A new study conducted by the University of Chicago Crime Lab, inmates in the Cook County jail said they get they guns on the streets from “personal connections” rather that outlets like guns shows and the internet.
On August 27, Salon magazine published an interview with the author of a recent study on mass shootings to claim that the drive for “American exceptionalism” creates “a gap” between that which people desire and that which they achieve, thereby resulting in a dissonance that leads to violence.
On August 27, GOP presidential hopeful Donald Trump addressed the heinous shooting in Virginia by saying it illustrated “a mental problem” not “a gun problem.”
Following Alison Parker’s August 26 shooting death at the hands of former station employee Vester Lee Flanagan, her father, Andy Parker, vowed to “shame politicians” into supporting more gun control.
On August 26 Democrat presidential hopeful Martin O’Malley pledged to push for “mandatory background checks” in reaction to the Virginia shootings, unaware that gunman Vester Lee Flanagan passed a background check for his pistol.
Editorial standards at major newspapers simply evaporated to accommodate screeds blaming everything from Sarah Palin’s political map, to Rush Limbaugh’s radio show, to everyone who didn’t vote for Barack Obama for Jared Loughner’s crime. This wasn’t just an overnight media embarrassment – it started before the bodies were even cold, and it went on for months. “Climate of hate” was the media narrative.
In an August 26 column nearly as “rambling” and incoherent as the manifesto Vester Lee Flanagan left behind, The Washington Post editorial board pointed to the gun as the central problem and cited racial tensions, Flanagan’s admitted admiration for mass
“Sadly, gun violence is in the environment in this country every single day,” he said in an interview with local New Orleans station WWL-TV. “And some of this violence can’t be prevented but a whole lot of it can if we are doing a better job of making sure that people who have problems, people who shouldn’t have guns, don’t have them.” Obama added that he continued to hope for a grassroots movement in favor of more gun control to move more restrictive policies forward.
San Jose’s Lori Rodriguez says the city seized her 12 guns after her husband was forced to undergo a “72-hour psychiatric evaluation,” and she is suing the city to get back the guns.
On August 26 Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) spokesman Thomas Faison confirmed that Virginia gunman Vester Lee Flanagan bought his gun “weeks ago” and that “he apparently passed a background check” to get the gun.
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.
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.
In an August 23 Facebook post, Hillary Clinton contended that citizens and police were “much too eager” to use a gun, and she suggested the solution is to “rewrite” self-defense laws like “stand your ground” while making sure police officers are better “trained.”
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.”
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.
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.
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.
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.
Russell County Sheriff Heath Taylor (D) is taking a stand against Alabama’s “Shall Issue” statute by arguing that he and other sheriffs should have the final say on who gets concealed carry permits, regardless of background checks and other compulsory steps that are part of the concealed permit application process.
On August 20, the Essex News Daily ran a story in which Mark Kelly and Gabby Giffords claimed they “actually do not support ‘gun control’ in the traditional sense of the phrase,” but “gun responsibility.”
