[ad_1] With a few notable exceptions, most of the liberal media’s coverage of the debate around gun control has been an echo chamber of misinformed, underinformed, or just plain uninformed gun control activists, leaving little room for real debate. Perhaps this slant in coverage was why CNN thought they could somehow frame a friendly discussion

[ad_1] A teachers union in Texas marched to Senator Ted Cruz‘s office on Tuesday calling on the Republican lawmaker to take further action in response to the recent Uvalde school shooting. Members of the Texas American Federation of Teachers (AFT), which represents nearly 70,000 teachers in the state, marched to Cruz’s office in Texas as

[ad_1] Outside of the National Rifle Association’s convention in Houston, Texas over the weekend, an attendee attempted to diminish the number of Americans that lose their lives to gun violence. But as comedian Jason Selvig quickly pointed out, the facts were not on his side. The raw footage was posted to Twitter on Tuesday. “More

[ad_1] “The View” co-host Whoopi Goldberg targeted the sale of assault rifles including the AR-15 during a fiery rant on Tuesday following the deadly mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. The talk show’s panelists held a lengthy discussion about how lawmakers should respond to the shooting, which left 21 dead, including 19

[ad_1] This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SELMA, NC – APRIL 09: Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson speaks before a rally for former U.S. President Donald Trump at The Farm at 95

[ad_1] Speak Out allows readers to comment on the issues of the day. Email Speak Out at speakout@southtownstar.com or call 312-222-2427. Please limit comments to 30 seconds or about 120 words and give your first name and your hometown. A recent opinion page showing an 11-year-old boy smiling at a recent NRA convention holding an

[ad_1] “I think there’s a realization on the part of rational Republicans — and I consider [Senate Minority Leader Mitch] McConnell a rational Republican, [Texas Sen. John] Cornyn as well — there’s a recognition on their part they can’t continue like this,” Biden responded. Which raises an interesting question: Is Biden right? Is McConnell part

[ad_1] OPINION: President Biden, in response to calls from mourners in Uvalde to “do something” about gun violence, promised “We will.” What? Vice President Kamala Harris called for “an assault weapons ban.” Whatever that means. California Gov. Gavin Newsom pressed for laws allowing government and victims of shootings to sue gun manufacturers and dealers. What

[ad_1] The first details of the evil unleashed on defenseless school kids by an 18-year-old with a legally bought semi-automatic rifle were unfathomable. Everything that has emerged since has made the horror worse. And while the tragedy of Robb Elementary School is primarily a personal one for families facing the unbearable loss of children at

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[ad_1] NBC Sports’ Peter King used his Memorial Day Football Morning in America column to criticize U.S. gun laws and to call for a ban on the sales of AR-15 rifles. King opened his column by taking time to “mourn those lost in service to our country.” Then he segued to the people who have

[ad_1] NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Gun control activist Igor Volsky criticized gun culture as racist and built on misleading ideas about masculinity while appearing on MSNBC’s “The Mehdi Hasan Show.” On Sunday, guest host Ayman Mohyeldin spoke with Volsky on the National Rifle Association (NRA) proceeding with its annual convention following

[ad_1] The National Rifle Association announced Monday that its Board of Directors voted to re-elect Wayne LaPierre to continue serving as the organization’s CEO and executive vice president. Mr. LaPierre’s reelection was never in doubt before the vote, as he received almost unanimous support over Lt. Col. Allen West, who launched a takeover campaign in

[ad_1] WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last week’s massacre at Uvalde’s Robb Elementary School is the latest stark reminder of just how little action the United States Congress has taken in recent years on gun reform. The U.S. Senate did not take up a single piece of major gun violence prevention legislation last year or so far

[ad_1] The bell tolled at the National Rifle Association’s (NRA) annual meeting in Houston on Friday night. As former President Donald Trump intoned the names of the Uvalde massacre victims – 19 children aged between eight and 10, and two teachers who made heroic efforts to save them – the sound of a bell was

[ad_1] The 2022 National Rifle Association of America (NRA) convention took place this past weekend in Houston, Texas. I was there as both an attendee and as a member of the association’s Board of Directors. Over the course of three days, as tens of thousands of people wandered through the exhibit hall and meeting rooms,

[ad_1] Saturday, during an appearance on MSNBC’s “Alex Witt Reports,” Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-MA) called for the “disbandment” of the National Rifle Association (NRA) “by all means possible.” The Massachusetts Democrat said the measures should include going after the membership. “We must pursue the disbandment of the NRA by all means possible — litigation, money,

[ad_1] If the Founding Fathers were around today, they would be flabbergasted by our inability to take even the most basic, common sense steps to protect our children from being murdered at school. Passively accepting, year after year, horrific school shootings, like the recent slaughter in Uvalde, Texas, would strike them as collective madness, which

[ad_1] Placeholder while article actions load UVALDE, Tex. — For years, even as mass shootings swept the country, Richard Small bristled at any talk of tighter gun restrictions, viewing it as nothing more than politically driven finger-pointing that would do little to stop the violence while infringing on his rights as a gun owner. But

[ad_1] By Alwyn Lau Monday, 30 May 2022 9:47 AM MYT MAY 30 — “The constitutions of most of our States assert that all power is inherent in the people; that… it is their right and duty to be at all times armed.” — Thomas Jefferson Last week’s shooting in a school in Uvalde, Texas,

[ad_1] Crime scene tape surrounds Robb Elementary School after a mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, May 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File) In the aftermath of another school shooting that left 19 elementary school students and two teachers dead in Texas, a national conversation on gun control has reignited. In Alaska, where many politicians

[ad_1] In a country where three in 10 adults own a gun, 100 Americans die every day from gunshot wounds. Nearly half of all U.S. adults grew up in a household with guns, more than half have friends who own guns, and nearly three-quarters have fired a gun. The prevalence of gun violence and gun

[ad_1] GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger on Sunday called the National Rifle association a “grifting scam.” The Illinois lawmaker affirmed that he is “a strong defender of the second amendment.” He also said he’s “getting sick of seeing the mass shootings.” Loading Something is loading. Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger slammed the National Rifle Association amid recent

[ad_1] Rev. David Wilson Rogers  |  Carlsbad Current-Argus Once again, senseless violence and gunfire has claimed innocent lives. A school in America is stained in blood, beautiful lives are lost to unimaginable hate, families are destroyed, and the role that guns play in American culture is center stage. Worse yet, hatred and anger are emerging

[ad_1] NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Lieutenant Governor Winsome Sears, R-Va., slammed the politicization of the gun control debate following the Uvalde, Texas school shooting. On “Fox & Friends Weekend,” Sunday, Sears argued “emasculated” men and fatherless homes are some of the several issues hurting America’s children and impacting mass shootings.  DAN

[ad_1] If there’s one thing members of both parties agree on it is this: Congress is unlikely to pass significant gun control legislation, even after two shocking mass shootings in Buffalo, N.Y. and Uvalde, Texas that targeted Black people and children. Lawmakers are engaging in conversations behind the scenes on a menu of smaller measures

[ad_1] Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. As the gunman approached her family cowering in the corner of the restaurant, Suzanna Hupp wanted nothing more than a gun in her hand. But Texas law in 1991 didn’t allow that, leaving her

[ad_1] Republican congressman Chris Jacobs of Orchard Park, New York has reversed his stance on gun control and said he would support measures to ban or restrict access to guns. Mr Jacobs, who was endorsed by the National Rifle Association (NRA) only two years ago, made the comments in the wake of deaths from mass

[ad_1] Even the murder of 19 elementary school children in Texas could not deter America’s gun industry from enjoying its annual celebration of the weapons that slaughtered them. Ahead of its three-day convention in Houston this weekend, the National Rifle Association offered its “deepest sympathies” to the families of the eight- to 11-year-old students, and