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U.S. Rep. Ralph Norman will not face charges for pulling out his loaded handgun while meeting with constituents last week in a Rock Hill restaurant, S.C. Attorney General Alan Wilson said Tuesday. The decision came after Wilson's office spoke with the State Law Enforcement Division and 16th Circuit Solicitor Kevin Brackett.
Ariz. GOP lawmakers skip student-led March for Our Lives town halls The gun-control movement continued nationwide and with two town hall events in Phoenix on Sunday. Check out this story on azcentral.com: https://azc.cc/2GJ88TK Protesters and marchers faced off and debated gun control at the March For Our Lives at the Arizona State Capitol on March 24, 2018.
My first instinct was to warn Rep. Ralph Norman that he was going to shoot his -- or someone else's -- eye out, a la A Christmas Story , but it isn't funny. It's sick.
A trio of South Carolina Republicans have introduced a measure that would allow the state to secede from the U.S. if the federal government attempts to confiscate firearms. South Carolina lawmakers have introduced a bill that would allow them to secede from the U.S. if the federal government attempts to confiscate legally purchased firearms.
A crowd in Janesville, Wis., hometown of House Speaker Paul Ryan, shows support for students calling attention to gun violence on March 28. There are reasonable gun control measures that are constitutional. A crowd in Janesville, Wis., hometown of House Speaker Paul Ryan, shows support for students calling attention to gun violence on March 28. There are reasonable gun control measures that are constitutional.
David Hogg may have been a student at the high school in Parkland, Florida shot up by a killer whom the Broward County Sheriff's Department and the FBI knew about and failed to stop, but he has hardly behaved as an innocent victim since then. He is a professional liberal activist with a far-left agenda that includes repealing the Second Amendment, neutering the First Amendment, and creating an environment making Patkland shootings more likely, not less.
A newly elected Democratic senator in Republican-dominated Alabama said his party needs to counter a perception around the country that Democrats "don't listen" to voters. Democratic Sen. Doug Jones, who won an upset victory against Republican Roy Moore in a Senate special election in December, was asked by ABC News Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos on This Week Sunday what message he has for his party in this year's midterm elections.
A closer look at push for stronger New Jersey gun laws raises questions of effectiveness New Jersey Democrats are moving quickly to advance six bills to strengthen New Jersey's already strict gun laws. Check out this story on northjersey.com: https://njersy.co/2pWzYkf After eight years of opposition from Republican Gov. Chris Christie, New Jersey Democrats are moving quickly to advance six bills to strengthen New Jersey's already strict gun laws.
We have had family in town this past week. Yesterday I gave one of the crew my tour of the Twin Cities, more or less as sketched out in "Welcome to the Twin Cities!" My current version of the tour begins at the recently restored state capitol building in St. Paul and ends in Little Mogadishu on the other side of the river in Minneapolis.
Let me say it up front: I don't think we should repeal the Second Amendment. But I applaud retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens for arguing that we should.
All three Democrats running for New Mexico governor say they support a statewide ban on the sale of AR-15s, while the lone GOP candidate disagrees. Democratic candidates for New Mexico governor back AR-15 ban All three Democrats running for New Mexico governor say they support a statewide ban on the sale of AR-15s, while the lone GOP candidate disagrees.
Only minutes after taking to Twitter early Wednesday morning to falsely claim that "no one" was talking about repealing the Second Amendment, CNN New Day co-host Chris Cuomo doubled-down on that assertion during an interview with former Senator Rick Santorum. When the Republican pointed to a Tuesday New York Times op/ed in which former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens demanded that the right to bear arms be revoked, Cuomo simply pretended it didn't happen.
President Donald Trump tweeted Wednesday that the Second Amendment "WILL NEVER BE REPEALED" and called on voters to elect more Republicans in this fall's congressional elections because the GOP "must ALWAYS hold the Supreme Court." Trump's statements came a day after retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens wrote in an essay in The New York Times that repealing the amendment would make it easier for Congress to enact gun control legislation.
A CNN student panel quickly devolved into cries of racism on Wednesday morning as the students discussed the implications of gun control. Anchor Alisyn Camerota moderated the panel of six high school students, but she quickly lost control as the children accused each other of racism and argued that the Second Amendment doesn't apply to people of color.
The president is making that pledge a day after retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens expressed a different view. Stevens wrote in The New York Times that repealing the Second Amendment would help Congress enact gun control measures.
On Tuesday, former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens published an op-ed in The New York Times calling for repealing the Second Amendment, banning civilian ownership of semi-automatic weapons, and raising the minimum age to buy a gun from 18 to 21 years old. Stevens was inspired to write his piece by the "March for Our Lives," which he praised as a uniquely impressive example of "civic engagement" that "demand[s] our respect."
Michael Ian Black delivered a bizarre Twitter rant to wrap up the weekend, comparing Americans who own firearms to slave owners. The actor, comedian, and author, also claimed that private gun ownership amounted to terrorism.
Apple plans to hold at an educatio... . FILE- In this Nov. 28, 2016, file photo, a screen displays a patient's vital signs during open heart surgery at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore.
In this March 24, 2018, photo, U.S. Rep. Val Demings, from Florida's 10th congressional district, responds to demonstrators during a rally in downtown Orlando, Fla., as a part of the nationwide protest against gun violence across the U.S. They have walked out, marched and demanded action across America to stop gun violence. But it's far from certain that the young people behind the "March for Our Lives" movement will be a political force at the ballot box this fall.