[ad_1] James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 3:18 P.M. EDT MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Hi. Good afternoon, everybody. Q Good afternoon. MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Thank you. All right, today the Vice President and the Second Gentleman visited NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to attend the launch of the Artemis I mission. Despite the launch being pulled down,

[ad_1] WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (NewsNation) —  President Joe Biden traveled to Wilkes-Barre on Tuesday to deliver remarks on his Safer America Plan, and specifically gun safety in America. Biden’s plan moves to ban assault weapons, high-capacity magazines and ghost guns; requires background checks for all gun sales with some exceptions; clears court backlogs and improves pretrial

[ad_1] Biden ‘determined’ to enact assault weapons ban Joe Biden says he is “determined” to achieve an assault weapons ban in the US. The push to reenact such a ban forms a centerpiece of the Safer America Plan that the president is laying out in an address Tuesday afternoon in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He is reminding

[ad_1] With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross Correction: This newsletter has been updated to more accurately reflect the content planned for President Biden’s speech. Going after Republicans for wanting to “defund the FBI” is new for Joe Biden, and it represents the first time that he will be weighing in on the political

[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Gray DC) – President Joe Biden heads to Wilkes-Barre tomorrow as he promotes his ‘Safer America Plan’ that seeks to crack down on gun violence and funnel more funding into police. It entails what the White House calls ‘commonsense gun laws’ such as required background checks for all gun sales, a ban on

[ad_1] Is Elisjsha Dicken a hero? It depends on whom you ask. The police chief in Greenwood, Indiana, thinks he is, as does the mayor. Even the property-management company that owns the Greenwood Park Mall where Dicken killed an active shooter called his actions “heroic,” although Dicken violated mall policy by having his concealed pistol

[ad_1] At a rally Thursday night in Rockville, Maryland, Joe Biden said “assault weapons” will be banned if Democrats pick up two more Senate seats in November. The Washington Post quoted Biden saying, “I want to be crystal clear about what’s on the ballot this year…Your right to choose is on the ballot this year.

[ad_1] Richard Montgomery High School Rockville, Maryland (August 25, 2022) THE PRESIDENT: Wes, thank you for that introduction. And Wes is the real deal. (Applause.) The real deal. Folks, he’s a combat veteran. Only drawback is he’s a Rhodes Scholar. (Laughter.) Former CEO of one of the biggest anti-poverty organizations in America. And if we

[ad_1] WASHINGTON — Back on the campaign trail and touting a series of victories, President Joe Biden took aim at U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz and a couple of Texas Democrats, albeit less directly, as he called for protecting social security and banning assault weapons at a rally on Thursday night. “Do you want to put

[ad_1] President Joe Biden has pledged to ban assault weapons if the Democrats manage to strengthen their precarious hold over the House of Representatives and Senate at November’s midterm elections. Speaking at a rally for the Democratic National Committee at Richard Montgomery High School in Rockville, Maryland, on Thursday, Mr Biden stressed the significance of

[ad_1] IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Uvalde school board fires police chief Arredondo 06:22 Now Playing O’Rourke says Abbott is ‘more beholden to NRA, gun manufacturers’ than those he is meant to serve 07:21 UP NEXT Young gun safety advocate takes activism to Congress by

[ad_1] President Joe Biden’s legal challenge targeting so-called “ghost guns” went into effect on Aug. 24, focusing on curbing the proliferation of privately assembled firearms. The rules, which the White House posted in April, are designed to prevent unlicensed guns from being sold to convicted felons and other ineligible buyers by making clear that retailers run

[ad_1] By SARA BURNETT, Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Most U.S. adults think gun violence is increasing nationwide and want to see gun laws made stricter, according to a new poll that finds broad public support for a variety of gun restrictions, including many that are supported by majorities of Republicans and gun owners. The

[ad_1] Letter writers  |  Fort Myers News-Press Collier school incumbents well qualified Much of the annoying daily ads for school board candidates are misleading and downright deceitful.  The schools are already safe, spending is scrutinized and fair, and critical race theory is not being taught. The Republican Club of Collier County and their endorsed candidates

[ad_1] Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Racially resentful white Americans are less likely to support some gun rights if they believe Black people are exercising those rights more than white people, according to research published by the American Psychological Association. White Americans who expressed high levels of anti-Black sentiments associated gun rights with white people and

[ad_1] Gun reform advocates have decried as “absolute insanity” a move by a North Carolina sheriff to arm his school resource officers with assault rifles on campus – in addition to their service issue handguns. Madison county sheriff Buddy Harwood says he felt obliged to act in hope of preventing another massacre such as at

[ad_1] NEW YORK (PIX11) — As the governor of Texas continues to send migrants to New York City, candidates running to represent parts of Manhattan and Brooklyn in Congress fired shots on immigration and argued for reforms.  The Democratic candidates running to represent the 10th Congressional District in New York’s primary election want more federal

[ad_1] In what might be described as a delayed reversal of fortune, Dan Goldman, a former federal prosecutor who served as the Democrats’ lead counsel in the first Trump impeachment trial, is now riding a wave of momentum as a frontrunner in the highly competitive race for an open House seat in Lower Manhattan and

[ad_1] Following recent mass shootings, federal legislation and an increase in gun violence across the United States, some North Carolina legislators have called on the N.C. General Assembly to take action. Recently, the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation to ban assault weapons, such as AR-15s and other semi-automatic firearms. However, the legislation is widely

[ad_1] Before July Fourth, Cooper Roberts was almost always active and running around. He loved playing sports — including soccer, baseball and football — and riding his bike, his family has said. Life has looked very different since the 8-year-old was shot in the Highland Park Fourth of July attack, and left paralyzed. Seven people

[ad_1] This article represents the opinion of the Tampa Bay Times Editorial Board. So here’s something you might not have thought possible: In Florida, at least, Republicans and Democrats actually agree on a number of gun control measures that could significantly reduce the appalling death toll in our streets, schools and homes. In a statewide

[ad_1] As the legal saga over the 2018 shooting in Florida heads to a close, survivors who plunged into activism have made a lasting imprint on the gun control movement. Aug. 16, 2022 With each new mass shooting, the nightmares come to haunt Sam Fuentes’s sleep. After a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers

[ad_1] “It’s not all the change we wanted, certainly not,” she added. “But it has been progress.” The organization grew to equal status with more established organizations like Brady and the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence. But some people have questioned whether the Parkland youths were more figureheads than organizers. Tax records show

[ad_1] Forty-nine percent of Republicans and Democrats believe that democracy in the United States is on the ropes. Could America’s fate be the same as ancient Athens? Athenian democracy lasted about 250 years from the early seventh century B.C.E. It was a magnificently successful experiment involving military domination over the belligerent Persians while Athens grew

[ad_1] Viewers with a penchant for skipping past TV or internet ads may miss juicy material coming across the airwaves in Florida between now and election day in the fall. Political communications experts viewed the first crop of gubernatorial campaign ads running in the Sunshine State. Then they spoke to The Epoch Times about what

[ad_1] Viewers in Florida with a penchant for skipping past TV or internet ads may miss juicy material coming across the airwaves between now and Election Day in November. Political communications experts viewed the first crop of campaign ads from Gov. Ron DeSantis and his two top Democratic opponents in the Sunshine State. Here are some

[ad_1] Jill Tokuda, a former state senator backed by the political arm of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, won the Democratic primary in Hawaii’s Second Congressional District, according to The Associated Press, after a sometimes vicious campaign that drew more than a million dollars in outside spending. Ms. Tokuda defeated her top rival, Patrick Branco, a

[ad_1] Pat Brothwell  |  OPINION COLUMNIST After the Uvalde school massacre, Ted Cruz suggested that the solution to preventing future violence was to have only one heavily guarded door in and out of schools. Other Republicans echoed this solution, including former President Trump, which doesn’t hold up to the lightest of scrutinies — it gives students

[ad_1] Former state Sen. Jill Tokuda handily defeated state Rep. Patrick Branco in the race to replace U.S. Rep. Kai Kahele in Hawaii’s 2nd Congressional District. With most of the vote in as returns were released late Saturday night, Tokuda lead Branco 49.8% to 20.9%. Tokuda has been considered the frontrunner in the race in

[ad_1] The cult of mass murders has jolted our moorings as a country, if not the very idea of America. So has the criminal violence in cities exploding since the pandemic hibernation. Yet 58 percent of households have no gun—a data point of hope amid the bloody tide of gun violence. Most of us in