The National Rifle Association is bestowing its influential endorsement on Congresswoman Betsy Markey, according to the National Review. That surely comes as a shot to the chest for Markey’s Fourth District opponent, Republican Cory Gardner. Markey is a proud…
There were calls to close it in the wake of the 1999 shootings at Columbine High School. There were calls to close it in 2007 following the shooting massacre at Virginia Tech. So far, though, Congress has done nothing to address the so-called gun-show loophole, which allows unlicensed vendors to sell firearms without performing background checks on the buyers. That kind of lawmaker inaction hasn’t gone unnoticed by the family members of some of the gun-show loophole victims.
A Senate bill introduced this week and sponsored by Scott Renfroe, R-Greeley, aims to suspend the governor’s authority to limit citizens’ access to firearms during a state of disaster emergency.
WASHINGTON — In the year’s first high-profile legislative setback for the gun lobby, the U.S. Senate on Wednesday shot down legislation that would have scrapped state and local laws dictating who can carry concealed firearms.
The vote on the measure highlighted the chasm between lawmakers from less populous rural regions, where gun rights are sacrosanct, and those representing the more urban coastal states, where higher population densities and crime rates have led local governments to enact stricter limits on concealed-carry eligibility.
In recent weeks more than 60 people — including seven police officers — have been killed in multiple-death shootings from coast to coast.
The National Rifle Association began airing a series of TV and radio ads in Colorado on Monday that blast Barack Obama on a variety of “radical” positions the gun-rights group say will take away “our way of life.”
Updated: Congressman John Salazar D-Manassa, garnered the National Rifle Association endorsement based on his strong support on Second Amendment issues, according to a NRA spokesperson.
In Western Colorado, one would think that with hunting season and all, the National Rifle Association would be smart to place anti-Ritter attack ads on the local radio stations. Those media buys were probably produced and scheduled weeks ago.
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Congress doesn’t have time before recess to get much done-except, apparently, to push through an National Rifle Association (NRA)-backed bill that would undermine the ability of the federal government to crack down on gun dealers who violate the law. The…
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