The state’s toughened voting rights restoration policy requires convicted felons to get their gun rights restored before they can become eligible to vote, Tennessee’s elections office said Tuesday, confirming a mandate that officials had been debating internally. In June, a state Supreme Court ruling prompted election officials to decide that all convicted felons must first […]
A group of 81 Republican lawmakers is calling on the U.S. Supreme Court to side with the National Rifle Association in a lawsuit alleging the New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) has wrongfully pressured financial institutions to sever ties with the gun rights advocacy group. The NRA, which is represented by the American Civil […]
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation is coming to San Francisco this week. Who will be attending, and why is it a big deal? More details have been revealed surrounding a California Jewish man who was allegedly attacked at dueling pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian protests. The case is being investigated as a homicide. Arnold Schwarzenegger was recently recognized […]
The Supreme Court judges will hear arguments for a case about gun control. A federal law currently prohibits guns for anyone who’s under a domestic violence restraining order. NTD spoke with Joshua Thompson, a senior attorney at Pacific Legal, for insights.
After a gunman killed 18 people in Maine, President Joe Biden issued a statement calling for more gun control measures, prompting a Second Amendment advocacy group to denounce his remarks as a “disgusting politicization of a tragedy.” The suspect in Wednesday night’s mass shooting in Lewiston is Robert Card, who at the time of reporting […]
A federal judge on Friday issued a preliminary injunction allowing firearms in specific locations, in a pivotal decision just days before a new Maryland state law was set to restrict the carrying of firearms in public. The ruling, which blocks part of the law and allows part of the law, was praised by both Republicans […]
Texas state lawmakers advanced a bill on Tuesday that seeks to raise the minimum age to purchase a semiautomatic rifle to 21, just days after a mass shooting in Allen. Two Republicans on the House Select Committee on Community Safety joined the committee’s Democrats to approve moving House Bill 2744 to the full chamber for a […]
Republican senators took to the podium on Thursday morning in reaction to President Joe Biden’s recent executive orders aimed at gun control. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) held a news conference with Sens. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and John Kennedy (R-La.) introducing a law that will make rulings from District of Columbia v. Heller and New York […]
A federal law barring marijuana users from possessing guns violates the Constitution, a federal judge in Oklahoma ruled. The decision cites last year’s landmark Supreme Court ruling that affirmed an individual right to carry firearms in public for self-defense. The ruling came as challenges to gun laws across the nation have escalated since the Supreme […]
The new “Abolish the ATF Act” bill introduced by Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) would immediately disband the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, & Firearms (ATF) upon its enactment. “The continued existence of the ATF is increasingly unwarranted based on their repeated actions to convert law-abiding citizens into felons. They must be stopped. My bill today would abolish the […]
The FBI is pressuring people to give up their gun rights, using a form for people who may be considered a risk based on their mental health issues, according to recently released documents. NTD spoke to Allen West, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel and former member of Congress, for his analysis. West cautions that […]
The National Rifle Association (NRA) and Gun Owners of America (GOA) both issued statements Sunday after a bipartisan group of senators announced they’d reached an agreement on a gun control and safety package. “Here we go again, Republican legislators compromising your rights and getting nothing in return,” GOA wrote in a Twitter post, referring to […]
The lawn of the National Mall was covered with flowers to memorialize lives lost to gun-related deaths. Democratic lawmakers joined activists to urge Congress to follow through on restricting gun rights—even if they need to make compromises to gain the support needed across the aisle. We were in Denver, Colorado, over the weekend where we […]
The left’s push for more gun control omit the many cases that go against their narrative, such as instances where guns were used to neutralize shooters, according to Erich Pratt, the senior vice president of Gun Owners of America (GOA), a gun rights advocacy organization that represents more than 2 million Americans. “The left is […]
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) is pushing back against Democrat progressives. He says holding the infrastructure bill hostage won’t get his support for the larger social spending bill.
There are staffing shortages at U.S. prisons, after corrections officers quit during the pandemic. But prison populations are on the rise, leading to added challenges.
And the Supreme Court is about to hear its biggest gun-rights case in years. The question: Is there a Second Amendment right to carry a firearm in public?
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.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton took aim at the push to restrict gun rights by President Joe Biden, who on the Feb. 14 anniversary of the Parkland shooting called on Congress to impose tougher laws on ownership of firearms.
Democrats move to attempt a second impeachment against President Donald Trump, the Justice Department warns against fake social media posts that claim to help D.C. protestors get White House pardons, and a gun rights group reacts to Biden saying he will defeat America’s largest gun rights organization
