Virginia Governor Signs Law Banning 'Ghost Guns' Authored by Michael Clements via The Epoch Times, Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed a bill to ban so-called “ghost guns,” another making it easier to sue gunmakers and sellers, and two other bills concerning possession of firearms by persons under court orders. The bills - signed on April 10 - are among more than two dozen gun control and gun ...
Virginia Governor Signs Law Banning 'Ghost Guns' Authored by Michael Clements via The Epoch Times, Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed a bill to ban so-called “ghost guns,” another making it easier to sue gunmakers and sellers, and two other bills concerning possession of firearms by persons under court orders. The bills - signed on April 10 - are among more than two dozen gun control and gun safety bills that the Virginia General Assembly sent to Spanberger after its regular session ended on March 24. “Preventing gun violence is an issue of public safety - both for the officers who protect our streets and the children and families they work to keep safe,” the governor said in a statement . Spanberger signed Senate Bill 323, which bans the manufacture, sale, and possession of firearms without serial numbers. The new law also outlaws any gun that “after removal of all parts other than a major component, ... is not detectable as a firearm when subjected to inspection by the types of detection devices, including X-ray machines, commonly used at airports, government buildings, schools, correctional facilities, and other locations for security screening.” Senate Bill 27, which Spanberger also signed, sets standards of “responsible conduct” for firearm manufacturers, distributors, and retailers. It calls for “reasonable controls” over the manufacture, sale, distribution, use, and marketing of firearm-related products. It also allows the attorney general, local government attorneys, or private citizens to sue firearm businesses for injunctions, damages, and costs. Spanberger also signed two bills concerning the possession of firearms by those under court orders. According to Spanberger’s office, Senate Bill 160 closes an “intimate partner loophole” by prohibiting intimate partners convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence crimes from possessing a firearm. The law adds to the definition of “family or household member,” an individual who, “within the previous 12 months,...
Shares of Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) rallied on Monday after the software giant highlighted its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered offerings. By the close of trading, Oracle's stock price was up over 12%. Image source: Getty Images. Continue reading
Shares of Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) rallied on Monday after the software giant highlighted its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered offerings. By the close of trading, Oracle's stock price was up over 12%. Image source: Getty Images. Continue reading
On a day when President Trump announced a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz in response to failed negotiations for a peace agreement, stocks surprisingly charged higher with the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) gaining 1%. Investors seemed to shake off the threat around the blockade and the ongoing saber-rattling between the two countries, and stocks got a jolt after Trump said Iran had signaled to his ad...
On a day when President Trump announced a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz in response to failed negotiations for a peace agreement, stocks surprisingly charged higher with the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) gaining 1%. Investors seemed to shake off the threat around the blockade and the ongoing saber-rattling between the two countries, and stocks got a jolt after Trump said Iran had signaled to his administration its interest in working out a deal. With today's gains, the S&P 500 index is now up 9% from its low point during the war on March 30, and is less than 2% off its all-time high. While oil prices remain elevated, the S&P 500 is now higher than where it was on the eve of the war, and the recovery has been convincing enough that some on Wall Street are saying that the bottom from the war sell-off is in and that investors can expect stocks to rise. Continue reading