[ad_1] DADEVILLE, Ala. (WTVM) – Four people are dead and nearly 30 people injured following a shooting in Dadeville on Saturday night. Investigators with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency report the shooting happened at 10:34 CT on Broadnax Street. According to Tallapoosa County Coroner Mike Knox, the four victims have been identified as: Philstavious Dowdell,

[ad_1] Comment on this storyComment For the last decade, advocates of gun control have sounded a note of despair. Massacres of children, such as the recent attack at a Nashville grade school, have not led to new laws to get guns off the streets. Polls showing strong public support for tighter regulations have not softened

[ad_1] Kansas City protests for justice in the wake of Ralph Yarl shooting Protests erupted in Kansas City, Missouri, in the wake of a shooting of a 16-year-old Black male student by a white man. Damien Henderson, Associated Press A teenager in Louisiana was fatally shot after going to the wrong house while looking for

[ad_1] Aine Givens, provided by April 21, 2023 This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 1of41 History of the NRA The National Rifle Association (NRA) has gone through a metamorphosis since its founding after the Civil War. Created to improve marksmanship among soldiers and recruits, it at first cooperated with the federal

[ad_1] BY HAYLEIGH COLOMBO, Lee Enterprises Wisconsin doesn’t have a red-flag law, which allows for temporary firearm removal from individuals believed to be at risk of harming themselves or others.  A Lee Enterprises review reveals that lawmakers in 31 states have not passed red-flag laws even as most of those states received federal funding through

[ad_1] Red-flag laws have languished in most statehouses across the U.S., despite bipartisan support and evidence that temporarily removing guns from people who pose an extreme risk of violence to themselves or others can help prevent mass shootings, suicides and domestic violence. Lawmakers in 30 states have not passed — and in most cases are

[ad_1] THE RECENT shootings at the Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee, USA where three children aged 9 and three adults were killed only prove that there are several Americans who are not mentally balanced and go on shooting sprees for no plausible reasons at all. Previously, twenty nine individuals mostly children were gunned down at

[ad_1] Vice President Kamala Harris called for an assault weapons ban while claiming she supports the Second Amendment at the same time during an appearance on Thursday’s “The Jennifer Hudson Show.” While mourning the victims of gun violence, Harris decried the “weapons of war” prevalent on the streets and called for a new assault weapons

[ad_1] And once again, terrified young children are evacuated, hand-in-hand, from a school building. This time, a small Christian school in Nashville. The suspect was armed with two assault rifles, a handgun, and significant ammunition, according to police. The shooter, Audrey Hale, 28, of Nashville, legally purchased seven guns from five different local gun stores.

[ad_1] Despite constant warnings from so many that guns are simply too numerous and accessible in Maine for us to avoid the tragedies so many states in America experience, Maine just had its 10th mass shooting since 2011. A lone gunman, another troubled young white male, has been charged with shooting seven people on Tuesday,

[ad_1] View gallery Image Credit: Shutterstock Vice President Kamala Harris called for stricter gun safety laws and an assault weapons ban while she was a guest on The Jennifer Hudson Show on Thursday, April 20. Jennifer Hudson, 41, sat down with the vice president, 58, to discuss a multitude of issues, including gun safety, women’s rights, and healthcare. The appearance

[ad_1] Vice President Kamala Harris visited The Jennifer Hudson Show for Thursday’s episode, where she discussed the need for gun control, abortion rights, and more. On the rash of gun violence in America in recent weeks, Harris told Hudson — who had her own tragic experience with a mass shooting — “We shouldn’t have to

[ad_1] Further gun control legislature may face some hurdles, say experts The governor needed every Democrat to support to pass it and today she got it by a 20-18 vote. All 20 Democratic senators voted yes on the red flag law and every Republican voted no. FOX 2 (WJBK) – The Michigan Senate has passed

[ad_1] LANSING, Mich. — When Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed two gun safety measures last week, she was ready for another bill coming on red flag legislation. The governor needed every Democrat’s support to pass it, and on Wednesday, she got it. All 20 Democratic senators voted in favor of the red flag law, and every

[ad_1] WASHINGTON — The roster of Republican presidential hopefuls who flocked to the National Rifle Association’s annual convention reflects the political potency of gun rights, despite the group’s eroding revenues and an opposition movement that’s growing increasingly vocal as the drumbeat of mass shootings marches on. Even amid internal turmoil and legal woes, the gun

[ad_1] STORY OF THE WEEK: The Democratic field in Rhode Island’s 1st Congressional District is starting to gel, with a series of noteworthy developments last week. Former state Rep. Aaron Regunberg, who came close to beating Dan McKee in a 2018 primary for lieutenant governor, formally entered the race with a campaign video (from some

[ad_1] In the wake of America’s latest school massacre, House Democrats are pushing once again for tougher checks on firearms and new limits on who can own them. But as Congress returns to Washington this week following a long spring recess, even some of Capitol Hill’s most ardent gun reformers say they don’t expect last month’s

[ad_1] The R.I. House Judiciary Committee recommended that 27 gun-related bills up for consideration be held for further study — including legislation which would ban assault-style weapons — at a hearing Monday afternoon. The decision to hold the bills is “not substantive and does not signify any position on the merit of bills,” Committee Chair

[ad_1] You don’t have to tell me that Republicans have aligned themselves with the NRA. But progress is being made, slowly but surely. Take, for example, the recent news from my home state of Tennessee. In 2021, Republican Gov. Bill Lee thanked the NRA for helping to pass a bill that allowed people to openly

[ad_1] The April 17 letter was signed by Bishop Mark Spalding of Nashville, Bishop David Talley of Memphis and Bishop Richard Stika of Knoxville. The U.S. bishops have supported gun restrictions and other measures to combat firearm violence. The Catholic bishops of Tennessee joined more than 130 religious leaders in the state Tuesday in calling

[ad_1] Democratic Tennessee Reps. Justin Jones and Justin Pearson were reinstated to the GOP-dominated General Assembly last week after being removed for leading a gun control protest from the state House floor. But that experience hasn’t changed their activism, as protests continued Monday in the wake of the tragic Nashville Christian charter school shooting late

[ad_1] Tuesday, April 18, 2023   View Larger + NRA promotion The National Rifle Association (NRA) Annual Meeting in Indianapolis this past weekend calls to mind the 1965 Four Tops hit, “It’s the Same Old Song.” It was more of the same from the organization itself and the Republican presidential candidates addressing the gathering, predictably

[ad_1] WASHINGTON – The roster of Republican presidential hopefuls who flocked to the National Rifle Association’s annual convention reflects the political potency of gun rights, despite the group’s eroding revenues and an opposition movement that’s growing increasingly vocal as the drumbeat of mass shootings marches on. Even amid internal turmoil and legal woes, the gun

[ad_1] Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, from left, Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speak to reporters about their proposed gun ownership legislation in Washington, March 16, 2023. | J. Scott Applewhite / AP “The GOP has a well-established playbook for the aftermath of a school

[ad_1]   When I was in sixth grade, my teacher told my class that if an active shooter were in our school, he would sacrifice his life for us. We sat quietly as he lectured us on gun violence. When we left, we were shaken. Afterward, students privately confessed to one another their nightmares of

[ad_1] DADEVILLE, Ala. (WSFA) – Public officials, schools and community members are speaking out following a mass shooting during a sweet-16 birthday party in Dadeville Saturday. Tallapoosa County Commissioner TC Coley spoke Monday morning about the senseless tragedy. Coley says the community is rallying around the victims and their families. “You never want to see

[ad_1] Since the age demographics for readers of this column leans toward older rather than younger, there’s a good bet that you’ll remember the vintage TV series “Dragnet,” with Sgt. Joe Friday, aka Jack Webb. Say hello to state Rep. Tyrone Carter, from Detroit, who is a former law enforcement officer and

[ad_1] Fed up with repeated mass shootings, hundreds of people from the Chicago area took part in a march in Washington, D.C., Monday to call for a federal ban on assault guns. Among them was Lindsey Hartman, who survived the Fourth of July mass shooting during a parade in her hometown of Highland Park last

[ad_1] President Joe Biden has denounced Republicans’ allegiance to the gun lobby in response to a spate of mass shootings over the weekend, noting that many GOP presidential contenders spent the weekend pushing for gun deregulation at a convention for the National Rifle Association (NRA). From the start of the year through April 16, there

[ad_1] In a powerful speech, a college student told the Wake County School Board that children and teachers were suffering the consequences while elected officials offered only prayers and half-measures. Kurstin Howe, a Meredith College student and member of Wake County’s Future Teachers program, had a question for her county’s school board last week: If