NBC over the weekend pushed gun control repeatedly, casually dismissing calls for focusing culpability on the perpetrators of mass shooters as simply a talking point of “gun control opponents.” The Today show also touted using children to promote the gun control agenda. On Sunday, reporter Mike Viqueira sounded annoyed that Donald Trump would blame the […]
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Washington – The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to hear a gun case for the first time in nearly 10 years has provoked a blistering response from Sen. Richard Blumenthal and other Senate Democrats. Led by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., Blumenthal and other Senate Judiciary Committee members, Sens. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, Richard Durbin, D-Ill, and Kirsten […]
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – An Albuquerque City Councilor wants state lawmakers to increase gun control measures. Councilor Isaac Benton wants a judge to be able to take away someone’s guns if they are deemed to be an extreme threat to the community. Before the city council meeting started, people were already protesting that ‘red flag’ […]
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People hold up their cellphones as the names of the victims of the Aug. 3 mass shooting are read during a memorial service Wednesday at Southwest University Park in El Paso, Texas. When my wife and I moved from Brooklyn to Belfast in early 2002, we shared a desire to renovate a charming old house […]
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Ernst town hall in Iowa gets contentious over guns An Iowa town hall grew contentious on Saturday after Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) responded to a question about school shootings with an answer emphasizing the need to deal with mental illness. Responding a question from a teacher who detailed her training for active shooter situations and […]
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Following the news has grown stressful for Angela Tetschner, a 39-year-old nurse raising four children in this sprawling Phoenix suburb of tile roofs, desert yards, young families, and voters who are increasingly up for grabs. "Sometimes I do think about the school shootings," said Ms. Tetschner, who doesn’t pay much attention to politics but has […]
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U.S. congressman from Ohio and Democratic candidate for president Tim Ryan in the studios at WBUR. (Jesse Costa/WBUR) Democratic congressman and presidential hopeful Tim Ryan joins us. We talk about gun violence in his home state of Ohio, his views on “Medicare for All” and more. Rep. Tim Ryan , Democratic congressman representing Ohio’s 13th […]
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People hold up their cellphones as the names of the victims of the Aug. 3 mass shooting are read during a memorial service, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019, at Southwest University Park, in El Paso, Texas. (AP Photo/Jorge Salgado) What about a well-regulated militia? What are the penalties for failing in that regulation — i.e., allowing […]
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File image Once again we have seen horrific shootings by criminals who violated multiple existing gun laws and committed unlawful acts of murder and bodily injuries on innocent people. Comes now our huffing and puffing wizards in Congress, stimulated by fake news, Hollyweird and noisy anti-gun groups, getting out in front of this issue, even […]
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Activists of all ages and from several states turned up at an anti-gun-control rally in front of the War Memorial Building in downtown Nashville July 2, 1994. Clara, left, and Graham James of Florence, Ala. brought their grandchildren, Cody Powell, 4, and Ashlee Powell, 9, to show their support for the Second Amendment, which they […]
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