Despite 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 …
Continue ReadingFlorida Governor Rick Scott has proposed raising the minimum wage to purchase all firearms in the state of Florida, including assault rifles, to 21 from 18. The requirement already exists for handguns. It is a remarkable announcement considering the support …
Continue ReadingThe CEO of National Rifle Association Wayne LaPierre addressed the Conservative Political Action Conference today and reiterated calls to introduce greater security to the nation’s schools in the wake of the deadly school shooting that killed seventeen at Marjory Stoneman …
Continue ReadingPresident Trump announced on Twitter this morning that he will be backing comprehensive background checks for gun purchases with an emphasis, he said, on mental health. He also indicated support for raising the eligibility age for purchases of assault rifles …
Continue ReadingThe Florida state House of Representatives voted down a bill that would ban many semiautomatic guns and large capacity magazines yesterday. The bill, which would ban AR-15 rifles like the one used in the Parkland, FL, shooting, and large capacity …
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