[ad_1] On July 9, 1985, during debate over the Firearm Owners Protection Act (FOPA), Senate Judiciary Committee member Joe Biden (D-DE) sided with the NRA and argued criminals can get guns “with or without gun control.” NBC News notes the Judiciary Committee concurred with the Republican majority in support of FOPA, then it passed on the

[ad_1] Moments after President Joe Biden finished delivering a primetime address to the nation on Thursday evening about the unending plague of gun violence, the 235th mass shooting of 2022 occurred outside Cornerstone Megachurch in Ames, Iowa. Two women along with the gunman were killed in the attack, which left another 13 people injured, according

[ad_1] Spurred by rising violence with firearms, the nation began work to write into law “the strongest gun control measures in over 40 years.” Alas for Americans, that nation is Canada. Here in the United States, we’ve had three massacres in under three weeks — in Buffalo, N.Y., Uvalde, Texas and Tulsa, Okla. And those

[ad_1] Smith & Wesson M&P15 semi-automatic rifles of the AR-15 style are displayed during the National Rifle Association (NRA) annual meeting at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas on May 28. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images Smith & Wesson M&P15 semi-automatic

[ad_1] I get my Busches confused. There’s Adolphus and August. Gussie and Billy. III and IV. So, it’s not surprising that when I went looking the other day for a piece I had written a few years ago about the Busch family and guns, I couldn’t find it. I remembered that after the mass shooting

[ad_1] President Joe Biden called for gun control during an address to the nation on Thursday about the ongoing problem of mass shootings in the U.S. Biden called for banning assault firearms and large capacity magazines, or alternatively, for increasing the age to buy those guns to 21-years-old. He specifically called for reimposing a ban

[ad_1] The speech, which compared dead American children to US casualties in war, came on a night when fellow Democrats on a House committee passed a string of proposals that most Americans might support but have no chance of passing through a GOP blockade in the Senate. The National Rifle Association immediately rejected his proposals,

[ad_1] IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. UP NEXT Hayes: The case for small, preventative actions against gun violence 06:35 Sen. Blumenthal: It is really put up or shut up time for Republicans 09:18 Canada takes swift action on gun safety post-Uvalde 11:58 ‘NRA Republican’ turns

[ad_1] Placeholder while article actions load They know how it feels to fire an assault weapon. They know the smell, the heft, the power it has to tear humans apart. Military veterans know that to use such a weapon properly, they had to train, to practice, to follow the protocol, to empty their weapons and

[ad_1] Texas lawmakers proposed about 200 bills addressing gun policy during the 2021 legislative session, including some that would have established universal background checks or raised the age to purchase an assault weapon — items long on gun control advocates’ wish lists. Two years prior, after a pair of mass shootings in El Paso and

[ad_1] BISMARCK — A school shooting that left 19 children and two teachers dead in Texas last week has renewed cries from gun control advocates to toughen federal and state firearm regulations. Members of Congress have once again begun talks in Washington to tighten gun laws, but state legislators wield considerable authority over firearm rules

[ad_1] Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz on Thursday called out Republicans who pulled out of the National Rifle Association (NRA) Annual Leadership Forum in late May. “I thought it was important to be there,” he said during Thursday’s “Verdict with Ted Cruz.” “I was disappointed to see so many others make the decision not to

[ad_1] The group’s PAC has donated to Rep. Ted Budd, the GOP Senate candidate in North Carolina’s open-seat race, and some of its biggest checks so far this cycle have gone to House Republican leaders, according to Federal Election Commission reports. The disclosures show the PAC has contributed to Chabot as well as to a

[ad_1] Again, I listened to the news and cried. Another mass shooting, another senseless act of violence that could have been prevented by sensible gun laws. An 18-year-old Texan not old enough to purchase liquor in Texas was able to buy assault weapons whose only purpose is to massacre people. Gun owners indoctrinated with the

[ad_1] Pay Dirt is a weekly foray into the pigpen of political funding. Subscribe here to get it in your inbox every Thursday. Over the last year, a new campaign expense has emerged, and in keeping with the times it’s sufficiently dystopian: personal bodyguards. When Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) went before the National Rifle Association’s

[ad_1] By Pat Bullard T he Second Amendment is part of the Bill of Rights passed by Congress in 1791. I fail to see how it grants one individual the right to destroy another individual’s right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, and to arm oneself with weapons designed for war for a

[ad_1] It’s become an all-too familiar scene – a mass shooting in America. Followed by the doomed cries of #DoSomething that fizzles out after a few days, leading many to wonder can gun reform really happen? The outraged demands for action continue to be derailed in Congress. Disappointed gun-control advocates and frustrated citizens, point their

[ad_1] IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. UP NEXT Shooting at Oklahoma hospital kills four 03:07 How the AR-15 conquered the American market according to former firearms executive 07:03 Sen. Chris Murphy calls mass shootings ‘something I worry the country is becoming used to’ 09:52 Tulsa

[ad_1] By Steve Contorno, Leyla Santiago and Denise Royal, CNN Twice a week from her courtroom, Florida 13th Circuit Court Judge Denise Pomponio decides who in Hillsborough County can no longer be trusted with a gun. In just the last two months, she has taken away the firearm privileges of dozens of people, including a

[ad_1] It would be no violation of the Second Amendment to require licenses for firearms. (Jeff McIntosh | The Canadian Press via AP) In this Sept. 15, 2010 file photo, an employee looks through the scope of long gun at a gun store in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.   | June 1, 2022, 7:00 p.m. Outrage, grief

[ad_1] BEREA, Ohio — One week after a mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, left 19 students and two teachers dead, Browns star defensive end Myles Garrett said he is “still sick.” The Texas native has been outspoken since the tragedy, posting numerous messages to his social media in the immediate aftermath

[ad_1] Uvalde, Buffalo, El Paso, Boulder, San Bernardino, Orlando, Parkland, Las Vegas, Charleston, Newton, Aurora…the list goes on and on. Many Americans are fed up and continue to cry out for gun policies that could prevent future mass shootings. Researchers say sensible gun safety regulations could also reduce homicides and suicide. But since 2000, the

[ad_1] An American man helps his 7-year-old son steady a firearm at the George R. Brown Convention Center, on the sidelines of the National Rifle Association (NRA) annual convention, in Houston, Texas, May 28, 2022. /CFP An American man helps his 7-year-old son steady a firearm at the George R. Brown Convention Center, on the

[ad_1] Pro Second Amendment means pro well-regulated militia I am pro gun! I am pro Second Amendment! “A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” The Second Amendment says militias of citizens may have guns. Well, OK!

[ad_1] In the wake of the recent school shooting in Uvalde, Texas that killed 19 children and two teachers, Democrats in the US – led by the president, Joe Biden – have once again called for stricter national gun laws. Yet many experts believe prospects for reform remain bleak, a reality attributed to the overwhelming

[ad_1] Repeal the Second Amendment Despite all the sound and fury, meaningful legislation to adequately control gun violence will never be passed until the Second Amendment is repealed. There is no need for it today because the Armed Forces and the National Guard no longer depend on members to bring their own weapons. Its final

[ad_1] Whoopi Goldberg lectured Americans on their Second Amendment rights during Tuesday’s broadcast of “The View,” telling people that they could have their “yee-haw guns” but she was drawing the line at AR-15s. Goldberg and her cohosts opened the ABC midday talk show with a conversation centered on renewed calls for gun control in the

[ad_1] Everytown for Gun Safety ranks Idaho as number two for states in the U.S. with the least restrictive gun laws. BOISE, Idaho — In the wake of the mass shooting at the elementary school in Uvalde, Texas and at the grocery store in Buffalo, New York, the topic of gun control is at the

[ad_1] Monday 30 May was Memorial Day in America. Each year, that day memorialises those in the country’s military who made the ultimate sacrifice. This annual commemoration began in 1868, shortly after the end of the American Civil War, a response to the horrific losses of those who served in the military in that war.