[ad_1] Texas Gov. Greg Abbott garnered headlines late Thursday indicating that he plans to “skip” the National Rifle Association’s annual meeting in Houston on Friday and instead travel to Uvalde, where a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school earlier this week. But a look beyond the headlines reveals that Abbott is

[ad_1] A NRA sign on a Stetson hat displayed on July 20, 2020, in Garland, Texas. (Photo by Valerie Macon/AFP via Getty Images) Texas representatives in the 117th Congress took more money from gun rights groups than lawmakers in any other state, a new OpenSecrets analysis found.  Senators and House members representing Texas have received

[ad_1] Following the shooting massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland in February 2018, Florida lawmakers passed what some called the state’s most substantial gun reforms in a generation. But the only gun measure that may become law soon following the recent tragedies in Buffalo, N.Y., and Uvalde, Texas, may be a measure

[ad_1] Two days after the horrific Uvalde, Texas, elementary school shooting, Mitch McConnell has said he told Texas senator John Cornyn to meet with Democrats to try to come up with a legislative solution in response to the tragic event that left at least 19 small children and two teachers dead. “I met with Senator

[ad_1] Letter writers  |  Fort Myers News-Press CT Senator Chris Murphy speech calls to act and end mass shootings Connecticut senator, whose district includes Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, gives an impassioned speech on the Senator floor. shooting AP Senate TV Defeat politicians who enable this carnage More than 20 died in Texas at

[ad_1] Five people were shot and killed Friday night, including an 8-year-old, in a mass shooting that occurred at a Cleveland, Texas home after neighbors asked the shooter to stop firing his assault rifle in his front yard because their baby was trying to sleep. The incident in Cleveland is America’s 174th mass shooting —

[ad_1] In the wake of a deadly Texas school shooting, Rep. Cliff Bentz, Oregon’s sole congressional Republican, ignored questions Democrats in Oregon’s Congressional delegation vow action on gun safety legislation following a deadly Texas school shooting. (Les Zaitz/Oregon Capital Chronicle) Democrats in Oregon’s congressional delegation renewed calls for Congress to take up federal gun control

[ad_1] On Wednesday there was yet another mass shooting in the United States – 19 children and two adults at the Robb Elementary School in Texas’ Uvalde were killed, and 17 others injured, by a teenage boy carrying a military-style assault rifle that is inexpensive, easy to use, and deadly. Salvador Ramos, 18, had two;

[ad_1] Just days after the deadliest mass school shooting in Texas history, the National Rifle Association (NRA) – America’s leading gun lobbyist group – will meet a few hours away in Houston on Friday. Ashton P Woods says they are not welcome in his hometown. “These people are coming into our community. The city of

[ad_1] On a Memorial Day weekend when we honor those who died in service to our country, the company that manufactured a weapon of war used to kill 19 children and two adults in a Texas elementary school had planned to hawk its wares at the gun industry’s annual collective disgrace. But in the aftermath

[ad_1] Security was top of mind for tri-state area parents and caregivers Wednesday as children went to school the day after the horrific mass shooting at a Texas elementary school that claimed the lives of 19 children and two educators.  New York City has been grappling with a spike in gun violence. Since the start

[ad_1] Biden ATF nominee called for assault weapons ban President Biden’s pick to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Steven Dettelbach, acknowledged Wednesday that he does not have a definition for the term “assault weapon.” NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Biden’s pick to lead the Bureau of Alcohol,

[ad_1] The fatal shooting of 19 children and two adults at a primary school in Texas has renewed calls for a crackdown on gun ownership in the US and the reform of the country’s gun laws. The attack in the city of Uvalde is the deadliest school shooting in the US since the Sandy Hook

[ad_1] Senate Democrats say a major floor debate on gun control is inevitable after a mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, left at least 19 children and two adults dead, only 10 days after another massacre killed 10 people at a supermarket in Buffalo.   The second high-profile killing spree in the span of just more

[ad_1] Law enforcement officers speak outside of Robb Elementary School following the mass shooting. Photograph by Brandon Bell/Getty Images. An 18-year-old entered an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas on Tuesday. He shot and killed 21 people: 18 children and three adults. Eighteen children who said goodbye to their families on Tuesday morning did not come

[ad_1] In an IQ contest with Beto O’Rourke, I would guess, Donald Trump would finish a distant second. But in tweeting Wednesday that, when it comes to gun legislation, “Dummy Beto made it much harder to make a deal,” Trump actually had a point. The president was referring to O’Rourke’s comments on AR-15 rifles during

[ad_1] If I ever had a chance to address Congress, I’d walk right onto the main floor of the Capitol Building, preferably during a joint session, and ask who must get shot in America before we do something about gun control? Really, who?  Tens of thousands of people die from gun-related injuries in America every

[ad_1] Gun rights positions held by a New York Republican making a bid for governor are now under scrutiny in light of the mass shooting in Buffalo. In video of a recent campaign stop obtained exclusively by Spectrum News NY1, Rep. Lee Zeldin calls for repealing New York’s SAFE Act, which expanded gun regulations after

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[ad_1] The mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, has brought legislation on domestic terrorism and guns into sharp focus for lawmakers. The big picture: There’s a familiar pattern. In the wake of a mass shooting, Congress zeroes in on gun and other relevant legislation, but political gridlock often stymies the efforts and it disappears —

[ad_1] A racially motivated mass shooting in Buffalo is putting new pressure on Democrats to consider gun-control legislation — but once again centrist Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) is emerging as a problem.  Manchin says the pared-down Manchin-Toomey proposal to expand background checks, which he helped negotiate in hope of getting support from the National Rifle

[ad_1] WASHINGTON — The United States is in the middle of a great gun-buying boom that shows no sign of letting up as the annual number of firearms manufactured has nearly tripled since 2000 and spiked sharply in the past three years, according to the first comprehensive federal tally of gun commerce in two decades.

[ad_1] Placeholder while article actions load The ongoing, seemingly inescapable gun violence crisis in the United States, most recently manifested in Saturday’s horrific massacre in Buffalo, poses a dire threat to our fragile democracy. And our government’s lack of response to it constitutes a major crisis in itself. The Buffalo attack was the deadliest U.S.

[ad_1] It has been 30 years since any major federal legislation has passed to curb gun violence. In that time, America has had more mass shootings than ever before in its history. This past weekend was particularly grim. An attack inside a grocery store in a Black neighborhood in Buffalo left 10 dead. In California,

[ad_1] According to a poll published in the United States earlier this month, one in three adults believes that an attempt is being made “to replace native-born Americans with immigrants in order to achieve electoral gains”. A similar proportion sees the cultural and economic influence of US-born Americans diminishing as a consequence. The vast majority

[ad_1] But a number of key Senate Democratic caucus members are noncommittal on Dettelbach, who supported an assault weapons ban and universal background checks during his failed bid for attorney general of Ohio in 2018. That includes those who privately opposed or didn’t back Biden’s last nominee: Sens. Angus King (I-Maine), Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and

[ad_1] Gov. Ned Lamont has presented a new $64 million gun-control package and he has set his sights on ghost guns and gun buy-backs.  Some of his proposals are smart and strong, while others merely sound smart and make us feel good. But until we change the way that we understand and debate the issue,