Patrick Blanchfield I think we can pull back and go for a deep historical perspective here. At that point, we observe that the regulation and distribution — the control, in those terms, of firearms — has been a constitutive if not quite constitutional feature of the North American civilizational settler enterprise. Since the get-go, there
Month: July 2022
The Supreme Court began its October 2021–22 term under the shadow of looming reform: a presidential commission to study a restructuring of the judiciary and a bill in the House to add four seats to the bench. But the justices and their right-wing backers had little reason to worry. The court’s term ended last week
Miguel S. Coronado: “California mailed more than 22 million ballots to voters before Tuesday’s primary election. But, as of June 8, just 3.5 million had been counted. We wonder why Republicans run communities of color. If you don’t vote, don’t complain.” Most people who don’t vote, particularly people of color, choose not to because they
I’m Art Kumbalek and man oh manischewitz what a world, ain’a? And so another Independence Day has come and gone, this past one focking complete with some douchebag’s celebration of the bullshit-interpretation of the Second ferkakta Amendment “rights” from the Constitution, so’s to constitutionally wreak havoc from a rooftop so’s to wreak deathly “constitutional rights”
Robert Crimo III had more than a dozen knives, a dagger, and a sword confiscated by police in 2019 after he threatened to “kill everyone.” Not three years later, he allegedly carried out that threat — using high-powered rifles he purchased legally. That he was able to do so is an outrage — one that should prompt
(The Center Square) – Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s rhetoric around the issue of gun violence is heating up and some say it’s “disgusting.” Before Monday’s mass shooting in a Chicago suburb at an Independence Day parade, Pritzker spoke to a group of New Hampshire Democrats saying the Republican game plan heading into November is to
Activities once considered normal are now plagued by fear thanks to the gun culture. Bicycles remain along the sidewalk after parade-goers fled Downtown Highland Park, Ill., a Chicago suburb, after a mass shooting at a Fourth of July parade on Monday, July 4, 2022. (Mary Mathis/The New York Times) | July 6, 2022, 12:00 p.m.
On June 23, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled, in a 6-3 vote in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, found that Americans have a right to carry firearms in the street for self-defense, striking down a New York gun law that required applicants to justify why they needed to carry a concealed
Our most fragile members of society are our children, which is why when shooters go after schools it disrupts society at its most fundamental level. Right behind schools are celebratory events (Vegas shooter, yesterday’s Trump supporter), stores/theaters, and places of worship. If a malignant actor — say, Putin — wanted to truly disrupt American society,
Nothing was said about it on the July 4 television interviews I saw, but among the security experts interviewed during coverage of the Highland Park parade shooting, one face and name had resonance. Crisis management expert and former FBI agent Phil Andrew survived another mass shooting in Chicago’s North Shore suburbs, more than three decades
By Tinashe Chingarande, Special to the AFRO The court exercised its federal power to uphold Second and Fourteenth Amendment rights Marylanders who want to conceal a weapon no longer have to prove that they have a “good and substantial reason” for wanting to hide a weapon. Maryland Governor Larry Hogan issued a statement on July
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — Two pieces of legislation allowing private rights of action against gun manufacturers and dealers in California — modeled on a Texas law that allows lawsuits against aiders and abettors of abortion — have been been signed into law. And some legal experts think they could survive inevitable legal challenges brought in
Sen. Bernie Sanders said late Monday that Congress must take far more ambitious legislative action to combat the scourge of gun violence in the United States in the wake of the mass shooting at a Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois. “Today’s terrible shooting in Highland Park is the latest reminder of our nation’s
(Photo: Getty/iStock) Another week and another appalling mass shooting in the US. And on the Fourth of July of all days. In this case, early reports indicate that at least six people were killed, and thirty people were injured, when a lone gunman opened fire on people taking part in an Independence Day parade, using
The tragedy that unfolded during Highland Park’s Fourth of July parade is unimaginable. But I have to say, the gunfire that erupted in the affluent northern suburb Monday should be an eye-opener to those Illinoisans and other Americans who keep complaining that these mass shootings are just a Chicago problem.This incident is proof that gun
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Christine Emba from the Washington Post penned a scathing op-ed on Tuesday suggesting that the active shooter is the “new symbol for the Fourth of July.” She began by discussing the events surrounding the Highland Park shooting during a Fourth of July parade in Illinois. The shooting
Mitt Romney made it clear that he doesn’t see Donald Trump as the right candidate for the next president of the United States to be able to unite the country, via his op-ed published by The Atlantic. While he made his points clear, some see Romney as having missed the larger context at play in politics
Today, Governor Larry Hogan ordered Maryland State Police (MSP) to immediately suspend requiring applicants for Wear and Carry Permits to demonstrate a “good and substantial” reason for wanting a permit. This is to bring Maryland into compliance with the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling from the NYSRPA v Bruen case. For far too long, Maryland
The Independence Day mass shooting repeated a narrative our country has trained us to memorize of blood, nightmares, remembering and forgetting. First, our phones alert us to breaking news of a shooting: some wounded, some dead. News channels broadcast images of parking lots, police tape, red and blue lights flashing, lines of the evacuated, the
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate John Fetterman on Tuesday voiced support for a federal ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines following multiple shootings over the long holiday weekend, including one that left six dead and dozens wounded in a Chicago suburb. “Gisele and I are heartbroken for the victims of these shootings and their families,”
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Chicago and Highland Park, Illinois, were rocked by violent shootings over the holiday weekend, including a mass shooting at a Fourth of July parade. The shootings come on the heels of a national debate on strengthening gun control measures, and data shows the two Illinois cities have
The deadly July 4 attack in Highland Park, Ill., underscores how a cherished Constitutional right is under attack — the 1st Amendment right to peacefully assemble. Even before this most recent shooting, it had become dangerous to congregate in public. In dozens of incidents across the United States, counterprotesters armed with assault weapons and other
WASHINGTON — Less than two weeks after Congress passed landmark legislation to curb gun violence, Democratic lawmakers reacted in horror and anger after a gunman opened fire at a Fourth of July parade in the Chicago suburbs, killing six and injuring dozens more. Many Democrats demanded that Congress enact more aggressive gun control measures but stopped
It took just a few hours for Democrats to call for gun control Monday in the wake of a mass shooting during a July 4 parade in Highland Park, Illinois. A shooter fired at the holiday parade from a rooftop, killing six people and wounding at least two dozen Monday morning. Democrats called for new gun
There’s only one way to avoid a mass shooting: move out of areas where Democrats run things. If you’re going to get shot in this country, chances are you will get shot in a place where Democrats are in charge. Over the 4th of July weekend, we had yet another mass shooting where pro-gun control
On June 23, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down New York’s discretionary carry licensing regime as a violation of the Second Amendment right to bear arms in the NRA-backed case NYSRPA v. Bruen. The law at issue was the modern version New York’s Sullivan Law, which was enacted in 1911. Named for notorious Tammany Hall
The Biden Administration is serious about making it more difficult for responsible citizens to exercise their gun rights, which is hardly surprising from the most anti-Second Amendment president in history. What is less obvious is the effect President Biden’s other policy decisions have had, directly or indirectly, on making communities less safe. Besides his gun
As we celebrated Independence Day, there was no independence from the scourge of gun violence and the toll it is taking on the American psyche. The shooter who attacked a parade in Highland Park, Illinois, killing six people and wounding at least 38 others, used a “high-powered rifle,” according to authorities. Survivors report a rain
July 5, 2022 1:36 AM By Helen Regan and Adrienne Broaddus, CNN Posted: July 5, 2022 1:36 AM Updated: July 5, 2022 2:49 AM A day of national celebration turned to tragedy Monday when a gunman killed six people and injured dozens of others at a July Fourth parade in Highland Park, Illinois — leaving
July 4, 2022 11:01 PM Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN Posted: July 4, 2022 11:01 PM Updated: July 5, 2022 12:41 AM America’s latest mass shooting turned a cherished July Fourth parade from a scene of patriotic joy into one of fear and death. The rapid bursts of a high-powered rifle brought the chilling reality