[ad_1] Sign up for our PoliticsNY newsletter for the latest coverage and to stay informed about the 2021 elections in your district and across NYC U.S. President Joe Biden urged Congress to swiftly pass gun control laws and may take action on his own to stop mass violence, the White House said on Tuesday, a
Month: March 2021
[ad_1] The Senate Judiciary has approved anti-self-defense legislation, Senate Bill 554. The measure now heads to the Senate floor for a full chamber vote. The measure is expected to receive a vote as early as tomorrow, and your State Senator needs to hear from you now! Senate Bill 554 will create new “gun-free zones” by giving authority
[ad_1] This past week and weekend, Governor Kristi Noem signed multiple pro-gun and self-defense bills into law. These important measures work to further strengthen and protect the Second Amendment right to self-defense in the Mount Rushmore State. Those measures enacted are outlined below: Senate Bill 100 provides protections for gun stores, ranges, or any other entity that engages in
[ad_1] Yesterday, committees in both chambers of the West Virginia Legislature voted to advance the pro-gun bills before them. Senate Bill 458 protects Second Amendment rights during emergencies, and House Bill 2793 establishes a nonresident carry permit. These bills now go to the floors of their respective chambers for further consideration. Please click the “Take
[ad_1] Here’s what you need to know: A memorial was erected near the police barricades surrounding the King Soopers store.Credit…Eliza Earle for The New York Times The man accused of gunning down 10 people at a grocery store in Boulder, Colo., this week is scheduled to make his first court appearance on Thursday morning, according
[ad_1] House Bill 1369 is still sitting in the Senate Judiciary Committee without a hearing scheduled. Please contact your state senator and ask that they insist the committee schedule and supports HB 1369. House Bill 1369 allows any law-abiding adult who is legally eligible to obtain a carry permit, to carry a handgun without first
[ad_1] White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters on Tuesday that the Biden administration is considering a range of potential actions on gun control, including executive actions, in the wake of a mass shooting on Monday. When asked about whether there will be new executive action on gun violence, Psaki responded, “We are certainly
[ad_1] The Boulder, Colorado supermarket shooting that left 10 people dead on Monday has put a spotlight on a recent court decision that blocked the city from enforcing a ban on assault weapons and large-capacity magazines. Boulder County District Judge Andrew Hartman on March 12 agreed with plaintiffs that Boulder’s ban on possessing and transferring
[ad_1] So, at that hearing on Tuesday, we heard familiar things. We heard politicians saying things that they were expected to say and that they’d said before. It’s a ritual so deeply familiar that Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) could disparage it as “ridiculous theater” — implying that his side’s response was valid and his opponent’s
[ad_1] There have been two mass shootings in less than a week in the United States. Eight people, including six Asian women, were killed in Atlanta on 16 March. Ten people, including one police officer, were killed in a supermarket in Boulder, Colorado yesterday afternoon. In a certain sense, this marks a return to Americans’ pre-pandemic
[ad_1] The suspect accused of opening fire inside a crowded Colorado supermarket was a 21-year-old man who allegedly purchased an assault weapon less than a week earlier, it has emerged. Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa bought the weapon on 16 March, six days before the attack at a King Soopers store in Boulder that killed 10
[ad_1] (Eliza Earle | The New York Times) Safety officials help people outside of the Boulder King Soopers grocery store after a shooting that killed multiple people in Boulder, Colo., on Monday, March 22, 2021. | March 24, 2021, 12:08 p.m. A pair of violent rampages in less than a week — first, the mass
[ad_1] Draft bills are currently being circulated to restrict magazine capacities and require a license to obtain handguns. In addition, last week, House Bill 124 was introduced, to strip Second Amendment rights without due process. House Bill 124 goes beyond federal law to strip individuals of their Second Amendment rights without due process. Among other
[ad_1] CLOSE Boulder, Colorado mourns the ten people murdered during a shooting rampage inside a King Soopers grocery store. USA TODAY On March 12, a Colorado judge struck down Boulder’s municipal ban on assault-style rifles. On March 16, a 21-year-old suburban Denver man bought a Ruger AR-556 semi-automatic pistol. On March 22 he allegedly shot
[ad_1] Jordan Sellergren/Little Village The Iowa Senate passed two bills concerning gun sales on Monday. The first removes the requirement for a person to be licensed to buy or carry a gun, and the second provides broad immunity against lawsuits to gun manufacturers and dealers. Both bills passed the Republican-controlled chamber on party-line votes. HF
[ad_1] When Stephen Paddock opened fire Oct. 1 on concertgoers in Las Vegas, killing 59, the city became the unfortunate host of the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. Investigators are still trying to piece together the events that took place that evening, and why.Like other recent mass shootings, the events in Las Vegas were
[ad_1] Although Schumer has promised a vote on House-passed background checks legislation, it’s not even clear if Senate Democrats will get their entire caucus on board: West Virginia’s Joe Manchin, the most conservative member in the caucus, said Tuesday he opposes it. Manchin worked with Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) on legislation to expand background checks
[ad_1] A judge in Colorado blocked Boulder’s two-year-old ban on assault weapons and large-capacity magazines earlier this month — less than two weeks later, 10 people were killed during a mass shooting at one of the city’s supermarkets. According to the affidavit, investigators determined that the suspect, Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, purchased an assault rifle
[ad_1] The seventh horrifying mass shooting in seven days has renewed urgent calls for increased oversight of assault weapons from President Biden and members of the Massachusetts Congressional delegation. Biden vowed “to use all the resources at my disposal to keep the American people safe” in the wake of the shootings, each of four or
[ad_1] (CNN) — The 21-year-old suspect in Monday’s massacre at a Colorado supermarket — which left 10 dead including a store manager and a police officer — faces 10 counts of murder in the first degree, police said Tuesday. Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, of Arvada, near Denver, is accused of opening fire Monday afternoon at the King Soopers store
[ad_1] Reprinted with permission from Daily Kos Ten people were shot and killed in the parking lot and aisles of a Boulder, Colorado, supermarket on Monday afternoon. Among those killed was a police officer who entered the store in response to reports of shots fired. Witnesses reported hearing up to thirty shots. Police report that
[ad_1] BALA CYNWYD, Pennsylvania (WPVI) — As Bill Dayag stopped by a grocery store in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania on Tuesday his heart was heavy thinking about the 10 people gunned down in Boulder, Colorado. “We are deeply distressed about this kind of event,” he said while standing next to his wife. Charles Webb was still
[ad_1] The National Rifle Association bragged that it helped block a ban on AR-15s and high-capacity magazines in Boulder, Colorado, just days before a gunman reportedly armed with the assault-style rifle killed 10 people at a Boulder grocery store. Boulder police said that 10 people, including of their officers, were killed at a King Soopers grocery
[ad_1] MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — After the mass shooting in Boulder, Colorado, the question of how to stop such violence is once again part of the national conversation. James Densley, a criminal justice professor at Metropolitan State University, helped found the non-partisan Violence Project to study the topic. READ MORE: Shot Of A Lifetime: Freelance Photographer
[ad_1] Once again Americans are grieving over lives lost to another mass shooting. On Monday, 10 people, including a police officer, were killed at a Boulder, Colorado, King Soopers grocery store. Just six days ago, we began mourning the deaths of the eight people killed in Atlanta. Sadly, my family and I are no strangers
[ad_1] Just this week, Joe Biden called for a nationwide ban on commonly-owned firearms and magazines used for hunting, recreational shooting and self-defense! He also called on Chuck Schumer and the U.S. Senate to take up and pass gun control bills H.R. 8 and H.R. 1446. This legislation won’t have any impact on crime or criminals, doesn’t address America’s
[ad_1] BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Police on Tuesday identified a 21-year-old man as the suspect who opened fire inside a crowded Colorado supermarket, and court documents showed that he purchased an assault weapon less than a week before the attack that killed 10 people, including a police officer. Supermarket employees told investigators that Ahmad Al
[ad_1] ^ I Support Local Community Journalism Support the independent voice of Denver and help keep the future of Westword free. During the second of two press conferences following the tragic March 22 shooting at a Boulder King Soopers that left ten people dead, Boulder Police Chief Maris Herold referred to the firearm wielded by the
[ad_1] Over about an hour, West Virginia’s Senate Judiciary Committee passed four gun measures. The votes took place as America has rekindled its debate over firearms in society, following a mass shooting at three Atlanta massage parlors one week ago and another at a Boulder, Colo., grocery store one day ago. Gov. Jim Justice on
[ad_1] SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Nearly three years before a gunman walked into a crowded supermarket in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains with an AR-15 style weapon and killed 10 people, the city of Boulder, Colorado, voted to ban assault weapons. Leaders had hoped to prevent the kind of mass shooting that’s struck
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