[ad_1] IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. New calls for more mental health resources in schools in wake of mass shootings 02:36 Childcare expert says end of free meal program will be “apocalyptic” 03:15 Now Playing The conservative movement to expand the scope of the Second
[ad_1] Four in 10 U.S. adults live in a household with a gun, according to a Gallup poll. Where there’s one gun, according to Pew Research, there tend to be more. My childhood home was one such place. In the basement, perched on a caramel-colored rack on a green-paneled wall, were a rifle, a shotgun
[ad_1] For anyone in doubt about how President Joe Biden’s hand-picked appointee to join the liberal wing of the Supreme Court would vote on any anti-Second Amendment legislation, a video has emerged offering a very large hint. Last month, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern gave a commencement address at Harvard University and was extolling
[ad_1] The National Rifle Association’s annual meeting, held during Memorial Day weekend in Houston included discussions about gun laws in the wake of a recent mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, that left 21 people dead. Among the speakers, Sen. Ted Cruz took particular aim at Chicago. “Gun bans do not work.
[ad_1] To the Editor: Palestinian authorities have concluded that Shireen Abu Akleh, killed in May in Palestine, was murdered with a bullet from a Ruger gun. Palestinian Attorney General Al-Khatib said tests showed that the bullet that killed Abu Akleh was a 5.56 mm round fired from a Ruger semiautomatic rifle, which is used by
[ad_1] After President Biden’s Thursday night address to the nation that called on voters to kick Republicans out of office if they refuse to accept a litany of gun control measures, CNN host Don Lemon had his opening panel brainstorm how the Democrats could best take advantage of the recent string of horrific mass shootings.
[ad_1] Just when everyone thought that the NRA-backed GOP Congressman Chris Jacobs (R-NY) announcing his support for gun reform was an act of decency and common sense, the Republican lawmaker caved to pressure and withdrew his bid for re-election amid backlash from gun rights groups and his party establishment. Back in May – just days
[ad_1] Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart joined MSNBC’s The 11th Hour on Friday night to discuss gun control and why such efforts appear to be going nowhere. For Capehart, the answer is that not enough Republicans are willing to buck the NRA, which is allegedly fearmongering on thigs such as gun confiscation. Host Stephanie
[ad_1] NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Firearm purchases by minority groups in America have soared over the past few years and the debate surrounding gun control following a deadly school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, late last month has seemingly renewed their support for the Second Amendment. Retailer surveys released by the National
[ad_1] Stay cool. Run out the clock. Scare some gun nuts while you can. But don’t worry: this moment will be over soon. That’s the message the Republican Party, Donald Trump, and conservative leaders rapidly coalesced around after a series of mass shootings in recent weeks, including at one at a Texas elementary school. Several
[ad_1] After a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, on May 24, several pastors around the country challenged their conservative counterparts with this question: Are you pro-life if you are pro-gun? One of those faith leaders is the Rev. Steven Marsh, senior pastor of Geneva Presbyterian Church
[ad_1] Placeholder while article actions load Then-senator Joe Biden’s signature crime bill had ground its way through Congress after months of tedious effort. But after an unexpected flare-up over guns raised the threat of a filibuster, the lawmaker from Delaware took the Senate floor for an impassioned plea. “We can vote to keep these deadly
[ad_1] There’s a growing divide within America’s gun lobby, as groups representing firearms manufacturers and individual owners splinter over federal gun-control legislation and what gun culture means in an increasingly diverse country. Driving the news: The National Rifle Association, the nation’s leading but weakened gun rights organization, says a federal law to stop potentially dangerous
[ad_1] New York Republican Rep. Chris Jacobs announced Friday afternoon that he would finish out the rest of his term and not run for reelection in what was considered to be a safe district after he came out in favor of the Democrat’s “assault weapons” ban. On Friday afternoon, after the recent shootings in Buffalo, New
[ad_1] Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Email Recent mass shootings in Tulsa, Oklahoma; Uvalde, Texas; and Buffalo, New York are just three of the 233 mass shootings in the U.S. this year — down slightly from 240 mass shootings at this time last year, according to tallies from the Gun Violence Archive, an independent, nonprofit project
[ad_1] A New York Republican representative who once promised to protect the Second Amendment rights of his constituents has announced that he will not seek reelection after changing his stance on gun control following a spate of mass shootings. In announcing his decision, Rep. Chris Jacobs, whose 27th New York congressional district is near the
[ad_1] President Biden called on Congress Thursday night to take action on a series of gun safety measures that echo the recommendations a group of surgeons made in 2018 and renewed in the hours before the president’s address, calling it “urgent.” Among the American College of Surgeons members who took part in the Trauma Committee’s
[ad_1] National Rifle Association executive vice president Wayne LaPierre speaks during the Leadership Forum at the NRA-ILA Meeting at the George R. Brown Convention Center Friday, May 27, 2022, in Houston. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke) The Second Amendment looms large in the grim ritual that follows mass shootings like the massacre at Robb Elementary in Uvalde,
[ad_1] TOPEKA, (KSNT)— Democrats across the country are calling for gun reform, including lawmakers in Kansas. Representative JoElla Hoye, a democrat from Lenexa and a former Moms Demand Action chapter leader, told Kansas Capitol Bureau in an interview Friday that she plans to work over the summer to get legislation ready for next session. “We
[ad_1] Three variations of the AR-15 assault rifle are displayed at the California Department of Justice in Sacramento, Calif., on Aug. 15, 2012. The gunmen in two of the nation’s most recent mass shootings, including the massacre at a Texas elementary school, legally bought the assault weapons they used after they turned 18. (Rich Pedroncelli/AP)
[ad_1] The recent mass shootings in Buffalo and Tulsa — and so many others day in and out in 2022 America — coupled with the National Rifle Association’s annual convention in Houston staged a few days after a Uvalde gunman, 18, using a military-style semi-automatic rifle, blew apart 19 elementary school children and two teachers
[ad_1] Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor. Jensen, Jonsen haveexperience others lack I retired from the Sheriff’s Office with 30 years of service. I worked under four sheriffs. There are four people running for the sheriff’s spot, as the current sheriff, Laurie Smith, is not running
[ad_1] Rep. Chris Jacobs (R-N.Y.) announced that he would suspend his reelection campaign Friday after facing pressure by his party to step aside for coming out in support of gun reforms as a solution to stem the tide of mass shootings in the country in recent weeks. Jacobs was born and raised in Buffalo, a
[ad_1] VOA – CONNECTEPISODE # 229 AIRDATE: 06 03 2022 TRANSCRIPT OPEN ((VO/NAT/SOT))((Banner))Parents Speak Out((SOT))((Karlie Sharma, Kindergartner and Toddler))I feel helpless. I feel like there’s nothing that can be done. I mean, it doesn’t matter what. It doesn’t matter what events occur essentially in this country. It doesn’t seem to change the gun culture. It
[ad_1] In 1994, Congress enacted a ban on assault weapons that stayed in force for 10 years. It was allowed to sunset in 2005 thanks to Republican control of the federal government and the influence of the National Rifle Association (NRA). Here’s an underrated detail about the ban that ought to resonate today in America:
[ad_1] Placeholder while article actions load In the US, where the right to bear arms is enshrined in the Constitution, states have differing policies on who can carry concealed weapons in public. Pro-gun activists have made headway in recent years by getting more states to stop requiring permits to do so. (Openly carrying weapons, a
[ad_1] Anti-gun Democrats in Albany jammed through a massive gun control package in less than 48 hours. Despite halls that were barren compared to typical last-day-of-session proceedings, your NRA was meeting with legislators and providing them with the resources to argue against this onslaught. Republicans in both chambers went to the microphone and asked tough
[ad_1] Two days after an 18-year-old gunman armed with an AR-15-style assault rifle locked himself in adjoining classrooms at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, and blew apart 19 children and two teachers before he was eventually killed by a member of the U.S. Border Patrol Tactical Unit, the National Rifle Association proceeded with its
[ad_1] Governor John Carney has unveiled his legislative package to further violate Second Amendment rights in Delaware. The General Assembly returns from recess next week, and session adjourns on June 30th, so they will attempt to rush these bills through the legislative process. In addition to the bills below, there are other proposals that have
[ad_1] 1. Here’s the NRA’s grade for every North Dakota lawmaker 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