Right to keep and bear arms & Mass shooting
right guaranteed in certain jurisdictions
President Biden calls for assault weapons ban and other measures to curb gun violence
npr.org/2022/06/02/1102660499/biden-gun-control-speech-congress
Quick Glance: Democrats in Oklahoma suggest "responsible" gun safety regulations; Republicans insist gun rights will be "defended"
- House Minority Leader Emily Virgin, D-Norman, said she has repeatedly heard from Republicans that the problem is more about mental health.
- Don Spencer, president of the Oklahoma Second Amendment Association, believes the state's gun restrictions do not need to be strengthened.
- He believes they should be enlarged to make it simpler for people to defend themselves.
- He also claimed that Oklahoma was the first state to pass anti-red flag legislation.
Senators strike bipartisan gun deal, heralding potential breakthrough : The handshake deal, which will inside modest new gun restrictions alongside significant ...
washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/06/12/senate-gun-deal-framework/
Biden signs bipartisan gun safety package into law: The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act is the most significant federal gun reform in decades.
abcnews.go.com/US/biden-signs-bipartisan-gun-safety-package-law/story
Quick Glance: Vice President Joe Biden signs bipartisan gun safety measure into law
- Millions of dollars are included in the plan for mental health care and school security, as well as incentives for states to establish red flag laws.
- "The president remarked on the importance of the legislation, alluding to the sense of urgency he has regarding mass shootings, which have become an increasingly prevalent part of American life in recent years."
- "In response to deadly mass shootings at the Tops supermarket in Buffalo, New York, and Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, lawmakers were under immense pressure to pass substantial legislation to address gun violence."
- "Families in Uvalde and Buffalo — and too many tragic shootings before — have demanded action."
A civilian who shot dead a gunman who killed three at an Indiana mall is a cause celebre for gun rights advocates. But government statistics counter the ... Show more reut.rs/3B0mbz6
Poll: Support for controlling gun violence hits its highest point in a decade: About 6 in 10 now say controlling gun violence is more important than protecting ...
npr.org/2022/06/09/1103661684/gun-control-npr-pbs-marist-survey-uvalde-buffalo-biden
In 2004, Congress allowed a ban on assault weapons to expire amid lobbying by the NRA and gun-rights activists. After almost every mass shooting since ... Show more
Samuel Alito lashes out at liberals in guns case as tensions boil over at SCOTUS
cnn.com/2022/06/23/politics/samuel-alito-stephen-breyer-guns/
The Supreme Court made it impossible to solve America’s gun problem: If you can’t ban handguns, you’re just spinning your wheels.
vox.com/22382180/supreme-court-uvalde-guns-violence-second-amendment-heller-scalia
Analysis: The Senate's ambition for gun reform ebbs as horror haunts those left behind after mass shootings
cnn.com/2022/06/08/politics/senate-gun-reform-legislation-mass-shootings/
‘Cowards’: Star breaks down in raw speech: US late night host Jimmy Kimmel has delivered an emotional address, pleading with Texas Senator Ted Cruz and Governor ...
news.com.au/entertainment/tv/current-affairs/late-night-host-jimmy-kimmel-breaks-down-in-raw-address-after-texas-school-shooting/news-story/003df0dac428b1dbc028a7e43012bc91
Quick Glance: Beto O'Rourke Accuses Texas Governor of "Doing Nothing" Following the Uvalde Shooting
- Former Rep. Beto O'Rourke interrupted Gov. Rick Scott's news conference.
- During the news conference, Mr. O"Rourke, the Democrats' nominee for governor, stood in front of a stage in a Uvalde High School auditorium and yelled that the killings were a "totally predictable" result of lax state and federal gun laws.
- He stated that the political problem was no longer solely about weapons.
- "The time to stop this was after Santa Fe," Mr. O'Rourke remarked inside the auditorium during his conversation with the officials, referring to the 2018 high school massacre in Texas near Houston.
Senate passes bipartisan gun violence bill, marking breakthrough
washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/06/23/senate-gun-bill-vote/
Quick Glance: The 14 Republican senators who voted to advance the gun safety bill are listed below.
- The Senate advanced the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, which gives cash to enforce "red flag" regulations and provides mental health care.
- The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act passed the Senate by a vote of 64 to 34, with 14 Republican senators, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, joining all 50 Democrats in support.Senators Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania, who helped develop the measure's framework and issued a statement in support of the plan, and Kevin Cramer of North Dakota were among the 14 Republican senators who voted to advance the bill.
Illinois governor on mass shooting: ‘A celebration of America was ripped apart by our uniquely American plague’
thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/3545947-illinois-governor-on-mass-shooting-a-celebration-of-america-was-ripped-apart-by-our-uniquely-american-plague/
NEW: Six out of 10 Americans think it is more important to control gun violence than protect gun rights, a significant rise over the last decade that is ... Show more to.pbs.org/3Q8ghRR
I own guns. I can also read, and I know what ‘a well regulated militia’ doesn’t mean
kansascity.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/article261746987.html
More than 600 conservatives, mostly in Texas, call for gun reform: More than 600 conservative gun rights supporters, including several major Republican donors ...
reuters.com/world/us/more-than-600-conservatives-mostly-texas-call-gun-reform-2022-06-08/
Biden travels to Texas to meet with families of school shooting victims: President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will travel to Uvalde, Texas ...
nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-travels-texas-meet-families-school-shooting-victims-rcna30907
Quick Glance: During the Texas shooting, children called for aid from their classrooms while cops stood outside.
- According to Colonel Steven McCraw, director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, at least two youngsters dialed 911 from connecting fourth-grade classrooms after 18-year-old Salvador Ramos entered with an AR-15 semi-automatic weapon.
- According to the colonel, someone who McCraw did not identify called police at 12.16pm and indicated there were still "eight to nine" students alive.
- According to McCraw, police collected 142 expended shots from Ramos' weapon inside the school, as well as roughly two dozen more on school property outside the building.
- A instructor had propped open the door that allowed Ramos entrance to the building, according to McCraw.
How many US mass shootings have there been in 2023?: Charts explaining some of the key statistics behind gun ownership and attacks linked to guns in the US.
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Days after school shooting, Republicans defend gun rights at NRA convention: Former President Trump and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz were among those dismissing calls for ...
vox.com/policy-and-politics/2022/5/28/23145600/uvalde-school-shooting-republicans-defend-gun-rights-nra-convention
Quick Glance: Donald Trump will send more weapons to schools in the aftermath of the Texas massacre.
- The NRA (National Rifle Association) annual meeting was held in Houston only three days after the massacre, which occurred on Tuesday around 450 kilometers away at a primary school in Uvalde.
- "Der Grund, warum es nicht schlimmer war, ist, dass die Strafverfolgungsbehörden taten, was sie taten" he said.
- You were unaware that the police were already on the scene, said the eldest.
- Similarly to Trump, Abbott cited psychiatric disorders as a major cause of such behavior.
NRA shows gun rights power but pushback grows from shootings: This year’s convention came just days after mass shootings at a school in Nashville ...
english.elpais.com/usa/2023-04-18/nra-shows-gun-rights-power-but-pushback-grows-from-shootings.html
Quick Glance: Tennessee Rep. Justin Jones Protests Gun Violence by Carrying a Casket
- Justin Jones, a Democratic legislator who was expelled for protesting gun violence and then restored earlier this month, attempted to take a baby-size casket into the Tennessee House floor on Monday to argue for tighter gun legislation once more.
- Jones entered the Capitol carrying a baby-size casket, but security prevented him from bringing it onto the House floor.
- Justin Pearson, another of his colleagues who was expelled and reinstated after protesting for gun control.
- "Today on the House floor, we'll be voting on HB 1202 to allow teachers to carry guns in schools," Jones wrote on Twitter on Monday.
Colorado Springs shooting comes amid rise in anti-LGBTQ political rhetoric: The suspect has been charged with both five counts of murder and hate crimes.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/colorado-springs-shooting-amid-rise-anti-lgbtq-political/story
Michigan students protest to end gun violence through nationwide March For Our Lives movement
freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/06/11/march-for-our-lives-protests-gun-violence/7584908001/
Responsible Gun Ownership Is a Lie: The way to reduce gun violence is by convincing ordinary, “responsible” handgun owners that their weapons make them ...
theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/10/responsible-gun-ownership-is-a-lie/619811/
Why does the US have such a high rate of gun murders?: Landmark research suggests that guns, not higher crime across the board, explain why America’s homicide ...
vox.com/2015/8/27/9217163/america-guns-europe-homicide-rates-murder-crime
The Uvalde shooting ‘stirred something’ in him. So he gave up his gun.: Guns have long been central to Texas but now some residents see them differently.
washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/05/30/uvalde-shooting-guns/
Bidens visit memorial outside school in Uvalde, Texas; DOJ will review law enforcement response: Live updates
usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/05/29/uvalde-texas-school-shooting-updates-biden/9977046002/
Quick Glance: President Biden and First Lady Michelle Obama travel to Uvalde to mourn with the community following the school massacre.
- On May 29, 2022, President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden pay their respects at a makeshift memorial outside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.
- The president and first lady then joined hundreds of parishioners for Mass at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church.
- Biden was heard addressing the throng, "We will."
- "Let's be clear: Evil came to that elementary school classroom in Texas, to that grocery store in New York, to far too many places where innocents have died."
Biden says he will meet with Congress about guns after Texas shooting: U.S. President Joe Biden said on Tuesday he planned to meet with lawmakers in Congress ...
reuters.com/world/us/biden-says-he-will-meet-with-congress-about-guns-2022-05-31/
Quick Glance: Biden views "rational" Republican approach to weapons as a possibility
- "You couldn't buy a cannon when the Second Amendment was passed," President Barack Obama stated on Monday.
- "The Second Amendment was never absolute," stated Vice President Joe Biden.
- "Today's the day our son died," Biden said at Arlington, reminding families that remembrances like Monday's can "reopen that black hole" of anguish.
- As the group tossed dirt on the newly planted tree with shovels, Biden grinned and said, "shovel brigade."
After Uvalde, Texas Democrats again push for gun control measures: The question moving forward is whether Democrats, outnumbered in the Texas Legislature for two ...
texastribune.org/2022/05/30/texas-democrats-gun-control-uvalde/
Senate passes most sweeping gun bill in decades, setting up House vote: The Senate passed the most sweeping gun bill in decades designed to prevent gun violence ...
nbcnews.com/politics/congress/senate-gun-deal-vote-rcna34981
Fox News is your HQ for post-Uvalde thoughts and prayers: Network hosts embrace a cliche that has become a substitute for action.
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/05/27/fox-news-thoughts-prayers/
I hid in fear while a gunman killed 17 at my school four years ago. Why has nothing changed?
theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/may/29/texas-school-shooting-us-gun-control
Supreme Court may soon loosen gun laws as nation reels from massacres: While the Supreme Court has been working behind closed doors on its first major Second ...
cnn.com/2022/05/25/politics/supreme-court-second-amendment-guns-new-york-bruen-uvalde/
After Uvalde shooting, Beto O’Rourke renews calls to ban assault weapons: O’Rourke became known on the presidential campaign trail for his “Hell yes” promise to ...
texastribune.org/2022/06/01/uvalde-beto-orourke-assault-weapons-ban/
After Texas tragedy, Schumer says Democrats will negotiate on guns: The Senate majority leader castigated Republicans for their repeated inaction after mass ...
washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/05/25/uvalde-shooting-congress-response/
Investigators question delayed police response in Texas school shooting: Investigators in Texas on Saturday sought to determine how critical mistakes were made ...
reuters.com/world/us/investigators-question-delayed-police-response-texas-school-shooting-2022-05-29/
US states divided on gun controls, even as mass shootings rise: OLYMPIA, Washington: Washington governor Jay Inslee was quick to react to this week’s carnage at ...
channelnewsasia.com/world/us-states-divided-gun-controls-even-mass-shootings-rise-2708586
What to know about the NRA's annual meeting in Houston : The National Rifle Association is set to hold its 2022 annual meeting in Houston on Friday ...
cnn.com/2022/05/25/politics/national-rifle-association-annual-meeting-what-to-know/
Quick Glance: Republicans' New Response to School Shootings: "Harden These Targets"
- Following the mass shooting at a Texas elementary school, a number of Republicans have suggested that making it more difficult for gunmen to attack a school, rather than enacting stricter gun control laws, is the best way to prevent such tragedies from occurring.
- Salvador Ramos opened fire on the Robb Elementary School in Uvalde on Tuesday, killing 19 students and two adults.
- Former New York Police Department investigator Pat Brosnan, a regular Fox News commentator, stated that the school itself should be better suited to prevent criminals armed with guns from shooting children.
- "We need to install man traps," Brosnan explained to Sean Hannity.
How Uvalde’s elected officials have voted on gun laws: The rural Texas town is represented by Democrats and Republicans with a wide range of views on gun laws
washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/05/26/uvalde-officials-gun-law-votes/
Texas school shooter had warned he would attack a campus: The gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers at a Texas elementary school barricaded himself ...
latimes.com/world-nation/story/2022-05-25/texas-school-shooting-gunman-barricaded-classroom
'A bad day for ... hope': Another school shooting. More dead kids. Why gun control advocates see no end in sight
usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/05/25/uvalde-mass-shooting-gun-control-advocates/9927744002/
Biden says ‘you couldn’t buy cannons’ under Second Amendment in swipe at guns after Texas school massacre
nydailynews.com/news/politics/us-elections-government/ny-biden-guns-second-amendment-uvalde-texas-school-mass-shooting-20220530-ekcx7zkqtzc33iavuxcnllyxb4-story.html
'(Expletive) you': Zionsville mayor causes stir with comments over mass shooting debate
indystar.com/story/news/local/boone-county/2022/05/31/zionsville-mayor-emily-styron-curses-facebook-mass-shootings/7459164001/
Texas Gov. Abbott doesn't want to make the killing of school children a political issue. What is it then?
nbcnews.com/think/opinion/texas-abbott-gop-make-gun-laws-political-issue-rcna30656
Republicans protect 2nd Amendment more than 2nd-graders: A reader who describes himself as a conservative who supports gun rights calls on legislators to pass ...
latimes.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/story/2022-05-25/uvalde-republicans-protecting-the-2nd-amendment-more-than-2nd-graders
After Uvalde shooting, Beto O’Rourke renews calls to ban assault weapons: O’Rourke became known on the presidential campaign trail for his “Hell yes” promise to ...
texastribune.org/2022/06/01/uvalde-beto-orourke-assault-weapons-ban/
There's a name for the feeling that nothing you do matters: The gun control debate is a political story but also a psychological one. What will it take to fix ...
usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2022/05/26/texas-elementary-school-shooting-fighting-learned-helplessness/9935677002/
The US Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that Americans have a fundamental right to carry firearms in public in a landmark decision that came just weeks after ... Show more https://www.dawn.com/news/1696321/us-supreme-court-says-americans-have-right-to-carry-guns-in-public
Sister of Uvalde victim pleads with lawmakers to pass gun safety measures: The sister of a 9-year-old girl killed in the Uvalde school rampage tearfully pleaded ...
nbcnews.com/news/us-news/sister-uvalde-victim-pleads-lawmakers-pass-gun-safety-measures-rcna35028
Town of Uvalde begins to bury its dead in wake of Texas school massacre: The grief-wrenched Texas town of Uvaldeon Tuesday began burying its dead from the ...
reuters.com/world/us/uvalde-begins-bury-its-dead-wake-school-massacre-2022-05-31/
Uvalde shooter bought gun days before shooting at Texas elementary school: He brought only one of the rifles with him into the elementary school ...
texastribune.org/2022/05/25/uvalde-shooter-bought-gun-legally/
McConnell says gun rights not ‘core of the problem’ after Highland Park mass shooting
nydailynews.com/news/politics/us-elections-government/ny-sen-mitch-mcconnell-gun-rights-highland-park-mass-shooting-20220706-a65gdfgujrhsji6sytepxxqlay-story.html
Colorado schools increasingly turn to armed teachers after Uvalde. Here's what it looks like
axios.com/local/denver/2022/10/27/colorado-schools-armed-teachers-faster-training
Waiting period is baked into gun ballot measure in Oregon: A waiting and vetting period would be built into gun purchases in Oregon if a measure on the November ...
seattletimes.com/seattle-news/waiting-period-is-baked-into-gun-ballot-measure-in-oregon/
Biden: Court ruling expanding gun rights ‘should deeply trouble us all’: President Biden on Thursday ripped into the Supreme Court’s ruling striking down a New ...
thehill.com/homenews/administration/3534395-biden-court-ruling-expanding-gun-rights-should-deeply-trouble-us-all/
Since Texas launched the school marshal program in 2013, just 84 school districts out of more than 1,200 have armed school staff ... Show more https://bit.ly/3MoL0qv
Highland Park shooting: 6 dead at parade in Chicago suburb: After an hourslong manhunt, authorities arrested 22-year-old Robert “Bobby” Crimo III on Monday ...
sun-sentinel.com/news/ct-highland-park-shooting-fourth-of-july-parade-20220704-ai4yuthlqfac7ljmv5zj2tiybe-story.html
Quick Glance: Chicago: Crime appears to have been planned for weeks
- At least seven people were killed at a parade in a Chicago suburb by gunshots.
- Now, a gunman has fired seemingly indiscriminately at a throng at a national holiday parade in Chicago.
- On Monday, the guy opened fire on parade participants and bystanders in Highland Park.
- According to preliminary findings, he fired indiscriminately into the throng, according to police spokesman Chris Covelli.
Watching Japan reckon with a rare shooting, through an American prism: After the decidedly un-Japanese horror of a gunman’s attack, I realized my exposure to gun ...
washingtonpost.com/world/2022/07/21/japan-mass-shootings-shinzo-abe-gun-violence/
Quick Glance: Protests erupt in response to the Japanese government's decision to sponsor Shinzo Abe's burial.
- Amid public and social media demonstrations that the state should not subsidize rituals for Japan's longest-serving leader, the Japanese government announced on Friday that former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe would be laid to rest on September 27. In an act that horrified Japan, the country's longest-serving leader was gunned down during a campaign rally two weeks ago.
- With succeeding funerals paid for in part by the state and in part by the LDP, the last state burial paid for entirely by state finances was in 1967.
This teen lost her little sister in the Uvalde massacre. Now she's channeling anger into activism.
abcnews.go.com/US/teen-lost-sister-uvalde-massacre-now-shes-channeling/story
Live updates: Supreme Court strikes down New York's handgun law: The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a New York gun law that places restrictions on ...
cnn.com/politics/live-news/new-york-gun-law-supreme-court-decision/
Quick Glance: The United States Supreme Court overturns a New York legislation, increasing gun rights
- "It's not what New Yorkers want," she declared.
- The New York State Rifle and Pistol Association and its president, Tom King, were the plaintiffs in the case before the Supreme Court.
- According to Reverend Patrick Mahoney, the court could not have reached a worse decision.
- A man in a red shirt and a cap is interviewed outside the United States Supreme Court.
- The Supreme Court last issued a landmark firearms decision in 2010.
Semi-automatic gun ban passed by House after 18-year lapse: The House legislation is shunned by Republicans, who dismissed it as an election-year strategy by ...
oregonlive.com/politics/2022/07/semi-automatic-gun-ban-passed-by-house-after-18-year-lapse.html
Paid articlePaid Trump zeroes in on school security, mental health in campaign-style NRA speech: Trump zeroes in on school security, mental health in campaign-style NRA speech ...
nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-zeroes-school-security-mental-health-campaign-style-nra-speech-rcna30736
Quick Glance: Thousands Protest Gun Violence Outside Houston NRA Conference Following Uvalde Tragedy
- More than a thousand people, some carrying child-size coffins, gathered across the street from the National Rifle Association's annual conference in Houston on Friday to protest gun violence, according to reports, just three days after an 18-year-old opened fire in an elementary school, killing 19 children and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas.
- According to Houston First, the government entity in charge of the George R. Brown meeting Center, 55,000 members were expected to attend the NRA meeting.
Senate passes bipartisan gun deal for the first time in three decades, giving Biden needed win
usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/06/23/senate-passes-gun-deal/7702792001/
Dan Patrick snubs Uvalde state Sen. Roland Gutierrez from shooting committee: "Slap in the face"
texastribune.org/2022/06/02/roland-gutierrez-uvalde-committee-senate/
Quick Glance: Doug Mastriano, PA gubernatorial candidate, sends documents to January 6 committee
- In response to a subpoena, Doug Mastriano, the Republican nominee for governor of Pennsylvania who attended the January 6, 2021 rally outside the Capitol, has supplied records to the House committee investigating the attack.
- On January 6, lawyers for Mastriano sent out documents to the January 6 committee detailing Mastriano's payments for charter buses to the Capitol, POLITICO first reported.
- Mastriano offered charter bus tickets on Facebook in the days leading up to the riot.
- Mastriano has been forthright about attending the pro-Trump demonstration on January 6, and many social media images show him there.
US senators announce limited deal on gun violence measures: A bipartisan group of US senators on Sunday proposed steps to curb gun violence following devastating ...
news.yahoo.com/us-senators-announce-limited-deal-165208096.html
Videos show Greg Abbott getting booed at Uvalde memorial: "Please, Governor Abbott, help Uvalde county!" a man was heard yelling as Abbott went past ...
businessinsider.com/videos-show-greg-abbott-getting-booed-at-uvalde-memorial-2022-5
The Supreme Court Begins the Next Fight Over Guns in America: With this morning’s Supreme Court decision, the only real remaining question is not whether ...
theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/06/supreme-court-bruen-concealed-carry-gun-law-new-york/661364/
Ruben Gallego hurls expletives at Ted Cruz after he attacks Dems after Texas school massacre
azcentral.com/story/news/politics/arizona/2022/05/24/ruben-gallego-twitter-ted-cruz-uvalde-school-shooting/9916120002/
Quick Glance: How cable news covered the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. 'All we have to do is say enough.'
- "We are still burying the dead in Buffalo," Nicole Wallace of MSNBC stated.
- However, Charles Ramsey, a CNN law-enforcement analyst, got to the heart of the matter.
- Ramsey explained that if he sounded frustrated, it was because he was.
- This type of event — this type of tragedy — should be impossible to grasp and process.
- And it should enrage people.
- Rivera was referring, of course, to the 2012 tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School, which murdered 26 people, 20 of whom were children aged 6 to 7.
Dan Patrick snubs Uvalde state Sen. Roland Gutierrez from shooting committee: "Slap in the face"
texastribune.org/2022/06/02/roland-gutierrez-uvalde-committee-senate/
Quick Glance: Texas Gov. Abbott orders weekly door checks in schools following the Uvalde shooting.
- On May 27, 2022, Greg Abbott talks at a press conference on the mass shooting at a Uvalde... [+] primary school in Uvalde.
- Prior to the start of the new school year, school districts must also consider actions they may take to secure their campuses, according to Abbott.
- Officials with the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) initially reported that the Uvalde shooter entered the school through a propped-open door that should have been maintained closed in accordance with security protocols.
- "Uvalde Teacher Closed A Propped-Open Door Before School Shooting, State Reportedly Finds—Reversing Earlier Claims" (Forbes).
WalletHub ranked all 50 states by how dependent they are on the gun industry. The study compared states on the size of their firearms industry in terms of ... Show more https://yhoo.it/3NY6zPE
NRA members support Wayne LaPierre despite struggles: National Rifle Association members overwhelmingly supported the gun rights group's longtime leader Wayne ...
reuters.com/world/us/nra-members-give-leader-lapierre-vote-confidence-despite-struggles-2022-05-28/
Quick Glance: NRA members award leader Wayne LaPierre their vote of trust
- The National Rifle Association's CEO, Wayne LaPierre, talks during the NRA-ILA Leadership Forum during the NRA Annual Meeting.
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- Almost everyone in the room supported LaPierre in a show of hands.
GOLDBERG: Republican voters -- not the NRA -- are driving the GOP's gun agenda: In 2020, Rep. Steve Scalise of Louisiana was the top recipient of money from ...
torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/goldberg-republican-voters-not-the-nra-are-driving-the-gops-gun-agenda
The NRA celebrates in Texas before Uvalde victims are buried: Donald Trump and Wayne LaPierre are ready to party and enjoy the fruits of their labor
salon.com/2022/05/27/the-nra-celebrates-in-texas-before-uvalde-victims-are-buried/
Texas has chosen its response to mass shootings: a gun and a prayer: The “God-given right” to self-defense has become a rallying cry in Texas politics ...
texastribune.org/2022/05/29/texas-mass-shootings-self-defense-gun-ownership/
In the gun control debate, seeing images of dead children is unlikely to spur change
nbcnews.com/think/opinion/gun-control-debate-seeing-images-dead-children-unlikely-spur-change-rcna31776
After another gun massacre of children, Mitch McConnell faces pressure to act in Senate
courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/mitch-mcconnell/2022/05/25/mcconnell-under-pressure-again-act-gun-laws-after-texas-shooting/9924295002/
Parkland dad says MTG is 'mentally unfit' for harassing David Hogg: "She is delusional and deranged," Fred Guttenberg said of Greene after her tweets mocking ...
businessinsider.com/parkland-father-fred-guttenberg-calls-marjorie-taylor-greene-mentally-unfit-2022-6
Prankster crashes NRA meeting, mocks group’s ‘thoughts and prayers’: One video of the prank speech has been viewed 8 million times.
washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/05/31/nra-lapierre-thoughts-prayers/
Gregg Popovich critical of politicians' inaction on gun control in wake of mass shootings
yardbarker.com/nba/articles/gregg_popovich_critical_of_politicians_inaction_on_gun_control_in_wake_of_mass_shootings/s1_12680_37561132
New York's lawsuit against NRA can move forward, judge rules: Manhattan Judge Joel M. Cohen's decision means the nearly 2-year-long legal fight can continue ...
pressdemocrat.com/article/news/new-yorks-lawsuit-against-nra-can-move-forward-judge-rules/
Instead of watching congressional testimony, read this...
After latest mass shooting, is the supreme court poised to expand gun rights?: Trump’s presidency saw three new rightwing judges, each backed by the powerful gun ...
theguardian.com/law/2022/may/28/us-supreme-court-gun-rights-second-amendment
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