Welcome to 2020 Vision, the Yahoo News column covering the presidential race. Reminder: There are 269 days until the Iowa caucuses and 542 days until the 2020 presidential election.[1]The 2020 field reacted to the latest school shooting this week with tributes to the victim who died trying to protect his classmates and renewed calls for gun control.The shooting at STEM School in Highlands Ranch, Colo., killed one student and injured eight others. Two students are in custody.Candidates paid tribute to...
Noblesville Stands Together Published 6:00 a.m. ET May 12, 2019 Hoosiers favor more access to mental health resources for school children and keeping guns away from dangerous individuals.The 2019 session of the Indiana legislature is over, and anyone looking for meaningful action to address the rising tide of school violence will be disappointed.Hoosiers are painfully aware of two Indiana school shootings last year, in Noblesville and Richmond. What people may not know is that since the Noblesville shooting, there have...
The National Rifle Association's Institute for Legislative Action recently awarded Reps. Ben Smaltz, R-Auburn, and Jim Lucas, R-Seymour, the Defender of Freedom Award at its 148th National Rifle Association annual meeting in Indianapolis.
“This year Jim Lucas and Ben Smaltz succeeded in passing legislation to expand self-defense options for Hoosiers,” said Chris Kopacki, Indiana state director for the organization. “This award honors Lucas and Smaltz for leading the fight in Indiana to promote our fundamental right to self-protection.”
The Defender of Freedom...