[ad_1] Here we are again in America. Another school shooting. I remember watching the events of Columbine play out after I left school that day. We didn’t have 24/7 access to the internet back then, so we watched it all unravel on the national news. It was not the first school shooting, as we have
[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and fury, meaningful legislation to adequately control gun violence will never be passed until the Second Amendment is repealed.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] Good Wednesday morning from London. Before I launch into some commentary, here are two micro-scoops from the campaign trail. —Republican Audrey Henson is switching races, moving from the GOP Primary for Congressional District 13 to a bid for Florida House District 60. —DNC Committee member Alan Clendenin will announce today he is running for
[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] White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Tuesday that President Biden is uninterested in pursuing tighter security at schools in the aftermath of the Uvalde massacre, an option favored by former President Donald Trump. “I know there’s been conversation about hardening schools. That is not something that he believes in,” said Ms. Jean-Pierre at
[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.
[ad_1] A sprawling gun show — billed as “14 Acres of Guns & Gear” — was the main attraction at the the National Rifle Association’s annual convention in Houston this past weekend. And even in the aftermath of the carnage in nearby Uvalde, where 19 children and two adults were massacred by a teenager with
[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] Wasn’t the SAFE Act supposed to fix New York’s crime problem? New York City was once a safe city, and years of Democrat-led “bail reform” coupled with never ending attacks on law enforcement and policing has created a system where criminals are caught and released, and the entire state is being ravaged by crime under this one-party rule
[ad_1] Peter D. Kramer | New York State Team Haverstraw vigil honors victims of Buffalo mass shooting Prayers, remarks, and the reading of the names of the victims were part of a vigil in Haverstraw Monday honoring the victims of the Buffalo shooting. Seth Harrison/lohud After a bloody May that saw mass killings in a
[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] National Rifle Association board member Judge Phillip Journey schooled CNN host Jim Acosta on Sunday during a tense conversation about gun control. Over the course of the lengthy interview, which spanned multiple gun-related topics, Acosta repeatedly interrupted Journey, refused to allow him to finish speaking, and blamed shooting massacres on the NRA. ‘Blood on
[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] Everytown for Gun Safety, one of the nation’s largest gun safety advocacy groups, has declared Rep. Donald M. Payne Jr. (D-Newark) the “Gun Sense Candidate.” Payne was lauded for his support of universal background checks, an assault weapon ban, and a nationwide gun buyback program. Everytown also pointed to Payne’s “F” rating from the
[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] Make plans now to join NRA-ILA for its first Georgia NRA State Conference, to be held on Saturday, June 25th, 2022, in Atlanta! Come out for a unique opportunity to gather, learn, and network in support of the Second Amendment. The conference will feature various dynamic speakers and panel discussions, and will showcase some
[ad_1] President Biden, fresh from his visit to Uvalde, Texas, a day earlier, called on “rational” Senate Republicans on Monday to nudge lawmakers toward a deal on gun restrictions as the tragic deaths of 19 students and two teachers continue to move the nation. On Sunday, Biden promised Uvalde residents that he would move to
[ad_1] In the aftermath of last week’s mass shooting in Uvalde, among the many questions was whether the bloodshed might lead some Republican policymakers to change their minds about gun policy. It was not a passing curiosity: If the heartbreak didn’t affect GOP officials’ attitudes, then the status quo would remain in place, again, even
[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] “Find the cost of freedomBuried in the groundMother Earth will swallow youLay your body down” After hearing the news of yet another elementary school massacre, these lyrics written by Stephen Stills kept rattling in my head over and over again. The song was originally the B side of a single of the Vietnam protest
[ad_1] When on December 14, 2012 a terrorist shot dead 26 people, including 20 children, at the Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, many in the US were shaken to the core. It was not the first shooting, nor was it the first time children were targeted by a shooter who had easy access
[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
[ad_1] colson-atd-010217 More than 1,500 people have died in more than 270 mass shootings in this country since 2009, according to the Everytown for Gun Safety group, as cited in a New York Times story on May 29. As a nation, we’ve been watching that tragic toll mount at an ever-increasing rate, kind of in
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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