Fairfax, Va. - The National Rifle Association of America released the following statement on Thursday, June 2: The NRA is made up of millions of law-abiding men and women. We are parents, grandparents, brothers and sisters, whose hearts break every time a crime is committed or tragedy occurs. We grieve with all of America, regardless of
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The White House touted President Biden’s history on gun issues, signaling optimism that gun control legislation can get done in the wake of mass shootings in Buffalo, N.Y., and Uvalde, Texas. “He’s done this before,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said on Thursday. “He has beat the gun lobby before.” Her comments come as
Members of the Supreme Court pose for a group photo at the Supreme Court in Washington, April 23, 2021. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times via AP, Pool, File) Amid signs of internal discord, the U.S. Supreme Court is waiting until the bitter end to do the largest share of its work in more than 70
Nearly 20 years after AR-15-style rifles returned to the market, the powerful weapons are back in the spotlight as the United States once again debates the role of assault-style guns in society. There are now roughly 20 million of them in the US, according to a 2020 survey from the National Shooting Sports Foundation, a
The endless regurgitation of debates on the expansion or restriction of American’s access to firearms continue to permeate daily news cycles and conversation as yet more instances of the mass killings of innocent people — first in Buffalo, New York, then in Uvalde, Texas, and again in Tulsa, Oklahoma — continue to happen unimpeded across
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 Midland-Odessa,
If anyone was still questioning the Biden-Harris administration’s devotion to banning and confiscating law-abiding Americans’ firearms, all doubt was erased this weekend. On May 31, President Joe Biden once again stated that he wants to ban 9mm firearms. Speaking with reporters outside the White House about a purported encounter with a “trauma doctor,” Biden stated,
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Rep. Mondaire Jones said Thursday Democrats will abolish the Senate filibuster and pack the Supreme Court in order to pass more restrictions on guns, as the House prepares to advance a package of gun bills next week. Jones, D-N.Y., made the comments at a House Judiciary Committee
House Judiciary Committee Chair Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) sought to preempt Republican arguments against new firearm legislation on Thursday, countering claims that video games or a lack of mental health care are driving the gun violence epidemic in the U.S. Nadler’s comments came as his panel marked up a package of gun bills in the wake
United States Congressman Greg Steube (R-Florida) on Thursday showed off his personal collection of firearms during a House of Representatives Judiciary Committee hearing on gun control. Lawmakers held a virtual conference to debate The Protecting Our Kids Act amid a spate of mass shootings that have erupted throughout the nation. The latest – and 233rd
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York would ban the purchase or possession of a semi-automatic rifle for individuals below the age of 21 as part of a package of the Democratic-led Legislature plan to pass this week with the governor’s approval. Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul and Democratic legislative leaders announced Tuesday that lawmakers will pass
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By Andrew Chung (Reuters) – As President Joe Biden and Congress ponder how to respond to the latest U.S. mass shootings, the Supreme Court is due to decide a major case that could undermine new efforts to enact gun control measures while making existing ones vulnerable to legal attack. The justices are expected to rule
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 fingers
On Wednesday’s The ReidOut on MSNBC, host Joy Reid continued her week-long freak out over guns and demonized anyone who owns a gun and opposes gun control. Even going as far as to compare concerns conservatives have about gun confiscations to the movie Birth of a Nation whipping up the Klan in the early 1900s.
Beto O’Rourke received a standing ovation from a crowd in Dallas Wednesday night as mention was made of how he confronted Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, saying “This one is on you,” the day after 19 fourth graders and two teachers were gunned down in Uvalde, Texas last week. The cheering Dallas crowd attended an event
This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: Funerals are continuing in Uvalde, Texas, for the 19 fourth graders and their two teachers shot dead at Robb Elementary School last week. The state’s probe into the police handling of the school shooting is facing a major new obstacle
When Mark Kelly ran for Senate in 2020, he didn’t emphasize the issue that had long been at the core of his political identity. He didn’t need to. There are few in Arizona who are unfamiliar with the story of Kelly’s wife, the former congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who was shot in the head and nearly