NYT: ‘Stronger Background Checks’ Wouldn’t Have Stopped TX, OH Shootings
The New York Times suggests “stronger background checks” probably would not have prevented the August 3 and August 4, 2019, shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio.

The New York Times suggests “stronger background checks” probably would not have prevented the August 3 and August 4, 2019, shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio.

If enacted, “red flag laws” will become a “slippery slope” used by politicians to “try to disarm the American people,” said Graham Allen, host of BlazeTV’s Rant Nation, in a Wednesday interview on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Daily with host Alex Marlow.

While Republican leaders such as Sen. Majority Mitch McConnell (R-KY) are giving ground on more gun laws, Republican voters support gun rights over gun control by a margin of nearly 3 to 1.

A gunman opened fire on Philadelphia police officers around 4:30 pm Wednesday, with early reports indicating four to six seek medical treatment for non-life-threatening injuries.

A robbery suspect allegedly pulled a gun on a Saginaw, Texas, homeowner Sunday night and died after the homeowner drew his own gun and fired.

At least four Philadelphia police officers were shot while confronting a gunman in the city’s Nicetown-Tioga section.

Wednesday on CNN’s “Newsroom,” 2020 Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) said mandatory buybacks of assault rifles with the threat of criminal prosecution was a “strong” idea. Poppy Harlow said, “So on the assault weapons issue, you have talked openly

Democrat lawmaker are already looking beyond universal background checks in hopes of pressuring Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) into banning “assault weapons” too.

A homeowner in Zachary, Louisiana, shot and critically wounded an alleged naked intrusion suspect on Sunday.

On Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell declared that the Senate would take up gun control in the wake of the El Paso and Dayton mass shootings, with expanded background checks “front and center.” He added, “What we can’t do is fail to pass something.”

While universal background checks are pushed as a response to the El Paso and Dayton shooting attacks, it should be remembered that such checks are unenforceable without a gun registry.

Democrat presidential candidates and senators this week renewed their threats that unless the U.S. Supreme Court issues liberal rulings on the Second Amendment and other issues, that Democrats will fundamentally restructure the nation’s highest court, a shocking threat to judicial independence not seen since the 1930s.

Hispanics are reportedly flocking to concealed carry firearms classes in El Paso in order to be prepared to defend themselves should another August 3-like shooting occur.

CLAIM: Democrat presidential hopeful Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) claims there is a “straw man provision” that allows buyers to walk into a gun store, buy multiple guns, and pass them on to criminals.
VERDICT: FALSE. Straw purchases are illegal under federal law.

Reps. Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) and Jason Crow (D-CO) are pushing their House colleagues to pass a ban on “assault weapons” and “high capacity” magazines.

Tuesday on CNN’s “New Day,” 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH) argued that the ground “was shifting underneath” President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on gun control. Ryan said, “The legislation we have at the Senate has

LITTLETON, New Hampshire — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) rounded out his two-day swing through New Hampshire at an ice cream social on Tuesday afternoon, telling a packed crowd at the Littleton Opera House that Donald Trump is “the most dangerous president” in American history.

Ivanka Trump is reportedly calling members of Congress to feel out various gun control proposals and to figure out what needs to be done in order to get them passed.

Even Chris Cuomo himself would agree that he should turn in his guns and, in the future, let Moe Greene handle the unruly customers.

On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “The Story,” Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-SC) stated that he has never seen President Trump as determined as he is to ensure law enforcement can act before people who have
Grammy-winning singer and left-wing activist John Legend sang at a bar in Dayton, Ohio, on Sunday then used a press conference to promote the message that “the NRA doesn’t represent America.”

Democrat presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren is pledging to both license gun owners and mandate waiting periods for gun purchases.

Federal authorities arrested 24-year-old Ethan Kollie after he allegedly purchased the rifle the Dayton, Ohio, shooter used in his August 3 attack.

Forty-seven people were shot, four fatally, over the weekend in Democrat-controlled Chicago.

An unnamed friend of the August 3, 2019, Dayton, Ohio, shooter is facing charges for allegedly lying on background check forms.

Democrat presidential hopeful Joe Biden used a New York Times op-ed to inaccurately claim the 1994-2004 “assault weapons” ban was successful.

Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) says the words “Red Flag Law” emotionally trigger a lot of people.

During the August 11, airing of Fox News Sunday Kellyanne Conway suggested Republican objections to gun control are “reconcilable.”

The most recent FBI crime stats show that more people were killed in 2017 with hammers and clubs than were killed with rifles of any kind.

Six persons were wounded Sunday morning when a gunman opened fire in Chicago’s East Garland Park.

Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” 2020 Democratic presidential candidate former Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-TX) called for a federal gun license program. When asked about federal gun licensing, O’Rourke said, “We should do it. We should have a national licensing

On Saturday Democrat presidential hopeful Joe Biden stressed his belief that the government should require all guns to be outfitted with biometric readers in order to lock and unlock them.

New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R) vetoed expanded background checks and other gun control legislation passed by the state’s Democrat-controlled House and Senate.

During Friday’s Democratic Weekly Address, Representative Jim McGovern (D-MA) criticized Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) for not calling the Senate back to vote on gun legislation by saying McConnell would “rather keep taking the NRA’s blood money in exchange for
On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Trish Regan Primetime,” host Trish Regan argued that gun control “could be this president’s Nixon in China moment.” Regan said, “You don’t want people who are mentally ill having guns or access
Police identified the man who entered a Springfield, Missouri, Walmart with a “tactical rifle,” and they made clear that he is lucky he is still alive.

On August 8, 2019, NRA executive vice president Wayne LaPierre issued a statement taking exception with the gun control push currently emanating from the White House and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY).

Walmart has quietly instructed employees to remove any signage or displays that “contain violent themes or aggressive behavior.”

Montana Gov. Steve Bullock (D) is campaigning for the Democrat presidential nomination and telling would-be voters that Democrat candidates can seize 2020 by supporting gun control.

“I think that Republicans are going to be great and lead the charge along with the Democrats,” Trump said.
