Why the US Gun Violence Epidemic Hasn’t Reached Hawaii
Credit to Author: Harry Cheadle| Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2019 19:48:24 +0000
You don’t have to look to other countries for evidence that gun control actually works.
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Did the Assault Weapons Ban Really Work? That’s Complicated.
Credit to Author: Shawna Thomas| Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2019 18:04:09 +0000
The jury’s out on whether it actually prevented mass shootings — but data suggests we need more data.
Read moreMass shootings have Latinos worried about being targets
Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2019 02:34:51 +0000
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — When Michelle Otero arrived at an art show featuring Mexican-American women, the first thing she did was scan the room. Two exits. One security guard. Then she thought to herself: If a shooter bursts in, how do my husband and I get out of here alive? Otero, who is Mexican-American and Albuquerque’s […]
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Read moreDemocrats Have Never Been This Unified On Gun Control. That Could Change Everything.
Credit to Author: Cameron Joseph| Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2019 16:37:18 +0000
In 2008 and 2012, Democrats barely talked about guns. In 2016, it was a minor issue. Now it’s at the center of the national discussion.
Read moreGun reform urged in Ohio as Texas Democrats shun Trump visit
Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2019 23:09:57 +0000
DAYTON, Ohio – Ohio’s Republican governor bucked his party to call for expanded gun laws Tuesday and some Democrats in Texas told President Donald Trump to stay away as both states reeled from a pair of shootings that killed 31 people.
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Read moreNeil deGrasse Tyson’s ‘Objectively True Information’ About Mass Shootings Is Worthless
Credit to Author: Madeleine Gregory| Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2019 11:23:09 +0000
The celebrity scientist took to Twitter to remind everyone that people die all the time, diminishing the tragedy of the weekend’s mass shootings.
Read more2020 Dems back gun limits after El Paso mass shooting
Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Sun, 04 Aug 2019 00:47:10 +0000
LAS VEGAS – Democratic presidential candidates expressed outrage Saturday that mass shootings have becoming chillingly common nationwide and blamed the National Rifle Association and its congressional allies after a gunman opened fire at a shopping area near the Texas-Mexico border.
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Read moreDid ‘silencer’ make a difference in Virginia Beach carnage?
Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2019 02:10:08 +0000
The shooter who killed 12 people in a government office building in Virginia Beach used a suppressor that muffles the sound of gunfire.
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Read moreNew Zealand Parliament votes to ban semi-automatic weapons
Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2019 09:24:32 +0000
New Zealand’s Parliament has passed sweeping gun laws that outlaw military style weapons, less than a month after mass shootings at two Christchurch mosques.
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Read moreNew Jersey sues California company over ‘ghost guns’ sale
Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2019 05:16:15 +0000
NEWARK, New Jersey — New Jersey’s attorney general announced a lawsuit Friday against a California company that sells mail-order firearms parts that can be turned into working weapons, the first such action the state has taken since it banned so-called ghost guns last year. The lawsuit filed Thursday alleges that Apple Valley-based U.S. Patriot Armory […]
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