
The House of Representatives passed H.R. 4038, a bill to beef up security measures for admitting refugees from Syria and Iraq into the United States, in a vote 289 to 137 on Thursday. Only two Republicans voted against the bill, while 47 Democrats joined the majority in voting to pass the legislation.
by Alex Swoyer19 Nov 2015, 11:06 AM PST0

On October 27 President Obama blamed Chicago’s gun control failures on the state of Indiana and other states that maintain a stronger focus on defending the Second Amendment than curtailing it.
by AWR Hawkins28 Oct 2015, 10:55 AM PST0

On September 17, Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) told an audience at a Harlem breakfast that New York’s surging gun violence was not his fault or proof of the failure of gun control, but was the fault of states “down south.”
by AWR Hawkins18 Sep 2015, 7:48 AM PST0

Following the ubiquitous failure of New York gun control displayed during the J’Ouvert Festival in Brooklyn on Monday, Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) suggested the solution is more gun control–particularly at the federal level–and said those who do not agree are “delusional.”
by AWR Hawkins9 Sep 2015, 10:41 AM PST0

New York City has Michael Bloomberg’s favorite gun control measure in place and is facing a crime epidemic that includes a “nearly” 20 percent increase in homicides.
by AWR Hawkins7 Jun 2015, 9:00 AM PST0

With the myriad of gun restrictions and bans contained in the Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement (SAFE) Act of 2013 now in effect throughout New York state, it is ironic to see New York City installing special microphones to capture the sounds of gun crime in the city.
by AWR Hawkins23 Mar 2015, 6:09 AM PST0

In January 2013, one month after the heinous attack on Sandy Hook Elementary School, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) successfully pressed for the SAFE Act, a massive body of gun control legislation aimed at curbing violent crime. Just two years later, however, the number of shootings and murders have increased.
by AWR Hawkins3 Mar 2015, 10:59 AM PST0

New York state senator Tony Avella (D-Queens) successfully pushed gun control via the SAFE Act in early 2013 and he has now set his sights on machete control.
by AWR Hawkins19 Feb 2015, 6:27 PM PST0

The heinous December 20 execution of NYPD officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos once again demonstrates gun control’s impotency against individuals with criminal intent. Regardless of the fact that New York has some of the toughest gun control laws in
by AWR Hawkins20 Dec 2014, 9:37 PM PST0