The bill targets investment strategies which involve boycotting the gun and ammunition, fossil fuel, mining, timber and agricultural industries. Companies managing state funds could not factor social causes into their investment strategies if legislation moved forward by an Iowa Senate panel is signed into law. The bill targets ESG investment strategies, in which investment firms
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LOS ANGELES, California — The suspect who allegedly shot and wounded two Jews near synagogues in L.A. last week was out on bail for charges related to possessing a loaded gun on a public university campus last year. Jaime Tran, 28, was arrested last week in connection with the shootings, which are being investigated as hate crimes.
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Red-flag laws do nothing but put innocent people at risk and make it easier to disarm opponents for political purposes. If a person is really a danger to himself or others, confiscating guns isn’t much of a solution. There are so many other ways for disturbed people to cause harm. But advocates of “red flag”
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A firearm warning label approved in May 2022 by the Westchester County Board of Legislators is pictured. Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz, D-Bronx, is sponsoring legislation in the state Assembly to require such warning labels on firearms sold statewide. State legislation inspired by a local law in Westchester County would require a warning label to be placed
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Never underestimate the ability of California lawmakers to embrace the wildest ideas when it comes to eliminating gun rights. Other states are pushing back on “woke” banking discrimination. Not California. There’s an effort there to require it. State Sen. Dave Min introduced SB 637, which requires that California’s public finances cease business with any banks or
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Gun control activist David Hogg has said that he thinks the Second Amendment was not intended to be “an individual right” but that it “has been intentionally misinterpreted.” The text of the Second Amendment states, “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear
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Once again, various gun control groups are pushing for a national Assault Weapon Ban that specifically targets AR-15s. Does the AR-15 deserve all this hate? Does the argument for restricting “military-style rifle” ownership hold up? Isaac Botkin walks through the history of every step of small arms weapon development to see if there is a
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Yes, cash is king. But many of us purchase online. Discover Financial Services, a provider of credit cards, told Reuters it will allow its network to track purchases at gun retailers come April, making it the first among its peers to move ahead with the initiative aimed at helping authorities probe gun-related crimes. The decision
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“In his vicious attack, [Judge] Egan equated ordinances protecting the Second Amendment with white supremacists and anti-semites.” The Oregon Court of Appeals has struck down the Second Amendment Sanctuary Ordinance in Columbia County, an ordinance OFF has been defending with Gun Owners of America. And while that is not a particular surprise, what is a surprise was
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