handguns. I’m a National Rifle Association-certified pistol safety instructor and I have a concealed carry permit. But I’m very concerned about ghost guns — homemade, special-order guns made without serial numbers or

Joe Biden and Donald Trump have a prime political opportunity to pounce on marijuana legalization, especially in four key swing states. Show Caption Hide Caption Election 2024 gets more interesting with marijuana, abortion on ballot The Florida Supreme Court clears way for abortion rights and recreational marijuana constitutional amendments to be on the Florida ballot

Americans own guns. They’ve always owned guns, even before they were officially Americans. The British subjects who lived on this continent back in the 18th Century eventually used their guns to help expel British soldiers and establish what would become the greatest nation the world has ever known. And what makes America great is that

Because gun control has little or nothing to do with solving problems (other than the “problem” of Americans owning guns), marketing is crucial to its success. And crucial to the success of marketing is devising compelling catch-phrases for products being foisted upon the public. Firearm prohibitionists have succeeded so well at this that their nomenclature

The Washington Post published a new story Monday revealing that Donald Trump has all but ruled out choosing Arizona Senate candidate and election denier Kari Lake as his running mate, despite months of speculation that she may be one of his top choices for VP. And his reason for souring on the loyal MAGA extremist

Despite a massive public outcry against 72-hour waiting periods, Governor Mills has allowed LD 2238, An Act to Address Gun Violence in Maine by Requiring a Waiting Period for Certain Firearm Purchases, to go into law without her signature. This lack of leadership from Governor Mills allows this extreme gun control law to go into

Here are five Republican Senate primaries that could help define the upper chamber in the 2025 session and beyond. The primaries will take place June 4, 2024. District 3 (Brown County) There’s a generational battle brewing in Aberdeen, where 70-year-old retired businessman Carl Perry is looking to shift from the House to Senate. Perry served

Glenwood Springs City Council recently voted for a 40-year lease with a small group of Glenwood Springs airport users to manage 63 acres of public land. At last count 12 Glenwood residents housed a plane at the airport, while the rest are users from Pitkin, Eagle and Garfield counties. This will allow the property to

On Monday, April 29th, Senate Bill 24-131 was passed by the House and has been sent to the Governor’s desk. Please contact Governor Polis by using the Take Action button below and ask him to VETO SB24-131! Take Action: Contact Governor Polis to VETO SB 24-131 SB24-131 expands Colorado’s “sensitive places,” also knows as gun-free zones. Although

In Tex Avery cartoon, dog shoot you. Canine murderess Kristi Noem, the Republican governor of South Dakota whose tale of shooting her puppy should have earned her a muffin basket and a hearty “thank you” from now-second-worst punchline of a dog owner in politics Mitt Romney, put out a lengthy statement on Sunday defending her

U.S. District Judge Diane Humetewa acquitted three former Backpage executives of myriad counts against them last week—more evidence of how empty so much of the federal case against them is. Humetewa ruled that there was insufficient evidence to uphold 50 of the counts* against journalist and Backpage co-founder Michael Lacey, 10 of the counts against

In Wyoming, someone can be deemed a danger to themselves or others, be committed to the state hospital for severe mental illness, be released, go directly to a store and buy a firearm. Such gun purchases violate federal law, and potentially state law. But because Wyoming is one of only three states that don’t regularly

Mohonk Tulip Festival April 30-May 10 Spring has officially sprung! What better way to celebrate the start of the season than by going to view an explosion of spring color at Mohonk Mountain House’s annual Tulip Festival from April 30 to May 10. While taking in the splendor of 20,000 tulips in bloom, indulge in

Last week, Dan Poulter, a Conservative Party member of Great Britain’s Parliament, abandoned the Tories to become a member of the Labour Party. In 2022, Christian Wakeford similarly left the Tories to join Labour, the equivalent of an American Republican member of Congress being welcomed into the Democratic Party. The last Republican member of Congress who became a Democrat