[ad_1] NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are both pushing for Congress to pass stricter gun laws, including an assault weapons ban. But getting any new gun legislation through an evenly divided Senate appears unlikely, CBS2’s Carolyn Gusoff reported Wednesday. “We are seeing tragedy after tragedy,” Harris said on

[ad_1] Here’s what you need to know: A memorial was erected near the police barricades surrounding the King Soopers store.Credit…Eliza Earle for The New York Times The man accused of gunning down 10 people at a grocery store in Boulder, Colo., this week is scheduled to make his first court appearance on Thursday morning, according

[ad_1] The suspect accused of opening fire inside a crowded Colorado supermarket was a 21-year-old man who allegedly purchased an assault weapon less than a week earlier, it has emerged. Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa bought the weapon on 16 March, six days before the attack at a King Soopers store in Boulder that killed 10

[ad_1] When Stephen Paddock opened fire Oct. 1 on concertgoers in Las Vegas, killing 59, the city became the unfortunate host of the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. Investigators are still trying to piece together the events that took place that evening, and why.Like other recent mass shootings, the events in Las Vegas were

[ad_1] Reprinted with permission from Daily Kos Ten people were shot and killed in the parking lot and aisles of a Boulder, Colorado, supermarket on Monday afternoon. Among those killed was a police officer who entered the store in response to reports of shots fired. Witnesses reported hearing up to thirty shots. Police report that

[ad_1] The US House of Representatives passed two bills on 11 March to require background checks on all firearms sales and transfers and to allow an expanded 10-day review for gun purchases, after Democratic President Joe Biden had campaigned on a sweeping gun-control agenda. The Democrats’ currently-invigorated push for gun control laws in the US

[ad_1] Two gun-control bills passed in the House on March 11 tighten the background check requirements on gun sales, including private ones. David Adams, vice president and legislative director of Virginia Shooting Sports Association (VSSA), described the right to bear arms as “something that’s distinctly American.” He and other gun rights advocates warn that a

[ad_1] PROVIDENCE — Constrained by COVID from packing the State House in person, as they have in the past, with hundreds of gun-owners in matching yellow “Don’t Tread on Me” T-shirts, gun-rights advocates are firing off emails and online posts.  Many are the electronic equivalent of form letters urging defeat of the bills up for hearing on Friday.  The

[ad_1] After President Joe Biden’s giant COVID-19 relief bill passed Congress, he made a prime-time address to the nation and presided over a Rose Garden ceremony.But there wasn’t so much as a statement from the White House after the House passed legislation that would require background checks for gun purchases, a signature Democratic issue for

[ad_1] WASHINGTON (AP) — After President Joe Biden’s giant COVID-19 relief bill passed Congress, he made a prime-time address to the nation and presided over a Rose Garden ceremony. But there wasn’t so much as a statement from the White House after the House passed legislation that would require background checks for gun purchases, a

[ad_1] The renewed push is the latest effort by Democrats – and some Republicans – who have repeatedly tried, and failed, to pass tougher gun control laws since the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut that killed 20 children and six educators. While enhanced background checks are generally popular with the American

[ad_1] Just like COVID-19, gun violence disproportionately affects communities of color. In January, Adrian Diaz, Seattle’s interim police chief, noted that 60% of 2020 homicides were committed with a gun; that most homicide victims were males between 18 and 50 years old; and that nearly 50% of homicide victims were Black. Even before the onset

[ad_1] For many, the most disquieting takeaway from the Trump-inspired assault on the nation’s Capitol and democracy, and the ensuing effort to exonerate the defeated president of sedition, is the inevitable conclusion that terrorism and its inspirations are now deeply embedded in our culture. Right-wing terrorists like Timothy McVeigh, Terry Nichols, Richard Wayne Snell and

[ad_1] Congressional lawmakers are launching a fresh push for significant gun control legislation, introducing two bills aimed at sweeping overhauls of the nation’s gun laws. A bipartisan group of lawmakers, led by California Rep. Mike Thompson, who leads the congressional task force on gun violence prevention, reintroduced legislation Tuesday to require background checks for all

[ad_1] The NRA is citing “DC sources” and warning that Congress could take up President Joe Biden’s gun control proposals as early as next week. 🚨BREAKING: Sources in DC report that Congress will be voting on Biden’s extreme gun control legislation as early as next week. Possible that they will bypass committee process. Stay tuned,

[ad_1] Editor’s Note: The opinions expressed in this article are solely the author’s and do not reflect the views of The Phoenix Editorial Board.  CW: school shootings, guns, PTSD, grief, suicide Three years ago on February 14, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School experienced the deadliest school shooting in US history. By the end of the

[ad_1] On the Shelf Blood Gun Money: How America Arms Gangs and Cartels By Ioan GrilloBloomsbury: 400 pages, $28 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. Ioan Grillo moved to Mexico from England in search of adventure and work. What he

[ad_1] ANALYSIS/OPINION: On Valentine’s Day, President Biden sent you a love letter: He’s coming for your guns.   A Feb. 14 statement from the Biden White House called on Congress to extend background checks to “all” gun sales in the country — by definition including between friends or even family members.   Such universal tracking

[ad_1] Gun control remains “a priority on a personal level” for President Joe Biden, White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters earlier this week. The NRA and American conservatives are concerned about Biden’s push as Democrats are now in control of the White House and both chambers of the US Congress. On 14 February,

[ad_1] With the spread of the coronavirus, 2020 was a year of uncertainty. In the United States, it was also a year of record gun sales. Even people who had never owned a firearm made their way into gun stores. Roughly 40% of gun sales in the first four months of 2020 (pandemic lockdowns in

[ad_1] Fred Guttenberg listens to questions from the media in Parkland, Fla. (Photo: Jose A. Iglesias/TNS via ZUMA Wire) Three years after a life-altering tragedy, this activist and author remains dedicated to his cause At the beginning of his Zoom call with Boca, Fred Guttenberg texted his son, Jesse, to let him know he was

[ad_1] President Joe Biden’s demands for Congress to enact gun law reforms will help minimize gun violence in Florida and in the rest of the country. SPECIAL TO THE ORACLE On the three-year anniversary of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas (MSD) High School shooting in Parkland, President Joe Biden called on Congress to enact long-awaited gun

[ad_1] by WorldTribune Staff, February 15, 2021 Joe Biden used the anniversary of the Parkland, Florida school shooting to officially launch his team’s assault on the Second Amendment, critics say. Biden on Feb. 14 said he was “calling on Congress to enact commonsense gun law reforms, including requiring background checks on all gun sales, banning

[ad_1] “I am calling on Congress to enact common sense gun law reforms, including requiring background checks on all gun sales, banning assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, and eliminating immunity for gun manufacturers who knowingly put weapons of war on our streets,” he said in a statement on Sunday. “We owe it to all those

[ad_1] On the third anniversary of a school shooting that left 17 people dead, U.S. President Joe Biden called for tighter laws governing guns. Sunday marks the third anniversary of a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida that killed 14 students and three staff members.  Another 17 people were injured.

[ad_1] President Joe Biden demanded Congress pass new gun control measures on the three-year anniversary of the Parkland school shooting. “This Administration will not wait for the next mass shooting” to pass new legislation, he announced in a statement. Biden called for universal background checks, an assault weapons ban, and legal liability for gun manufacturers,

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[ad_1] Alex Brandon / AP President Joe Biden signs executive orders after speaking about the coronavirus in the State Dinning Room of the White House, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021, in Washington. Friday, Jan. 22, 2021 | 2 a.m. According to one widely quoted analysis, the United States military possesses about 4.5 million firearms. Last year, U.S.

[ad_1] mark Pazniokas :: ctmirror.org Sen. Chris Murphy outside the State Capitol in a pre-election press conference in 2020 No one among his 1 million Twitter followers could reasonably mistake Chris Murphy, the junior senator from Connecticut, for an irrepressibly upbeat Pollyanna. On social media and the Senate floor, he often speaks darkly of the