Opinion Columns

There will be a major change in the gun control debate when gun owners, feeling secure enough in the knowledge that the Second Amendment protects their rights, no longer see legislation calling for universal background checks as a forerunner to gun confiscation.

In the wake of the defeat of gun background check legislation this week, President Barack Obama said senators opposed to the bill and its amendments could offer no good reason for that opposition, and that “there were no coherent arguments as to why we wouldn’t do this.”

An open letter to Odis “Tyrone” Thompson, who was unanimously appointed to the Nevada Assembly on Tuesday by the Clark County Commission:

As a certified gun lover, I can understand the pressure placed on Nevada’s elected officials when it comes to writing legislation aimed at preventing violence.

It’s amazing at times to consider how much gambling the Nevada Resort Association wants to prevent, rather than to promote.

For years, I’ve heard people complain about how all the newcomers to Nevada were ruining the place, robbing it of the libertarian, Old West ethos of yesteryear.

But after Thursday, I got a glimpse of the old Nevada.

When it comes to marketing, I’m far from an expert. But I am a repository of thousands of commercials, jingles and ad campaigns absorbed over years of wasted hours watching TV. And that experience suggests Nevada’s new branding campaign may not go down in history.

Up until now, it’s all been talk.

So why aren’t Nevada’s Republicans all over the bid to legalize marijuana?

So, how badly does one have to screw up in local government to get tossed?