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How lawmakers in thrall to the NRA stifle gun safety laws The powerful lobbying groups spent nearly $5m million last year to expand gun rights while limiting restrictions on who can have a firearm and how they can carry it In Texas, where guns are already a deeply ingrained part of the cultural landscape, a

Eight days before a Texas teenager killed 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary School, the manufacturer of the rifle used in the massacre posted an ad on social media that featured a toddler holding a similar weapon.  “Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he

——————————————————————————————- “Either this nation shall kill racism, or racism shall kill this nation.” (S. Jonas, August, 2018) ————————————————————————————————————————— As regular readers of mine know, I write on this subject regularly. And my columns, like this one, are often in part repetitive. That is because the “gun problem” and the mass deaths it causes on a

Following the shooting massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland in February 2018, Florida lawmakers passed what some called the state’s most substantial gun reforms in a generation. But the only gun measure that may become law soon following the recent tragedies in Buffalo, N.Y., and Uvalde, Texas, may be a measure that

Here’s a root cause for you: Accused subway killer Andrew Abdullah was freed without bail on car-theft charges, despite prosecutors’ request for a $15,000 bond, just weeks before the murder of Goldman Sachs employee Daniel Enriquez. Now he’s cooling his heels at Rikers, charged with second-degree murder and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon. Too

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Thursday criticized the National Rifle Association, after a reporter asked about the lobbying group’s plan to hold a convention on Friday in Houston, Texas, following the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. “It’s not about the convention. What is inappropriate is that the leadership of the National Rifle Association

I’m a libertarian, which means I believe in limited government. Laws restrict liberty, and libertarians tend to prefer fewer laws to more laws. I’m also a professor of constitutional law, which means I teach about US Supreme Court opinions for a living. Finally, and perhaps most important, I’m not an ideologue. Only an ideologue would

The National Rifle Association (NRA) was founded in 1871 by a group of ex-US Army officers who were aghast at the exceedingly poor marksmanship of soldiers who fought for the United States during the American Civil War. The group chose as its first president a former US army general, Ambrose Burnside. Other ex-generals would also

With the carnage in Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo, New York in May 2022, calls have begun again for Congress to enact gun control. Since the 2012 massacre of 20 children and four staff members at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, legislation introduced in response to mass killings has consistently failed to pass the

Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) says he wants Republicans to work with Democrats to pass bipartisan gun control legislation — but the proposals under consideration face significant hurdles, and the likelihood of success is small.   Schumer initially on Wednesday said most Republicans are so set against proposals to expand background checks or otherwise

A memorial to the children and teachers murdered inside the Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Tex. (Brandon Bell / Getty Images) In the aftermath of whatever mass shooting has happened before you finish reading this, attention and outrage will turn to politicians, mainly Republicans, who refuse to do anything to stop the violence. That’s because

US Rep. Ted Budd, left, who is running for US Senate, reacts as he takes the stage with former President Donald Trump, who endorsed him, during a rally on April 9, 2022, in Selma, North Carolina. Budd owns a gun store and shooting range. Chris Seward/AP Photo While many legislators have experience shooting firearms, most

In the wake of a mass shooting at a grocery store in Buffalo that left 10 people dead earlier this month and a massacre at an elementary school in Texas that killed 19 children and two teachers one week later, the US Supreme Court is weighing a case that could see Americans’ right to carry

Former President Donald Trump said he will still deliver his scheduled speech at the National Rifle Association’s (NRA) annual meeting in Houston on May 27, following the deadly school shooting in Uvalde that killed 19 students and two teachers. “America needs real solutions and real leadership in this moment, not politicians and partisanship. That’s why

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A memorial to the children and teachers murdered inside the Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Tex. (Brandon Bell / Getty Images) In the aftermath of whatever mass shooting has happened before you finish reading this, attention and outrage will turn to politicians, mainly Republicans, who refuse to do anything to stop the violence. That’s because