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Republicans in the House of Representatives who quickly pushed through a bill late last year to temporarily halt Syrian and Iraqi refugees from entering the United States want the Senate majority leader to bring up the measure for a vote soon after the upper body reconvenes Monday.
Brandon Cupp, owner of Cerberus Firearms on Jake Alexander Boulevard, said his wife Ashleigh pretty much runs the local gun show.
They used to hold the gun show in Lexington, but had to move the show to Salisbury because of a gun sale that happened in the parking lot of the show. One person bought a gun from an unlicensed seller and then got charged with possession of a stolen firearm when he went back home to Florida.
At their gun shows now, the deputies who help with security are told to watch the parking lot to help keep all gun sales inside the building.
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama launched his unilateral attempt to crack down on illegal gun purchases on Tuesday, blaming the “constant excuses for inaction” from Congress as justification for his exercise of executive power.
But in an emotional address quoting the Bible, the Constitution and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Obama also tacitly acknowledged the limits on what he can do without Congress.
Significant change will come only when voters rise up to demand it from lawmakers, he said.
In a political world mired in fights over federal spending and squabbles over Syrian refugees, a North Carolina congressman found a way to make nearly 1,300 households happy:
By ensuring that the U.S. Postal Service affirms one small town’s identity.
With Paul Ryan as speaker, the U.S. House will be more productive in 2016 than previous years, according to Rep. Richard Hudson, R-8.
“Having Paul Ryan as House speaker has given me a lot of good feelings about next year,” Hudson said in an interview with the Salisbury Post. “My hope is that we can get back to regular order.”