Tag: Second Amendment

NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (July 5)

A Florida-based software firm becomes the latest victim of a ransomware attack, more bodies are found after a controlled demolition of the collapsed Florida condo, and Texas and 21 other states are asking the Supreme Court to uphold Hawaiians’ Second Amendment rights to bear arms outside their homes.  


Gun Background Checks On Pace to Break Last Year’s Record

Gun background checks are set to outpace last year’s record of nearly 40 million, with FBI figures showing that in the first half of 2021, they’re at around 56 percent of what they were for all of 2020. In the six months through June 2021, federal authorities conducted 22.2 million background checks, compared to 19.2…


Texas Joins 21 Other States Asking Supreme Court Demanding Protection of Second Amendment

Texas joined 21 states asking the Supreme Court to uphold Hawaiians’ Second Amendment rights to bear arms following a ruling from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals last year that upheld Hawaii’s ban on residents bearing arms outside their homes. The states filed an amicus brief with the high court to help resolve a split…


Texas Joins 21 Other States Asking Supreme Court to Protect Second Amendment

Texas joined 21 states asking the Supreme Court to uphold Hawaiians’ Second Amendment rights to bear arms following a ruling from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals last year that upheld Hawaii’s ban on residents bearing arms outside their homes. The states filed an amicus brief with the high court to help resolve a split…


Texas Joins 21 Other States Asking Supreme Court to Protect 2nd Amendment

Texas has joined 21 other states in asking the Supreme Court to uphold Hawaiians’ Second Amendment right to bear arms following a ruling from the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals last year that upheld Hawaii’s ban on residents bearing arms outside of their homes. The states filed an amicus brief with the high court to…


San Jose to Become First US City to Require Gun Insurance and Fee

SANTA CLARA, Calif.—In a unanimous vote on June 29, the San Jose City Council decided to move forward with two approaches on gun regulation. One is to require gun owners to have liability insurance coverage for their firearms. The second is to require them to pay a fee to compensate taxpayers for the cost of…


San Jose to Become First City to Require Gun Insurance and Fee

SANTA CLARA, Calif.—In a unanimous vote on June 29, the San Jose City Council decided to move forward with two approaches on gun regulation. One is to require gun owners to have liability insurance coverage for their firearms. The second is to require them to pay a fee to compensate taxpayers for the cost of…


Fact Checkers: Biden Claim That Second Amendment Bans Cannon Ownership Is False

Fact-checking websites ranked a claim made by President Joe Biden that the Second Amendment had banned citizens from owning cannons as false. During remarks about new gun-control measures last week, Biden said, “And I might add: The Second Amendment, from the day it was passed, limited the type of people who could own a gun…


Texas Joins Multistate Coalition Seeking to Axe California’s ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban

Texas has joined a multistate coalition challenging California’s so-called “assault weapons” ban, which remains in effect after an appeals court put on hold a judge’s ruling that the Roberti-Roos Assault Weapons Control Act of 1989 (AWCA) violates the Second Amendment. Ken Paxton, Texas Attorney General, said in a press release that the Lone Star state had…


Missouri Police Chief Resigns Over New 2nd Amendment Bill

A police chief in a Missouri city has resigned over a new bill in the state that bars officers from enforcing or attempting to enforce federal laws that infringe on Second Amendment rights. Philip Dupuis, police chief of O’Fallon, said in a statement to news outlets that he understood the motivation behind the bill and…