Tag: Gun Control

NRA Celebrates After Florida State Wins Lawsuit on Gun Control

The National Rifle Association (NRA) on Friday celebrated a Florida appeals court ruling on the same day that upheld a state law from 2011 over gun control. “MAJOR NRA COURT WIN: Florida appellate court upholds preemption statute and says that public officials can be fined for overriding state law and implementing local gun control,” the gun…


Abbott Urges Legislation to Make Texas a Second Amendment Sanctuary State

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on April 9 publicly denounced the Biden administration’s planned actions on gun control and called for legislation to make Texas a Second Amendment sanctuary state. “Biden is threatening our 2nd Amendment rights,” Abbott said on Twitter. “He just announced a new liberal power grab to take away our guns.” The Republican…


West Virginia Attorney General Threatens Lawsuit Against Biden Administration Over Gun Orders

West Virginia’s attorney general on Thursday threatened to sue the Biden administration over its gun control orders. “Defending the second amendment remains one of the most important priorities for the West Virginia Attorney General’s Office,” Attorney General Patrick Morrisey said in a statement. “I will not allow the far left to run roughshod over our…


Joe Biden: America’s Biggest Gun Salesmen

Commentary With his new—most likely unconstitutional— executive orders regarding weapons, Joe Biden is cementing his place as America’s leading gun salesman. Gun sales have been wildly up all year. He just pushed them to a new level. It’s almost as if he were marketing director for Smith & Wesson. (As America’s president he might have…


Military Base Shooting Suspect ID’d as Fantahun Girma Woldesenbet

The suspect in a shooting that left two U.S. Navy sailors injured was identified by officials as Navy medic Fantahun Girma Woldesenbet, officials said. The shooting led to an active shooter emergency at a business park near Fort Detrick in Frederick, Maryland, authorities said. Woldesenbet, 38, shot the two sailors at “a military institution” at the Riverside Tech…


Rep. Perry: New Gun Laws Will Not Stop Violence

Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) on March 30 said that more gun laws will restrict law-abiding citizens from protecting themselves while doing little to stop violence, coming after the House passed two gun control bills last month. Most Americans consider using a gun to defend themselves as their last line of defense, Perry told The Epoch Times. “But…


NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (April 2)

Two people are now dead on Capitol Hill after a car rammed into a barrier, a Texan policy analyst suggests an idea that may still get the border wall completed, and the state of Arkansas is pushing back against federal gun control laws.


Romney Will Not Vote for New Gun Control Legislation but May Make One Exception

Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) has said that when he campaigned, he promised to not vote in favor of any federal gun control legislation because he believes it is the role of state legislatures, which are closer to the people. “I said, I was not going to vote for new federal gun legislation, that states are…


Biden Confident Gun Control Bill Will Pass Congress: ‘It’s Going to Happen Again’

President Joe Biden said Sunday that he is confident that a gun control bill can pass through the Senate, coming after two mass shootings in March. “I’m the only one who has ever got them passed, man,” Biden told reporters on Sunday, referring to the 1994 “assault weapons” ban that he helped get passed in…


Biden Confident That Senate Will Approve Gun Control Legislation

President Joe Biden says that he’s confident the Senate can approve gun control legislation, in the wake of two mass shootings in March. “I’m the only one who has ever got them passed, man,” Biden told reporters on March 28, referring to the 1994 “assault weapons” ban that he helped steer to Senate approval; that measure…