Reprinted with permission from Press Run America’s deadly scroll of mass murders doesn’t have a pause button: •April 15: Eight dead in Indianapolis. •April 13: Six dead in Allen, Texas. •April 7: Six dead in Rock Hill, South Carolina. •March 31: Four dead in Orange, California. •March 28: Five dead in Essex, Maryland. •March 22:

The most remarkable aspect of the gun control package President Biden unveiled last week is that it includes the first major federal regulation of gun violence in over 25 years. And this during a period in which the United States has generally topped the list for gun deaths among developed countries. According to the researchers

Here’s what you need to know: Refugees displaced by a government offensive at a tent camp in February in Afrin, Syria.Credit…Ivor Prickett for The New York Times After a backlash from Democrats and human rights activists, the White House abruptly reversed course on Friday on the number of refugees it will allow into the United

On March 22, a young man pulled into the parking lot of a King Soopers in Boulder, Colorado, got out of his car and shot an elderly man several times before walking into the store and shooting people indiscriminately with a semi-automatic weapon. By the time his rampage was over, 10 people were dead, including grocery

US President Joe Biden speaks about gun violence prevention in the Rose Garden of the White House in … [+] Washington, DC, on April 8, 2021. – Biden on Thursday called US gun violence an “epidemic” at a White House ceremony to unveil new attempts to get the problem under control. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI

I think we could pretty much forget about collecting the weapons already out there. That is an unachievable goal. The rednecks would be picking off Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms agents at a hefty clip if that came about. Forget Thoughts and Prayers, We Need Real Gun Control – This Is How We Can Do It

Current defensive uses are more telling and reveal that assault weapons are hardly used for self-defensive purposes. The 1995 study claimed that about 2 million self-defense tactics were used, but current studies show that the number of guns used in self-defense was close to zero. The current studies were based on hospital records and included

The House and Senate are returning to work this week — and with a full agenda on their plate, it couldn’t come a moment too soon. Congress faces major questions on how to handle a wide range of issues with a razor-thin Democratic majority, with everything on the table from President Joe Biden’s $2 trillion

More often than anyone might think, ample grounds exist for wondering why anyone would want to be president of the United States. Yes, there’s the glory of being elected to occupy the country’s most powerful office, hearing “Hail to the Chief,” receiving military salutes, and being called “Mr. President.” One presides over elegant state dinners.

WASHINGTON — In the first two months of President Joe Biden’s administration, many of the nation’s most powerful gun violence prevention groups were dismayed with the leadership of the man they thought was going to be their strongest champion. While they were receiving private meetings, they felt American gun deaths were placed on the back-burner

WASHINGTON — In the first two months of President Joe Biden’s administration, many of the nation’s most powerful gun violence prevention groups were dismayed with the leadership of the man they thought was going to be their strongest champion. While they were receiving private meetings, they felt American gun deaths were placed on the back-burner by

US President Joe Biden has announced action to combat what he called an “epidemic and an international embarrassment” of gun violence in America. The new steps include moves to crack down on so-called “ghost guns” — homemade firearms that lack serial numbers used to trace them and are often purchased without a background check. The

Recent mass shootings in Atlanta and Boulder, Colo., have quickly brought the issue back into the news and the political conversation in a way Biden couldn’t ignore, after a 12-month period in which news of shootings seemed to take a back seat to the pandemic. Story continues below advertisement Addressing gun violence was one of

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden would like some divine help on his gun control agenda, but his ask might be surprising. And gun-makers warn the results could be dire for their industry. During remarks announcing new executive actions to curb gun violence Thursday, Biden took a detour as he imagined being able to ask God

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Thursday announced executive actions to curb gun violence, and he pledged to push for change to the country’s firearms laws — his first substantive response to a pair of mass shootings last month that left 18 people dead. “Gun violence in this country is an epidemic, and it’s an

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats in Congress are trying to pass the first major gun control legislation in more than two decades with the support of President Joe Biden, who said Thursday that it is “long past time” to do so. But they are confronting a potentially insurmountable question over what rules should govern private sales

Mr. Chipman, an adviser to the gun control organization founded by former Representative Gabrielle Giffords, is a former agent with the A.T.F. Ms. Giffords left Congress after she was shot in the head in a mass shooting in 2011 in Tucson, Ariz. While Mr. Chipman’s selection came as welcome news to gun control groups, he

CLOSE President Joe Biden announced executive actions aimed at curbing gun violence. USA TODAY WASHINGTON –  President Joe Biden unveiled his first major steps to address gun violence on Thursday, directing his administration to tighten restrictions on so-called ghost guns, or untraceable weapons that can be constructed from parts purchased online.   The president also announced his nomination of David Chipman

Here’s what you need to know: President Biden spoke in the Rose Garden of the White House with Vice President Kamala Harris and Attorney General Merrick B. Garland on Thursday.Credit…Amr Alfiky/The New York Times President Biden on Thursday took a modest set of steps to address what he called an “epidemic” of gun violence, acknowledging

US 00:17 GMT 08.04.2021(updated 01:47 GMT 08.04.2021) Get short URL Calls to implement stricter measures to end gun violence in the United States have strengthened after a recent shooting in Boulder, Colorado, in late March. The killing took 10 lives and is one of the deadliest in the state’s history. The Biden administration on Wednesday announced six

“The process Mr. LaPierre ­followed to file this bankruptcy case is itself a master class in bad faith and dishonest conduct,” Monica Connell, an assistant New York attorney general, said in court Monday, contending that ­NRA chief executive Wayne La­Pierre concealed the bankruptcy plan from the NRA board and its general counsel until after it

The usual “thoughts and prayers” were mouthed or tweeted by state and national politicians. Ted “Cancun” Cruz stated that with the mass murders, the U.S. Senate was treating the incidents as “theater.” In short, after some initial sound and fury, not much will be done. While the residents of Orange, California, and Boulder will call

Mike Mozur, Guest columnist Published 8:26 a.m. CT April 5, 2021 Autoplay Show Thumbnails Show Captions Last SlideNext Slide Some days the newspaper provides true insight of real benefit to readers. Last week, the Pensacola News Journal did us all an important public service in that spirit. The March 26 PNJ article “Santa Rosa deputies

By Julia McPeek We need to move upstream and affect human behavior rather than continuing to pull dead bodies out of the river. Bans have their place but are only dams creating pent up demand, black markets and targets for Second Amendment arms racists to blow up. We need skillfully crafted legislation at the state,

Few statewide leaders have inherited as many unfinished tasks from their predecessors as incoming California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta, whose to-do list includes an ongoing probe of pandemic unemployment fraud, reducing a backlog of guns held by people with felony convictions and resolving a dispute over how to pay for new investigations of fatal police

This gat crank, produced by a company called GatCrank, can be attached to a semiautomatic AR-15 to … [+] speed up the rate of fire. Josh Dempsey, GatCrank President Joseph Biden, a Democrat who owns guns, is proposing an aggressive gun control plan that targets assault weapons, high-capacity magazines and ghost guns. But unlike his

Graphic by Ben Berman Mass shootings in our supermarkets, spas,  movie theaters, schools, and churches. When will the violence stop? Divided communities of us vs. them, gun control vs. gun rights, freedom-takers vs. freedom-fighters. When will we learn to compromise?  Now is our moment for change.  As individuals and communities, we must begin to dismantle the

“As a new resident of Nelsonville, I was surprised by the lovely church bells that grace us with brief playlists throughout the day. I was also surprised by the National Anthem which resounds every day at noon from the Washington Street location. It seems innocuous but I question the motive. Is this a call for

The National Rifle Association was quick to chide President Biden over his son Hunter’s reported firearms misadventures, saying that the Democrat should clean up his own house before cracking down on responsible gun owners. The NRA Institute for Legislative Action raised concerns about the Secret Service’s alleged involvement in the search for Hunter Biden’s discarded

Let’s deal with reality, not the National Rifle Association’s fantasy. The all-too-frequent mass shootings, defined by the FBI as having four or more victims, have little to do with “mental problems.” According to the American Psychiatric Association, less than 4% of gun violence — that is all gun violence, not just mass shootings — is