[ad_1] President Biden on Monday capped off a celebration of a recently passed bipartisan gun safety law with a call to take further action, including a ban on assault weapons. Biden spoke to a crowd of hundreds of lawmakers, advocates and relatives of gun violence victims on the South Lawn of the White House to

[ad_1] Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker departs the Memorial Chapel Funeral Home after visiting the family of Eduardo Uvaldo, who was killed Monday during a mass shooting at the Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Ill., Saturday, July 9, 2022, in Waukegan, Ill. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast) OAN NEWSROOMUPDATED 7:22 PM PT – Sunday, July

[ad_1] Treasure Coast Newspapers NI90: Sebastian repairs, Jai Alai and python hunter TCPalm’s Rob Landers brings you some of this week’s top stories on the News in 90 Seconds. Rob Landers, Treasure Coast Newspapers The right place to start might be with what looks like a wrong move I had a very handy friend, years ago,

[ad_1] The injured are still fighting to recover. Victims’ families and witnesses in Highland Park are still trying to process the events that took place during the community’s July Fourth parade when a shooter opened fire on attendees. The accused shooter’s father doesn’t regret helping get him a Firearm Owners Identification or FOID card because

[ad_1] On Friday, May 20, 1988, at Indian Trail Elementary School in Highland Park, Ill., teachers frantically ran out to children laughing at recess, stopped their games, hustled them back into classrooms and locked entrances to the school. I was in second grade there at the time. The school canceled classes for the rest of

[ad_1] After more than 300 mass shootings (4+ people injured or killed, not including the shooter) in the first 186 days of 2022, including massacres in Buffalo, Uvalde, and Highland Park, and the cherished American holidays of Memorial Day and Fourth of July infected by the same plague, we are fed the thin gruel served

[ad_1] ATLANTA — While mass shootings and gun violence continue to plague the country and spark debate over gun laws, Georgia and Alabama are among several states that have not or are likely not to impose firearm restrictions at the state level.  As early as 1837, Georgia passed a law banning handguns, which was later

[ad_1] Illinois Democrats are working behind-the-scenes to drum up support to ban assault weapons and large-capacity magazines — as Gov. J.B. Pritzker and state lawmakers also look at ways to fix shortcomings in the state’s firearm owner identification card system and pass other gun control measures. The goal in the aftermath of the July Fourth

[ad_1] Raleigh, North Carolina; Mexico City; Basel, Switzerland; and Toronto As a commercial pilot certified to carry a gun while he flies, Paul Valone has had training on how to use a firearm to neutralize mass shooters and thwart terrorists. It’s not with glee that the North Carolinian had to learn how to unjam a

[ad_1] Even though Highland Park, Illinois, mass shooter purchased his guns in-state, MSNBC’s The 11th Hour made it sound on Tuesday night like he might have gotten them from another state where it’s easier to buy guns with MSNBC anchor and weekend pundit Ali Velshi complaining about guns being brought in from other states. As The 11th Hour host Stephanie Ruhle set up the

[ad_1] NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The National Rifle Association has responded to Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker telling the group to “leave us the hell alone” by calling out rising crime in Chicago and the rest of the state.  “Citizens of Illinois may be better served if Gov. Pritzker spent his time

[ad_1] The House Oversight Committee is ramping up its investigation into gun manufacturers and has requested that CEOs of three major gun manufacturers appear before Congress at the end of the month in the wake of a string of harrowing mass shootings involving assault-style rifles that have killed and injured scores of Americans. Rep. Carolyn

[ad_1] It’s unlikely that provisions in the gun bill President Joe Biden recently signed would have stopped the mass shooting at an Independence Day parade in Highland Park, Illinois, if they had been enacted sooner, according to gun law experts. “It’s very, very hard to have any law that would stop someone who is willing

[ad_1] HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. (WTVO) — Illinois Governor JB Pritzker responded to critics of Illinois gun laws. The National Rifle Association tweeted about Monday’s Fourth of July shooting in Highland Park, saying that “since 1950… 94% of mass public shootings occurred in gun-free zones.” Highland Park bans owning assault rifles. Pritzker countered with “100% of

[ad_1] Submitted photo Don Samuels Divisiveness in the interest of democracy Former Minneapolis City Councilmember Don Samuels has his sights set on Congress after gaining national recognition for his stance on public safety. The longtime North Minneapolis resident spoke to the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder (MSR) about his bid for Congress and why he believes that the

[ad_1] Robert Crimo III had more than a dozen knives, a dagger, and a sword confiscated by police in 2019 after he threatened to “kill everyone.” Not three years later, he allegedly carried out that threat — using high-powered rifles he purchased legally. That he was able to do so is an outrage — one that should

[ad_1] Nothing was said about it on the July 4 television interviews I saw, but among the security experts interviewed during coverage of the Highland Park parade shooting, one face and name had resonance. Crisis management expert and former FBI agent Phil Andrew survived another mass shooting in Chicago’s North Shore suburbs, more than three

[ad_1] Sen. Bernie Sanders said late Monday that Congress must take far more ambitious legislative action to combat the scourge of gun violence in the United States in the wake of the mass shooting at a Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois. “Today’s terrible shooting in Highland Park is the latest reminder of our

[ad_1] The tragedy that unfolded during Highland Park’s Fourth of July parade is unimaginable. But I have to say, the gunfire that erupted in the affluent northern suburb Monday should be an eye-opener to those Illinoisans and other Americans who keep complaining that these mass shootings are just a Chicago problem.This incident is proof that

[ad_1] Mitt Romney made it clear that he doesn’t see Donald Trump as the right candidate for the next president of the United States to be able to unite the country, via his op-ed published by The Atlantic. While he made his points clear, some see Romney as having missed the larger context at play in

[ad_1] Democratic U.S. Senate candidate John Fetterman on Tuesday voiced support for a federal ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines following multiple shootings over the long holiday weekend, including one that left six dead and dozens wounded in a Chicago suburb. “Gisele and I are heartbroken for the victims of these shootings and their

[ad_1] WASHINGTON — Less than two weeks after Congress passed landmark legislation to curb gun violence, Democratic lawmakers reacted in horror and anger after a gunman opened fire at a Fourth of July parade in the Chicago suburbs, killing six and injuring dozens more. Many Democrats demanded that Congress enact more aggressive gun control measures but

[ad_1] There’s only one way to avoid a mass shooting: move out of areas where Democrats run things. If you’re going to get shot in this country, chances are you will get shot in a place where Democrats are in charge. Over the 4th of July weekend, we had yet another mass shooting where pro-gun

[ad_1] As we celebrated Independence Day, there was no independence from the scourge of gun violence and the toll it is taking on the American psyche. The shooter who attacked a parade in Highland Park, Illinois, killing six people and wounding at least 38 others, used a “high-powered rifle,” according to authorities. Survivors report a

[ad_1] The rapid bursts of a high-powered rifle brought the chilling reality that no one can be sure they are safe, anywhere, to one of the nation’s most unifying gatherings. In that instant, Highland Park joined Uvalde, Columbine, Newtown and Parkland and a long list of cities and towns known across the country for the

[ad_1] A red flag law, a waiting period for gun purchases, licensing requirements, and numerous other gun controls did not prevent the July 4, 2022, Highland Park attack. Mike Bloomberg’s Everytown for Gun Safety lists Illinois as the state with the sixth most stringent gun laws in the country. Moreover, Gabby Giffords gun control group

[ad_1] July 3, 2022 6:30 PM Pierre M. Atlas, Senior Lecturer, Paul H. O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University Posted: July 3, 2022 6:30 PM Updated: July 3, 2022 7:18 PM Reenactments of Old West gunfights, like this one at a tourist attraction in Texas in 2014, are part of the mythology

[ad_1] Riverhead Supervisor Yvette Aguiar and councilman Bob Kern, left, and Ken Rothwell pictured at the June 21 meeting along with town attorney Erik Howard. (Credit: Joe Werkmeister) Residents crowded inside Riverhead Town Hall last Tuesday, most of them to weigh in on two specific public hearings. The juxtaposition of the issues to be discussed

[ad_1] The bipartisan gun violence prevention bill approved by Congress, highlighted by a limited expansion of background checks and substantial funding to support mental health initiatives and state-based red flag laws, moved into law on the signature of President Joe Biden. It’s been nearly 30 years since federal lawmakers acted to tighten gun laws, and

[ad_1] There are more civilian firearms in the United States than there are civilians, more licensed gun dealers than grocery stores and McDonald’s franchises combined and more deaths by firearms than by traffic accidents. Guns are an indelible part of the entirety of American culture, an aspect venerated or vilified depending on who’s engaged in