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It may come as a surprise to many of his Democratic supporters, but Attorney General and gubernatorial hopeful Jerry Brown has gone to bat for the National Rifle Association. The NRA's cause: urging the U.S. Supreme Court to guarantee the ability of gun...
"As we get more information about right-to-carry, our point is made again and again ... People who get permits in states which have fair right-to-carry...
A new amendment would cut off $1.5 billion in subsidies to Amtrak unless it reverses its post-9/11 security policies and permits train passengers to travel with firearms as part of their checked luggage. Amtrak argues that it doesn't have the systems in place to adequately check and secure firearms in luggage.
When a runaway hot-air balloon reportedly carrying a six-year-old boy made headlines last month, many were surprised to find out it had all been a hoax. Admitted the six-year-old boy on live television, "We did this for a show." by Jack Hunter When a runaway hot-air balloon reportedly carrying a six-year-old boy made headlines last month, many were surprised to find out it had all been a hoax ...
COLLEGE STATION - H.T. (Tom) Davison of Bryan, one of the long-time leaders of Texas 4-H, has been inducted into the National 4-H Hall of Fame in recognition of his major contributions in serving the statewide youth development program. Davison was honored for his achievements over 23 years, both as state director for 4-H and as executive director of the Texas 4-H Foundation, the fund-raising ...
MORRIS COUNTY — Barack Obama campaigned on hope and change, but he also might have delivered on something else: the urge to buy handguns.
WENATCHEE — After 31 years in the trade, a father-and-son team of gun sellers are holstering their business ambitions and aiming to retire. Dick and Rocky Crocker, partners in Rocky’s House of Guns, have triggered hundreds of friendships from among their thousands of customers — hunters, hobbyists and collectors who’ve bought nearly 80,000 firearms and millions of rounds of ammo from the ...
Mona and Leo Boutin used to raise beef cattle on their picturesque Williston farm. The cows would graze in the grassy field that sweeps up to the forest line, and drink from the babbling brook that cuts through the couple’s land. That was before the Boutins worried about lead contaminating their groundwater. Water experts have since collected samples from the creek, and the couple has stopped ...
BELLEVUE, Wash.----The Second Amendment Foundation today filed its much-anticipated brief to the United States Supreme Court in the case of McDonald v. Chicago, which challenges the constitutionality of that city’s ban on handguns.
Three Republicans who want to challenge Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin in next year's election played up their conservative credentials Tuesday in front of a friendly crowd. It was the first time that Secretary of State Chris Nelson, state Rep. Blake Curd and Piedmont Republican Thad Wasson had all met. More than 100 people attended, including the state GOP's chairman and the executive director ...
Boom, boom, boom, boom, gonna shoot you right down. —John Lee Hooker I was taking a brisk health walk on Belle Isle, avoiding the goose dung that seems to be everywhere, when a van with tinted windows pulled up next to me.
I’m going to take a controversial stance and assert that marijuana shouldn’t be legalized. As a college student, that puts me in a very detested minority and sets me up for perhaps four years of campus castigation. Sure, I may have ruffled a few feathers with my articles on abortion and gun control, but decrying [...]
I do not know how many of you folks have seen the five-minute video put out recently by the National Shooting Sports Foundation but it is really great. It addresses the fact that many excellent sporting rifles were developed from military rifles of their time and the difference between a modern assault rifle and a modern, semi-automatic sporting rifle.
The 2008 presidential candidate discusses what it will take for Republicans to succeed in the mid-term elections. • Video and photos: Q&A with Huckabee• Sarah Palin's book-signing Wednesday
March leaders say they hope Harrisburg got the message. HARRISBURG - Leaders of a protest that brought hundreds of people to Harrisburg over the weekend say they hope to send a message to state lawmakers about fiscal responsibility and taxes.
Editor’s Note: Among the untouchable political topics in today's America is the notion that the sale of guns should be restricted, despite a level of carnage on U.S. streets and in American homes that would put any civilized society to shame.
AlterNet - By Digby - Oct. 08 (News Report) - it's still necessary ...
Associated Press - Sep. 23 (News Report) - Shooting ranges, gun ...
TruthDig - By E.J. Dionne - Aug. 20 (Opinion) - Try a thought experiment: ...
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