[ad_1] NEW YORK — Democrats have spent years pledging to address the gun violence that plagues communities across the U.S. But a surge of mass shootings last weekend that left dozens wounded and two dead served as a reminder of how little they have accomplished since taking control of Washington 15 months ago. The struggle

[ad_1] Introduction and summary Religious communities play a significant role in efforts to reduce gun violence, including by advocating for commonsense gun reform using a variety of tools. Their work is driven by both a sense of ethical obligation and concern for the safety of their communities. Gun violence in the United States is an

[ad_1] NEW YORK (AP) — Democrats have spent years pledging to address the gun violence that plagues communities across the U.S. But a surge of mass shootings over the weekend that left dozens wounded and two dead served as a reminder of how little they have accomplished since taking control of Washington 15 months ago.

[ad_1] Placeholder while article actions load Meetings at which attendees had to reintroduce themselves — several times — to Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.). Senate colleagues who aren’t sure she fully recognizes them. A memorial service for a San Francisco official at which Feinstein failed in her remarks to mention the dead woman, whom she had

[ad_1] Now retired in Florida, McCarthy told CNN Opinion for those like her, whose lives have been touched by gun violence, each new senseless shooting brings up haunting memories of their own trauma, transporting them back to their personal tragedy. All day, McCarthy monitored news of the shooting; she couldn’t not watch. The shooting spree

[ad_1] Senate Democrats are preparing for a fight over Steve Dettelbach’s nomination to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), against the backdrop of the November election. President Biden tapped Dettelbach this week, stepping into a proxy battle over gun control months before the midterms, with Republicans eager to paint both Biden

[ad_1] NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Biden said Monday that Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Expolsives (ATF) nominee Steve Dettelbach is “immensely qualified” and the kind of person who was confirmed unanimously to be a U.S. attorney in 2009. But amid increasing partisanship, particularly over gun issues, the ATF hasn’t

[ad_1] NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Biden has had incremental success at implementing gun control through executive action, rolling out a rule last year to regulate pistol-stablizing braces, directing his Justice Department to target gun traffickers, and announcing a new crackdown on “ghost guns” Monday.  While the president touted his administration’s

[ad_1] WASHINGTON — The Biden administration’s crackdown on untraceable, do-it-yourself firearm kits could push gun regulations back to the political forefront in Texas and across the country ahead of this fall’s elections. President Joe Biden used a Rose Garden event on Monday to announce new regulations targeting so-called “ghost guns” that can be assembled at

[ad_1] NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Biden on Monday announced that the Justice Department issued its long-awaited final rule to rein in the proliferation of “ghost guns,” making it illegal for a business to manufacture firearms without serial numbers. Ghost guns are unserialized, privately-made firearms that law enforcement are increasingly recovering

[ad_1] Steve Dettelbach, President Joe Biden’s pick to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, has a long history of issuing statements and backing measures opposing gun rights. Dettelbach supported a number of gun control measures during a failed campaign to be Ohio’s attorney general in 2018, including bans on so-called “assault weapons”

[ad_1] President Joe Biden is set to implement new restrictions on so-called “ghost guns” this week in hopes that fresh gun control measures will help combat the ongoing scourge of violence in the country. What are the details? In a press conference Monday, the president and the Department of Justice are expected to announce the

[ad_1] NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! This is a rush transcript from “The Five,” April 4, 2022. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. DANA PERINO, FOX NEWS HOST: Hello, everyone. I’m Dana Perino, along with Judge Jeanine Pirro, Harold Ford, Jr., Jesse Watters, and Greg

[ad_1] (The Center Square) – A California bill that would have required parents or guardians of schoolchildren to disclose whether any firearms are in the home failed to pass through a policy committee in the State Legislature this week. Senate Bill 906, introduced by Sen. Anthony Portantino, D-La Cañada Flintridge, failed to advance out of the

[ad_1] Democratic Gov. Ned Lamont’s proposal to expand Connecticut’s gun control laws received pushback Monday from some opponents who argue it’s a “kneejerk” reaction to combatting crime – a key issue in this year’s election. During a daylong public hearing on Lamont’s bill, numerous gun rights advocates and supportive state legislators argued more needs to be

[ad_1] The moment illustrates how Greitens — who resigned as governor in 2018 after his hairdresser accused him of sexually assaulting her — has gained favor with Trump and some in his inner circle. Greitens has staunchly aligned himself with the former president, become a favorite of the pro-Trump media universe, and distinguished himself as

[ad_1] By Zach HagadoneReader Staff There was a time when what you thought about guns didn’t somehow indicate your opinions on everything from electric cars to the germ theory of disease. There was also a time when firearms were tools, rather than political props, and certainly not markers of identity tipping into religious zealotry. We

[ad_1] But it also describes far less severe situations, like when people lose control of their work lives because of unregulated markets, can’t provide for themselves or their families because of poverty, or want social/political change but are regularly thwarted by bought-off politicians. It’s sometimes described as a loss of power, but it’s really a

[ad_1] Joy Lee and Dan Pfeifle arrived early for the June, 2019, meeting of the American Medical Association, where they were helping to lead a gathering of the A.M.A’s medical-student delegation. The medical students usually assembled early to discuss priorities, but this year they had an additional reason to strategize: they had decided that they

[ad_1] Legislation introduced in the Tennessee state legislature this month is raising alarms from the state’s police union and gun control advocates who say it could turn the streets into the “old West.” Two bills in the state assembly and state senate, HB 254 and SB 2523, would amend Tennessee law and designate “a person

[ad_1] The White House press secretary was recently criticized for flippantly downplaying crime fears in a January 25 podcast. While reading out and commenting on cable news chyrons, Jen Psaki joked that CNN and MSNBC were “OK, true,” but FOX News was covering some “alternative universe,” with “Jeanine Pirro talking about soft on crime consequences. I mean, what?

[ad_1] WASHINGTON — On the fourth anniversary of the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, survivor David Hogg delivered a tough message to Democrats: If you fail to use your power to act against gun violence, you’re no better than the National Rifle Association. “Many people do not want to hear this. The fact of the

[ad_1] Today marks the fourth anniversary of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida that claimed the lives of 17 students and staff and injured 17 others. But with little ground gained on getting guns off the streets since the attack, survivors and activists are calling upon President Joe Biden

[ad_1] WASHINGTON — A father of one of the 2018 Parkland shooting victims climbed a crane in Washington, D.C., on Monday morning to protest an end to gun violence. Monday is the fourth anniversary of the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, which claimed the lives of 14 students and three staff members. Manuel

[ad_1] Joe Biden renewed his call for gun control on the fourth anniversary of the Parkland school shooting in Florida that left 17 people dead and 17 injured on 14 February 2018. The president said in a statement on Monday that the 19-year-old gunman “stole the lives of 14 students and three educators at Marjory

[ad_1] On the four year anniversary of the deadly shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, President Joe Biden on Monday urged Congress to take action in order to reduce gun violence in this country. What You Need To Know On the four year anniversary of the deadly shooting at Marjory Stoneman

[ad_1] WASHINGTON – Four years after 17 people were gunned down at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, President Joe Biden says his administration stands with the advocates working to end gun violence and urges the nation to uphold the “solemn obligation” to “keep each other safe.” “Out of the heartbreak of Parkland a

[ad_1] 2021 saw a spike in gun violence that surpassed even the 2020 surge. At least 12 major U.S. cities broke homicide records, police departments nationwide seized record numbers of illegal guns, and mass shootings like the tragedy at Michigan’s Oxford High School continue to dominate headlines.  If we want 2022 to look any different, the moment is now for

[ad_1] More than three months removed from the publication of his book “Gunfight: My Battle Against the Industry that Radicalized America,” Ryan Busse said he continues to hear on a regular basis from people, mostly gun owners, thanking him in person, by email, and on social media for speaking up about an industry they believe

[ad_1] January 19, 2022 7:09 PM Posted: January 19, 2022 7:09 PM OLYMPIA, Wash. — Guns and their safety are up for debate once again in Washington — a state that already has some of the toughest control laws in the country. The Senate and Justice Committee heard multiple bill proposals and public comments on