Michelle Maskaly at Fox News reports: A tiny Texas school district may have been the first in the nation to pass a law specifically allowing teachers and staff to pack heat — in 2008. Trustees at the Harrold Independent School District approved a district policy change in 2007 so employees can carry concealed firearms to… Continue Reading »
Dave Boyer at the Washington Times reports: Back in May, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi proposed in a letter to Speaker John A. Boehner that the House should vote to raise taxes on household incomes of more than $1 million. “A million and above,” Mrs. Pelosi wrote. “Who can argue with that?” Actually, Mrs. Pelosi… Continue Reading »
Stephen Dinan at the Washington Times reports: The federal government’s system of tracking immigrants’ status is so broken that it gives a green light to one in eight aliens who have been ordered deported, according to an audit Tuesday that found the government has gone on to approve some of those who slip through for… Continue Reading »
Stephen Dinan at the Washington Times reports: The last time either chamber of Congress took on gun control was in 2004, when the Senate considered a pro-gun bill, ended up adding three major gun control measures — then killed it, saying the whole thing had become too messy. For more than a decade, gun rights… Continue Reading »
Jennifer Epstein at Politico reports: President Obama “strongly” supports the renewal of the assault weapons ban and would back new gun legislation, the White House said Tuesday, as the president spoke to a pro-gun senator who has shifted his position since Friday’s mass shooting in Connecticut. “He is actively supportive of, for example, Sen. [Dianne]… Continue Reading »
