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Apr 08 2021
Analysis
Biden’s Gun-Control Theater
The administration’s pointless and politically obtuse announcement will do nothing but rile up gun owners.
Unable once again to resist the left flank of his party’s base, Joe Biden has walked directly into a trap. “Today,” the White House proclaims in a press release, “the Biden-Harris Administration is announcing six initial actions to address the gun violence public health epidemic
National Review (News)Apr 30 2021
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Meet the gun owners who support (some) gun control
George Cook had never thought much about guns until about four years ago. Then he grew older and got married, and felt like he had a lot more to protect.
So he bought a handgun. And last year, at the height of social justice protests and scattered violence, he bought an AR-15. During the pandemic, first-time gun owners spurred record levels of gun sales for what looks like the second
Christian Science MonitorMay 25 2022
Analysis
The Options Congress Has for Gun Control
The killing of 19 children and two adults at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday has been met in Congress not with grim determination to right wrongs but with the feeling, already, of defeat.
“I know this is a slim prospect,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Wednesday when floating the idea of a bipartisan gun-control bill. “Very slim, all too slim. We’ve been
SlateFeb 07 2024
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Virginia Legislature-Guns
FILE - New Virginia House of Delegates speaker, Del. Don Scott, D-Portsmouth, left, listens to the morning prayer along with Del. Jackie Glass, D-Norfolk, second from left, Del. Ladarius Clark, D-Suffolk, second from right, and Del. Sam Rasoul, D-Roanoke, right, during the opening of the 2024 session of the Virginia General Assembly at the Capitol Wednesday Jan. 10, 2024, in Richmond, Va.
Post RegisterAug 12 2020
Data
Just Facts: Gun Control
This research is based upon the most recent available data in 2019. Facts from earlier years are cited based upon availability and relevance, not to slant results by singling out specific years that are different from others. Likewise, data associated with the effects of gun control laws in various geographical areas represent random, demographically diverse places in which such data is
Just FactsMar 30 2024
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Ex-New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin wants gun, voting rights restored after prison sentence
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, who was convicted on federal bribery, money laundering and other corruption charges in 2014, has completed his 10-year sentence and is asking a federal judge to restore his rights to carry a gun and vote. But prosecutors said Thursday that the New Orleans-based judge has no authority to restore Nagin’s federal firearms rights, and that it’
The GrioSep 17 2023
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Deputy Ambushed, Shot to Death in Gun-Controlled California
Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer was ambushed, shot and killed, in Palmdale while inside his police vehicle Saturday night around 6 p.m. KTLA reported Clinkunbroomer was on duty in his vehicle “near the intersection of Sierra Avenue and Avenue Q” when someone in a passing vehicle opened fire. A citizen ran to the victim’s vehicle to check on his condition and discovered
Breitbart NewsMar 12 2024
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The heartfelt, righteous and, at times, salty arguments in this year's State House gun rights clash.
PROVIDENCE – The perennial clash over gun rights driven by mass shootings around the country resumes at the State House this week with familiar questions, like should Rhode Island follow Massachusetts' lead by requiring the locked storage of guns not in use? Each time that question has come up in recent years, it has brought grief-stricken family members to the State House, including the
The Providence JournalSep 10 2023
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Gun rights organizations sue New Mexico governor over gun violence order
(CNN) — The National Association for Gun Rights filed a lawsuit against New Mexico’s Democratic governor and health secretary Saturday over orders declaring gun violence a public health emergency and suspending open and concealed carry laws in cities and counties based on crime statistics. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham issued the emergency order after the shooting deaths of three children from
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