It is revered as a modern-day musket. It is reviled as a tool for mass killers. The AR-15 wasn’t supposed to be a bestseller. The rugged, powerful weapon was originally designed as a soldiers’ rifle in the late 1950s. “An outstanding weapon with phenomenal lethality,” an internal Pentagon report raved. It soon became standard issue

Walker Todd was assistant counsel of the New York Federal Reserve, assistant general counsel, and research officer at the Cleveland Fed, and has been actively involved in financial regulation for decades. When he looks at the U.S. banking sector, he sees several problems driving these recurrent crises, chief among them a profound transformation in capitalism

It reads similar to Measure 114, which Oregon voters approved last fall. PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – There is renewed hope for the sweeping gun control measure Oregon voters approved last fall as Oregon Senate Democrats work to pass a bill with similar restrictions. Senate Bill 348 reads similar to 114. Both would create a permit-to-purchase

TOPEKA — Democratic Sen. Dinah Sykes proposed supplementing resources for firearm safety instruction in Kansas public schools beyond National Rifle Association and Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks programs for students in kindergarten through high school. Sykes, who previously denounced a bill giving rise to the NRA firearm initiative in Kansas, offered an amendment Tuesday

In the wake of the Nashville school shooting that killed six, Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) expressed no remorse for a Christmas photo showing his family posing with assault-style rifles. Ogles was asked by a reporter Tuesday if he regretted posting the original photo, which was roundly criticized by anti-gun violence groups as “celebrating” guns. “Why

In the wake of the school shooting in Nashville that left six people dead Monday, the White House is renewing calls for gun control. “It’s not shocking that there’s another mass shooting because you can expect that’s going to happen if we don’t have legislatures that do something,” said Gail Schwart. Every time there is

By Eric Bradner, CNN As Nashville police left a news conference Monday, Ashbey Beasley unexpectedly moved in front of the still-live microphones and television cameras. Beasley then told her story: She and her son survived the Fourth of July parade mass shooting in her hometown of Highland Park, Illinois, last year, in which a gunman

Two weeks after Jane Fonda called for the “murder” of pro-lifers on ABC’s The View, a trans lunatic (which they never mentioned) shot up a Christian school in Nashville, Tennessee. And on Tuesday’s show, the dangerous rhetoric continued to flow as Joy Behar suggested Republicans and the gun industry “make a lot of money off

Ellen Dewitt, provided by March 28, 2023 This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 1of39 25 terms you should know to understand the gun control debate In a country where three in 10 adults own a gun and nearly half of households have at least one gun in the home, 100 Americans die

Aine Givens, Eliza Siegel, provided by March 28, 2023 This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 1of36 Gun control legislation that passed and failed over the last 20 years Few issues spark more passion in the United States than gun control. Proponents argue the country must impose stricter regulations to address the

Gun violence is an entrenched aspect of American society, and the topic is highly politicized, with those who support gun control in opposition to those who vehemently defend their right to bear arms. This year alone, there have been over 130 mass shootings, including one at a school in Nashville, resulting in the deaths of

Celebrities like Chelsea Handler, Amy Schumer, Josh Brolin, and others took to social media to blame guns and politicians for Monday’s mass shooting at a Christian elementary school in Nashville, Tennessee, that left six people dead. A 28-year-old woman who identified as a transgender man went to the Covenant School campus on Monday, shot through

Ketchana Jedsenarak/EyeEm/Getty Images/STOCK (NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — Over the last few years, gun laws in Tennessee have become less strict after lawmakers approved legislation that removed requirements for permits and background checks. Despite calls from local law enforcement, Republican lawmakers are now looking to loosen the state’s gun laws even further, contending that gun owners’ rights need

(Credits: Far Out / Press) Music Tue 28th Mar 2023 09.01 BST After a school shooting in Nashville, Tennessee, Kings of Leon drummer Nathan Followill, who is local to the area, took to Twitter to share his anger, and say “f*ck the NRA”. On March 27th, six people, including three children, were killed at the

A sign held during the second March for Our Lives rally against gun violence at Pine Trails Park on June 11, 2022 in Parkland, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) A fatal shooting at a private Christian school in Nashville on Monday left three students and three adults dead and reignited a contentious political debate

Following the latest mass shooting by a responsible gun owner — the killer had no criminal record and purchased at least two of the guns legally in Nashville — Tennessee Republicans are offering the expected prayers and thoughts, although none of the thoughts include reducing the nation’s ample supply of firearms. As Yr Wonkette noted

Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., offered condolences to the victims of the Covenant School shooting in Nashville but faced a flurry of criticism over a Christmas card showing him and his family armed with assault weapons. Ogles said he and his family were “devastated by the tragedy” at the Covenant School, where a heavily armed attacker

Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-FL) took to the House floor Monday in response to the Nashville school shooting, saying he was furious at Republican “cowards” who “don’t give a damn” about children and won’t back gun control legislation. The freshman congressman slammed his Republican colleagues in a terse but fiery speech: I rise today because I