On Tuesday morning, a group of Staley High School students demonstrated their support for their fellow student Ralph Yarl, who had been shot by a homeowner in Kansas City. Andrew D. Lester, the man accused of shooting Ralph, turned himself in later that day, having been charged with assault in the first degree and armed…
Tag: gun violence
Support For Gun Control At Lowest Point In Years As Gun Sales And Mass Shootings Surge
A new poll conducted by American analytics company Gallup showed that support for stricter gun laws is now at its lowest point. The figure dropped to almost half just three years after the deadly mass shooting in Parkland, Florida, which renewed calls for stricter gun legislation. According to Gallup’s latest poll, only 52% of American…
Texas Halloween Party Shooting Leaves 1 Dead And 9 Injured
A shooting incident in Texas has left one man dead and nine others injured. Police said gunfire erupted at a Halloween party on Saturday night. Police said it received calls of shots being fired at a party being held at the Octavia Event Center in Texarkana. The center is located just 180 miles east of…
Idaho Mall Shooting: Two Dead, Four Others Injured, Including A Police Officer
Two persons were killed in a shooting incident inside a shopping mall in Boise, Idaho. At least four other individuals were hurt, including a police officer. The suspect has been apprehended. The suspect is in critical condition and is being treated at a hospital. The officer who was shot is being treated as well, but…
Mass Shooting Surge: First Atlanta Spas Now A Grocery Store In Colorado
The deadly shooting inside a grocery store in Boulder, Colorado is the second mass shooting incident in less than a week. The incident in Colorado that killed 10 people – including a police officer – happened just a few days after a 21-year-old gunman shot and killed eight people in Atlanta, Georgia. Prior to the…
Biden Lays Bare Anti-Gun Agenda If Elected President
Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Joe Biden has outlined his plans of changing the country’s laws to end gun violence. The lengthy plan, published on Biden’s website titled “The Biden Plan to End Our Gun Violence Epidemic,” enumerated various steps that will be taken if Biden does end up in the oval office. In Biden’s 3,430-word…
Universal Background Check Returns to Congress, Now With Democratic Majority
A good number of gunmen that were involved in recent mass shootings acquired their firearms illegally. Some of them were able to buy their guns from gun shows and from sellers online. If these gunmen tried to get their firearms from a licensed dealer, they might have been blocked from getting them in the first…
Gabby Giffords and House Democrats to Reintroduce Universal Background Check Bill
Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.), Former Arizona Rep. Gabby Giffords, and Rep. Mike Thompson return to the Capitol to reintroduce a new background check bill. Back in November 2017, the politicians along with 200 lawmakers introduced similar legislation. The bill will require background checks on all firearm purchases including private transactions. Fourteen Republicans supported the bill…
Californian Democrat suggests federal buyback program for assault weapons to curb gun violence
While most gun control advocates have so far stayed away from the topic of confiscation, a Democrat in California is now suggesting that the government should compensate those that would voluntarily turn in their weapons. Eric Swalwell mentioned in an op-ed piece on USA Today that the confiscation of assault weapons should be implemented in…
New York law requires gun owners with domestic-violence misdemeanors to surrender their firearms
Federal law already prohibits those with a criminal record from obtaining firearms, but a newly passed law in New York aims to expand that to include people who had had domestic violence convictions. The new bill, which New York lawmakers have just recently approved along with the state’s new budget, will automatically disqualify those with…