Gun Rights

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

Progressives take aim at Democratic leadership over support for centrist candidates House leaders’ support for Henry Cuellar over Jessica Cisneros in Texas elections has left progressives seething Texas officials have still not declared a winner in the state’s 28th congressional district, where incumbent Democratic congressman Henry Cuellar currently leads progressive lawyer Jessica Cisneros by 175

Palm Beach Post Gun violence good for business and Congress As long as we allow the NRA and gun lobby to finance members of Congress, we will never see the end to angels and heroes being slaughtered. These people in Congress who are supposed to safeguard us from terror care more about their pocketbooks than

Mementos decorate a makeshift memorial for the shooting victims outside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on May 28, 2022. – Director of the Texas Department of Public Safety Steven C. McCraw said May 27 that in “hindsight” it was the wrong decision for police not to immediately breach the Uvalde classroom where a gunman

Texas shooting: Donald Trump rejects call for tightening gun control Written by Pratyush Deep Kotoky May 28, 2022, 12:47 pm 2 min read Trump said decent Americans should be allowed the firearms they need to defend themselves against ‘evil.’ Former United States (US) President Donald Trump on Friday rejected calls for the stringent gun control

Democrat Sen. Chris Murphy says he’s ‘in touch’ with Republicans for ‘serious’ talks on gun reform after Uvalde school shooting: Ex-Sandy Hook lawmaker reached out to GOP Sen. Rick Scott about how he handled Parkland massacre as Florida governor The Connecticut lawmaker said a gun control and school security proposal could come to the Senate

“We will,” Biden replied, adding a thumbs-up, on a harrowing day in which he and first lady Jill Biden paid respects to 19 children and two teachers killed last week in a barbaric attack that revived the nation’s perennially futile debate over guns. But Biden’s chances of doing “something” seem slim given the limited scope

Monday briefing: The protesters who want to intensify the US gun debate In today’s newsletter: the gun control activists giving up on civility as they take on the American gun lobby Good morning. For the last three days, the National Rifle Association has been holding a macabre sort of pageant: a convention in celebration of