Texas relaxed gun laws after recent mass shootings
5 years, 5 months ago

Texas relaxed gun laws after recent mass shootings

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — After dozens of people, including toddlers and teenagers, were gunned down in separate mass shootings at a church Sutherland Springs and a high school in suburban Houston, Texas Republicans came to the Capitol this year with their eyes on new gun laws. After last weekend’s massacre of 22 people at an El Paso Walmart by an attacker with a military-style rifle, Texas’ Republican leadership is still unlikely to push for gun restrictions in a state that has long embraced firearms and has nearly 1.4 million handgun license holders, experts and advocates on both sides of the gun issue say. “If a school massacre and a church massacre didn’t change people’s opinion, the El Paso massacre isn’t going to.” Texas’ resistance to tightening gun laws stands in contrast to how some Republican-led states have reacted after mass shootings. Alice Tripp, legislative director and lobbyist for the NRA-affiliated Texas State Rifle Association, said Texans won’t follow other states on gun laws. Those meetings resulted in Abbott issuing a 43-page report with proposals for more armed guards in schools, boosting mental health screenings, new restrictions on home gun storage, and consideration of red flag laws.

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Can Trump Shooting Bring Changes In Gun Laws? What Is The Policy In Pennsylvania Compared To Other US States?
5 months, 3 weeks 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 …

Lakewood Church shooting: Spotlight on Texas gun laws after Houston megachurch attack
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Lakewood Church shooting: Spotlight on Texas gun laws after Houston megachurch attack

The Independent  

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How Texas church shooter bought rifle despite mental illness and criminal history is under scrutiny
10 months, 3 weeks ago

How Texas church shooter bought rifle despite mental illness and criminal history is under scrutiny

The Independent  

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Figuring out Texas: From guns to immigration, here’s how one state’s challenges echo the country’s
1 year, 7 months ago

Figuring out Texas: From guns to immigration, here’s how one state’s challenges echo the country’s

Associated Press  

HOUSTON — Thirteen people dead in two mass shootings. He’s furious at how Republicans “bleed every vote they can out of West Texas” to overcome growing populations in the state’s heavily Democratic urban centers, from Houston to Dallas, Austin to San Antonio. Instead, the number of mass shootings is simply a matter of size: “We’re a huge state — millions …

Rare momentum on a Texas gun bill stalls in the state’s Republican-controlled legislature
1 year, 7 months ago

Rare momentum on a Texas gun bill stalls in the state’s Republican-controlled legislature

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — Rare momentum in the Texas Capitol for a tougher gun law flickered out Wednesday after Republicans stalled a bill that would raise the purchase age for AR-style rifles, virtually assuring the GOP-controlled Legislature will in no major way restrict gun access after more mass shootings. The legislation — always a longshot at best — now has little …

Momentum on Texas gun bill stalls in GOP-led legislature
1 year, 7 months ago

Momentum on Texas gun bill stalls in GOP-led legislature

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Rare momentum in the Texas …

Rare GOP votes in Texas for gun bill after mass shootings
1 year, 8 months ago

Rare GOP votes in Texas for gun bill after 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. The bill has little chance of becoming law, but that did not stop powerful …

Stalled gun bill advances in Texas after new mass shootings
1 year, 8 months ago

Stalled gun bill advances in Texas after new mass shootings

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — Facing new pressure over gun violence in Texas after two more mass shootings, Republicans on Monday unexpectedly allowed a bill that would raise the purchase age for semiautomatic rifles from 18 to 21 to advance out of a House committee — even though the proposal has almost no chance of becoming law. The surprise move revealed faint …

Gunman kills 8 people at a North Texas outlet mall
1 year, 8 months ago

Gunman kills 8 people at a North Texas outlet mall

Raw Story  

A gunman killed eight people Saturday afternoon and wounded at least seven more after he opened fire at an outlet mall in Allen, creating a scene of panic and bloodshed in the latest mass shooting in Texas. Texas Democrats swiftly put the blame on Republicans who have resisted gun control legislation, with the Texas Democratic Party tweeting: “Texas Republicans allowed …

Gun safety advocates express horror at mass shooting in Texas and Gov Abbott’s response
1 year, 8 months ago

Gun safety advocates express horror at mass shooting in Texas and Gov Abbott’s response

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Gun safety advocates have …

Search under way for Texas gunman after 5 killed
1 year, 8 months ago

Search under way for Texas gunman after 5 killed

The Hindu  

A Texas man went next door with a rifle and fatally shot five of his neighbors, including an 8-year-old boy, after the neighbors asked him to stop firing rounds in his yard because they were trying to sleep, authorities said Saturday. San Jacinto County Sheriff Greg Capers said Oropeza used an AR-style rifle, and as the search for him dragged …

Mass shootings seldom shift partisan policies despite outcry
1 year, 9 months ago

Mass shootings seldom shift partisan policies despite outcry

Associated Press  

Public outrage is swift following mass shootings, such as the killing of six people at a Christian elementary school in Nashville. TENNESSEE SHOOTING RESPONSE Following Monday’s shooting at The Covenant School in Nashville, tensions ran high among state lawmakers meeting across town in the state Capitol. After another shooting injured two administrators a Denver high school last week, Democratic majorities …

EXPLAINER: Mass shootings seldom shift partisan policies
1 year, 9 months ago

EXPLAINER: Mass shootings seldom shift partisan policies

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. TENNESSEE SHOOTING RESPONSE Following Monday's shooting …

Mass shootings lead to widening divide on state gun policies
1 year, 11 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 …

Texas senator Roland Gutierrez proposes gun laws allowing school shooting victims to sue state
1 year, 11 months ago

Texas senator Roland Gutierrez proposes gun laws allowing school shooting victims to sue state

Firstpost  

New Delhi: Following a string of mass shootings across the US in recent days, parents and families of children killed in a school shooting eight months ago in Uvalde, Texas gathered, as legislators introduced four new gun-control bills. In front of the parents, state senator Roland Gutierrez, whose district includes Uvalde, announced bills he has filed and other plans for …

Uvalde families press urgency after California shootings
1 year, 11 months ago

Uvalde families press urgency after California shootings

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — Families from Uvalde on Tuesday pleaded with new urgency for tougher gun laws in the wake of a series of mass shootings in California, including the nation’s deadliest act of gun violence since last year’s attack at a Texas elementary school. “People are dying every day, this shouldn’t be happening,” said Veronica Mata, whose 10-year-old daughter, Tess, …

California advances Texas-style lawsuits over illegal guns
2 years, 6 months ago

California advances Texas-style lawsuits over illegal guns

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California legislators on Monday approved Texas-style lawsuits over illegal guns, mimicking the Lone Star State’s law aimed at deterring abortions and obliquely linking the two most controversial U.S. Supreme Court decisions from last week. “What Texas did on abortion was dangerous, and we already know how disgusting the recent decision by the United States Supreme Court has …

Uvalde victim’s sister pleads for tougher gun laws in Texas
2 years, 6 months ago

Uvalde victim’s sister pleads for tougher gun laws in Texas

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — Well before the sun came up Thursday, Jazmin Cazares sat on her sister’s bed and wept for the 9-year-old killed in the Uvalde school rampage one month ago. “I’m here begging for you guys to do something or to change something, because the people that were supposed to keep her safe at school didn’t, they failed.” Her …

Inside the minds of Americans who do not think guns are a problem
2 years, 7 months ago

Inside the minds of Americans who do not think guns are a problem

Al Jazeera  

Republicans in Texas double down on their pro-gun stance after the latest in a string of mass shootings in the state. Uvalde and Austin, Texas – At the National Rifle Association’s annual meeting, thousands of gun enthusiasts loudly applauded Republican Texas Senator Ted Cruz as he encouraged the crowd to stand up to liberal politicians whose “real goal is disarming …

Evil like Texas massacre a reason to arm, not disarm: Trump at gun lobby NRA's event
2 years, 7 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, 7 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 …

Making sense of a mass shooting in the middle of Texas gun country
2 years, 7 months ago

Making sense of a mass shooting in the middle of Texas gun country

LA Times  

Randall Methvin is a thoughtful man who talks with a Texas twang, still works as a ranch hand at age 68 and has felt an affinity for firearms since childhood, when his Depression-hardened father would take him out quail and dove hunting. “I don’t hardly ever shoot them anymore, but when I do, I just go to the gun range, …

NRA opens gun convention in Texas after school massacre
2 years, 7 months ago

NRA opens gun convention in Texas after school massacre

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 Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The NRA said in an online statement that …

NRA stages big gun show in Texas days after school massacre
2 years, 7 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 …

Essential Politics: Gun deaths dropped in California as they rose in Texas: Gun control seems to work
2 years, 7 months ago

Essential Politics: Gun deaths dropped in California as they rose in Texas: Gun control seems to work

LA Times  

Beto O’Rourke, the Democrat running against Republican Gov. A survey last year by the Pew Research Center, for example, showed that by 87% to 12%, Americans supported “preventing people with mental illnesses from purchasing guns.” By 81% to 18% they backed “making private gun sales and sales at gun shows subject to background checks.” And by a smaller but still …

States divided along partisan lines in response to shootings
2 years, 7 months ago

States divided along partisan lines in response to shootings

Associated Press  

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Washington Gov. Their jeering turned to applause when Republican Rep. Terry Roy said voters don’t want further gun control: “We should not ever, ever use tragedy to push legislation,” he said. An effort on Wednesday by Democratic lawmakers in Pennsylvania’s GOP-controlled Legislature to ban owning, selling or making high-capacity, semi-automatic firearms also failed, as House Republicans displayed …

Texas shooting is new test for Biden’s long battle over guns
2 years, 7 months ago

Texas shooting is new test for Biden’s long battle over guns

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Joe Biden, then the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, surveyed the collection of black, military-style rifles on display in the middle of the room as he denounced the sale of guns whose “only real function is to kill human beings at a ferocious pace.” That was nearly three decades ago, and Congress was on the verge of …

Texas shooting: US Senator Ted Cruz storms off when asked about gun law reforms
2 years, 7 months ago

Texas shooting: US Senator Ted Cruz storms off when asked about gun law reforms

India Today  

Republican Senator Ted Cruz is facing backlash following one of the worst school shooting incidents in United States history. Speaking to reporters after the Texas shooting, Ted Cruz said, "We need to devote far more law enforcement resources to stopping violent criminals." Ted Cruz is well known for blocking all Democratic Party attempts to change gun laws in the country. …

Child Gun Deaths In Texas Doubled Under Greg Abbott. Then Came Uvalde.
2 years, 7 months ago

Child Gun Deaths In Texas Doubled Under Greg Abbott. Then Came Uvalde.

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING AUSTIN, Texas – When Salvador Ramos, 18, barged into a classroom at Robb Elementary on Tuesday and opened fire, he accelerated an already horrifying trend: Children have become more than twice as likely to die from gun violence as they were before Gov. “They’ve repeatedly done nothing.” Tuesday’s shooting has once again cast attention on Texas Republicans, …

Texas school shooting prompts look at responses of other nations
2 years, 7 months ago

Texas school shooting prompts look at responses of other nations

Al Jazeera  

Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom and New Zealand tightened their gun laws following mass shootings in recent years. But in other nations, including Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom and New Zealand, mass shootings have prompted governments to tighten their gun laws. After a gunman killed 14 female engineering students in Montreal, Canada in 1989, new legislation was passed that required …

What is the latest known about the Texas primary school mass shooting?
2 years, 7 months ago

What is the latest known about the Texas primary school mass shooting?

ABC  

The gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers in their Texas classroom sent three social media posts before the massacre, the state's governor Greg Abbott has revealed. As more harrowing details of the attack emerged, the Democrat Texas gubernatorial candidate Beto O'Rourke unleashed on Mr Abbott, a Republican, at the end of a press conference, saying: "This is on …

School massacre continues Texas’ grim run of mass shootings
2 years, 7 months ago

School massacre continues Texas’ grim run of mass shootings

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — Once again, one of America’s deadliest mass shootings happened in Texas. But as the horror in Uvalde plunges the U.S. into another debate over gun violence, Texas and the state’s Republican-controlled government have by now demonstrated what is likely to happen next: virtually nothing that would restrict gun access. “It’s disturbing to me as a policymaker that …

Top Texas Republicans Call For More Guns, Fortified Schools, Armed Teachers After Attack
2 years, 7 months ago

Top Texas Republicans Call For More Guns, Fortified Schools, Armed Teachers After Attack

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Several top Texas Republicans shared their thoughts and prayers after a gunman opened fire inside an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday, killing at least 19 children and two teachers. Ted Cruz proposes armed cops in elementary schools to deter school shootings pic.twitter.com/sJ8B6cf9Xd — Aaron Rupar May 25, 2022 Police said the 18-year-old who attacked the …

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 …

‘When in God's name…': 5 things Joe Biden said after Texas school shooting
2 years, 7 months ago

‘When in God's name…': 5 things Joe Biden said after Texas school shooting

Hindustan Times  

United States president Joe Biden made an emotional appeal to curb America's gun culture Tuesday night after a gunman - a teenage boy - shot and killed 19 children at a Texas elementary school. US President Joe Biden delivers remarks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 24, 2022, after a gunman shot dead …

Texas massacre leads Newsom, Democrats to promise fast gun control action
2 years, 7 months ago

Texas massacre leads Newsom, Democrats to promise fast gun control action

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom and top legislative Democrats pledged Wednesday to expedite legislation that would require school officials to investigate credible threats of a mass shooting, allow private citizens to sue firearm manufacturers and distributors and enact more than a dozen other policies intended to reduce gun violence in California following the violent attack on a school in Texas. When California moves, …

Column: Don’t look away from the Texas school shooting. Don’t wait in silence until the next massacre
2 years, 7 months ago

Column: Don’t look away from the Texas school shooting. Don’t wait in silence until the next massacre

LA Times  

Authorities in Odessa, Texas, on Aug. 31, 2019. “We are in effect conducting a nationwide experiment to answer the question, ‘What happens when a society experiences a massive increase in access to firearms along with increasing social and political polarization?’” More from Wintemute and his team: “Many people who plan to commit firearm violence — including 80% of mass shooters …

Newsom castigates GOP over gun policy after Texas school shooting: ‘Inaction is a choice’
2 years, 7 months ago

Newsom castigates GOP over gun policy after Texas school shooting: ‘Inaction is a choice’

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom, seen here at an event on Feb. 18 in support of a gun control proposal in California, lashed out at Republicans following the fatal shooting at a Texas elementary school. Gavin Newsom called out Republicans on Tuesday for inaction on the issue of gun control, saying the party “won’t do a damn thing” in a series of tweets …

California Gov. Newsom Vows to Use Tactics of Texas Abortion Ban for Gun Control Legislation
55 years ago

California Gov. Newsom Vows to Use Tactics of Texas Abortion Ban for Gun Control Legislation

Slate  

Gavin Newsom said that he is “outraged” by the Supreme Court decision that allowed Texas to maintain its ban on most abortions once a heartbeat is detected. But he vowed to use it as a model to pass legislation that would give private citizens the authority to enforce a ban on the manufacture and sale of assault weapons in California. …

California governor wants Texas-like law to ban assault guns
3 years ago

California governor wants Texas-like law to ban assault guns

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. The Texas law allows private citizens to enforce the ban, empowering them to sue abortion clinics and anyone else who “aids and abets” with the procedure. “If states can now shield their laws from review by the federal courts that compare assault weapons to Swiss Army knives, then California will use that authority to protect …

The new Texas abortion law is becoming a model for other states
3 years, 3 months ago

The new Texas abortion law is becoming a model for other states

LA Times  

The Republican lawmakers gathered around the marble table for the historic moment, watching as Texas Gov. “In Texas, we work to save those lives.” The ripple effects from that moment — and the law’s creative workaround method that involves using the threat of civil lawsuits against seemingly anyone involved in or aware of any step of an abortion — have …

Could Texas abortion ban strategy be double-edged sword?
3 years, 3 months ago

Could Texas abortion ban strategy be double-edged sword?

Associated Press  

SALT LAKE CITY — The unusual legal strategy used to ban most abortions in Texas is already increasingly being employed in Republican-led states to target pornography, LGBT rights and other hot-button cultural issues. When Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the Department of Justice would sue over the Texas law, he said it could become a model “for action in other …

Texas joins list of states dropping permit rules for guns
3 years, 6 months ago

Texas joins list of states dropping permit rules for guns

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas will now let people carry handguns without first getting a background check and training, becoming the latest and largest on a growing list of states to roll back permitting requirements for carrying guns in public. “In this increasingly dangerous world, people want to be able to protect themselves,” said NRA leader Wayne LaPierre, who attended the …

Seth Meyers Rips Republicans Spewing ‘Same Bulls**t Line’ After Every Mass Shooting
3 years, 9 months ago

Seth Meyers Rips Republicans Spewing ‘Same Bulls**t Line’ After Every Mass Shooting

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Seth Meyers on Wednesday ripped GOP criticism of Democrats who demand gun law reforms following mass shootings. “You guys repeat the same bullshit line every time we go through this awful ritual, that gun safety advocates are somehow rushing to politicize it,” said the “Late Night” host. “First of all, we have an epidemic of gun violence …

GOP lawmaker criticized over gun tweet about O’Rourke
5 years, 3 months ago

GOP lawmaker criticized over gun tweet about O’Rourke

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — A Republican Texas lawmaker tweeting he had an assault rifle “ready” for Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke drew criticism Friday for the apparent threat amid heightened tensions over guns after two mass shootings in the state. The tweet by Republican state Rep. Briscoe Cain came after O’Rourke pledged Thursday during the Democratic debate that “hell yes, we’re …

Texas shooting: State introduces raft of weaker gun laws a day after seven killed in latest outbreak of violence
5 years, 4 months ago

Texas shooting: State introduces raft of weaker gun laws a day after seven killed in latest outbreak of violence

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 Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “We have learned many times over that there …

The NRA Has Long Urged Americans To Arm Themselves Against An Immigrant Invasion
5 years, 5 months ago

The NRA Has Long Urged Americans To Arm Themselves Against An Immigrant Invasion

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING In the aftermath of Saturday’s mass shooting in El Paso, Texas, President Donald Trump has been widely criticized for spreading hateful anti-immigrant hysteria. “While terrorized residents throw their deadbolts, draw their blinds and pray not to have their homes invaded or their kids kidnapped in Arizona, in Washington, D.C., the ruling elite bask in the safety of …

Open obsession: on U.S. mass shootings
5 years, 5 months ago

Open obsession: on U.S. mass shootings

The Hindu  

Two American cities, El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, more than 2,500 kilometres apart, witnessed lethal shootings resulting in mass fatalities over the past weekend, with at least 31 people dead, many injured, and a nation in shock. In his reaction to the shootings, U.S. President Donald Trump appeared to denounce the racist intention behind the shooting when he said, …

After shootings, Congress again weighs gun violence response
5 years, 5 months ago

After shootings, Congress again weighs gun violence response

Associated Press  

And now after mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio, Congress again is confronted with the question of what, if anything, lawmakers should do to combat the scourge of gun violence afflicting the country. “While no law will end mass shootings entirely, it’s time for Congress to act to help keep our communities safer,” said Sen. Pat Toomey, …

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