In the middle of an active shooter situation, with dead bodies still warm, wounded victims still on the scene, and killers still on the run, Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton sought to exploit the mass shooting for political gain.
CNN Law Enforcement Analyst Jonathan Gilliam criticized those who blamed terrorism on climate change by stating, “none of this — these things that are occurring have anything to do with climate change” and argued, “It doesn’t matter what laws you
Following the heinous December 2 attack that resulted in the deaths of 14 innocents in San Bernardino, CA, the New York Daily News ran a front-page story mocking GOP presidential hopefuls who prayed to God rather than calling for more gun control.
SAN BERNARDINO, California — The town is eerily quiet, as you might expect following the atrocity in San Bernardino earlier today.
Following the news of the heinous attack on Inland Regional Services complex in San Bernardino, California, Fox News’s Geraldo Rivera tweeted that the “2nd Amendment is stupid” and asked Americans not to “rationalize” otherwise.
MSNBC host Chris Matthews asked if resistance to gun control and the amount of guns in the US is because “we really don’t believe in government” during a discussion with gun control advocate Mark Glaze on Wednesday. Glaze stated, “very hard
Even as authorities were still working to clear the Inland Regional Services complex and find the attackers who caused the San Bernardino mayhem, Democrat presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton took to Twitter to call for more gun control.
After the shooting in San Bernardino, California, President Obama went on CBS News to talk about gun control. It is unclear whether there was just one shooter or multiple shooters at the time of publication, but they were reportedly still at large as Obama weighed in.
On December 1 The Washington Post listed a number of causes behind firearm-related deaths in the United States but suggested that those deaths will not abate until laws are passed to ban “weapons of war.”
On December 1 Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump doubled down on the Second Amendment, suggesting that armed citizens prevent Paris-style “carnage.”
Speaking from Paris, France, on December 1, President Obama criticized the lack of gun control in the U.S. and pledged to remain focused on using executive action to enact new controls where possible.
Sheriff Joe Arpaio or “America’s Toughest Sheriff” as he has been called, kicked off his volunteer posse holiday watch at an Arizona mall on Monday. He also said “terrorists with evil intent should be worried about armed citizens who will be ready to defend themselves and others.”
On November 30, NBC News reported that Leyonte Chandler—brother of Colorado Springs shooting victim Ke’Arre Stewart—is not mad at shooting suspect Robert Lewis Dear but at laws that allow citizens to be armed.
The National Gun Victims Action Council (NGVAC) is urging President Obama to declare a “state of emergency” and use subsequent emergency powers to institute gun controls rejected by Congress.
White House press secretary Josh Earnest is focusing on gun control.
The Obama administration is pressing for gun control, repeating a demand that Congress pass a ban on gun ownership for Americans on the no-fly list.
During the American Public Health Association’s annual meeting in early November, health services researcher Judith Katzburg urged to doctors “push the agenda” securing gun control for public health.
On the November 29 airing of Face the Nation, Republican presidential hopeful Dr. Ben Carson suggested the Planned Parenthood shooting shows that pro-lifers should “tone down their rhetoric.”
During the November 29 airing of This Week With George Stephanopoulos, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA-28th) blamed the Planned Parenthood shooting on the failure to pass gun controls that have been on the books in Colorado since 2013.
On November 28, one day after Robert Lewis Dear opened fire in a Planned Parenthood clinic, NBC News reported that there nothing “apparent” in his background to prevent him acquiring a firearm, and this includes the absence of a “previous mental health issue.”
A pediatric emergency medicine physician is urging doctors to join the effort for gun control by asking about gun ownership while performing health histories on their patients.
Colorado has expanded background checks, a “high capacity” magazine ban, and two high profile shootings within a month’s time.
The gunman who opened fire in a Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood Friday was “unknown” to pro-lifers in the area and registered to vote as an “unaffiliated female” rather than a Democrat or Republican.
On November 28 Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump told supporters in Sarasota, Florida, that he is “Second Amendment 100%.”
In an interview published November 25, actress Angela Bassett suggested some Chicago leaders are having trouble with Spike Lee’s film Chi-Raq because they are embarrassed by the gun violence in their city.
