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The passage of several gun control bills this session and in recent years could have enormous implications for certain firearm programs, such as shooting sports for both youth and adults, which may migrate toward friendlier states. HB 1240 bans various semi-automatic rifles, pistols, and shotguns, including youth target rifles shorter than 30 inches, labeling them “assault weapons.” SB 5078 prohibits the marketing of any firearms or accessories to minors, including gun holsters. Both bills have cleared the Legislature and have been sent to Gov. Jay Inslee for signing. Last year, the Legislature banned the sale or purchase of gun magazines...

A U.S. District Judge in Washington, D.C. has declined to grant an injunction against the city’s ban on “large capacity” magazines, ruling that while magazines in general are “arms” protected by the Second Amendment, LCMs fall outside of the scope of the amendment because they’re a “poor fit” for self-defense purposes. The challenge to the District’s magazine ban, known as Hanson v. D.C., involves four legal gun owners from D.C. who all say that they would possess and carry “large capacity” magazines in their firearms if they weren’t banned by law. The District’s prohibition comes complete with a potential three-year...

Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (MI) signed two gun control bills into law this week in the aftermath of a shooting at Michigan State University. According to The Detroit News, the bills are the “most significant firearm restrictions Michigan has enacted in almost 30 years.” The laws will expand background checks and impose storage standards for guns and ammunition that are kept in homes with children. Whitmer signed the bills into law at Michigan State University, where three students were killed after a gunman opened fire on the campus in February. The suspect, Anthony McRae, 43, was found by police dead...

Vice President Mike Pence took the stage to raucous booing at the National Rifle Association's (NRA) annual leadership summit in his home state. 'I love you too,' Pence said sarcastically at the Indianapolis event, speaking about an hour before former President Trump. Pence called for mass shooters to be executed as soon as possible and blamed trans people and mental illness for the nation's chronic gun violence. 'I'm tired of the senseless violence and loss of life that could be prevented if our leaders would support law enforcement, protect our schools, institutionalize the obviously mentally ill, and enact legislation that...

A California man has been sentenced to a year in prison for threats made against the dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster. He made what is described as violent anti-LGBTQ-related threats against the publisher over its updated gender definitions. He threatened to shoot and bomb Merriam-Webster’s HQ. Jeremy Hanson, 35, was sentenced in federal court in Massachusetts Thursday. Last year, he pleaded guilty to the interstate transmission of threatening communications in connection with threats made to Merriam-Webster and the University of North Texas president. In addition to a year in prison, he was sentenced to 30 days of home confinement, three years of...

Demonstrably anti-woke 2024 Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy was back in the news on Friday, and unlike some other presidential candidates, when the 37-year-old multibillionaire entrepreneur makes news, it’s good news — for the Republican Party, that is, assuming the GOP pays attention.As I suggested in a Wednesday article titled This Beat-Down’s for You, Bud: Vivek Ramaswamy Blasts Dylan Mulvaney Madness and ‘Gender Insanity Cult’, Ramaswamy is already turning heads.Obviously brilliant, Ramaswamy’s crisp articulation of the issues and ability to incisively communicate his positions has gained national attention for one simple reason: He means what he says, he’s not afraid...

I feel I just watched the most in depth struggle we are facing as A Nation in this speech by President Trump to this date! Trump is a Warrior that is unstoppable for our Country! God Gave US This Man and it's Up to US to Fight With Him to Save Our Country! God Bless US and All For Supporting President Trump!

President Donald J. Trump is expected to speak at the NRA Convention at 4:00 PM ET.

Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) told CBS News in an interview on Tuesday that she believed Republican lawmakers were continuing to put the well-being of the National Rifle Association (NRA) over Americans and their families. Duckworth said, “We can right now today pass universal background checks. We could pass a ban on assault weapon ban. We could pass a ban on high-capacity magazines. Those last two things are the common denominators involved in mass shootings in this country.”

General Mark Milley, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who once wanted to understand the imaginary “white rage,” will be stepping down this fall. It’s just in time for him as the Biden administration looks to go to war with China, Russia, and their allies with no money, open borders, a mentally challenged president, and a history of failures. Our military is the best, but the leadership is lacking. Appointed chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff by President Donald Trump, Milley will be retiring at the age of 65 as the nation’s highest-ranking member of the U.S....

Security staff member Zach Cotter, 28, was caught on camera hitting Karen Ivery, 37, at Target in Blue Ash, Hamilton County, Ohio, in October last year after she grew 'aggressive' with a manager. CCTV footage from the store shows Mr Cotter intervening after an altercation broke out with a manager when Ms Ivery claimed she wanted the store to pay for her purchases in 'reparations'. Startling CCTV video footage shows Mr Cotter punching Ms Ivery in the face, causing her to fall to the floor According to the manager's statement after the incident, a cashier called her over when Ms...

The rise of trans influencer Dylan Mulvaney is a woke fairy tale that has quickly morphed into a very real horror story for women. As an attention seeking gay musical lover, the fame hungry singer gained only moderate success, appearing on stage in The Book of Mormon ensemble and briefly going viral for a bizarre dance routine as a contestant on the game show The Price Is Right. Then began the 'transition into girlhood', all faithfully documented in a host of TikTok videos designed to go viral by appealing to the woke gender extremists and disturbing those standing up for...

The music industry has lost a beloved member. Lasse Wellander, the longtime guitarist for the band ABBA, died on April 7 after a brief battle with cancer, a message on his personal Facebook page confirmed. He was 70

Connor Sturgeon, the 23-year-old suspect who fatally shot four individuals on Monday, livestreamed the shooting at the Old National Bank in Louisville, Kentucky. During a press conference on Monday, Louisville Metro Police Department Interim Chief Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel was asked about reports that the shooting was livestreamed on social media. "I will say this that the suspect was live streaming and unfortunately that's tragic to know that that incident was out there and captured," she said. "We're hopeful that we can have that incident removed."

OAKLAND, Calif. - Barbara Nguyen can barely stand to drive anymore on Bay Area freeways. If a driver pulls up too close to her car, she slows down or speeds up to get away from them. "I'm literally driving to work and I'm scared for my life," she said in a recent interview. Her 28-year-old brother, Alameda County Sheriff's recruit David Nguyen, was shot and killed Jan. 4, 2022, near the Bay Bridge toll plaza – the first of 154 shootings across Bay Area freeways that year. That's nearly double the number of freeway shootings in Los Angeles, which saw...

Greta Thunberg, when she isn't cussing up a storm and faking getting arrested, likes to make bold predictions about the sky falling. One prediction she made in 2018 is getting a second look. Greta thought she could be all slick and delete her tweet, but the internet much like the ozone layer and Wu-Tang Clan is forever. Because it's five years after she tweeted the world was going to end in five years. Look out your window. https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1634644472553168896According to an expert in The Science in 2018 -- remember, we must trust both the experts AND The Science -- schlimate change...