[ad_1] U.S. President Joe Biden embraced victims of a mass shooting on Tuesday hours after he issued an executive order to reinforce gun sale background checks in what White House called the most comprehensive policy the president can enact without Congress. Traveling to the Asian American enclave of Monterey Park neighboring Los Angeles, Biden

[ad_1] With GOP supermajorities in the Legislature, House Speaker Paul Renner and Senate President Kathleen Passidomo can easily pass bills that top their agenda, but a gun rights bill has put Republican lawmakers feeling the heat and on the defensive these days. That’s because legislation this session about a permitless/‘constitutional” carry bill — requiring no

[ad_1] On Dec. 14, 2012, a few weeks after Chris Murphy was first elected as a U.S. senator from Connecticut, he was standing on a train platform with his wife and children, on their way into New York City to see the Christmas decorations. That was when he heard about the horrific shooting in is

[ad_1] Members of state gun safety lobby favor ban on assault weapons in MIchigan In an 11-year period in this country, there were 1,363 persons killed in mass shootings, 947 wounded and an average of 20 mass shootings per year. The weapon of choice in 76% of the mass shootings were assault weapons. The latest

[ad_1] “This is a very important vote. It is something that I’ve believed in since 1994 when I voted to make this federal law,” said Inslee, who served in Congress before being elected governor. He said the Legislature had broken “the NRA’s lock on Washington” and that “the vast majority of Washingtonians support this commonsense

[ad_1] OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The Democrat-led Washington state House on Wednesday approved an assault-weapons ban, advancing a measure long sought by gun-control advocates. Lawmakers passed the measure on a largely party-line 55-42 vote, The Seattle Times reported. The action Wednesday moved the assault-weapons ban further than it has advanced in six previous attempts. It

[ad_1] LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) – The research arm of Everytown for Gun Safety claims that over an 11-year period of time in this country, over 1,300 people were killed and 947 were injured in mass shootings, with an average of 20 mass shootings a year. Many of these shootings were with handguns, but the weapon

[ad_1] Colorado lawmakers are considering a Democrat-sponsored bill that would define the term “assault weapons” and ban their sales and ownership transfers, in the state in which Republican Representative Lauren Boebert has established herself as one of the most vocal gun advocates in the country. House Bill (HB) 23-1230, also known as “Prohibit Assault Weapons

[ad_1] OLYMPIA – After years of attempts, Democrats in the Washington House of Representatives passed a ban on assault weapons late Wednesday. The measure was approved one day after the House voted 52-44 requiring that those wishing to purchase a firearm take a safety training course and complete a background check. The assault ban passed

[ad_1] WASHINGTON — President Biden plans to travel next week to Monterey Park, Calif., where a gunman killed 11 people at a dance studio in January, to call for tougher gun control measures amid a spate of mass shootings throughout the United States. Mr. Biden will visit the Southern California city on Tuesday, according to

[ad_1] With thousands of shootings already this year nationwide, Connecticut lawmakers clashed Monday over Gov. Ned Lamont’s proposals to restrict the purchase and use of guns. Lamont’s multi-pronged plan calls for preventing anyone under 21 from buying any gun, limiting handgun purchases, requiring registration of previously grandfathered assault weapons and increasing penalties regarding large-capacity magazines.

[ad_1] LANSING, Mich. — Michigan voters broadly support measures advancing in the Legislature to combat gun violence but would also favor lawmakers going further by placing limits on magazine capacity and imposing a 14-day waiting period for buying firearms, according to a new statewide poll. Three weeks after a gunman killed three students and wounded

[ad_1] The Connecticut General Assembly’s Joint Committee on Judiciary held a public hearing on March 6 on firearms and gun-control legislation that lasted about 12 hours (approximately 9 a.m. to 8:45 p.m.) and which, at times, got testy and emotional. Close to 5,000 people submitted written testimony, and more than 150 delivered their remarks in

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[ad_1] There are several ways to measure the health of a democracy, but perhaps the most telling test is the capacity of Congress to reflect the will of the people. When it comes to the control of weapons used in mass shootings that test has been flunked numerous times in recent years.  No other country

[ad_1] National politics waded into the Newport City Council’s chambers on Feb. 22, with the council unanimously supporting state legislation that would prohibit the sale of assault weapons in Rhode Island. If approved by the General Assembly and signed into law by the governor, Rhode Island would join Massachusetts, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland,

[ad_1] On February 14, 2023, people leave flowers and pray as they mourn at a makeshift memorial on the campus of Michigan State University in memory of those who died in the shooting the day before. Photo: VCG Editor’s Note: While the US continues to buy into the dual fallacy of being the

[ad_1] Canadians celebrate sharing the world’s longest undefended border with the United States, and take comfort in an imagined wall that keeps out American gun politics. That wall may now be crumbling. In November 2022, Canada’s federal government introduced amendments to draft gun control legislation that would permanently ban military-style assault weapons, fulfilling a campaign

[ad_1] Some Texas lawmakers say this will help save lives. However, the likelihood of this gun bill passing remains a question. TEXAS, USA — Texas Senate Democrats filed an omnibus bill Monday seeking to address gun violence in the state. The bill, called the “Robb Elementary Firearm Safety Act,” is a 33-page omnibus bill that was

[ad_1] When then-presidential candidate Donald Trump came to San Diego in May 2016 for a campaign speech, he went on a 12-minute tangent about the lawsuit against Trump University, pending then in the downtown federal courthouse. He took particular aim at U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel, the judge presiding over the case who was working

[ad_1] You are here: Home / BM / President Joe Biden and Gun Control: Mass Shootings Shall Continue. Like Like Love Haha Wow Sad Angry 1 (ThyBlackMan.com) A clearly perturbed and perplexed President Biden for the endless time demanded that Congress take action to toughen gun controls. Biden made the demand after yet another round

[ad_1] Shots fired Another shooting in Florida makes national headlines — renewing calls for solutions to gun violence. On Wednesday, a shooter allegedly shot five people, leaving at least three dead. Among those killed was Spectrum News political reporter Dylan Lyons, Pine Hills resident Nathacha Augustin and 9-year-old T’yonna Major. The Orange County Sheriff’s Office

[ad_1] Regarding Guy Sharpless‘ Feb. 6 letter to the editor (“Did the slippery slope really start with weapons ban reversal”), he cites incorrect facts in his opinion piece. Automatic weapons were already illegal to possess without a specific Federal Firearms License, courtesy of gun laws passed in the 1930s, 1968 and 1984 (with National Rifle Association

[ad_1] Sen. Dianne Feinstein announced last week that she will not run for reelection, sounding the official starting gun for the 2024 campaign to succeed her in the Senate. As the race gets going, it probably makes sense to ask a fundamental question: What should Californians be looking for in their next U.S. Senator? Feinstein’s storied career offers some clues.

[ad_1] Like many young boys, I owned a holster and a pair of guns to go with it as we played ‘cowboys and Indians.’ Growing older, we played ‘Zorro’ with our sticks as swords until many moms noted “you’ll poke your eyes out!” Still growing a bit older, I saw an ad for this little

[ad_1] My husband and I both went to graduate school at Michigan State University. I was absolutely sick reading about the shooting there this month. It is good that the state of Michigan has a real chance to pass critical gun laws, as reported by the Feb. 15 news article “Whitmer, other Democrats pushed for

[ad_1] Sen. Dianne Feinstein speaks to the California Democratic Party convention in San Diego. Photo by Chris Stone Sen. Dianne Feinstein announced this week that she will not run for reelection, sounding the official starting gun for the 2024 campaign to succeed her in the Senate. As the race gets going, it probably makes sense to ask a fundamental

[ad_1] Sen. Dianne Feinstein announced this week that she will not run for reelection, sounding the official starting gun for the 2024 campaign to succeed her in the Senate. As the race gets going, it probably makes sense to ask a fundamental question: What should Californians be looking for in their next U.S. Senator? Feinstein’s

[ad_1] Friday’s attack took place in Arkabutla, a town with about 285 residents in northern Mississippi, US. A gunman has fatally shot six people, including his ex-wife, across several sites in a small rural town in the US south. Armed with a shotgun and two handguns, 52-year-old Richard Dale Crum opened fire on Friday morning