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, […]
Category: Guns
3/14/2018
EDUCATION/GUNS/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Today the House took major steps toward securing our schools by passing the STOP School Violence Act. We must put the safety of America’s children FIRST by improving training and by giving schools and law enforcement better tools. A tragedy like Parkland can’t happen ever again!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Mar. 14, 2018 […]
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
EDUCATION/GUNS/OBAMA ADMIN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “After a gunman marauded through Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School last month, conservative commentators — looking for a culprit — seized on an unlikely target: an Obama-era guidance document that sought to rein in the suspensions and expulsions of minority students. Black students have never been the culprits in the mass […]
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 […]
3/11/2018
EDUCATION/GUNS/NRA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump will propose arming school staff and raising the minimum age to 21 to purchase certain firearms in a school safety proposal that the administration will release on Sunday [3-11-2018], a White House spokesman said in broadcast comments. … During his presidential campaign, Trump touted his support for gun […]
3/10/2018
GUNS/VETS: “We are deeply saddened by the tragic situation in Yountville and mourn the loss of three incredible women who cared for our Veterans.” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Mar. 10, 2018 4:38am […]
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 […]
3/8/2018
ENTERTAINMENT/GUNS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/ROBERT TRUMP/BARRON: “U.S. President Donald Trump met on Thursday [3-8-18] with the makers of popular video games ‘Grand Theft Auto’ and ‘Doom’ to discuss what the president believes is a link between video games and violent acts like last month’s school shooting in Florida. … The meeting included lawmakers, critics of video […]
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 […]
3/6/2018
GUNS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump isn’t expected to announce new proposed action on guns until he meets with representatives of the video game industry on Thursday [3-8-18], two sources familiar with the matter tell CNN. Both sources caution, however, that the President could change his mind at any time and opt to move forward […]
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 […]
3/4/2018
GUNS/NEW YORK/POLITICS: “Citing the activism of students around the country, New York Sen. Chuck Schumer on Sunday [3-4-18] announced legislative measures that he will introduce in the coming weeks in an attempt to curb gun violence and prevent future mass shootings. The first initiative calls for universal background checks, ensuring that no one with a […]
3/3/2018
GUNS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In West Wing meetings over the past several weeks, Mr. [Donald J.] Trump has held discussions on immigration, school safety and gun control with cameras rolling and attendees speaking their minds. The sessions are extraordinary for the rare glimpses they provide of unscripted conversations at the White House on critical issues. They […]
3/3/2018
GUNS/SECRET SERVICE: “A man fatally shot himself outside the White House on Saturday [3-3-18], the U.S. Secret Service said. … President Donald Trump wasn’t at the White House when the man shot himself. Mr. Trump spent the morning golfing in Florida, where he is staying at his Mar-a-Lago resort. He is set to return to Washington on Saturday evening […]
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
GUNS/POLITICAL FIGURES: “Florida Gov. Rick Scott’s glide toward a potential U.S. Senate bid became far more complicated after a troubled 19-year-old killed 17 people, including 14-year-old students, last month at a school in Parkland, Fla. In more than seven years in office, the Republican governor signed bills cutting concealed-carry permit fees and a measure last […]
3/2/2018
DEMS/GOP/GUNS/LOBBYING/NRA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer urged President Donald Trump on Friday [3-2-18] to follow his gut on gun restrictions he has recently backed, after the powerful U.S. gun lobby said the Republican president and vice president do not want gun control. The exhortation to Trump, who this week stunned fellow Republicans by […]
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 […]
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 […]
2/27/2018
GUNS/POLITICAL FIGURES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House has invited lawmakers who represent the sites of two of the deadliest school shootings in recent years to discuss gun violence and school safety with President Donald Trump on Wednesday [2-28-18]. The White House invite list includes Rep. Elizabeth Esty, a Connecticut Democrat whose district includes Sandy Hook […]
2/27/2018
GUNS/JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL: “Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Tuesday [2-27-18] that he believes bump fire stocks can be effectively banned through regulation, teasing that an announcement from the Justice Department would be coming soon… Bump fire stocks, commonly known as bump stocks, are devices that allow semi-automatic weapons to fire at a more rapid rate. […]
2/27/2018
CRIME/GUNS/LEGAL: “A judge has refused to step aside from the case of Florida school shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz as requested by his lawyers. Court records show that Broward County Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer denied the request Monday [2-26-18]. Cruz’s lawyers claimed Scherer has made rulings and comments that indicate favoritism for prosecutors. They say in […]
2/26/2018
BUSINESS/GUNS/NRA/TAXES: “The lieutenant governor in Georgia threatened on Monday [2-26-18] to kill a proposed lucrative tax cut for Delta Air Lines after the company eliminated a discount fare program for the National Rifle Association over the weekend. The move by Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle, who presides over the State Senate, immediately put the legislation in […]
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
DONALDISM/GUNS/MENTAL HEALTH/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump said on Monday [2-26-18] that the country needs to take a look at whether more mental health institutions need to be opened to treat people with mental illness and avert mass shootings. The president also said he would have run into the South Florida high school where 17 students […]
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 […]
2/23/2018
BUSINESS/GUNS/NRA: “Some of the biggest names in corporate America are coming under mounting pressure on Friday [2-23-18] to cut ties with the National Rifle Association as gun safety activists intensified calls for a boycott in the wake of last week’s Florida high school massacre. The social media-fueled campaign has already led a range of corporations, […]
2/22/2018
GUNS/MENTAL HEALTH/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump called again on Thursday [2-22-18] for the opening of more mental hospitals to help prevent mass murders like the one at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. Yet ramping up institutional care, experts say, likely would not have prevented most of the spree killings regularly making headlines […]
2/22/2018
DEMS/GUNS/NRA: “The head of the National Rifle Association, Wayne LaPierre, leveled a searing indictment on Thursday [2-22-18] against liberal Democrats, the news media and political opportunists he said were joined together in a socialist plot to ‘eradicate all individual freedoms.’ Mr. LaPierre’s remarks, his first since a gunman took the lives of 17 people at […]
2/22/2018
GUNS/NRA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP POSITION CHANGES: “President Donald Trump’s calls for changes to gun laws in the wake of last week’s Florida school shooting push Congress toward a new politically fraught debate just months before the midterm elections. For more than a decade, and after multiple attacks on students, lawmakers have shied from making any significant […]
2/22/2018
CRISIS/GOP/GUNS: “Bill Nelson got the cheers. Marco Rubio ended up with bruises. The gripping, nationally televised Florida town hall on guns that unfolded on CNN on Wednesday [2-21-18] evening ended up as a tale of two senators, with Nelson emerging in far better political shape than when he went in, and Rubio turning out worse […]
2/22/2018
DEMS/GUNS/POLITICS: “Democratic governors from four northeastern states joined forces Thursday [2-22-18] to restrict the movement of illegal guns between their states and share information about residents who have been banned from owning firearms. A memorandum of understanding signed by the governors of Connecticut, New Jersey, New York and Rhode Island creates a task force of […]
2/22/2018
GUNS/NRA: “The head of the National Rifle Association called for fortifying the nation’s schools and cast efforts to tighten gun laws as attacks on American freedom, in a speech just over a week after a Florida school shooting that left 17 dead. Wayne LaPierre, executive vice president and chief executive of the NRA, told a […]
2/22/2018
CRIME/CRISIS/FBI/GUNS: “Nearly a week after the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, a top FBI official acknowledged that proper protocols weren’t followed on the tip about Nikolas Cruz, the confessed shooter. ‘There was a mistake made, we know that,’ acting FBI deputy director David Bowdich told reporters at a news conference Thursday. ‘Our job is to […]
2/22/2018
BUSINESS/GUNS: “The world’s largest asset manager put U.S. gunmakers on notice on Thursday [2-22-18] that it is no longer business as usual in the wake of a shooting that killed 17 at a Florida high school. BlackRock Inc said it will speak with weapons manufacturers and distributors ‘to understand their response’ to the second-deadliest shooting […]
2/22/2018
GUNS/MEDIA/NRA: “A National Rifle Association spokeswoman attacked the media’s coverage of last week’s Florida high school shooting and criticized law enforcement Thursday [2-22-18], saying critics were trying to ‘gaslight’ gun supporters into taking responsibility for the tragedy. It was a shift from Dana Loesch’s posture during a CNN town hall the night before, when she […]
2/22/2018
EDUCATION/GOP/GUNS/MIKE PENCE: “Vice President Mike Pence told the audience at a conservative gathering outside Washington on Thursday [2-22-18] that the ‘the safety of our nation’s schools and our students’ is a top priority for the Trump administration. Pence also urged people to ‘come together with American solutions to confront and end this evil in our […]
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
GUNS/NONTRUTHS: “Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-N.Y.), offering no evidence, told a New York radio host that many mass shooters are Democrats and that the media are overlooking the story. Tenney, a gun rights advocate, made the comments during a discussion Wednesday [2-21-18] with WGDJ host Fred Dicker about the Parkland, Florida, high school shooting, which left […]
2/22/2018
GUNS/NRA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump called the leaders of the National Rifle Association ‘Great People and Great American Patriots’ on Thursday [2-22-18] as the gun lobbyist faces a wave of backlash after last week’s deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida. The president, who vowed to ‘come through’ for the NRA at its annual conference […]
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
EDUCATION/GUNS/NRA/POLITICAL FIGURES: “Senator Marco Rubio and a spokeswoman for the National Rifle Association were repeatedly heckled at a nationally televised forum on Wednesday [2-21-18] night in Florida after they refused to back new gun control measures. The spokeswoman for the N.R.A., Dana Loesch, offering the group’s first public comments after a shooting last week at […]
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
CRISIS/GUNS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump heard emotional stories Wednesday [2-21-18] from people affected by the nation’s deadliest school shootings, and it appears he had an assist in responding to some of the powerful testimony. In a photo from the event taken by Getty Images photographer Chip Somodevilla, the President is holding a piece of […]
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 […]
2/21/2018
FBI/GOP/GUNS/NRA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s tentative embrace of a narrow background-checks bill is about to hit a towering hurdle: members of his own party. The White House is signaling support for a bipartisan bill that would enhance reporting of violent criminals to the FBI’s background-checks database in order to stop them from buying firearms. […]
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
FBI/GUNS/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “White House press secretary Sarah Sanders tried to finesse a weekend tweet from President Donald Trump blaming the FBI’s Russia investigation for missing a tip about the Florida shooting, saying the agency should not focus on a ‘hoax in terms of investigating the Trump campaign.’… Sanders, speaking to reporters Tuesday in […]
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 […]
2/17/2018
CRIME/CRISIS/FBI/GUNS/RUSSIA: “Very sad that the FBI missed all of the many signals sent out by the Florida school shooter. This is not acceptable. They are spending too much time trying to prove Russian collusion with the Trump campaign – there is no collusion. Get back to the basics and make us all proud!” -Donald Trump, […]
2/17/2018
DEMS/DREAMERS/GUNS/IMMIGRATION/OBAMA ADMIN: “Just like they don’t want to solve the DACA problem, why didn’t the Democrats pass gun control legislation when they had both the House & Senate during the Obama Administration. Because they didn’t want to, and now they just talk!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 17, 2018 06:45pm […]
2/17/2018
CRISIS/GUNS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/MELANIA: “Melania and I met such incredible people last night in Broward County, Florida. Will never forget them, or the evening!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 17, 2018 02:04pm […]
2/16/2018
CRISIS/GUNS: “Our entire Nation, w/one heavy heart, continues to pray for the victims & their families in Parkland, FL. To teachers, law enforcement, first responders & medical professionals who responded so bravely in the face of danger: We THANK YOU for your courage! https://t.co/3yJsrebZMG https://t.co/ti791dENTy” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 16, 2018 11:53pm […]
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
CRISIS/EDUCATION/GUNS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said he planned to convene a meeting of the nation’s governors and state attorneys general in which he would make school safety ‘our top priority,’ in the wake of a school shooting in Florida that left 17 people dead. The president made no reference to gun laws during a […]
2/15/2018
CRISIS/GUNS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In times of tragedy, the bonds that sustain us are those of family, faith, community, and country. These bonds are stronger than the forces of hatred and evil – and these bonds grow even stronger in the hours of our greatest need. https://t.co/bu140nscez https://t.co/OoTXMCSexB” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 15, 2018 12:33pm […]
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 […]
2/15/2018
CRISIS/GUNS/MENTAL HEALTH/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “So many signs that the Florida shooter was mentally disturbed, even expelled from school for bad and erratic behavior. Neighbors and classmates knew he was a big problem. Must always report such instances to authorities, again and again!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 15, 2018 07:12am […]
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 […]
2/14/2018
CRISIS/GUNS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Just spoke to Governor Rick Scott. We are working closely with law enforcement on the terrible Florida school shooting.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 14, 2018 03:55pm […]
2/14/2018
CRISIS/GUNS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “My prayers and condolences to the families of the victims of the terrible Florida shooting. No child, teacher or anyone else should ever feel unsafe in an American school.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 14, 2018 03:50pm […]
1/9/2018
GUNS/LEGAL/NEW YORK: “Lawmakers in the New York region are starting the new year with a drive to ban the sale and possession of ‘bump stocks,’ devices that allow semiautomatic weapons to essentially act as automatic firearms. Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy on Tuesday [1-9-18] said the Las Vegas mass shooting in October demonstrated the need for […]
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 […]
11/29/2017
GUNS/HOUSE OF REPS: “A House committee advanced legislation Wednesday [11-29-17] that would allow Americans who legally carry concealed guns in their home states to travel anywhere in the U.S. with their firearms, overriding state laws that tightly restrict who can bear arms in public. The House Judiciary Committee’s 19-11 vote, along party lines, marked Congress’s […]
11/28/2017
AIR FORCE/CRIME/GUNS/LEGAL: “Dozens of Air Force service members charged with or convicted of serious crimes were never reported to the federal gun background-check database as required, Air Force officials said on Tuesday [11-28-17]. The revelation came after the Air Force disclosed that it had failed to report the domestic violence conviction of Devin P. Kelley, […]
11/27/2017
GUNS/POLITICS: “Buying a fully assembled gun is a process subject to a host of regulations and restrictions, especially in states like California that tend to be more stringent. But anyone can make a gun at home. The do-it-yourself route is often favored by gun enthusiasts, including hobbyists and competitive shooters. It can also be a […]
11/27/2017
GUNS/LEGAL/SUPREME COURT: “The Supreme Court on Monday [11-27-17] turned down two appeals seeking to expand access to firearms, leaving in place a Maryland law banning semiautomatic rifles and a Florida restriction on carrying guns openly. Gun dealers and firearms enthusiasts had challenged a Maryland law enacted following the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in […]
11/14/2017
CRISIS/GUNS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “May God be with the people of Sutherland Springs, Texas. The FBI and Law Enforcement has arrived.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 14, 2017 11:34pm […]
11/7/2017
GUNS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump said on Tuesday [11-7-17] that stricter gun laws would not have prevented the shooting in a Texas church that killed 26 people and that they could have driven the death toll into the hundreds, since the gunman was shot by an armed bystander. Mr. Trump was asked during a joint […]
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 […]
11/7/2017
GUNS: “One of America’s leading and most controversial gun-accessory makers says it will resume sales Tuesday of a device known as a ‘bump stock.’ Bump stocks dramatically accelerate the rate-of-fire of semi-automatic rifles, allowing them to shoot almost as fast as fully-automatic machine guns, which are far more tightly regulated and expensive in the U.S. […]
11/6/2017
CRISIS/GUNS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As Americans struggled Monday [11-6-17] to make sense once again of the mass shootings plaguing the United States, President Trump sought to steer the national conversation to questions about the mental capacity of those pulling the triggers, not the weapons themselves… Mr. Trump’s answer to the fifth-deadliest mass shooting in modern American […]
11/6/2017
CRISIS/GUNS/KELLYANNE CONWAY: “White House counselor Kellyanne Conway on Monday [11-6-17] criticized Democrats for ‘pointing fingers’ and calling for increased gun control measures in response to the deadly Texas shooting over the weekend, saying the quick reaction is ‘disrespectful to the dead.’… Conway lamented Sunday’s lethal shooting, which left at least 26 dead after a gunman […]
10/24/2017
GUNS/LEGAL/NRA: “A New York financial regulator is investigating the National Rifle Association’s participation in insurance policies that cover legal costs for policyholders in self-defense shootings. The investigation by the state’s Department of Financial Services is focused on whether the firearms-advocacy group is improperly promoting the policy and receiving commissions without proper licensing, according to a […]
10/11/2017
GUNS/HOUSE OF REPS: “House Speaker Paul Ryan (R., Wis.) said the nation’s chief firearm regulator should reconsider its earlier decisions allowing the sale of bump stocks, a device used in last week’s mass shooting in Las Vegas, arguing a regulatory fix would be preferable to new legislation. Lawmakers from both parties have backed legislation that […]
10/8/2017
CRISIS/GUNS/LOBBYING: “The powerful U.S. gun lobby, the National Rifle Association, said on Sunday [10-8-17] it would oppose an outright ban on bump-stock devices that the killer in the Las Vegas massacre of 58 people used to turn rifles into automatic weapons and strafe a crowd with bursts of sustained gunfire. The NRA, which has seldom […]
10/5/2017
CRISIS/GUNS/POLITICS: “With support building in Congress for action against devices like those the Las Vegas gunman had, which allow a rifle to fire hundreds of rounds per minute, the National Rifle Association on Thursday [10-5-17] endorsed tighter restrictions on the gadgets, but did not say they should be outlawed. The stance by the N.R.A., and […]
10/5/2017
CRISIS/GUNS/POLITICS: “The National Rifle Association on Thursday [10-5-17] called on the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to review whether ‘bump stocks’ — similar to the devices used in Sunday’s Las Vegas shooting massacre — comply with federal law… The move by the influential gun lobby, which often stifles any legislation that might be […]