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Apr 18 2024
News
‘Lock up your gun’: Savannah mayor champions new firearms storage law
Today, Johnson is Savannah’s mayor, and he wants his constituents to follow his dad’s example and lock up their firearms. Last week, Johnson and the City Council made Savannah the first city in the state to outlaw the leaving of guns in unlocked cars. The revisions to the local gun laws also require residents to report the theft of firearms from vehicles to the Savannah Police Department. The
Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionFeb 21 2023
News
Letters: Gun control
Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor. Sally Lieber’s oped of Jan. 25 should cut deep at those elected leaders who failed repeatedly to pass sensible gun sanity legislation. Their failure of will mirrors the failure of most of their constituents to demand better. The mass shootings remain a mere symptom of the toxic expectations each of our cultures
San Jose Mercury NewsFeb 01 2024
News
Viral video captures Indiana lawmaker flashing holstered gun at student gun control advocates
A video taken by a high school student shows an Indiana lawmaker flashing a gun to students who were visiting the statehouse to talk to legislators about gun control. A student from Burris Laboratory School in Muncie told The Associated Press she and four other students were at the state Capitol on Tuesday to participate in a day of advocacy with Students Demand Action, an arm of Everytown for
CBS News (Online)Mar 26 2024
News
Virginia’s Glenn Youngkin Vetoes Dozens Of Gun Control Bills, Emerges As ‘Brick Wall’ Against Democrats
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin vetoed 30 gun control bills on Tuesday afternoon, using his perch as a Republican governor to restrain Democrats from taking the state in a leftward direction despite the party having taken full control of the legislature in November.
“I swore an oath to defend the Constitution of the United States of America and the Constitution of Virginia, and that
The Daily WireMay 22 2024
News
Hartford Supermarket Fined For Liquor Control Violations
HARTFORD, CT — A local supermarket was recently fined and it will have its liquor permit suspended for a day next month after being cited for multiple liquor control violations.
According to the state Department of Consumer Protection's Liquor Control Commission, J.R. Supermarket, 224 Capen St., Harford has been fined $750.
It will also be unable to sell liquor at its store on
Patch.comMay 26 2022
Opinion
In Response to the Uvalde Massacre, Politicians Reiterate Their Demands for Irrelevant Gun Control Laws
Hours after Tuesday's horrifying massacre at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D–N.Y.) indicated that he favored an immediate vote on legislation that would expand the background-check requirement for gun buyers to cover private transactions as well as sales by federally licensed dealers. Today he seemed to have second thoughts about that plan, which
ReasonApr 16 2024
News
Man killed in Minnetonka by law enforcement started gun battle with deputies, BCA says
The man killed in a shooting last week with law enforcement at a Minnetonka home fired on the Hennepin County deputies with a high-powered rifle after they knocked on the door and identified themselves, state investigators said Tuesday. Four deputies returned fire late in the morning of April 10 and killed 28-year-old Clint Hoyhtya, who was wearing a protective armor vest, read a synopsis
Star TribuneJan 24 2023
Analysis
Why California’s strict gun control laws didn’t stop the Monterey Park shooter
The shooting in Monterey Park, California has led to new calls to tighten Califonia’s gun laws. The gun used in the Saturday attack was likely illegal to possess in California, however, and it’s not clear whether the gunman obtained it by legal means.
Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said in a press conference on Sunday that the shooter opened fire at a dance studio, leaving 11
VoxMay 21 2024
News
Mehlville Fire teaches educators bleed control
The Mehlville Fire Protection District’s Mobile Integrated Health (MIH) Department taught Lindbergh School District educators bleeding control techniques – such as how to pack a wound, how to apply a tourniquet and how to best apply first aid during emergencies in a school environment – through an interactive course April 26. The course was taught by MIH Director Jenny Rieker who was assisted
St. Louis Call NewspapersJan 26 2023
Opinion
Biden’s Gun-Control Misdirection
In response to the news that there had been two mass shootings in the state of California in the space of only 48 hours, President Joe Biden did Tuesday morning what he often does when faced with a complex societal problem: He talked confidently about something else. In a hastily released statement on the topic, Biden urged “both chambers of Congress to act quickly” and send an “Assault
National Review (News)