Celebrities who double as gun control proponents were largely silent following the shooting at YouTube’s San Bruno, California, headquarters. Their silence was likely the result of the fact that they could not parlay the shooting into something supportive of more firearm restrictions.
The Chicago suburb of Deerfield, Illinois, passed a surrender and confiscation ordinance for “assault weapons” Monday night and the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) responded by filing suit on Thursday.
California has an “assault weapons” ban and firearm confiscation orders but neither control prevented the Tuesday attack at YouTube’s San Bruno headquarters.
As news of the shooting at YouTube’s San Bruno, California, headquarters was still coming in, actor-comedian Michael Ian Black tweeted of his plans to “politicize the fuck out of” the shooting and blame it on the “NRA and its blood-soaked lackeys.”
The Chicago suburb of Deerfield, Illinois, is giving residents 60 days to get rid of their “assault weapons” and “high capacity” magazines and empowering the police chief to confiscate them from those who refuse to give them up.
Thirteen-year-old Vermont gubernatorial candidate Ethan Sonneborn, a Democrat, wants the state to pass a gun control bill, and he wants to be sure an “assault weapons” ban is added to it.
Parkland shooting survivor Kyle Kashuv schooled classmate Cameron Kasky on the Second Amendment’s threat to tyranny.
Actor Michael Ian Black took to Twitter on Sunday, a day after thousands of students marched in favor of gun control, and claimed that a solution to gun-related violence is ‘to repeal and replace and the Second Amendment.’
On Saturday students marching for an “assault weapon” ban stumbled when asked to explain what the term “assault weapon” means.
Kroger announced Monday it will no longer carry magazines and periodicals that feature “assault rifles.”
A proposed City of Richmond School Safety resolution asked Congress to extend gun-free zones while demanding that teachers be left unarmed.
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) blasted Republicans on the days of the anti-gun student walk-out by stressing, “We don’t work for the merchants of death.”
The Illinois House passed a bill requiring 18-20 year olds to hand over or transfer ownership of heretofore legally possessed “assault weapons.”
The Florida Senate rejected “assault weapons” ban legislation on Saturday and voted in support of training and arming teachers for school safety.
During Friday’s Democratic Weekly Address, Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) stated she hopes President Trump’s statements at a gun violence discussion “can be a lesson for the Congress that Republicans need to finally allow Congress” to pass reforms like banning assault
Dick’s Sporting Goods gun salesman Griffin McCullar resigned from hia job this week, citing a refusal to work in an environment dominated by “liberal policies.”
Kroger announced Thursday that it will not longer sell firearms or ammunition to persons under 21 years of age.
Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) partnered with Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) Wednesday to push more gun control for “assault weapon” sales in America.
President Trump suggested confiscating guns from individuals first then going “through due process second” during a bipartisan meeting with lawmakers Wednesday afternoon.
The ownership of Dick’s Sporting Goods appears to be attempting to leverage the tragic shooting of school children into a marketing opportunity. The company has been exposed for its doublespeak on its decision to stop selling so-called “assault rifles.”
DICK’S Sporting Good made a February 28 announcement informing the public that the retail chain will end “assault-style rifles”–again.
“Our thoughts and prayers are with all of the victims and their loved ones. But thoughts and prayers are not enough,” the statement read.
In a wide-ranging February 27 interview with the Daily Beast, television show host Jerry Springer opined that “there is no reason to have AR-15s and assault weapons.”
On Monday night, CNN aired a segment in which they shot an AR-15 several times and presented it as a “full semi-automatic.”
Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) urged her colleagues to ban “massacre machine gun magazines” Tuesday in the wake of the February 14 Florida school shooting.
Florida’s House Appropriations Committee voted Tuesday against adding an “assault weapons” ban to legislation currently being considered.
Rep. David N. Cicilline (D-RI) and numerous Democrat colleagues in the House are pushing an “assault weapons” ban that would prohibit “high capacity” magazines and 205 different firearms.
FedEx released a statement Monday explaining that the company will maintain its relationship with the NRA and that it supports the “constitutional right of citizens to own firearms.”
Parkland school shooting survivor David Hogg says he will not return to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School until more gun control is passed.
Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL) is asking President Trump to enact an immediate “temporary ban” on AR-15 sales while Congress weighs whether to ban the rifles altogether.
Rep. Ryan Costello (R-PA) cautioned Sunday on MSNBC that before banning assault weapons, there needs to be a “working definition” on the term “assault weapon” that everyone can agree to. “I think you have to have a working definition that we all
During the February 15 airing of Face the Nation, Rep. Ted Deutch (D-FL) said the push to arm teachers for self-defense is just a “distraction.”
Bank of America is undertaking a review of its financial relationships with “assault weapon” manufacturers.
During Friday’s Democratic Weekly Address Representative Ted Deutch (D-FL) urged Congressional Republicans to “show just a shred of the courage of the Stoneman Douglas students.” And called on the House to vote “to require background checks on every sale and
Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) indicated that the he wants to ban over 200 different rifles in response to last week’s Florida school shooting.
During a town hall on CNN on Wednesday, Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) expressed support for preventing 18-year-olds from buying rifles, banning bump stocks, expanding the amount of information in the background check system, and funding threat assessment initiatives for schools
Ohio State Sens. Michael Skindell (D-23) and Charleta Tavares (D-15) are pushing a state-wide “assault weapons” ban for law-abiding Ohioans.
CNN’s Chris Cuomo, the anti-Trump pundit who hosts CNN’s failing morning show, spread fake news about a gun purchase and then melted down after he was called out for it.
White House Press Sec. Sarah Sanders was asked about a proposed “assault weapons” ban and said, “We haven’t closed the door on any front.”
On February 19 the New York Times suggested banks can go around Congress on gun control by refusing finances to stores and companies that deal in “assault weapons.”