[ad_1] “We will,” Biden replied, adding a thumbs-up, on a harrowing day in which he and first lady Jill Biden paid respects to 19 children and two teachers killed last week in a barbaric attack that revived the nation’s perennially futile debate over guns. But Biden’s chances of doing “something” seem slim given the limited
Month: May 2022
[ad_1] By Alwyn Lau Monday, 30 May 2022 9:47 AM MYT MAY 30 — “The constitutions of most of our States assert that all power is inherent in the people; that… it is their right and duty to be at all times armed.” — Thomas Jefferson Last week’s shooting in a school in Uvalde, Texas,
[ad_1] Democrats and Republicans in the Senate have begun ‘serious’ negotiations on finding a bipartisan solution to rising gun violence, Senator Chris Murphy confirmed on Sunday. The Connecticut Democrat said he was ‘in touch’ with members of the GOP including Senators John Cornyn of Texas, Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania and others on both sides of
[ad_1] On August 4, 2019, a gunman in Dayton shot and killed nine people and injured 17 in a crowded nightclub district — in barely more than half a minute — using a semi-automatic AK-15-type assault weapon. The shooting may not have attracted much national attention, since the El Paso Walmart shooting, which killed 17
[ad_1] On August 4, 2019, a gunman in Dayton shot and killed nine people and injured 17 in a crowded nightclub district — in barely more than half a minute — using a semi-automatic AK-15-type assault weapon. The shooting may not have attracted much national attention, since the El Paso Walmart shooting, which killed 17
[ad_1] Perceptions, By Gerry Warner Op-Ed Commentary A “good guy with a gun.” Can you believe that’s the absurd – obscene even – solution many Americans offer for the gun mayhem engulfing the “land of the free and home of the brave” as their jingoistic national anthem so stridently proclaims. I guess that’s why a
[ad_1] Crime scene tape surrounds Robb Elementary School after a mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, May 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File) In the aftermath of another school shooting that left 19 elementary school students and two teachers dead in Texas, a national conversation on gun control has reignited. In Alaska, where many politicians
[ad_1] In a country where three in 10 adults own a gun, 100 Americans die every day from gunshot wounds. Nearly half of all U.S. adults grew up in a household with guns, more than half have friends who own guns, and nearly three-quarters have fired a gun. The prevalence of gun violence and gun
[ad_1] GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger on Sunday called the National Rifle association a “grifting scam.” The Illinois lawmaker affirmed that he is “a strong defender of the second amendment.” He also said he’s “getting sick of seeing the mass shootings.” Loading Something is loading. Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger slammed the National Rifle Association amid recent
[ad_1] President Biden wiped away tears at a memorial to the Texas school shooting victims Sunday, as the Justice Department announced it will formally scrutinize the fumbled police response that sparked outrage in the grieving town of Uvalde. Justice spokesman Anthony Coley said federal investigators accepted a request by Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin to conduct
[ad_1] Rev. David Wilson Rogers | Carlsbad Current-Argus Once again, senseless violence and gunfire has claimed innocent lives. A school in America is stained in blood, beautiful lives are lost to unimaginable hate, families are destroyed, and the role that guns play in American culture is center stage. Worse yet, hatred and anger are emerging
[ad_1] NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Lieutenant Governor Winsome Sears, R-Va., slammed the politicization of the gun control debate following the Uvalde, Texas school shooting. On “Fox & Friends Weekend,” Sunday, Sears argued “emasculated” men and fatherless homes are some of the several issues hurting America’s children and impacting mass shootings. DAN
[ad_1] Appearing on CNN’s “State of the Union” with host Dana Bash, Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) shot down every suggestion she made to change gun laws that could have prevented the mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas that claimed the lives of 19 children and two adults. During the extensive interview, the
[ad_1] If there’s one thing members of both parties agree on it is this: Congress is unlikely to pass significant gun control legislation, even after two shocking mass shootings in Buffalo, N.Y. and Uvalde, Texas that targeted Black people and children. Lawmakers are engaging in conversations behind the scenes on a menu of smaller measures
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[ad_1] On May 27, the Tribune published 12 letters regarding the slaying of 19 grammar school students and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas. Each of the letters had a different slant regarding how our politicians have reacted and what potential solutions could prevent future comparable events from occurring. None of the letters put the responsibility
[ad_1] Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. As the gunman approached her family cowering in the corner of the restaurant, Suzanna Hupp wanted nothing more than a gun in her hand. But Texas law in 1991 didn’t allow that, leaving her
[ad_1] The U.S. Capitol on April 27, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File) The Anchorage Daily News asked candidates for U.S. House running in the special primary election to answer a series of questions. Read all of their responses here. What do you think should be done by the federal government to address mass
[ad_1] Republican congressman Chris Jacobs of Orchard Park, New York has reversed his stance on gun control and said he would support measures to ban or restrict access to guns. Mr Jacobs, who was endorsed by the National Rifle Association (NRA) only two years ago, made the comments in the wake of deaths from mass
[ad_1] In the eyes of many New Yorkers, it is one of the nation’s most revolting reruns, as painful as it is predictable. A madman with an assault rifle transforms a peaceful everyday space — a grocery store, even an elementary school — into a bloody battlefield, hunting down innocent victims in an explosion of
[ad_1] Even the murder of 19 elementary school children in Texas could not deter America’s gun industry from enjoying its annual celebration of the weapons that slaughtered them. Ahead of its three-day convention in Houston this weekend, the National Rifle Association offered its “deepest sympathies” to the families of the eight- to 11-year-old students, and
[ad_1] A Florida state representative appeared to threaten President Joe Biden on Twitter after the president’s remarks about the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, in which 19 children and two adults were killed. “I have news for the embarrassment that claims to be our President – try to take our guns and you’ll learn why
[ad_1] A GOP congressman in the Buffalo area has said he’d back an assault weapons ban just two years after receiving a National Rifle Association endorsement. Rep. Chris Jacobs (R-NY), who is set for a GOP primary battle in August, told reporters he would get behind gun control efforts in Congress including an assault weapons
[ad_1] The former president said the shooting in Uvalde, which also claimed the lives of two teachers, was no reason for stricter gun laws. “The existence of evil in our world is not a reason to disarm law-abiding citizens,” he told the National Rifle Association’s annual convention in Houston. Instead, he called for at least
[ad_1] Vice President Kamala Harris came to Buffalo Saturday intending to quietly pay respects to the late Ruth Whitfield – but ended up strongly reiterating her support for something she said could prevent mass shootings like the one that claimed Whitfield’s life: an assault weapons ban. Speaking to reporters on the tarmac at Greater Buffalo International
[ad_1] By Jerry Zremski News Washington Bureau Chief Vice President Kamala Harris came to Buffalo Saturday intending to quietly pay respects to the late Ruth Whitfield – but ended up strongly reiterating her support for something she said could prevent mass shootings like the one that claimed Whitfield’s life: an assault weapons ban. Speaking to reporters
[ad_1] NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! HOUSTON, Texas – The 2022 National Rifle Association convention kicked off on Friday in Texas and some members of the gun advocacy group who attended the event expressed their opposition to calls for gun control while discussing ways to move forward. The annual convention came on
[ad_1] HOUSTON—Hundreds of protesters swarmed the streets of downtown Houston Friday and continued into Saturday at the site of the National Rifle Association’s annual meeting and both sides stood their ground about one another. The crowds diminished into the weekend, one day after the country’s largest Second Amendment advocacy organization kicked off its first day
[ad_1] The rage was palpable. Hundreds of protesters heckled attendees across the street at the 2022 National Rifle Association Annual Meeting in Houston Friday. One demonstrator climbed onto the roof of a parking garage overlooking the demonstrators and shouted, “Where’s Abbott?” before the police ordered him down. Young and diverse, about 200 protestors exclaimed: “shame”
[ad_1] Placeholder while article actions load Mitch McConnell was just finishing up his first term as the junior senator from Kentucky when a mass shooting rocked his hometown of Louisville. On Sept. 14, 1989, a disgruntled employee entered the Standard Gravure printing plant in downtown Louisville and, armed with an AK-47 and other guns, killed
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