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In a park amid Manhattan skyscrapers, a gem has emerged: a posh public bathroom complete with fresh flowers, imported tiles, classical music and artwork. In a park amid Manhattan skyscrapers, a gem has emerged: a posh public bathroom complete with fresh flowers, imported tiles, classical music and artwork.
Mike O'Donnell, of Wellington, Co., with Burris Optics, polishes a scope ahead of the NRA convention, Thursday, April 27, 2017, in Atlanta. The NRA is holding its 146th annual meetings and exhibits forum at the Georgia World Congress Center with President Donald Trump slated to speak Friday.
A voter initiative in New Mexico's capital city is being pitched as an educational lifeline for impoverished preschool-aged children and chided as the latest example of local government overreach sweeping... A voter initiative in New Mexico's capital city is being pitched as an educational lifeline for impoverished preschool-aged children and chided as the latest example of local government overreach sweeping progressive US cities. A Kentucky doctor who was dragged off a United flight after he refused to give up his seat to crew members has reached a settlement with the airline for an undisclosed amount.
Delaware State Police say a trooper has been taken to a hospital after being shot at the convenience store. The trooper,... A Kentucky doctor who was dragged off a United flight after he refused to give up his seat to crew members has reached a settlement with the airline for an undisclosed amount.
The Kansas Board of Regents fought a legislative proposal on Thursday that would strip away the power of public universities to set any rules about concealed weapons on campus. In the House Federal and State Affairs Committee, opponents of the measure tangled with the National Rifle Association and the Kansas State Rifle Association, which are seeking the change.
To continue reading up to 10 premium articles, you must register , or sign up and take advantage of this exclusive offer: BOSSIER CITY, La. - Sales of guns and ammunition in the United States have dropped precipitously since Election Day, according to FBI statistics, trade groups, gun shop owners and corporate reports, what many say is the result of electing a president who has vowed to protect gun rights.   But that overall decline has been accompanied by some unusual growth: Gun clubs and shops that cater to black and LGBT clients say there has been an uptick in interest in firearms since November among those who fear that racial and gender-based violence could increase during Donald Trump's presidency.
For a brief moment after the Las Vegas massacre last fall, Republicans and Democrats in Congress talked about taking a rare step to tighten the nation's gun laws. Four months later, the only gun legislation that has moved in the House or Senate instead eases restrictions for gun owners.
House Republicans voted Thursday to gut an Obama administration gun-control regulation that would have helped prevent some mentally ill people from purchasing firearms. The rule, which the NRA opposed and the House struck down 235-180 , would have applied to people who receive Social Security disability or supplemental insurance benefits and are unable to manage their own finances because of a documented mental illness, including schizophrenia or bipolar disorder.
The man who told police he shot someone outside a Milo Yiannopoulos event at the University of Washington on Friday is a supporter of President Donald Trump and the National Rifle Association, according to The Seattle Times . The victim of the shooting, who suffered life-threatening injuries after being shot in the abdomen, is a member of a radical labor union who showed up at the event to protest against Yiannopoulos.
While Al Sharpton is planning to have an anti-Trump inaugural march on Washington, the real civil rights leader, my good friend Roy Innis, who passed away on Jan. 8th, will be remembered as the man who knocked Sharpton on his butt on the Morton Downey TV show. He will also be remembered for choking a white supremacist for calling him an Uncle Tom.
The NRA still claims that there is a right under the Second Amendment to carry weapons concealed in public and the NRA still claims that states can ban Open Carry in favor of concealed carry. You will never read about this in the mainstream press but, in a couple of weeks, you will be able to read the NRA's cert petitions to the United States Supreme Court in a couple of concealed carry cases the NRA lost in the 9th circuit.
One hundred and three individuals killed or injured in the U.S.'s deadliest mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando, FL this past June. Twenty first graders shot to death in the Sandy Hook shooting in Newton, CT December of 2012.
The new film Miss Sloane is just the first of several gun control narratives that are weaving their way into pop culture ahead of Donald Trump's first term. A few years ago, the British-born Jonathan Perera was teaching elementary school in South Korea when, on a lark, he started writing the screenplay that would become this month's political thriller Miss Sloane , starring two-time Oscar nominee Jessica Chastain.
Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension Committee, joins Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., right, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 4, 2013, following a Republican strategy session. North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr, a Republican, apologized Monday night after an audio recording from this weekend revealed he had privately joked about a gun magazine not having a "bullseye" over a picture of Hillary Clinton's face.
Trump, the GOP presidential nominee, is a lifelong member of the National Rifle Association who believes the Second Amendment provides an absolute right to buy and own firearms. Democrat Clinton has advocated limiting the sales and possession of guns.
In this July 20, 2012, file photo, a row of different AR-15 style rifles are displayed for sale at the Firing-Line indoor range and gun shop in Aurora, Colo. The right to bear arms is fundamental to the U.S., carved into the Constitution and seemingly embedded in the national DNA.
Following the heinous murder of 20 children and six educators at Connecticut's Sandy Hook Elementary School , I wrote Gov. Sam Brownback, Sens. Pat Roberts and Jerry Moran, and Rep. Tim Huelskamp asking them to work with others to help reduce gun violence in America. Given the horror of this particular crime and the fact that countless thousands of deaths by gunfire had occurred previously, I thought common sense would prevail and they would act in a positive manner.
Secretly recorded audio of a recent Clinton fundraiser candidate has Democrat, Hillary Clinton, vowing to take down the NRA and the 5 million members that make up Americas largest civil rights organization. She claims that by writing your representatives in Washington or in your state, that NRA members are bullying or her words " intimidating " politicians by asking them to do your business.
NRA members listen to speakers during the NRA Annual Meeting of Members at the National Rifle Association's 142 Annual Meetings and Exhibits in the George R. Brown Convention Center Saturday, May 4, 2013, in Houston. The 2013 NRA Annual Meetings and Exhibits runs through Sunday, May 5. More than 70,000 are expected to attend the event with more than 500 exhibitors represented.
Kansas City's mayor accused Missouri legislators Tuesday of trying to "double down on stupid" in their push to override Gov. Jay Nixon's veto of a measure that would broadly expand the rights of gun owners. Sly James made the comments during a phone call with reporters as the Republican-led Legislature prepared to convene a short session today to consider overriding numerous vetoes by the Democratic governor.