The House on Thursday approved legislation aimed at strengthening background checks on firearm sales and transfers, a leading priority for Democratic lawmakers. The Bipartisan Background Checks Act — spearheaded by Rep.

Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) “Universal background checks are a commonsense approach to address the gun violence epidemic plaguing our country. I’m proud to support the Background Check Expansion Act and look forward to passing it and other much-needed reforms.

OKLAHOMA CITY –– A bill allowing boards of education to adopt policies authorizing school personnel to carry firearms on school campuses passed the Oklahoma House of Representatives last Tuesday evening.

OKLAHOMA CITY — Sen. Rob Standridge, R-Norman, has won approval from the full Senate for Senate Joint Resolution 23, calling for an Article V Convention of States to propose amendments to the U.S. Constitution. Standridge has advocated for a Convention of States for several years, and worked closely with his friend, the late U.S. Senator, Tom on the issue.

Multiple major missile strikes on a convoy of oil tanker trucks and a refinery in northern Syria lit up the night sky last week. Stunning video of massive fireballs near the towns of al-Bab and Jarablus, close to the Turkish border, circulated widely on social media with contradictory accounts of just who launched the attack.