Good Tuesday morning. The Florida Chamber of Commerce held candidate interviews for state legislative seats in the Central Florida area last week, and insiders walked away with a better idea of who they — and their organizations — will support in the upcoming elections. In HD 45, where five Republicans are vying to replace Rep.
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The mass shooting of 19 children and 2 teachers at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, on May 24 has brought the issue of assault weapons and gun culture in the United States to the world’s attention again. It has also exposed the racism endemic in the response by police and officials to the violence
In the aftermath of last week’s mass shooting in Uvalde, among the many questions was whether the bloodshed might lead some Republican policymakers to change their minds about gun policy. It was not a passing curiosity: If the heartbreak didn’t affect GOP officials’ attitudes, then the status quo would remain in place, again, even in
The first details of the evil unleashed on defenseless school kids by an 18-year-old with a legally bought semi-automatic rifle were unfathomable. Everything that has emerged since has made the horror worse. And while the tragedy of Robb Elementary School is primarily a personal one for families facing the unbearable loss of children at the
“Find the cost of freedomBuried in the groundMother Earth will swallow youLay your body down” After hearing the news of yet another elementary school massacre, these lyrics written by Stephen Stills kept rattling in my head over and over again. The song was originally the B side of a single of the Vietnam protest song
The 2022 National Rifle Association of America (NRA) convention took place this past weekend in Houston, Texas. I was there as both an attendee and as a member of the association’s Board of Directors. Over the course of three days, as tens of thousands of people wandered through the exhibit hall and meeting rooms, I
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Last week’s massacre at Uvalde’s Robb Elementary School is the latest stark reminder of just how little action the United States Congress has taken in recent years on gun reform. The U.S. Senate did not take up a single piece of major gun violence prevention legislation last year or so far this year, according to
Last year, the organization attempted to declare bankruptcy in response to a New York state lawsuit investigating alleged financial abuses, but a federal judge dismissed the effort, finding that the NRA had filed in “bad faith” and was trying to use bankruptcy to protect itself from litigation. That came after the Senate Finance Committee released
Howard Safir, NYC’s Police Commissioner 1996 to 2000: “Uvalde’s Salvador Ramos put $2,000 down, filled a voluntary form and got two legally purchased assault weapons plus 375 rounds of ammunition. That’s crazy. Mass school shootings since Columbine are mainly by 18 or younger males — with legally bought weapons of mass destruction. “Federal firearms statute
Following the massacre of 19 elementary school students and two teachers by an 18-year-old man with an AR-15-style rifle in Uvalde, Texas, Beto O’Rourke, a Democrat who is campaigning for governor, briefly seized the national political spotlight to implore voters that it is time to do more to protect Americans from gun violence. O’Rourke, who
Democrats are increasingly energized after the leaked Roe v. Wade draft opinion from the Supreme Court and recent mass shootings put a spotlight on hot-button social issues they see as liabilities for Republicans. The party seized on calls to increase abortion access and implement new gun control measures after the draft’s release this month and
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last week’s massacre at Uvalde’s Robb Elementary School is the latest stark reminder of just how little action the United States Congress has taken in recent years on gun reform. The U.S. Senate did not take up a single piece of major gun violence prevention legislation last year or so far this
The National Rifle Association announced Monday that its Board of Directors voted to re-elect Wayne LaPierre to continue serving as the organization’s CEO and executive vice president. Mr. LaPierre’s reelection was never in doubt before the vote, as he received almost unanimous support over Lt. Col. Allen West, who launched a takeover campaign in the
Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York State, now the third highest-ranking Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives, has an A+ rating with the National Rifle Association (NRA). Stefanik has not been shy about echoing NRA talking points, and the GOP congresswoman is not the only gun industry ally in her family. Stefanik’s husband Matthew
Topline The National Rifle Association board of directors re-elected Wayne LaPierre as its CEO on Monday, extending the longtime NRA leader’s term for another year at the group’s annual meeting in Houston, amid renewed pressure from gun control supporters following a deadly school shooting in Texas and internal frustration about the NRA’s operations. Key Facts
The Senate is typically the place where gun legislation goes to die. But in the wake of last week’s massacre in Uvalde, Texas, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell gave his blessing to Senator John Cornyn to negotiate with Democrats on gun legislation, and that made some people think this time might be different. Last week,
Pam Key at Breitbart reported that on Friday’s Deadline: White House, MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace colorfully insulted the gun-rights crowd as “swathed in frothy delusion that someone is coming to take their guns.” She was discussing the National Rifle Association convention in Houston, with NBC reporter Shaquille Brewster, who was standing outside the venue near anti-NRA