DEMS/2A (SECOND AMENDMENT)/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @BreitbartNews: Everything is on the line. ‘…the Democrats will move for an outright repeal of the Second Amendment,” said @RepMoBrook…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 7, 2019 4:22 pm […]
Category: 2A [Second Amendment]
3/28/2018
NRA/2A/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump, the recipient of support from the National Rifle Association and other gun rights groups, seized the opportunity Wednesday [3-28-18] to stick up for both firearms and conservative judges. The reason for the opportunity: A New York Times column by retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens calling for repeal of […]
3/28/2018
2A/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT : “THE SECOND AMENDMENT WILL NEVER BE REPEALED! As much as Democrats would like to see this happen, and despite the words yesterday of former Supreme Court Justice Stevens, NO WAY. We need more Republicans in 2018 and must ALWAYS hold the Supreme Court!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Mar. 28, 2018 4:52am […]
3/15/2018
2A/GUNS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/BARRON: “The school attended by President Donald Trump’s youngest son joined an open letter demanding the President pass gun legislation to protect students. Robert Kosasky, the head of the St. Andrew’s Episcopal School in Potomac, Maryland, is just one of more than 100 independent school heads in the area calling on Trump, […]
3/14/2018
2A/EDUCATION/GUNS/PROTESTS: “Students on the East Coast began a national walkout Wednesday [3-14-18] morning to press elected officials to take action on school gun violence, one month after the deadly shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School here killed 17 people. At 10:00 a.m., students at Stoneman Douglas streamed out in droves to the football field, […]
3/14/2018
2A/GUNS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is ready to sign a bill aimed at preventing school violence like the mass shooting that killed 17 in Florida last month, which would boost funding for coordination between schools and law enforcement and which the House of Representatives is poised to pass later on Wednesday [3-14-18]. As […]
3/13/2018
2A/ATF/GUNS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Days after 17 people were gunned down at a Florida high school last month, President Trump vowed to overhaul some of the nation’s gun laws, promising to ‘do more to protect our children.’ The president announced a string of changes, including a ban of so-called bump stock devices, which can make […]
3/12/2018
2A/GUNS/NRA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump confirmed on Monday [3-12-18] that his administration would not immediately pursue a proposal to raise the age limit for buying an assault rifle, going back on earlier pledges that he made after last month’s deadly mass shooting at a South Florida high school. In a Twitter post, Mr. Trump said […]
3/12/2018
2A/EDUCATION/GUNS: “If schools are mandated to be gun free zones, violence and danger are given an open invitation to enter. Almost all school shootings are in gun free zones. Cowards will only go where there is no deterrent!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Mar. 12, 2018 09:12am […]
3/12/2018
2A/GUNS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Very strong improvement and strengthening of background checks will be fully backed by White House. Legislation moving forward. Bump Stocks will soon be out. Highly trained expert teachers will be allowed to conceal carry, subject to State Law. Armed guards OK, deterrent!… On 18 to 21 Age Limits, watching court cases and […]
3/12/2018
2A/EDUCATION/GUNS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House on Sunday [3-11-18] announced a plan to reduce gun violence at schools that includes spending federal money on training school staffers to carry concealed weapons, but not President Donald Trump’s earlier call to raise the age limit for buying guns. Instead, the plan creates a federal panel to study […]
3/9/2018
2A/GUNS/POLITICS: “Florida Gov. Rick Scott signed Senate Bill 7026 into law Friday [3-9-18], the first gun control legislation enacted in the state after the Parkland school massacre on February 14. The new law, known as the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act, tightens gun control in several ways but also allows some teachers […]
3/9/2018
2A/GUNS/MENTAL HEALTH/POLITICS: “Republican leaders in Congress have proposed a range of measures to boost funding for mental health and school security in the wake of the Parkland school shooting, following high-profile calls from gun-control advocates and vocal students. The approach has been welcomed by states and school districts, which have for years unsuccessfully lobbied for […]
3/8/2018
2A/GUNS/POLITICS: “Three weeks after the Parkland high school shooting, Florida Gov. Rick Scott has a gun-control bill on his desk that challenges the National Rifle Association but falls short of what the Republican and survivors of the massacre demanded. Now he must decide whether to sign it. Scott has not said what he will do, […]
3/8/2018
2A/DEMS/GOP/GUNS/POLITICS: “Two senators — one Republican and one Democrat who, as one of them said, disagree about ‘90% of the time’ on gun policies — teamed up Thursday [3-8-18] to introduce the latest proposal to address mass shootings: a bill that would allow federal courts to issue gun restraining orders against potentially dangerous people. Republican […]
3/8/2018
2A/GUNS/NRA/POLITICS: “Florida lawmakers approved a bill Wednesday [3-7-18] that adds the first notable gun restrictions in the firearm-friendly state in decades, three weeks after the deadly school shooting in Parkland, Fla. The measure passed after lengthy, emotional debate in the state House and Senate. Lawmakers faced intense pressure to act from Republican Gov. Rick Scott […]
3/7/2018
2A/EDUCATION/GUNS/NRA: “Florida lawmakers gave final passage to a $400 million gun control and school safety bill on Wednesday [3-7-18] in defiance of the National Rifle Association, which opposed the legislation’s firearm restrictions. The bipartisan vote came three weeks after a gunman killed 17 people in a rampage at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, […]
3/6/2018
2A/EDUCATION/GUNS/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Momentum on overhauling the country’s gun laws has practically stalled at the US Capitol, but the House will vote next week on a narrow proposal that will give schools more money to strengthen security. House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy announced Tuesday [3-6-18] morning the chamber would hold the vote next […]
3/5/2018
2A/GUNS/MENTAL HEALTH/POLITICS: “The Florida state Senate passed a package of gun control measures designed to prevent another school shooting like last month’s attack on Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. The proposals, which passed by a 20-18 vote, include raising age restrictions on the purchase of all firearms in the state, banning the […]
3/2/2018
2A/GUNS/NRA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House signaled Friday [3-2-18]that President Donald Trump is backing away from a broad overhaul of U.S. gun policy and focusing on more modest changes, after his Thursday night meeting with the National Rifle Association. At a televised meeting earlier in the week with lawmakers, Mr. Trump had endorsed a Senate […]
3/2/2018
2A/GUNS/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A day after President Donald Trump called for a sweeping overhaul of U.S. gun policy, lawmakers from both parties appeared divided on what they would support, with some pitching their own plans and others calling for Mr. Trump to keep up the public pressure. Mr. Trump made waves in the gun debate […]
3/1/2018
2A/EDUCATION/GUNS/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump has held up veterans as the ideal armed teachers who could ward off school shooters. But the reality is very few of today’s educators served in the military, and those who did may reject the idea of carrying a gun to class. Even with the influx of Iraq and […]
3/1/2018
2A/BUSINESS/GUNS: “Kroger Co. said it would stop selling guns to buyers under 21 years old through its Fred Meyer locations, the third major retailer to tighten its policies while lawmakers continue to debate how to respond to the latest school shooting in America. The U.S.’s largest supermarket chain said it would raise the minimum age […]
3/1/2018
2A/POLITICS: “Many ideas, some good & some not so good, emerged from our bipartisan meeting on school safety yesterday at the White House. Background Checks a big part of conversation. Gun free zones are proven targets of killers. After many years, a Bill should emerge. Respect 2nd Amendment!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Mar. 1, 2018 06:53am […]
2/28/2018
2A/BUSINESS/GUNS: “Two of the nation’s leading gun sellers, Walmart and Dick’s Sporting Goods, took steps on Wednesday [2-28-18] to limit their sales of firearms, thrusting themselves into the middle of the polarizing national debate over gun control. Walmart, the biggest gun seller, announced late in the afternoon that it would not sell any gun to […]
2/28/2018
2A/GOP/GUNS/NRA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump stunned Republicans on live television Wednesday [2-28-18] by embracing gun control and urging a group of lawmakers at the White House to resurrect gun safety legislation that has been opposed for years by the powerful National Rifle Association and the vast majority of his party. In a remarkable meeting, the […]
2/28/2018
2A/GOP/GUNS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump asked Sen. Pat Toomey, a Pennsylvania Republican who’s worked on a bill to strengthen background checks for gun purchases, whether he left a proposal to raise the gun purchasing age to 21 out of his measure because senators are ‘afraid of the NRA.’ In an exchange during a meeting […]
2/28/2018
2A/GUNS/NRA: “National Rifle Association leaders appealed directly to President Donald Trump about not raising the age limit for buying certain firearms, a senior administration official tells CNN. The appeal came when Trump had lunch with the leaders on Sunday [2-26-18]. The official said the NRA would prefer that the White House pursue school safety programs. […]
2/28/2018
2A/BUSINESS/GUNS/NRA: “Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc. said it would stop selling assault-style rifles at all of its stores and would no longer sell guns to those under 21 years of age, in the latest corporate response after a gunman killed 17 people at a Parkland, Fla., high school two weeks ago. The Pittsburgh-based company, which operates […]
2/28/2018
2A/GUNS/MENTAL HEALTH/POLITICAL FIGURES: “In the wake of this month’s Florida school shooting, Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R-Fla.) renewed his calls for a better background-check system to keep firearms away from the mentally ill, but said nothing of his two votes opposing restrictions on gun purchases by some people deemed unfit by the federal government. The Miami […]
2/27/2018
2A/ETHICS/GUNS/INTERIOR/NRA/RYAN ZINKE: “In September, women gun owners and enthusiasts from the National Rifle Association headed to a plush Four Seasons resort in Texas for an annual retreat and clay shooting at the Dallas Gun Club with one of the weekend’s headliners: Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke… The meeting appears on the secretary’s official schedule as an […]
2/26/2018
2A/GUNS/POLITICS: “Legislation designed to improve background checks for gun purchases ran into new hurdles Monday [2-26-18], raising doubts about lawmakers’ ability to act in the wake of the Florida school shooting. The background-checks bill, sponsored by Sen. John Cornyn (R., Texas), would encourage states and federal agencies, including the military, to submit criminal-conviction records to […]
2/26/2018
2A/EDUCATION/GUNS/TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA: “White House senior adviser Ivanka Trump on Sunday [2-25-18] did not fully advocate arming educators — but didn’t break with her father, President Donald Trump, saying it’s ‘an idea that needs to be discussed.’ ‘Obviously, there would have to be an incredibly high standard for who would be able to bear arms in […]
2/25/2018
2A/GUNS/POLITICS: “Lawmakers return to Washington on Monday [2-26-18] to find a familiar contentious issue—guns—taking a priority over spending and immigration legislation that were expected to preoccupy their time for the next several weeks. The Feb. 14 school shooting in Parkland, Fla., and President Donald Trump’s subsequent calls on Congress to take action are expected to […]
2/22/2018
2A/CRISIS/GUNS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Thursday morning called for arming select, highly trained, ‘weapons talented’ teachers to thwart mass school shootings, arguing it would deter would-be ‘sicko’ shooters. Mr. Trump outlined the plan a day earlier, while talking to students and parents at a White House event aimed at coming up with solutions […]
2/22/2018
2A/GUNS/MENTAL HEALTH: “I will be strongly pushing Comprehensive Background Checks with an emphasis on Mental Health. Raise age to 21 and end sale of Bump Stocks! Congress is in a mood to finally do something on this issue – I hope!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 22, 2018 08:13am […]
2/22/2018
2A/CRISIS/FAKE NEWS/GUNS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP POSITION CHANGES: “I never said ‘give teachers guns’ like was stated on Fake News @CNN & @NBC. What I said was to look at the possibility of giving ‘concealed guns to gun adept teachers with military or special training experience – only the best. 20% of teachers, a lot, would now […]
2/21/2018
2A/EDUCATION/GUNS: “Seven days after the killing of 17 students and school staff members in Florida, Republican state leaders are facing pressure unlike any they have experienced before to pass legislation addressing gun violence. On Wednesday [2-21-18], swarms of student protesters carrying signs and boxes of petitions stormed the Florida Capitol, pleading with lawmakers to pass […]
2/21/2018
2A/CRISIS/GUNS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump has spent a week grappling with the school shooting that left 17 dead in Parkland, Florida, and Wednesday [2-21-18], he finally found his own way to respond, playing host on live television to dozens of grieving parents and students directly affected by a spate of shootings that have rocked […]
2/21/2018
2A/CRISIS/GUNS/POLITICS: “High-school students who survived Florida’s deadly school shooting last week descended on the state capital Wednesday [2-21-18] to plead for stricter gun-control measures, raising pressure on lawmakers in the normally firearm-friendly state to pass legislation. At a boisterous rally with hundreds of demonstrators outside the State Capitol, students took the microphone to decry elected […]
2/20/2018
2A/GUNS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/OBAMA ADMIN/TRUMP MEMORANDA: “Presidential Memorandum on the Application of the Definition of Machinegun to ‘Bump Fire’ Stocks and Other Similar Devices After the deadly mass murder in Las Vegas, Nevada, on October 1, 2017, I asked my Administration to fully review how the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives regulates bump fire stocks […]
2/20/2018
2A/GUNS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP POSITION CHANGES: “President Donald Trump supports efforts to strengthen the federal background-check system for firearms, his press secretary said Monday [2-20-18], adding that he had spoken with a top GOP senator about legislation to do so following last week’s deadly school shooting in Florida. White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said […]
2/15/2018
2A/GUNS/POLITICS: “After a gunman in Las Vegas slaughtered country-music fans with assault weapons that mimicked a machine gun, lawmakers from both parties said they would move quickly to ban so-called bump stocks. After a mass shooter massacred churchgoers in Sutherland Springs, Tex., the No. 2 Republican in the Senate, John Cornyn of Texas, was stirred […]
2/15/2018
2A/GUNS/OBAMA ADMIN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It did not attract a ton of attention at the time (nothing does these days) but about a year ago on February 28, 2017, Congress passed and Donald Trump signed a law revoking an Obama-era regulatory initiative that made it harder for people with mental illness to buy a gun. Yet […]
2/14/2018
2A/GUNS/POLITICAL FIGURES: “Sen. Chris Murphy said Wednesday [2-14-18] that Congress bears responsibility for the ‘epidemic of mass slaughter’ in the US, addressing the Senate floor while news of a school shooting unfolded in Florida… The Connecticut Democrat has been an outspoken supporter of gun control legislation for years, representing the state where the Sandy Hook […]
12/21/2017
2A/GUNS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Justice Department officials have indicated they do not believe the department can regulate the sale of gun bump stocks without congressional action, underscoring concern that an ongoing administrative review into that question is little more than an effort to slow-roll a politically divisive issue. The Justice Department announced this month that […]
11/7/2017
2A/AIR FORCE/CRISIS/GUNS: “How a man who was discharged from the US Air Force for assaulting his spouse and child was able to purchase the firearms he used to carry out the deadliest shooting rampage in Texas history is just one of many questions facing investigators as they continue to look for answers on Sunday’s church […]
6/14/2017
2A/GUNS/POLITICS: “A congressional hearing scheduled for Wednesday [6-14-17] morning to debate gun legislation has been canceled until further notice in the wake of Wednesday’s shooting at a Republican congressional baseball practice. The House Natural Resources Federal Lands Subcommittee spokeswoman Molly Block confirmed the decision to CNN. The panel had been due to debate the ‘Sportsmen’s […]
9/17/2016
2A/GUNS/HILLARY: “Crooked Hillary wants to take your 2nd Amendment rights away. Will guns be taken from her heavily armed Secret Service detail? Maybe not!” – Sept. 17, 2016, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, 9/17/2016 […]
6/15/2016
2A/DONALD ON DONALD/GUNS: “I will be meeting with the NRA, who has endorsed me, about not allowing people on the terrorist watch list, or the no fly list, to buy guns.” – 6/15/2016, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, 6/15/2016 […]
2/4/2016
2A/GUNS: “Politicians are trying to chip away at the 2nd Amendment. I won’t let them take away our guns! #Trump2016 Watch: https://t.co/zl4sMjmOUc” – 2/4/2016, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, 2/4/2016 […]
12/6/2015
2A: “Hope he won’t spend too much time ripping apart the 2nd. Amendment!” – 12/6/2015, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, 12/6/2015 […]
7/31/2015
2A/GUNS/TRUMP FAMILY: “My sons love to hunt. They are members of the NRA, very proudly. I am a big believer in the Second Amendment.” – “Donald Trump: I’d get on ‘very well’ with Putin if I were president,” Telegraph.co.uk, July 31, 2015, Simon Johnson, 7/31/2015 […]
7/17/2015
2A/GUNS/MILITARY: “Get rid of gun free zones. The four great marines who were just shot never had a chance. They were highly trained but helpless without guns.” – 7/17/2015, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, 7/17/2015 […]
7/17/2015
2A/GUNS/MILITARY/VETS: “MILITARY LIVES MATTER! END GUN FREE ZONES! OUR SOLDIERS MUST BE ABLE TO PROTECT THEMSELVES! THIS HAS TO STOP!” – 7/17/2015, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, 7/17/2015 […]
1/8/2015
2A/CRIME/GUNS: “Fact – the tighter the gun laws, the more violence. The criminals will always have guns.” – 1/8/2015, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, 1/8/2015 […]
1/7/2015
2A/FRANCE/GUNS/TERRORISM: “If the people so violently shot down in Paris had guns, at least they would have had a fighting chance.” – 1/7/2015, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, 1/7/2015 […]
1/7/2015
2A/FRANCE/GUNS/TERRORISM: “Isn’t it interesting that the tragedy in Paris took place in one of the toughest gun control countries in the world?” – 1/7/2015, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, 1/7/2015 […]
1/7/2015
2A/CRIME/GUNS: “Remember, when guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns!” – 1/7/2015, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, 1/7/2015 […]
7/10/2014
2A/GUNS: “The most stringent gun laws in the U.S. happen to be in Chicago – and look what is happening there!” – 7/10/2014, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 7/10/2014 […]
1/30/2014
2A/CRIME: “The NY SAFE Act is an unconstitutional attack on 2nd Amendment rights. Will also increase crime.” – 1/30/2014, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 1/30/2014 […]
8/19/2013
2A/GUNS/OBAMA: “Obama’s own gun study proves gun control is ineffective http://t.co/7gwqgsnTOi @BIZPACReview” – 8/19/2013, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 8/19/2013 […]
6/15/2013
2A/CRIME/GUNS: “A family in Las Vegas just stopped a violent home invasion by shooting one of the perpetrators-the other fled and will be captured. Great!” – 6/15/2013, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 6/15/2013 […]
5/16/2013
2A: “@LCBeaudoin Big Second Amendment believer but background checks to weed out the sicko’s are fine.” – 5/16/2013, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 5/16/2013 […]
4/18/2013
2A/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “The reality is that no gun bill will ever stop tragedies. And as we have learned from ObamaCare, Washington only makes things worse!” – 4/18/2013, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 4/18/2013 […]
4/12/2013
2A/GUNS/NATIONAL SECURITY/NUCLEAR: “Our country should be worried about nuclear control far more than gun control–& that one’s not even close!” – 4/12/2013, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 4/12/2013 […]
3/21/2013
2A/GUNS: “There won’t be any new gun legislation. No surprise. Americans support the 2nd amendment.” – 3/21/2013, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 3/21/2013 […]
2/27/2013
2A/OBAMA: “Isn’t it ironic that President Obama, of all people, is pushing for *universal background checks?!*” [04:22:31 PM] – 2/27/2013, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Trumptwitterarchive.com, 2/27/2013 […]
2/27/2013
2A/OBAMA: “Isn’t it ironic that President Obama, of all people, is pushing for ‘universal background checks?!’” – Twitter.com, Feb 27, 2013, Donald Trump, 2/27/2013 […]
2/7/2013
2A/DRONES/GUNS: “@erikcantu [Video Producer] Even better, government kills by drones but we can’t even own guns. Thanks Erik.” – Twitter.com, Feb 7, 2013, Donald Trump, 2/7/2013 […]
1/21/2013
2A/MEDIA: “Hypocrites! @JamesOKeefeIII’s new video shows Journal News reporters refusing to designate their homes as ‘gun free’ http://t.co/EdZOR9kV” [03:05:58 PM] – 1/21/2013, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Trumptwitterarchive.com, 1/21/2013 […]
1/9/2013
2A/OBAMA: “This is how it starts. Obama is now threatening to use an Executive Order for gun control http://t.co/buNU2IuD Welcome to his 2nd term.” [04:10:16 PM] – 1/9/2013, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Trumptwitterarchive.com, 1/9/2013 […]