[ad_1] Placeholder while article actions load Then-senator Joe Biden’s signature crime bill had ground its way through Congress after months of tedious effort. But after an unexpected flare-up over guns raised the threat of a filibuster, the lawmaker from Delaware took the Senate floor for an impassioned plea. “We can vote to keep these deadly

[ad_1] New York Republican Rep. Chris Jacobs announced Friday afternoon that he would finish out the rest of his term and not run for reelection in what was considered to be a safe district after he came out in favor of the Democrat’s “assault weapons” ban. On Friday afternoon, after the recent shootings in Buffalo, New

[ad_1] Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Email Recent mass shootings in Tulsa, Oklahoma; Uvalde, Texas; and Buffalo, New York are just three of the 233 mass shootings in the U.S. this year — down slightly from 240 mass shootings at this time last year, according to tallies from the Gun Violence Archive, an independent, nonprofit project

[ad_1] The recent mass shootings in Buffalo and Tulsa — and so many others day in and out in 2022 America — coupled with the National Rifle Association’s annual convention in Houston staged a few days after a Uvalde gunman, 18, using a military-style semi-automatic rifle, blew apart 19 elementary school children and two teachers

[ad_1] Rep. Chris Jacobs (R-N.Y.) announced that he would suspend his reelection campaign Friday after facing pressure by his party to step aside for coming out in support of gun reforms as a solution to stem the tide of mass shootings in the country in recent weeks. Jacobs was born and raised in Buffalo, a

[ad_1] In 1994, Congress enacted a ban on assault weapons that stayed in force for 10 years. It was allowed to sunset in 2005 thanks to Republican control of the federal government and the influence of the National Rifle Association (NRA). Here’s an underrated detail about the ban that ought to resonate today in America:

[ad_1] NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Delaware Gov. John Carney and state Democrats on Thursday unveiled a number of sweeping gun control measures in the wake of recent shootings across the country, aiming to pass them by the end of the month before the legislature adjourns. The package of legislation includes a

[ad_1] Placeholder while article actions load When Vanderbilt University psychiatrist Jonathan Metzl learned that the perpetrator of the Uvalde, Tex., school massacre was a young man barely out of adolescence, it was hard not to think about the peculiarities of the maturing male brain. Salvador Rolando Ramos had just turned 18, eerily close in age

[ad_1] (Photo Courtesy of Aleisa Schat) Rock Valley Fifth Grade Teacher Kiersten Sexe addresses U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley on gun violence at his Sioux County stop as part of his 99 county tour. ROCK VALLEY — Emotions were running high at a well-attended town hall meeting on Tuesday in Rock Valley, where around 60 Sioux

[ad_1] US President Joe Biden has urged Congress to bring in a raft of gun control measures to help stem the number of mass shootings in the country. In a prime time speech from the White House, Mr Biden asked: “For God’s sake, how much more carnage are we willing to accept?” After describing his

[ad_1] President Joe Biden delivered a plea for action on gun violence on Thursday as the US reels from a spate of mass shootings, including horrific massacres in New York and Texas. The president delivered a rare prime time address as members of the Senate, away from Washington on recess, huddle to discuss possible compromise

[ad_1] PROVIDENCE — Rhode Island gun owners are headed to the State House on Thursday to raise their voices against the increasingly likely passage of new gun laws in the wake of the recent mass shootings in a Buffalo supermarket and a  Texas elementary school. On Tuesday, the  Rhode Island legislature’s Democratic leaders publicly pledged the passage of

[ad_1] NICK HYTREK Sioux City Journal SIOUX CITY — The Sioux City Bandits’ plan to hold a giveaway of an AR-15 rifle during Military Night promotions on Saturday has been postponed after several hours of critics saying it was in poor taste to have such an event a little more than a week after a gunman

[ad_1] Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature We are wrapping up tonight’s coverage of President Biden’s primetime address but here’s a rundown of some of what he called for in his speech: Ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. If this can’t be achieved, he called for age

[ad_1] For example, it took the assassinations of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and U.S. Sen. Robert Kennedy to finally spur action on the Gun Control Act of 1968. 25 years later in 1993, Senators brokered a deal on what we know as the Brady Law. It started as a five-day waiting period on handgun

[ad_1] A group of faith leaders on Wednesday called on Sen. John Cornyn to take action against gun violence after the Uvalde school shooting in a meeting with the senator’s staff and a demonstration outside his Dallas office. Demonstrators held signs with phrases such as “The gun lobby is no match for the God lobby”

[ad_1] For decades now, after mass shootings, right wingers have claimed nothing should be done about gun control and most are maintaining that position even after last week’s tragedy in Uvalde, Texas. However, now there are a few Republican politicians who are saying something needs to be done about gun safety regulations. One example is

[ad_1] Texas police admit ruling gunman inactive was ‘the wrong decision’ Families and community members have gathered to remember the 19 children and two adult teachers who were killed in last Tuesday’s massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, with funerals beginning to take place. All 21 victims will be buried between now and

[ad_1] “The View” co-host Whoopi Goldberg sparred Wednesday with conservative guest co-host Tara Setmayer over banning AR-15s in the aftermath of the Uvalde massacre. Setmayer said mental health and broken families, among other societal factors, contribute to the behavioral issues that can lead people to conduct mass shootings. Goldberg added that the first step to

[ad_1] The number of people in the United States who searched “Buy AR-15” on Google spiked significantly in the wake of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. Google Trends, which details traffic data on the internet’s largest search engine, shows that in the seven days since the Robb Elementary School shooting there was, at times,

[ad_1] A week after the deadliest school shooting in Texas, several dozen teacher union officials, parents and other education advocates marched Tuesday to the downtown Austin office of U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, demanding he support “sensible gun regulation.” Attendees walked from the Texas AFL-CIO building to the J.J. Pickle Federal Building, where Cruz’s Central Texas office is

[ad_1] White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Tuesday that President Biden is uninterested in pursuing tighter security at schools in the aftermath of the Uvalde massacre, an option favored by former President Donald Trump. “I know there’s been conversation about hardening schools. That is not something that he believes in,” said Ms. Jean-Pierre at

[ad_1] A sprawling gun show — billed as “14 Acres of Guns & Gear” — was the main attraction at the the National Rifle Association’s annual convention in Houston this past weekend. And even in the aftermath of the carnage in nearby Uvalde, where 19 children and two adults were massacred by a teenager with

[ad_1] National Rifle Association board member Judge Phillip Journey schooled CNN host Jim Acosta on Sunday during a tense conversation about gun control. Over the course of the lengthy interview, which spanned multiple gun-related topics, Acosta repeatedly interrupted Journey, refused to allow him to finish speaking, and blamed shooting massacres on the NRA. ‘Blood on

[ad_1] Everytown for Gun Safety, one of the nation’s largest gun safety advocacy groups, has declared Rep. Donald M. Payne Jr. (D-Newark) the “Gun Sense Candidate.” Payne was lauded for his support of universal background checks, an assault weapon ban, and a nationwide gun buyback program. Everytown also pointed to Payne’s “F” rating from the

[ad_1] In the aftermath of last week’s mass shooting in Uvalde, among the many questions was whether the bloodshed might lead some Republican policymakers to change their minds about gun policy. It was not a passing curiosity: If the heartbreak didn’t affect GOP officials’ attitudes, then the status quo would remain in place, again, even

[ad_1] When on December 14, 2012 a terrorist shot dead 26 people, including 20 children, at the Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, many in the US were shaken to the core. It was not the first shooting, nor was it the first time children were targeted by a shooter who had easy access

[ad_1] colson-atd-010217 More than 1,500 people have died in more than 270 mass shootings in this country since 2009, according to the Everytown for Gun Safety group, as cited in a New York Times story on May 29. As a nation, we’ve been watching that tragic toll mount at an ever-increasing rate, kind of in

[ad_1] ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) — After making surprising comments in favor of certain gun reform policies last week, Conservative Party leaders are seeking a primary challenger for Rep. Chris Jacobs. Jacobs, a Republican from Orchard Park, currently represents New York’s 27th Congressional District. After redistricting, he is attempting to win the seat of the