Column: Trump and the NRA might be right about guns — and we mostly have ourselves to blame
1 year, 8 months ago

Column: Trump and the NRA might be right about guns — and we mostly have ourselves to blame

LA Times  

The first sign that he was coming was the squeal from a middle-aged woman sitting across the aisle in skintight red, white and blue pants and “U.S.A.” earrings. It’s not because of the nonsense I heard longtime NRA Chief Executive Wayne LaPierre spout, including that the Founding Fathers created the 2nd Amendment so that, from “the day you’re born,” Americans have the “God-given right” to carry a gun for self-defense that cannot be infringed upon. Nor is it because, as former Vice President Mike Pence told the NRA faithful, “freedom is under attack,” and Americans are determined to not let the government take their guns. “‘But Pastor, I gotta protect myself.’” I should note that Indiana’s governor, Eric Holcomb, signed a bill last year that eliminated the licensing requirement for a handgun, meaning most Hoosiers 18 and older can carry one in public without ever having received a background check. But I don’t think we can blame the gun lobby for the number of people in coastal California who, as CalMatters recently reported, are rushing to capitalize on last year’s Supreme Court ruling that made it easier to get a concealed carry license before state lawmakers can close the loophole.

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An ER Doctor’s Cure for America’s Gun Epidemic
3 months, 1 week ago

An ER Doctor’s Cure for America’s Gun Epidemic

Wired  

In 2020, while the Covid-19 pandemic raged, a steadily growing epidemic continued to burn its path across the United States. Gun violence stole the lives of 45,222 Americans that fateful year, the worst year on record for gun deaths to that point. Addressing violence and death is the duty of anyone who has ever had to mend the wounds of …

Gun culture continues to kill, but nobody cares
5 months ago

Gun culture continues to kill, but nobody cares

China Daily  

The shoot-out at a party in West Philadelphia on Sunday, in which three people were killed and six others injured, once again shows the danger from firearms in the United States. Unlike random shootings, the shoot-out in West Philadelphia was triggered by an argument at the party, which then turned violent with people involved pulling out firearms. Because of lax …

Gun culture continues to kill, but nobody cares
5 months ago

Gun culture continues to kill, but nobody cares

China Daily  

The shoot-out at a party in West Philadelphia on Sunday, in which three people were killed and six others injured, once again shows the danger from firearms in the United States. Unlike random shootings, the shoot-out in West Philadelphia was triggered by an argument at the party, which then turned violent with people involved pulling out firearms. Because of lax …

Can Trump Shooting Bring Changes In Gun Laws? What Is The Policy In Pennsylvania Compared To Other US States?
5 months ago

Can Trump Shooting Bring Changes In Gun Laws? What Is The Policy In Pennsylvania Compared To Other US States?

News 18  

Donald Trump’s shooting in Pennsylvania on Saturday night by a 20-year-old gun-toting man has again put spotlight on the country’s vexing issue of gun violence. The Recent Gun Cases On November 7, the court heard arguments in United States v. Rahimi, a gun control case involving a Texas man named Zackey Rahimi. The Court invalidated New York State’s limits on …

Column: Don’t let political rhetoric distract you from this truth about the Trump shooting
5 months, 1 week ago

Column: Don’t let political rhetoric distract you from this truth about the Trump shooting

LA Times  

Former President Trump is helped off the stage after the assassination attempt. I’m steering clear of news stories exploring the many conspiracy theories swirling around Saturday’s attempt to assassinate former President Trump. Before Vance had his come-to-orange-Jesus moment and submitted to the former president, he called Trump “America’s Hitler.” Can you imagine a Vice President Vance following in the footsteps …

Column: The Trump shooting and the glorification of guns
5 months, 1 week ago

Column: The Trump shooting and the glorification of guns

LA Times  

Much is still not known about Saturday’s shooting at a Trump rally in Pennsylvania, but it’s clear that the incident placed the stupidity and hypocrisy of America’s gun culture in high relief. ‘Two-thirds of our participants in 2022 and three-fourths in 2023 rejected political violence as never justified — not just in general, but for one specific objective after another.’ …

Donald Trump promises to roll back Joe Biden's gun control measures on DAY ONE if he wins election in speech to NRA members in Dallas: 'They are coming for your guns'
7 months ago

Donald Trump promises to roll back Joe Biden's gun control measures on DAY ONE if he wins election in speech to NRA members in Dallas: 'They are coming for your guns'

Daily Mail  

Donald Trump warned firearms enthusiasts that a Joe Biden win in November would bring more restriction on guns and promised to reverse new rules if he was elected president. Former President Donald Trump addressed thousands of members of the National Rifle Association at their annual convention in Dallas, Texas, on Saturday evening The NRA put its full weight behind Trump …

Trump tells NRA members ‘no one will lay a finger on your firearms’ if he returns to the White House
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump tells NRA members ‘no one will lay a finger on your firearms’ if he returns to the White House

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Former President Donald Trump told thousands of members of the National Rifle Association that “no one will lay a finger on your firearms” if he returns to the White House, and bragged that during his time as president he “did nothing” to curb guns. Casting himself as ”the best friend gun owners have ever had in the …

60 years after the assassination of JFK: The guns are winning
1 year, 1 month ago

60 years after the assassination of JFK: The guns are winning

Salon  

Today marks the 60th anniversary of JFK’s assassination and the first real traumatic event of my life that ended my eight-year-old universe of innocence. “The child firearm mortality rate has doubled in the U.S. from a recent low of 1.8 deaths per 100,000 in 2013 to 3.7 in 2021.” The KFF analysis continued: The United States has by far the …

Editorial: The Maine shooting suspect fits the profile. He is American and he has a gun
1 year, 1 month ago

Editorial: The Maine shooting suspect fits the profile. He is American and he has a gun

LA Times  

The Androscoggin County, Maine, Sheriff’s Office released this still from security video of the gunman, suspected to be Robert Card, taken at a bowling alley in Lewiston. Opinion Editorial: There’s no place like America for gun violence This country is exactly the place for hateful, murderous, suicidal gun violence, because this is the place for millions upon millions of guns …

I Sat Next To A Gun 'Fanatic' On A Plane. When I Told Him What My Job Is, Things Got Interesting.
1 year, 2 months ago

I Sat Next To A Gun 'Fanatic' On A Plane. When I Told Him What My Job Is, Things Got Interesting.

Huff Post  

"I doubt I could’ve changed Rick’s views, even if we’d talk for an entire international flight," the author writes. So, although Rick was saddened by recent mass shootings, he couldn’t conjure what could be done to prevent them or offer any tangible ways to address, much less reform, our country’s gun culture. But though Rick deserves credit for practicing secure …

Conservative America has far more gun deaths than liberal America, study finds
1 year, 7 months ago

Conservative America has far more gun deaths than liberal America, study finds

Salon  

A horrific recent trend of mass shootings has severely polarized Americans on the topic of firearms. Yet several recent studies have revealed the exact opposite: In regions dominated by pro-gun politicians, the number of gun deaths is far higher than in areas controlled by pro-gun control politicians. After analyzing gun violence statistics from America's different cultural regions from 2010 to …

Opinion: Republicans Should Rejoice; We Are Now Numb To Gun Violence
1 year, 8 months ago

Opinion: Republicans Should Rejoice; We Are Now Numb To Gun Violence

Huff Post  

There is a stark, startling conclusion one can draw from the endless string of mass shootings we’ve seen in America: Murder is one of the prices we pay for the freedoms we say we want. They point to California’s gun laws as proof given those three nearly back-to-back mass shootings earlier this year. “If the country had California’s firearm death …

Gun violence in the US has become more lethal, research suggests
1 year, 8 months ago

Gun violence in the US has become more lethal, research suggests

CNN  

CNN — A record number of people are dying from firearm injuries in the US, and new research suggests that shootings are becoming more lethal, too. Nearly 49,000 people died from firearm injuries in the US in 2021, CDC data shows – an unprecedented surge of about 23% over two years during the Covid-19 pandemic. “That includes larger magazine capacity …

Why the mass shooting cycle remains predictable and permanent
1 year, 8 months ago

Why the mass shooting cycle remains predictable and permanent

CNN  

A version of this story appears in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. There have been some key developments in national gun policy in the intervening months: Congress actually did come together last June to pass the first new, major national gun legislation in decades, encouraging states to pass red flag laws – which through court orders can temporarily prevent individuals in …

One nation, under gun violence: America tops 100 mass shootings in 2023
1 year, 9 months ago

One nation, under gun violence: America tops 100 mass shootings in 2023

CNN  

Washington CNN — The US has surpassed 100 mass shootings in 2023, a disturbing milestone that underscores the grave cost of inaction in Washington and state legislatures across the country. But following passage of last year’s bipartisan gun safety law, there’s been little political momentum in the divided Congress for more gun safety legislation, even as the rate of mass …

One nation, under gun violence: America tops 100 mass shootings in 2023
1 year, 9 months ago

One nation, under gun violence: America tops 100 mass shootings in 2023

CNN  

Washington CNN — The US has surpassed 100 mass shootings in 2023, a disturbing milestone that underscores the grave cost of inaction in Washington and state legislatures across the country. But following passage of last year’s bipartisan gun safety law, there’s been little political momentum in the divided Congress for more gun safety legislation, even as the rate of mass …

Controlling gun crimes needs social reset in US
1 year, 10 months ago

Controlling gun crimes needs social reset in US

Hindustan Times  

America is at war with itself. An outlier with the highest per capita civilian gun ownership among all countries in the world, the US has peculiar structural features which make it uniquely vulnerable to violence. It is an open secret that the gun lobby, comprising weapons manufacturers and their financiers, is a powerful corporate vested interest group that has cosy …

Mass shootings are just one part of the US’s gun problem
1 year, 10 months ago

Mass shootings are just one part of the US’s gun problem

Al Jazeera  

As we mourn last week’s killings in California, we should not lose sight of the forest for the trees. Using data from the Gun Violence Archive, they reported that the US has already experienced nearly 50 mass shootings in the first month of the year. Some – though not all – mass shootings garner considerable media attention, making many people …

Mass shootings lead to widening divide on state gun policies
1 year, 10 months ago

Mass shootings lead to widening divide on state gun policies

Associated Press  

— Mass shootings have commanded public attention on a disturbingly frequent basis across the U.S., from a supermarket slaying in Buffalo, New York, to an elementary school tragedy in Uvalde, Texas, to a recent shooting at a California dance hall. Rather than provoking a unified response from elected officials, each additional shooting seems to be widening the political divide among …

DC Edit | End gun culture in America
1 year, 11 months ago

DC Edit | End gun culture in America

Deccan Chronicle  

By one count of the inexplicable madness of mass shootings in the United States of America, there were as many as 648 instances in 2022. Considering most, if not all, shooters are male, what gun violence points to is something sociologists are now describing as stemming from the toxic masculinity of life in America. Irrespective of the most recent bipartisan …

As US Faces Multiple Mass Shootings — An Essential Question: Why Is It So Hard To Make Gun Laws Stricter?
1 year, 11 months ago

As US Faces Multiple Mass Shootings — An Essential Question: Why Is It So Hard To Make Gun Laws Stricter?

News 18  

Seven people were killed in two separate shootings at agricultural facilities in a California coastal town south of San Francisco on Monday, the state’s third mass killing in eight days, including Saturday’s attack at a dance hall that killed 11 people during Lunar New Year celebrations. Less than two weeks later, in collaboration with the various states and territories that …

More mass shootings than days of the year: The grim reality of gun violence in the US
1 year, 11 months ago

More mass shootings than days of the year: The grim reality of gun violence in the US

Firstpost  

The gun problem in the United States is grave. The Saturday incident was the deadliest mass shooting in the US since the massacre at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, in May last year, wherein 19 children and two teachers were killed. As per the non-profit research group Gun Violence Archive, on Sunday alone, the US saw three mass shootings …

The aftermath of shootings often shows us how politically insane our discourse has become
1 year, 11 months ago

The aftermath of shootings often shows us how politically insane our discourse has become

LA Times  

A few minutes into following my colleagues’ coverage of a mass shooting that left 10 dead and 10 wounded during a Lunar New Year dance party, I started to wonder if years of being a journalist had compromised my humanity. But I think the aftermath of shootings often shows us how politically insane our discourse has become. A rash of …

NRA-backed Ted Cruz blasted for speech declaring ‘there have been too many mass shootings’
2 years, 3 months ago

NRA-backed Ted Cruz blasted for speech declaring ‘there have been too many mass shootings’

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Sen Ted Cruz took to the Senate floor on Wednesday …

AP-NORC poll: 2 in 10 report experience with gun violence
2 years, 3 months ago

AP-NORC poll: 2 in 10 report experience with gun violence

Associated Press  

DETROIT — About 2 in 10 U.S. adults say they or someone close to them has had a personal experience with gun violence, according to a recent poll that shows Black and Hispanic adults are especially likely to have had their lives touched by it. The poll by the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy and The Associated …

US gun debate is loaded with belligerence
2 years, 4 months ago

US gun debate is loaded with belligerence

China Daily  

Americans urge against gun in the street. As of July 2022, there have been over 300 mass shootings in the United States, leaving over 300 people dead, over 1,000 injured, and many more wondering why there is such staunch resistance from politicians and pro-gun advocates to even reasonable gun regulations. Many people come from military families and they're proud to …

PATRICK JEPHSON: The fright in the night that changed my mind about America's 80 million gun owners
2 years, 4 months ago

PATRICK JEPHSON: The fright in the night that changed my mind about America's 80 million gun owners

Daily Mail  

If you wake in the night and hear an intruder downstairs, you must assume he's armed. He moved to Texas a few years ago, when he had to get to grips with America's polarising gun culture So instead of joining America's 80 million gun-owners, we make a plan. It helps explain US gun attitudes to realise that for many owners, …

Republicans Complain About Violent Crime, But They Don’t Want to Talk About The Cause
2 years, 5 months ago

Republicans Complain About Violent Crime, But They Don’t Want to Talk About The Cause

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING As violent crime rates in the U.S. have ticked upward in recent years, conservative politicians have blamed progressive policies and blue-state lawmakers for being “soft on crime.” What they have largely ignored, however, is that crimes involving guns account for a significant portion of this increase. “Where there are more guns, there are more homicides.” - Kelly …

Gun violence in America: A long list of forgotten victims
2 years, 5 months ago

Gun violence in America: A long list of forgotten victims

Associated Press  

ATHENS, Ala. — Amid the stream of mass shootings that have become chillingly commonplace in America, the reality of the nation’s staggering murder rate can often be seen more clearly in the deaths that never make national news. Just 5% of mass shootings end with four or more people dead, he said, “and only a quarter of those are in …

DC Edit | Have guns, will shoot
2 years, 5 months ago

DC Edit | Have guns, will shoot

Deccan Chronicle  

As a day of national celebration turned into tragedy with six deaths and dozens of injuries, the United States of America was left grieving yet another mass shooting. Every time a logic-defying mass shooting takes place, the gun reformists are seen to be up in arms but they run into not only a most powerful gun lobby but also a …

New York moves to ban concealed guns in many places, including Times Square
2 years, 5 months ago

New York moves to ban concealed guns in many places, including Times Square

India Today  

New York lawmakers voted to pass new gun laws on Friday that ban weapons from a long list of "sensitive places," including Times Square, and require people who want a gun license to get more training and submit their social media accounts to government review. "Our state will continue to keep New Yorkers safe from harm, even despite this setback …

US SC rules Americans have fundamental right to carry firearms in public
2 years, 6 months ago

US SC rules Americans have fundamental right to carry firearms in public

Firstpost  

The 6-3 decision follows a series of recent mass shootings and is expected to ultimately allow more people to legally carry guns on the streets of the United States Washington: The Supreme Court said Thursday that Americans have a right to carry guns in public, a major expansion of gun rights. The justices’ 6-3 decision follows a series of recent …

GOP’s approach to gun violence: Stupidity, cruelty, fear of ‘replacement’
2 years, 6 months ago

GOP’s approach to gun violence: Stupidity, cruelty, fear of ‘replacement’

Raw Story  

It took Ron DeSantis 11 days to say anything publicly about the mass shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde. DeSantis apparently had some kind of telepathic communication with the Buffalo shooter who told him, “I’m going places where I don’t have to worry about people, conceal carry, or anything like that.” Actually, the suspect in Buffalo, a racist who believes in …

U.S. gun laws are causing mayhem and mass murder — and Republicans couldn't be more thrilled
2 years, 6 months ago

U.S. gun laws are causing mayhem and mass murder — and Republicans couldn't be more thrilled

Salon  

After reassuring multiple people by text that my partner and I had been tucked safely in bed at 11:30 on Saturday night, I finally cracked and posted a general reassurance on Facebook. Dramatic gun violence really helps sell this message, which is why Republicans are guaranteed to block any bill that would make it even slightly harder for violent and …

A striking number from a new poll on guns
2 years, 6 months ago

A striking number from a new poll on guns

CNN  

CNN — As Congress considers, again, the possibility of moving a package of gun control reforms, a number from a new CBS News/YouGov poll jumped out at me as evidence of why solving America’s gun violence problem is so hard. It’s this: 44% of Republicans said that mass shootings are something we have to accept as part of a free …

A good guy with a gun: Trump's solution to stop mass shootings in US
2 years, 6 months ago

A good guy with a gun: Trump's solution to stop mass shootings in US

India Today  

As the age-old saying goes, the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun, said former US President Donald Trump over the recent Texas shooting. In one of the worst school shootings in the US, an 18-year-old gunman in body armour killed 19 children and two teachers inside one classroom at …

Evil like Texas massacre a reason to arm, not disarm: Trump at gun lobby NRA's event
2 years, 6 months ago

Evil like Texas massacre a reason to arm, not disarm: Trump at gun lobby NRA's event

Firstpost  

Trump’s remarks came as he headlined an NRA event in Houston, three days after a gun massacre at a Texas elementary school reignited the tinderbox debate about US gun control Houston: Former US president Donald Trump rejected calls for tightened gun controls Friday following the Texas school massacre, saying decent Americans should be allowed the firearms they need to defend …

DC Edit | Guns kill people: Get real, US!
2 years, 6 months ago

DC Edit | Guns kill people: Get real, US!

Deccan Chronicle  

Just days after the horrible Texas school massacre, the National Rifle Association of the US held their annual convention in Houston. The United States goes through eternal cycles of immediate outrage over a public shooting and, in its wake, a degree of optimism over a legislative deal to do something about such carnage before insurmountable partisan division creeps in and …

Many back strict gun laws, but opposition tends to be louder
2 years, 6 months ago

Many back strict gun laws, but opposition tends to be louder

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Majorities of U.S. adults think mass shootings would occur less often if guns were harder to get, and that schools and other public places have become less safe than they were two decades ago, polling shows. “These school shootings are becoming more prevalent now, and there’s just too many innocent little lives that are lost because this 18-year-old …

NRA stages big gun show in Texas days after school massacre
2 years, 6 months ago

NRA stages big gun show in Texas days after school massacre

Associated Press  

HOUSTON — The National Rifle Association begins its annual convention in Houston on Friday, and leaders of the powerful gun-rights lobbying group are gearing up to “reflect on” — and deflect any blame for — the deadly shooting earlier this week of 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. The NRA said in an online …

I haven't gotten jaded or cynical about mass shootings — but it's getting harder
2 years, 6 months ago

I haven't gotten jaded or cynical about mass shootings — but it's getting harder

Salon  

I refuse to grow numb. Mother Jones has compiled an excellent database of the 129 mass shootings since the early 1980s that fit the definition of a "mass shooting." RELATED: Texas school shooting: The right responds to massacre by calling for more guns The first time I remember a "mass shooting" that didn't have anything to do with organized crime …

Debate Around Gun Laws In US And Who Are Opposing Gun Control Measures - News18
2 years, 7 months ago

Debate Around Gun Laws In US And Who Are Opposing Gun Control Measures - News18

News 18  

As US president Joe Biden took to the podium in the White House briefing room and addressed the nation in the aftermath of the Uvalde school shooting in Texas, he urged citizens to ‘stand up to the’ powerful pro-gun lobby. In reality, acting on gun laws and bringing legislation that would control the sale and purchase of guns is a …

Texas shooting: Another mass shooting, another US gun control debate
2 years, 7 months ago

Texas shooting: Another mass shooting, another US gun control debate

Firstpost  

It was the eighth mass shooting this year, according to the Everytown gun control group, and came 10 days after another 18-year-old murdered 10 African Americans at a supermarket in New York Washington: A mass shooting that left 18 schoolchildren dead in the deeply pro-gun state of Texas on Tuesday increased pressure on US politicians to take action over the …

In the 10 years since Sandy Hook, gun laws in the U.S. haven't changed much
2 years, 7 months ago

In the 10 years since Sandy Hook, gun laws in the U.S. haven't changed much

NPR  

In the 10 years since Sandy Hook, gun laws in the U.S. haven't changed much Enlarge this image toggle caption Dario Lopez-Mills/AP Dario Lopez-Mills/AP A teenage gunman walked into an elementary school Tuesday in Uvalde, Texas, and opened fire, killing 19 children and two adults, making it the second deadliest school shooting in American history. The mass shooting at Robb …

COVID-19, shootings: Is mass death now tolerated in America?
2 years, 7 months ago

COVID-19, shootings: Is mass death now tolerated in America?

Associated Press  

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — After mass shootings killed and wounded people grocery shopping, going to church and simply living their lives last weekend, the nation marked a milestone of 1 million deaths from COVID-19. It’s a dynamic that’s encapsulated by the “thoughts and prayers” offered to victims of gun violence by politicians unwilling to make meaningful commitments to ensure there really …

Gun violence is an epidemic within the pandemic (Opinion)
3 years, 6 months ago

Gun violence is an epidemic within the pandemic (Opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Sen. Ben Ray Luján represents New Mexico. CNN — Sen. Ben Ray Luján House of Representatives John Feinblatt Courtesy of Everytown for Gun Safety In recent months, Americans have received a string of horrific reminders that even as Covid deaths fall, one of our nation’s deadliest public health emergencies rages on: gun violence. It all adds up to …

NRA’s gun rights message not slowed by legal, money troubles
3 years, 6 months ago

NRA’s gun rights message not slowed by legal, money troubles

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Liberals have cheered the highly public legal and financial jeopardy ensnaring the National Rifle Association, seeing the gun lobby’s potential demise as the path to stricter firearms laws. “Democrats who support universal background checks are winning all over the country, including in states where you would have thought the NRA had a stranglehold.” One of Biden’s first executive …

There Have Been, On Average, 10 Mass Shootings In The U.S. Each Week This Year
3 years, 7 months ago

There Have Been, On Average, 10 Mass Shootings In The U.S. Each Week This Year

NPR  

There Have Been, On Average, 10 Mass Shootings In The U.S. Each Week This Year Enlarge this image toggle caption Helen H. Richardson/MediaNews Gr/Denver Post via Getty Images Helen H. Richardson/MediaNews Gr/Denver Post via Getty Images When a man walked into a birthday party in Colorado Springs, Colo., over the weekend, killing six people and then himself, it was the …

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