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Jared Craig, who is running against Rep. Drew Ferguson in the Republican primary for the District 3 seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, was the only candidate present at a recent candidate forum in Newnan.

Jared Craig, who is running against Rep. Drew Ferguson in the Republican primary for the District 3 seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, said at a recent candidate forum that his opponent is out of touch.

Craig presented his platform at the event, held April 14 in Newnan. The event was a chance for both Craig and Ferguson to make their case, but Ferguson was absent. According to Ferguson's team, he was at an event honoring and congratulating students that had earned appointments to the U.S. Service Academies.

As Ive been campaigning since July of last year, Ive gone around 15 counties and asked the voters, do you know who represents you? Craig said. And they either dont know him or theyre still waiting on a phone call back from him, which is telling as today, were still waiting for him to show up and participate in this debate, which he has chosen not to.

Craig, who called himself a conservative Republican and a believer in the America First agenda, said the biggest issue facing the county and the district was energy independence.

If we dont have energy independence, we can do nothing further to bring back critical manufacturing of essential goods, to where we can stop depending on international trade with countries that we consider to be our enemies, that we depend heavily for pharmaceuticals, medical supplies and even technology, Craig said. I want to bring that back to the United States. I want to bring that to Georgia.

Craig also said he was in favor of a merit-based immigration system, finishing up the wall on the southern border, and if Canada gets too wild, we should build a wall up there too, he said.

Craig also expressed support for the second amendment as well as interstate carry, stating that states should not have the right to infringe on your right that is acknowledged in the U.S. Constitution.

In addition, he spoke of endeavoring to insure voter integrity, to investigate what happened and to prevent what happened happening again in 2020, stating that voters were still angry and upset about what happened.

Craig also expressed support for single-issue bills - bills without earmarks or pork added to them, and called himself pro-life, pro-law and order, pro-military and a supporter of Veterans Administration rights. He also supports abolishing the Internal Revenue Service and said he wanted to protect womens sports for our daughters.

I believe that if we do not preserve our country and our way of life as we have it now, we will lose it if we do not act, Craig said.

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US Supreme Court could decide bans imposed by several states

A political and controversial fight over border security grows with the looming expiration of a federal pandemic policy.

Iowas Supreme Court weighs in on Abby Finkenauers ballot eligibility in her bid for the U. S. Senate.

And Illinois lawmakers take a stand against so-called ghost guns guns that are considered impossible to trace.

We cover that this morning with Jake Lewis, the deputy director of Illinois Democratic Party, and former Iowa Republican Party Chair Steve Grubbs.

We will start in Illinois with ghost guns. State lawmakers adopted legislation last weekend to ban them altogether. These are guns that can be made with a 3D printer and a special kit at home.

A lot of people buy them online. They dont have serial numbers. Thats what keeps them from being tracked.

The Illinois bill would ban selling any guns or kits that dont include serial numbers. It would make privately made firearms illegal and require anyone who owns parts without serial numbers to register them.

The federal government also weighed in on this.

President Biden announced a policy to require ghost gun businesses to have a federal license and to add serial numbers to the parts.

Republicans argued against the legislation saying it punishes law-abiding gun owners.

Ten other states already have legislation against ghost guns.

The bill is an important step forward in making sure that we can keep our communities safe by getting illegal guns and getting these ghost guns off of the street, Lewis said. These are untraceable guns.

Is this really going to stop the bad guys from printing their own guns? Grubbs asked. if they want to break the law, theyre probably going to do it with or without the approval of the government.

Hear what else our panelists have to say in the video.

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Thursday, Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Katie Britt continued her campaigns efforts to raise awareness of her policy positions by releasing a memo regarding her stance on the Second Amendment.

In speaking to what she saw as the importance of upholding law-abiding American citizens gun rights, Britt made mention of the nationwide spike in crime.

As crime skyrockets across the country thanks to dangerous liberal policies and anti-law enforcement rhetoric, it is more important than ever that law-abiding citizens exercise our Second Amendment rights, she declared in the memo.

Britt pledged to introduce legislation shielding firearm manufacturers and dealers from financial targeting, sponsor nationwide concealed carry reciprocity, and work to legislatively prohibit the implementation of red flag laws.

Gun grabbers use so-called red flag laws as a gateway to push their disarming agenda, the candidate stated. In reality, a red flag law is an abridgment of the Second Amendment and can be abused to take away the right to self-defense with no due process.

Additionally, she announced her intentions to end the $200 transfer tax on rare guns levied under the National Firearms Act.

Britt, whose private sector experience includes the practice of law, vowed to author an amicus brief in support of the New York State Rifle and Pistol Associations case against New Yorks Second Amendment restrictions.

According to Britt, the Second Amendment serves as a critical check against government tyranny.

The Second Amendment is a critical check against the timeless tyranny of government, stated Britt. Our Founders wisely knew that the Second Amendment will always be necessary to protect our God-given, inalienable right to defend ourselves, our families, our freedom, our homes, and our communities.

She concluded, As the Biden Administration continues to put law-abiding, hardworking Americans in their crosshairs, we must stand firm and preserve the country we know and love for our children and our childrens children. In the Senate, I will always fight to defend our Second Amendment rights and our Christian conservative values.

Dylan Smith is a staff writer for Yellowhammer News. You can follow him on Twitter @DylanSmithAL

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EDGEWATER Home to just more than 5,000 people, this suburban Jefferson County town bordered by Denver to the east, Lakewood to the south and west, and Wheat Ridge to the north, is looking to limit Second Amendment rights like no city before in Colorado.

Although Denver has long banned open carry and recently announced its intent to look at banning concealed carry in public spaces including parks and city buildings, Edgewater has a laundry list of items targeting gun owners coming up for discussion that far exceeds anything seen to date.

On April 5th, the city council heard a presentation on gun violence prevention from Colorado Ceasefire, an anti-gun rights organization, and subsequently decided to move forward with a more detailed discussion on possible municipal ordinances. Such local gun rights restrictions would be allowed under Senate Bill 21- 256, passed during last years legislative session and signed into law by Governor Polis, which unwound decades of state preemption and allows local governments to manage their own gun laws, but only so long as they are more restrictive than those at the state level, a condition that has been referred to as a bastardization of the concept of local control.

According to an Edgewater City Council agenda for the April 19th meeting, the following will be considered for passage:

The presentation will include comments from Tom Mauser, father of a Columbine High School shooting victim and current board member of Colorado Ceasefire, which was started after the Columbine shooting and Ellen McCarron, Colorado Ceasefire Legislative Action board president.

Among justifications in the presentation are claims that the majority of Americans support reasonable gun restrictions and that there are no easy solutions, but that doing nothing will not solve the problem.

But according to David Kopel, research director at the Denver-based Independence Institute* and professor of advanced constitutional law at the University of Denver, concealed carry permit holderswho are heavily targeted in the potential Edgewater ordinancesare exceptionally law-abiding.

According to FBI data in the annually published Crime in the United States, about 5 percent of the Colorado adult population is arrested each year, says Kopel. In contrast, the figure for concealed handgun permit holders is only 1/10th of 1 percent. Permit holders are vastly more law-abiding than the general population.

Kopel continues that obtaining a concealed carry permit requires hundreds of dollars in fees and expenses for the required training, as well as long waits for appointments for a fingerprint-based background check. The only people who bother are those who are so concerned about legal compliance that they spend significant resources just to obtain a card from the government allowing them to legally do what they could done anyway for free, and with very low risk of being caught, continued Kopel. Its no wonder that Colorados concealed carry permitees are 50 times more law-abiding than the general population.

Weld County Sheriff Steve Reams, who is a vocal, statewide advocate for Second Amendment rights said the restrictions Edgewater is considering are neither reasonable nor will they solve any problem. Reams has continually spoke out against SB21-256 calling it a trampling on the Constitution.

Gun restrictions have not fixed the problem, Reams said. It was a huge overreach by the state. Restrictions on the Constitution are never taken lightly (by Democrats) until it comes to the Second Amendment. The Second Amendment is different than any other freedom for them.

According to Colorado Ceasefire, concealed carry permits are up the past three years in Colorado from 257,166 in 2019 to 297,003 in 2021.

Reams said from a law enforcement perspective, he doesnt see how such patchwork laws could be enforced, adding keeping up with state laws are complicated enough already without adding another layer.

I cant imagine how you would even go about it, Reams said, questioning whether current owners of banned guns would be grandfathered in. How do you prove you did not already own it? If Im driving through town going from point A to point B, and I get pulled over for a speeding ticket, am I going to lose my guns?

Reams said municipal laws are normally specific to property issues, not gun rights.

They are setting themselves up for a huge court battle, Reams said. I guess were finally about to see if the legislation is constitutional, but it will come at the expense of Edgewater residents.

The item will be discussed Tuesday during the city council regular business meeting. The meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. at 1800 Harlan St., Edgewater.

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Mario Fratto, an attorney and businessman from Ontario County who counts himself as a small-c conservative, is running for the Republican ballot line in the election for New York's newly formed 24th Congressional District. He's attempting a primary challenge on the presumptive Republican favorite, Chris Jacobs, the incumbent 27th district representative from Orchard Park.

The new, rural 24th Congressional District is enormous, geographically speaking. It runs from Lewiston eastward along Lake Ontario, south around Rochester and then north to the U.S.-Canada border, coming to rest near Watertown.

Fratto campaigned in Newfane earlier this week and pledged to return to the area every week to talk with voters in Niagara County. The day after his appearance at a Second Amendment For Ever (SAFE) meeting at Newfane Community Center, he met up with Union-Sun & Journal reporter Ben Joe to chat about his background and his campaign. Here is a partial transcript of his interview with Joe.

Q: Where did you grow up and how did that affect your values?

A: I grew up in Geneva, in Ontario County. Its a small town and a city. ... Small town USA is where the American Dream still exists. You work hard. You do the right thing. You look out for your friends and family and things should work out for you. I think thats what every American wants. ... You dont get something for nothing.

Q: What is your take on your opponent, Chris Jacobs?

A: Ill just speak on his record as a congressman. ... Chris Jacobs was a Democrat. He registered as a Democrat in the '90s ... I think when you have someone of 11 Republicans voting to strip another Republican, like Marjorie Taylor Greene, of her committee assignment, youre not really a part of the majority of the party. Eighty-five to 90 percent of Republicans wouldnt do something like that.

Q: How do you deal with this expanded district?

A: Its challenging and its definitely an advantage for somebody like Chis Jacobs who has basically unlimited funds. ... But I actually prefer grassroots. ... I mean, its easy when you have money and just put out an ad and blast it on the radio or the television. But when you need to do the hard work and go out and meet the voters to find out what their concerns are, its a different ballgame. ... It is more difficult, because of the size of the district. No question. But I think its something thats absolutely necessary.

Q: Tell me about your online channels.

A: During the initial lockdowns of March 2020, I was working at home I felt I needed to be more productive. So, I started a Facebook page called Making the Case." It was geared towards talking about the pandemic, initially, but really became just for President Trumps reelection. ... Then I started to get censored pretty heavily. I had a video on Dr Fauci, (on his opposition to) hydroxychloroquine. but (Fauci) was for Remdesivir and I put out a short video ... about that study and the conflicts involved and that video got 35,000 views. . (Then) my average views (dropped). Everything was better than any channel I could find as far as how good the numbers were, but I was getting no views. So I was getting frustrated with that. ... I ran it through my friends and family and said, What if I ran for office? This is the only way to really get the message out because they cant silence me if Im taking it right to the people.

Q: Explain your take on the economy.

A: I believe in lower taxes, less regulation, a free market economy and I also believe you have to have sound money and you cant have that when you have a printing press running at light speed right now and youre devaluing the dollar. ... So I think we need to roll that back. ... (Also there's) getting our dependence greatly reduced on China. That would help us bring back manufacturing and making products here. ... Wed be helping fellow Americans by creating jobs, but also giving them better products that are available on the ground. Theres a supply chain issue and its hard when you have to import things ... but if they were already on the ground in the United Sates, I think we can trust that we can move those goods as well.

Q: Explain your take on the environment.

A: I think its important to have a clean environment, but ... it cant be to the detriment of the people here now. Everybody wants to preserve and protect the planet for the next generation ... but what are we going to leave them if we dont make sure we have the energy we have now so we have the businesses we need to provide them with opportunities? ... (Also) we cant have countries like China or other competitors that arent following any of these rules we want to implement for ourselves. We want to talk about reducing carbon footprints and using renewable energies, but they arent doing that around the world. ... We cant just transition to wind and solar if its too expensive and its not as efficient.

Q: Explain your take on war, specifically the wars in Ukraine and Afghanistan and subsequent refugees.

A: I dont think these wars around the world should be our responsibility, unless there is direct U.S. interest. . We dont want a no fly-zone that would eventually land us in a war. I dont think anybody wants that. And Afghanistan we shouldnt have been leaving Americans on the ground. We shouldnt have been leaving people who helped us on the ground. It shouldve been handled a lot better. But I also dont think its our responsibility to take in all these refugees. Its great Poland is taking in these refugees, but I dont think Poland has the homelessness problems that we have (and)the opioid crisis thats plaguing this country. So how can we take care of those people when we cant get our senior citizens or veterans that are hooked on drugs and alcohol, who are sleeping on the street? ... What business do we have importing more people that need help if we cant help our own?

Q: What does your candidacy mean for the district?

A: It means that theres somebody in this race that is an everyday American that understands working class people, that is a working class person and who understands their needs and values, and this is an opportunity to send someone to D.C. thats actually a conservative, whos actually going to fight for the people.

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