Following news of the August 26 deaths of Allison Parker and Adam Ward via an alleged attack by Vester Lee Flanagan, Ward’s alma mater Virginia Tech University expressed condolences, lamenting the fact that such a violent death had befallen the Virginia Tech family again.
In the wake of the heinous attack which took the lives of WDBJ-TV’s Allison Parker and Adam Ward, Hillary Clinton tweeted that she is “angry” over “gun violence” and that action has to be taken now.
Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe (D) admitted that he didn’t know whether the shooter who killed a cameraman and reporter for WDBJ was allowed to have a gun under current law while speaking to reporters on Wednesday. McAuliffe was asked why
Wednesday at the White House briefing press secretary Josh Ea rnest used the tragic live broadcasted murders of 24-year-old reporter Alison Parker and cameraman 27 year-old Adam Ward by a disgruntled former news reporter identified as Vester Lee Flanigan to
Just hours after a gunman shot and killed WDBJ-TV’s Allison Parker and Adam Ward just off camera during a live interview, Governor Terry McAuliffe admitted not knowing anything about how the gunman got his gun, yet the Governor stressed that more gun controls–specifically background checks–are needed.
Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe (D) stated, “there are too many guns in the hands of people who should not have guns. This is why I’ve long advocated for background checks” in an interview on the shooting of a reporter and
On August 26 CBS reporter Allison Parker and cameraman Adam Ward were shot and killed just off camera during a live interview.
In a case regarding a specific gun control law which bans “unauthorized aliens” (illegal immigrants) from possessing firearms in the United States, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit did the work of a contortionist by upholding the law while also pointing out that they “see no principled way to carve out the Second Amendment and say that the unauthorized (or maybe all noncitizens) are excluded.”
On August 25 protesters from “Safer Communities” and the “Stop Concealed Carry Coalition” planned to protest the opening of Mariano’s Fresh Market in the Chicago suburb of Northbrook because both gun control groups want the grocer to ban concealed carry by persons with permits to carry concealed.
Walmart corporate says it will quit selling AR-15s of its own accord.
On the night of August 25, Chicago-area store clerk Ahman Samhan feigned reaching to open a safe while actually reaching to grab a handgun, which he then used to shoot an identified alleged armed robber.
In a case that has moved at near “light speed” through the Federal justice system, former Williamson County Court-at-Law Judge Timothy Wright has been sentenced to 18 months in Federal Prison for illegal arms trading. His transactions included some sales to illegal aliens.
During the August 23 airing of Third Rail on Al Jazeera, the executive director of New Yorkers Against Gun Violence, Leah Gunn Barrett, suggested women are too weak to be allowed to carry guns for self-defense on college campuses.
Julianne Moore’s life off-screen is quickly becoming a tale of everything the actress abhors. From Sarah Palin, to guns, to Civil War history relating to the Confederacy, Moore can’t keep from stating her opposition to certain people, places, and things.
On August 23, Marcus Henley and Maurice Harris were standing in front of Harris’s house when an armed man allegedly got out of a white SUV, walked up, and demanded wallets and other belongings. Henley shot the alleged robber, killing him on the spot.
Actress Julianne Moore has launched an online petition to pressure the Virginia high school she attended into removing J.E.B. Stuart from its name.
A police officer with a gun was denied service at a Bowling Green, Kentucky, Chuck E. Cheese’s location.
Duck Dynasty’s Willie Robertson has teamed up with country singer Colt Ford to release a country rap song about God, guns, and hunting called “Cut ’em all.” Those familiar with Duck Dynasty know “cut ’em” is the call to pull
Director Martin Scorsese–well known for violent films like Goodfellas, The Departed, and Casino–has joined a campaign for the destruction of guns. Scorsese will take part in Carl McCrow’s “Gun Neutral Campaign,” which asks that a real gun be destroyed for
On August 23, Mother Jones published an article showing that, on average, fewer people are killed in “public mass shootings” in the U.S. versus other countries.
In a figure that is a far cry from the 207 mass shootings that CNN claimed took place in the first 207 days of 2015, Mother Jones quotes a study that claims there were approximately “90 public mass shootings” in the U.S. over a period of 46 years.
Formula One World Champion Lewis Hamilton removed a video and photographs of him shooting an AR-15 from Instagram after his race boss—Niki Lauda—ordered him to take them down.
On August 24 officials from the Obama administration will be attending the UN Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) conference in Mexico City.
On August 21 Breitbart News reported that a New Jersey resident named Kevin Downing allegedly carried out a murder/suicide by firearm at a federal building in Manhattan.
Detroit residents are increasingly carrying guns for self-defense, and Detroit Police Chief James Craig describes an armed citizenry as part of what has been successful in fighting crime in the city.
