[ad_1] As the National Rifle Association holds its convention in Houston, CBS Saturday Morning lamented that Republicans “remain in lockstep with” with the organization and decried the partisanship showed at the convention, but of course they only meant Republican partisanship. Accusing people of killing children is just the other perspective for CBS. Correspondent Robert Costa
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[ad_1] It was 1776, the American colonies had just declared their independence from England, and as war raged the founding fathers were deep in debate: should Americans have the right to own firearms as individuals, or just as members of local militia? Days after 19 children and two teachers were slaughtered in a Texas town,
[ad_1] It shouldn’t take a devastating shooting at an elementary school in faraway Texas to get Gov. Ron DeSantis to do the right thing. Don’t worry, he hasn’t and he won’t. Instead of strengthening Florida gun laws, “constitutional carry” remains on his wish list. Under a constitutional carry law, a person who legally owns a firearm may carry it
[ad_1] Held days after the fatal shooting of 19 children, the gun lobby’s annual meeting was beset by demonstrators demanding firearms control Anti-gun protesters picketed the NRA’s annual convention in Houston, Texas, on Friday, demanding the government ban so-called ‘assault weapons.’ Despite the convention coming three days after a shooter killed 19 children and two
[ad_1] Held days after the fatal shooting of 19 children, the gun lobby’s annual meeting was beset by demonstrators demanding firearms control Anti-gun protesters picketed the NRA’s annual convention in Houston, Texas, on Friday, demanding the government ban so-called ‘assault weapons.’ Despite the convention coming three days after a shooter killed 19 children and two
[ad_1] Following yet another horrific school massacre—in which the lives of numerous children, teachers, and their families in Uvalde, Texas were destroyed by an 18-year-old wielding a pair of AR-15s—legal experts are warning that the U.S. Supreme Court’s right-wing majority is likely to soon make the nation’s gun violence crisis even worse. At issue is
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Washington [US], May 28 (ANI/Sputnik): The National Rifle Association’s (NRA) CEO and Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre said on Friday the organization does not agree with President Joe Biden’s position on the second amendment right that grants US citizens to bear arms but agrees with him that steps can be taken to address
[ad_1] Uvalde: The suspects in the shootings at a Uvalde, Texas, elementary school and a Buffalo, New York, supermarket were both just 18, authorities say, when they bought the weapons used in the attacks too young to legally purchase alcohol or cigarettes, but old enough to arm themselves with assault weapons. The Buffalo suspect was
[ad_1] American gun owners have condemned the National Rifle Association in a series of scathing tweets after a school shooting that saw 19 children killed. Thousands of gun owners across America have called for stricter gun laws on Twitter as the National Rifle Association began their annual three-day convention. The hashtag #GunOwnersForSafety was trending on
[ad_1] Less than two hours after returning from a five-day trip to Asia, a visit meant to signal American strength, Joe Biden walked slowly into the Roosevelt Room of the White House, visibly shaken, to address one of the nation’s greatest weaknesses. Another bloody mass shooting in America. This time in Uvalde, Texas, where an
[ad_1] WASHINGTON: It was 1776, the American colonies had just declared their independence from England, and as war raged the founding fathers were deep in a debate: should Americans have the right to own firearms as individuals, or just as members of the local militia? Days after 19 children and two teachers were slaughtered in
[ad_1] By Travis Fain, WRAL state government reporter, and Laura Leslie, WRAL capitol bureau chief Raleigh, N.C. — North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson said Friday that he wept when he heard about the Texas school shooting this week that left 19 students dead, but that he decided to speak at the National Rifle Association’s
[ad_1] Kennedy, Cassidy, Graves and Congressman Steve Scalise have all been endorsed by the NRA Political Victory Fund. NEW ORLEANS — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott backpedaled Friday on his previous praise of law enforcement in the Uvalde Shooting. Texas law enforcement admitted to a series of mistakes that delayed officers from stopping the gunman barricaded
[ad_1] Former President Donald Trump on Friday said that the gunman who murdered 21 people at a Texas elementary school is “damned” to “burn in the fires of hell” as he read aloud each victim’s name to a tolling bell. Trump blasted shooter Salvador Ramos, 18, while speaking to a National Rifle Association convention in
[ad_1] People react outside the SSGT Willie de Leon Civic Center, where students had been transported from Robb Elementary School after a shooting, in Uvalde, Texas, May 24. (CNS/Reuters/Marco Bello) Editor’s note: This piece was updated at 3 p.m. Eastern time May 27 with new information throughout. Gun safety is a public health issue that
[ad_1] “Clearly, we need to make it far easier to confine the violent and mentally deranged into mental institutions,” he said. Trump was joined at the NRA’s 151st annual meeting by Texas Senator Ted Cruz and South Dakota governor Kristi Noem, both whom are also financial beneficiaries of the powerful lobby group. Texas Governor Greg
[ad_1] The protesters carried bullhorns, loudspeakers, and drums. They carried homemade signs: “Ban Assault Weapons Now,” “Protect the Born,” “The Gun Lobby Is Killing Americans,” “F— Your Guns.” They carried pictures of the nineteen children murdered in Uvalde on Tuesday and lists of past school massacres. They carried campaign signs and voter registration forms. The
[ad_1] SCHUYLERVILLE — As the debate over gun control heats up following back-to-back mass shootings, the industry has a spokesman with unparalleled access to U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik, the No. 3 Republican in the House: her husband. Matthew Manda works as the manager of public affairs for the National Shooting Sports Foundation, based in Newtown,
[ad_1] click to enlarge Shutterstock Preventing killers from having the most murderous weapons is the best way to prevent their murders. Politicians who won’t admit that are the problem. I can’t bring myself to watch the news out of Uvalde, Texas. As a father, the sadness of parents grieving the preventable murders of their children
[ad_1] The man at the gun show lifted a 2.2 pound rifle and pulled back the stock with an audible “chock,” presenting it to the YouTube segment’s host. “When we set out to produce a small firearm for children in an AR-looking package, we were pretty sure we needed to have a ‘wow factor’ in
[ad_1] “I’m here because I’m very worried about the future for my children,” Frances Aramovich of Denver told CNN on May 1, 1999. Aramovich was one of thousands of protesters at the NRA‘s annual meeting that day, less than two weeks after the Columbine High School shootings had taken place on April 20. “I despair
[ad_1] The National Rifle Association will showcase “over 14 acres of the latest guns and gear” at its annual meeting. The meeting in Texas starting Friday comes just days after a mass school shooting in the same state. Fourteen acres is the equivalent of 10 and a half football fields. Loading Something is loading. The
[ad_1] Placeholder while article actions load Texas’s two senators — Ted Cruz and John Cornyn — have similar positions on gun legislation. Both have received “A+” ratings from the National Rifle Association’s political arm. Both have opposed efforts to tighten restrictions on firearms, including the banning of assault rifles and the limiting of high-capacity magazine
[ad_1] Texas Gov. Greg Abbott garnered headlines late Thursday indicating that he plans to “skip” the National Rifle Association’s annual meeting in Houston on Friday and instead travel to Uvalde, where a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school earlier this week. But a look beyond the headlines reveals that Abbott is
[ad_1] In the wake of the horrific mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas this week some people expected the National Rifle Association (NRA) to cancel its annual meeting and extravagant gun show which starts today in Houston. The city, however, has a binding contract that prohibits it from canceling the show unilaterally.
[ad_1] Because we have a Democratic governor who once earned an A+ from the NRA while serving as a state legislator and as governor watered down the only gun safety initiative she was willing to sign (even gun rights groups endorsed it after deeming it basically useless) being challenged by a former Republican governor who
[ad_1] NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has canceled his plan to attend the National Rifle Association’s annual meeting this weekend and will instead appear via video and spend time in Uvalde, Texas, following a school shooting there that left 21 dead. “Gov. Abbott will be delivering remarks via
[ad_1] The National Rifle Association’s annual meeting is going ahead this weekend in Houston—just a few days after 21 people were shot dead at a Texas elementary school. The NRA has declared that “weapons of any kind” will be banned at its Institute for Legislative Action Leadership Forum, including firearms, toy guns and laser pointers.
[ad_1] Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy who’s received $2.8m from NRA resists calls to ban AR-15s in wake of Texas school massacre by saying people need them to shoot feral PIGS Cassidy, 64, in his second term in the Senate, was asked by a reporter from Vice why someone would need an AR-15 ‘Well, if you
[ad_1] “It’s certainly disheartening now,” says Scruggs. “But I think people need to realize that there was a time when our state leaders said they were open to trying things to stop this, and they invited people to discuss this. Were they serious? Were they just playing a role? Because now that this has happened
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