Originally published on August 3, 2012at: https://duluthreader.com/articles/2012/08/03/100731-what-were-the-brain-altering-psych-drugs-that-the The most recent episode in the peculiarly American epidemic of mass shootings happened yesterday, March 22, 2021, in Boulder, Colorado. Everybody knows the bare details as broadcast on the mainstream media and most people are expecting the seemingly inevitable – and illogical – revenge/retaliations against Middle Eastern immigrants.
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Firearms Advocacy groups say that the AR-15 rifle is the most popular firearm in America, with an estimated 10 million versions of the original ArmaLite design now in civilian hands (Image courtesy of the National Rifle Association). WASHINGTON, D.C. – In the wake of the mass shooting that claimed 10 lives Monday in Colorado, President
The suspect in the shooting at a Boulder, Colorado, supermarket was convicted of assaulting a high school classmate but still got a gun. The man accused of opening fire on three massage businesses in the Atlanta area bought his gun just hours before the attack — no waiting required. They are just the latest suspected
This past week and weekend, Governor Kristi Noem signed multiple pro-gun and self-defense bills into law. These important measures work to further strengthen and protect the Second Amendment right to self-defense in the Mount Rushmore State. Those measures enacted are outlined below: Senate Bill 100 provides protections for gun stores, ranges, or any other entity that engages in the
Most Americans want to do something about it. Here’s why we haven’t. This article is part of the Debatable newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it Tuesdays and Thursdays. On an average day in the United States, more than 100 people are killed by guns. Whenever the fact of this ambient crisis rises
The Senate Judiciary has approved anti-self-defense legislation, Senate Bill 554. The measure now heads to the Senate floor for a full chamber vote. The measure is expected to receive a vote as early as tomorrow, and your State Senator needs to hear from you now! Senate Bill 554 will create new “gun-free zones” by giving authority to
Republican senator John Neely Kennedy on Tuesday sought to put the nation’s overwhelming rates of gun violence “in perspective” by drawing a false equivalence between mass shooting events and drunk drivers, hours after 10 people were killed in Boulder, Colorado. “I’m not trying to perfectly equate these two, but we have a lot of drunk
WASHINGTON — The nation has now faced two major mass shootings in a span of less than a week. Ten people died in a Boulder, Colorado, supermarket on Monday. Last week, the country was mourning the loss of eight deaths in shootings in the Atlanta area. But will any of this prompt a change in
Yesterday, committees in both chambers of the West Virginia Legislature voted to advance the pro-gun bills before them. Senate Bill 458 protects Second Amendment rights during emergencies, and House Bill 2793 establishes a nonresident carry permit. These bills now go to the floors of their respective chambers for further consideration. Please click the “Take Action”
There have been two mass shootings in less than a week in the United States. Eight people, including six Asian women, were killed in Atlanta on 16 March. Ten people, including one police officer, were killed in a supermarket in Boulder, Colorado yesterday afternoon. In a certain sense, this marks a return to Americans’ pre-pandemic life.
The Boulder, Colorado supermarket shooting that left 10 people dead on Monday has put a spotlight on a recent court decision that blocked the city from enforcing a ban on assault weapons and large-capacity magazines. Boulder County District Judge Andrew Hartman on March 12 agreed with plaintiffs that Boulder’s ban on possessing and transferring commonly-possessed
Another day, another school shooting. This is America’s new normal. On Friday, May 18, 2018, ten people were killed and several more injured when 17-year-old Dimitrios Pagourtzis opened fire on his classmates at Santa Fe High School in Texas. Most of the victims were students. In 2018, there were 103 school shootings, and more than 3,500 children killed
Draft bills are currently being circulated to restrict magazine capacities and require a license to obtain handguns. In addition, last week, House Bill 124 was introduced, to strip Second Amendment rights without due process. House Bill 124 goes beyond federal law to strip individuals of their Second Amendment rights without due process. Among other things,
Jordan Sellergren/Little Village The Iowa Senate passed two bills concerning gun sales on Monday. The first removes the requirement for a person to be licensed to buy or carry a gun, and the second provides broad immunity against lawsuits to gun manufacturers and dealers. Both bills passed the Republican-controlled chamber on party-line votes. HF 756
President Joe Biden called on Tuesday for a US ban on assault weapons, after the country’s second mass shooting in a week left 10 people dead in Colorado and sparked urgent new calls for gun control. Addressing a nation long traumatised by gun massacres in schools, nightclubs, movie theatres and many other public spaces, Biden
Nick Penzenstadler, USA TODAY; Brian Freskos, The Trace | USA TODAY Show Caption Hide Caption Colorado mass shooting: Boulder community remembers 10 lives lost Boulder, Colorado mourns the ten people murdered during a shooting rampage inside a King Soopers grocery store. staff video, USA TODAY On March 12, a Colorado judge struck down Boulder’s municipal
The seventh horrifying mass shooting in seven days has renewed urgent calls for increased oversight of assault weapons from President Biden and members of the Massachusetts Congressional delegation. Biden vowed “to use all the resources at my disposal to keep the American people safe” in the wake of the shootings, each of four or more
“We need to end this epidemic with a comprehensive nationwide approach. Expanded background checks. Extreme risk laws to prevent suicides, mass shootings and hate crimes. Protecting domestic violence victims and safe storage standards,” said Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn. “These kind of measures are within our reach.” In the wake of another mass shooting that took