NRA ad campaign urges Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation

The ads say Kavanaugh was nominated to vote with conservative justices against liberal justices who "oppose your right to self-defense." NRA ad campaign urges Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation The ads say Kavanaugh was nominated to vote with conservative justices against liberal justices who "oppose your right to self-defense."

NRA Having Financial Trouble

The National Rifle Association has said it's suffering from substantial financial issues that could cause the organisation to "be unable to exist". In a recent court filing, the powerful organisation that lobbies on behalf of gun makers, owners and campaigns against almost all gun regulations, said it had lost its media insurance coverage due to an aggressive campaign brought on by New York's Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo.

Beyond the N.R.A.: Maria Butina’s Peculiar Bid for Russian Influence

Trump rips LeBron James' smarts hours before rally in Ohio - BRIDGEWATER, N.J. - Ahead of campaigning in Ohio on Saturday, President Donald Trump unleashed a withering attack on the state's favorite son, savaging LeBron James in a late-night tweet that derided the intelligence 'The most bizarre thing I've ever been a part of': Trump panel found no voter fraud, ex-member says - Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap, one of the 11 members of the commission formed by President Trump to investigate supposed voter fraud, issued a scathing rebuke of the disbanded panel on Friday A Member Of Trump's Voter Commission Just Said The White House's Voter Fraud Claims Were "False" - Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap, a Democrat who served on President Donald Trump's voter fraud commission, published a trove of documents Friday that he said show zero signs of mass voter fraud Trump associate ... (more)

Parkland Shooter Asked for Help, but Was Denied Before Shooting

Trump rips LeBron James' smarts hours before rally in Ohio - BRIDGEWATER, N.J. - Ahead of campaigning in Ohio on Saturday, President Donald Trump unleashed a withering attack on the state's favorite son, savaging LeBron James in a late-night tweet that derided the intelligence 'The most bizarre thing I've ever been a part of': Trump panel found no voter fraud, ex-member says - Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap, one of the 11 members of the commission formed by President Trump to investigate supposed voter fraud, issued a scathing rebuke of the disbanded panel on Friday A Member Of Trump's Voter Commission Just Said The White House's Voter Fraud Claims Were "False" - Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap, a Democrat who served on President Donald Trump's voter fraud commission, published a trove of documents Friday that he said show zero signs of mass voter fraud Beyond the ... (more)

Restoration project seeks to improve coastal wetlands

In an attempt to enhance some of Georgia's premier coastal wildlife management areas, the state Department of Natural Resources has partnered with Ducks Unlimited in a multimillion-dollar wetland restoration project to improve public recreation opportunities, water quality, coastal resilience and waterfowl habitat over the next five years. DU staff members and GDNR announced the recently signed agreement at the recent Georgia Ducks Unlimited state convention on Jekyll Island.

3D-printed guns: Why the issue isn’t over yet Source: Cox Media Group

A federal judge's temporary restraining order aims at blocking plans to upload blueprints necessary for a person to build a plastic weapon in their own home. Here's what we know as the legal battle comes to a head over whether 3D-printed plastic guns will become a reality soon in America: A federal court in Seattle on Tuesday issued a temporary restraining order blocking Cody Wilson and his Austin-based Defense Distribution from uploading plans to make 3D-printed firearms from handguns to AR-15 style rifles.

Judge blocks release of blueprints for 3D-printed guns

In this May 10, 2013, file photo, Cody Wilson holds what he calls a Liberator pistol that was completely made on a 3-D-printer at his home in Austin, Texas. Eight states filed suit Monday, July 30, 2018, against the Trump administration over its decision to allow a Texas company to publish downloadable blueprints for a 3D-printed gun, contending the hard-to-trace plastic weapons are a boon to terrorists and criminals and threaten public safety.

Trump tweets skepticism about 3D-printed guns. But his administration …

WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said Tuesday he's "looking into" easy access to blueprints for 3D-printable guns, saying in a tweet that "doesn't seem to make much sense." Trump's tweet comes less than 24 hours before that technology becomes widely available under a legal settlement his own administration reached earlier this year with Defense Distributed, a Texas-based nonprofit that will release blueprints for guns online starting Wednesday.

Interview with Adam Putnam: Making Florida a ‘Launch Pad for the American Dream’

Since February, Putnam, Republican candidate for governor has been slapped for supporting the Second Amendment and the National Rifle Association; watched as Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students boycotted Publix for its $670,000 donation to his campaign; and was forced to defend his actions after a staffer in his Division of Licensing issued 291 concealed weapons permits without reviewing the background checks. Never mind that Putnam called in the inspector general as soon as he became aware of what happened, or that the employee was fired and the permits revoked immediately.