
Gun Control Group Exploits Shootings that Background Checks Couldn’t Stop
On August 11 Sandy Hook Promise founder Nicole Hockley pointed to the Lafayette theater shooting and the August 9 shooting in Ferguson as justifications for more gun control.

On August 11 Sandy Hook Promise founder Nicole Hockley pointed to the Lafayette theater shooting and the August 9 shooting in Ferguson as justifications for more gun control.

The gun control fundraiser headlined by country singers Tim McGraw and Chase Bryant is coming up this Friday in Hartford, Connecticut.

Country music star and actor Tim McGraw has teamed up with Operation Homefront, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, and Chase to give away dozens of mortgage-free homes to U.S. military veterans during his summer tour.

On May 4, Sandy Hook Promise, the beneficiary of Tim McGraw and Chase Bryant’s upcoming gun control fundraiser, praised the passage of Senate Bill 941, which heaves new gun control requirements on the backs of law-abiding Oregonians.

On May 5 country singer Brantley Gilbert posted a Facebook photo of his new tattoo and took his support of the Second Amendment “to another level.”

On April 22, Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America and Everytown for Gun Safety attended an Oregon House Rules Committee hearing in support of Senate Bill 941—the same gun control bill being supported by Sandy Hook Promise, the group for whom Tim McGraw is raising money on July 17.

On April 22 families of 11 Sandy Hook Elementary victims made clear that they are not affiliated with Sandy Hook Promise, the gun control group for whom Tim McGraw is raising money.

In a Wednesday appearance on MSBNC’s “Morning Joe,” country music singer Tim McGraw re-affirmed his commitment to play the gun control fundraiser for Sandy Hook Promise and acknowledged that he is leading with heart rather than his mind on this one.

On Monday, CBS This Morning covered the fan outrage Tim McGraw is facing for committing to playing at a gun control fundraiser for Sandy Hook Promise on July 17.

On April 20 David Axelrod praised country singer Tim McGraw’s commitment to play a gun control fundraiser for Sandy Hook Promise on July 17.

In 2008, country singer Tim McGraw supported Barack Obama for president, saying he liked Obama’s “ideas.” In 2015 McGraw is supporting Sandy Hook Promise, a gun control group that wants to implement Obama’s ideas concerning expanded background checks.

On April 17 Rolling Stone columnist Andrew Leahey tried to counter pro-2nd Amendment activists’ pushback on Tim McGraw’s Sandy Hook Promise gun control fundraiser by mocking Breitbart News’s reporting and then downplaying the group’s anti-gun agenda.

On April 14 Breitbart News reported that country singers Tim McGraw and Billy Currington would be headlining a gun control fundraiser for Sandy Hook Promise on July 17.

On April 14, Breitbart News reported that country singers Tim McGraw and Billy Currington would be headlining a gun control fundraiser for Sandy Hook Promise on July 17.

On April 14 Breitbart News reported that country singers Tim McGraw and Billy Currington would be headlining a gun control fundraiser for Sandy Hook Promise on July 17.

On April 14, Breitbart News reported that country singers Tim McGraw and Billy Currington will be headlining a gun control fundraiser for Sandy Hook Promise on July 17.

On July 17, country singers Tim McGraw and Billy Currington will headline a fundraiser for gun control group Sandy Hook Promise in Connecticut.