Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) said today that Democrats will be making a major push on gun control this spring and warned lawmakers in Congress that they planned to make it a major issue in the upcoming elections.
“We’re going to …
Continue ReadingThe White House unveiled a framework of measures and initiatives aimed at reducing gun and school violence in the U.S. They don’t include specific legislation but do make a series of recommendations to Congress, as well as states, to push …
Continue ReadingThe Department of Justice has submitted a notice to the Office of Management and Budget to expand the definition of “machinegun” to include any gun outfitted with “bump stocks.” President Trump had pledged to make the accessory illegal in the …
Continue ReadingSenators Pat Toomey (R-PA) and Chris Coons (D-DE) have introduced a bill that requires federal authorities to notify local law enforcement when someone prohibited from purchasing a firearm attempts to do so. The NICS Denial Notification Act would alert state …
Continue ReadingDespite outcries from parents, students and lawmakers, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will not bring gun-control legislation to the floor of the Senate this week. McConnell filed a motion to hold a procedural vote on banking reform, and after that …
Continue ReadingPublic outcry from parents, students and lawmakers is causing Congress to consider stricter gun laws such as expanding the nation’s background check system to include purchases made at gun shows and over the internet.
Proponents of expanded background checks have …
Continue ReadingThe Executive Director of the National Rifle Association’s legislative arm contended that neither the President nor the Vice President want gun control after meeting with them earlier this week.
Chris Cox, head of the organization’s lobbying unit, took to Twitter …
Continue ReadingIn a memo sent to employees this morning, Delta CEO Ed Bastian sought to clarify that the airline’s decision to end a popular discount program with the National Rifle Association was to remain neutral in the debate, rather pick a …
Continue ReadingL.L. Bean has become the latest company to discontinue sales of firearms to anyone under the age of twenty-one. The company made the announcement yesterday on Twitter.
The Maine-based outdoor apparel company has become the fourth high-profile retailer to …
Continue ReadingA meeting the President had on guns with members of Congress at the White House yesterday has left Democrats optimistic and Republican flummoxed, on what, if any legislative fixes Congress can pass to address gun violence. The President flouted Republican …
Continue ReadingThe Georgia State Senate Rules Committee voted to strip a provision out of a broader bill that provided a tax exemption to Delta Airlines, the state’s largest employer. The move came two days after Georgia Lt. Governor Casey Cagle promised …
Continue ReadingFederal Express, the worldwide package delivery service, has announced that it will not be severing ties with the National Rifle Association, despite public demands for it to do so. In the wake of the deadly Parkland, FL, school shooting, many …
Continue ReadingTwo Democratic members of the House of Representatives have introduced a bill that would ban not just the sale of assault weapons, but the “import, manufacture, transfer or possession” of them. The bill, the Assault Weapons Ban of 2018, was …
Continue ReadingThe NRA has made it clear that they do not back any specific plan to raise the age for individuals wishing to purchase assault rifles from 18 to 21. “The NRA doesn’t back any plan,” spokeswoman Dana Loesch said during …
Continue ReadingThe National Rifle Association has responded to the boycott of several U.S. corporations calling it a “shameful display of political and civic cowardice.”
“The law-abiding members of the NRA had nothing at all to do with the failure of that …
Continue ReadingSheriff Richard Jones of Butler Country, Ohio, has already begun the process of training local teachers in firearm proficiency, he wrote on Twitter this week. Jones framed the announcement as local action against the backdrop of government inaction.
“Our teachers …
Continue ReadingAn increasing number of corporations are ending their relationships with the National Rifle Association in the wake of a deadly school shooting that killed seventeen in Parkland, FL, earlier this month.
Hertz, Avis, Enterprise, Alamo and National Car Rental …
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