Red flag laws won’t stop mass shootings – ending gun-free zones will Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel once said , "You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. And what I mean by that is an opportunity to do things that you think you could not do before." True to that statement, many […]
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Detroit —With each new mass shooting, Karen Badynee-Kwolek feels less upset than she used to get, less upset than she feels she should be. She doesn’t want to. She knows each shooting comes at a great human cost. But it’s human nature, she said. "It’s like my brain can only take so much, like it’s […]
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U.S. Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, speaks during a town hall meeting, Tuesday, in Boone, Iowa. King is defending his call for a ban on all abortions by questioning whether "there would be any population of the world left" if not for births due to rape and incest. To the rest of the world, I want […]
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People applaud Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School senior Aalayah Eastmond after she testified before a House Judiciary Committee hearing on gun violence, at Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019. Despite strong public support for universal background checks for firearm purchases and presidential support for red flag laws , we are not optimistic about […]
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Source: AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais On Thursday, five Democratic Senators sent a warning to the Supreme Court saying that the high court could find itself “restructured” if it continued (to paraphrase the Senators) playing politics and bowing to conservative special interests. Because the warning was sent as part of a brief asking SCOTUS not to […]
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Voters in Missoula, Mont., in 2017. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Regarding the Aug. 15 Politics & the Nation article “ Montana could prohibit local gun restrictions ”: With the epidemic levels of gun violence these past few years, Republican leaders still refuse to adopt stricter gun laws. The latest is an attempt in Montana to relax […]
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WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – You can have your legal weed or you can have your legal guns—but you can’t have both, at least according to the federal government as some advocates saying their right to bear arms is being violated for simply taking advantage of legal marijuana use in their state. Kim Petters served in the […]
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KANSAS CITY, MO (KCTV) — In both Kansas and Missouri, it is legal to carry a gun in public areas, however in Missouri, local ordinances take precedent. While Kansas City has open carry, there are some restrictions. Experts KCTV5 News talked to said they’d encourage most anyone to exercise their right, but they also advise […]
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NPR’s Tamara Keith and Joshua Johnson join William Brangham to discuss the latest political news, including policy proposals among 2020 Democrats, rumors of an upcoming recession and how a weakening economy could affect President Trump’s reelection and momentum for new gun security measures after El Paso and Dayton massacres. Read the Full Transcript William Brangham: […]
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Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times WASHINGTON — Days after a pair of deadly mass shootings in Texas and Ohio, President Trump said he was prepared to endorse what he described as “very meaningful background checks” that would be possible because of his “greater influence now over the Senate and over the House.” But after discussions […]
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