Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) and Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) aren’t shy about how they view some of their fellow lawmakers after the school shooting in Texas and their inaction on gun reform. “I’m disgusted and I’m fed up with colleagues who value money from the gun lobby more than protecting our kids,” McGovern said in
Georgia congressional hopeful Vernon Jones is the latest Republican figure to announce they are still intent on attending the National Rifle Association (NRA) conference in Texas on Friday in the wake of the Uvalde mass shooting. The annual event, which has not been held for the past two years due to the pandemic, has been
The head of the Texas Department of Public Safety has said “there’s no excuse” for officers not trying to break into an elementary school classroom where a gunman was killing 19 students and two teachers on Tuesday. Steven McCraw was facing questions over law enforcement’s response to Tuesday’s shooting at Robb elementary at a lunchtime
Former President Donald Trump is scheduled to speak at the National Rifle Association (NRA) annual meeting in Houston, which is taking place just days after a mass shooting at a school in Uvalde, Texas. Trump confirmed he would be appearing at the NRA Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) Leadership Forum despite the fact that the
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A number of Republicans are still scheduled to attend a National Rifle Association event in Houston, Texas, just days after the Uvalde school shooting. The NRA Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) Leadership Forum will be held at the George R. Brown Convention Center from Friday to Sunday. The annual event by the pro-gun lobby group
Despite accusing Democrats of constantly trying to manipulate mass shootings for political gain, several senior GOP figures — including ex-President Donald Trump — are expected to give speeches at the National Rifle Association-Institute for Legislative Action’s annual leadership forum on Friday. The NRA is the highly politicized body that spent decades radicalizing the GOP on
“There’s conversations going on, and maybe something will come out of it,” said Sen. Lindsey Graham, one of the Republicans who may or may not be talking about maybe finding some kind of compromise with Democrats that could overcome a filibuster. “You just sort of chip away at this kind of stuff.” Listen and subscribe
American Pie singer Don McLean drops out of National Rifle Association Convention performance ‘in light’ of Texas school shooting that killed 21 people… but former President Donald Trump and Texas Governor Greg Abbott are still scheduled to appear McLean has dropped out of National Rifle Association Convention performance The American Pie singer-songwriter will no longer
In the days after the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, which left 19 children and two teachers dead, some of North Carolina’s top politicians couldn’t be more split on gun control. Opinion split down familiar partisan lines, with Democrats calling for more gun regulations and Republicans focusing instead on mental health treatment and school security.
A NRA sign on a Stetson hat displayed on July 20, 2020, in Garland, Texas. (Photo by Valerie Macon/AFP via Getty Images) Texas representatives in the 117th Congress took more money from gun rights groups than lawmakers in any other state, a new OpenSecrets analysis found. Senators and House members representing Texas have received more
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
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Walther has just announced the Walther Magnum Pistol or WMP, a .22 Magnum optics-ready handgun with a 15-round capacity. While .22 Magnum isn’t the most popular of calibers, it does enjoy a wide variety of applications. This may be why Walther is marketing the new .22 Magnum WMP as being “ready for adventure,” without being