Tag: gun violence

At least six individual’s were shot and a grandmother killed overnight in Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s (D) Chicago.

Former Education Secretary Arne Duncan said Americans value their children less than other developed nations, offering his remarks during a Monday interview with C-SPAN’s Pedro Echevarria.

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) is lending his voice to a chorus of Congressional Democrats by suggesting that 3D printed firearms will lead to a “new wave of American gun violence.”

An armed citizen shot and killed a gunman after he allegedly opened fire in an Oklahoma City restaurant Thursday night. CNN reports that the shooter entered Louie’s Grill & Bar and began shooting. He then walked out of the restaurant and was shot dead by an armed citizen.

During the May 20 airing of Breitbart News Sunday, Gun Owners of America’s Erich Pratt observed that liberals have created “safe zones” where would-be victims cannot fight back.

Friday on “Hannity,” Fox News national security strategist Sebastian Gorka discussed gun violence following the Texas school shooting, suggesting the local government should be responsible for protecting citizens by controlling access much like in banks and federal buildings. “This is not a

Apple CEO Tim Cook used part of his commencement speech at Duke University to praise student gun control activists from Parkland while deriding what he called an “epidemic of gun violence.”

Representative Elizabeth Esty (D-CT) is pushing legislation to require licenses for handgun owners throughout the United States.

It did not take long after a former student at a Florida high school with a history of mental health issues gunned down 17 people last month for the left in the United States to use the tragedy to advance its anti-Trump, anti-America, anti-gun agenda.

From Maine to Hawaii, students planned to walk out of school Wednesday to protest gun violence in the biggest demonstration yet of the student activism that has emerged in response to last month’s massacre of 17 people at Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

A Swedish manufacturer in Skåne county, home of the heavily migrant populated city of Malmö, has announced a record multi-million Krona order for bulletproof glass which the company describes as used for protecting against terrorist attacks.

A study by the Parents Television Council (PTC) reveals that even in shows rated as okay for children, Hollywood gun violence has increased dramatically on television over the last five years.

Actress and political activist Jennifer Lawrence opened up about gun violence this week, dismissing the idea that the entertainment industry’s constant use of firearms is partly to blame for America’s gun violence.

A Florida middle school teacher who was named Teacher of the Year at her school said that parents need to “step up” and control their kids’ behavior.

Thursday’s “First Take” on ESPN opened with a tribute for the victims of Wednesday’s shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL. Co-hosts Stephen A. Smith and Max Kellerman both pushed for change to stop gun violence. “It’s

NY has an “assault weapons” and “high capacity” magazine ban, expanded background checks, and over $5.6 billion in gun violence costs a year.

The Grammys plan to host a tribute to victims of “gun violence” in which Eric Church, Brothers Osborne, and Maren Morris will perform.

President Donald Trump dismissed another question about gun control from the American press, during his visit to South Korea.

Texans faced the greatest mass murder in the state’s history on Sunday as an atheist gunman killed 26 people in a church. Liberal social media users wasted little time to mock prayer, Christians, and Republicans in response.

Researcher: response to Las Vegas attack includes confiscation of “high capacity” magazines and a ban on guns for people who drink too much

In this week’s Democratic address, Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) decried gun violence, calling it a “daily epidemic.” Transcript as follows: Hello. I’m Congressman John Lewis, and I represent the 5th District of Georgia. On Monday, our nation woke up to

Monday, Rachel Nichols opened ESPN’s “The Jump” with a message about the Las Vegas shooting that left at least 58 dead and more than 500 others injured, petitioning for something to be done to solve the gun violence. “Officials say

Gun control proponent Gabby Giffords criticized President Trump for not talking gun control after truck and knife-based London terror attacks.

Illinois Democrats’ latest solution to Chicago gun violence comes in the form of more fees and regulations for the already limited number of licensed gun dealers in the city.

Over the weekend the SUV in which Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson travels was broken into and the contents tossed about.

February is coming to a close and there has already been over 500 shooting victims in Chicago for 2017.

The death toll from Chicago gun violence is so high that it is skewing national murder figures, making violence appear more ubiquitous than it actually is.

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana – Though new gun control measures were designed to curtail murder and gun violence in New Orleans, the murder rate has remained almost unchanged from last year, before the measures were put into place.

In the run-up to Tuesday night’s Vice Presidential debate, The Daily Beast is suggesting VP candidate Mike Pence should be grilled on Indiana murders.

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana – Six individuals were shot, leaving one dead in New Orleans, Louisiana outside of a convenience store after the City recently expanded “gun-free zones” to now include public parks and recreation facilities.

Fifty-seven people where shot and wounded and 10 were killed as another weekend came and went in gun-controlled Chicago.

Actor Don Cheadle unloaded on Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in a day-long Twitter tirade on Saturday, calling him a “POS” and suggesting that people of his “ilk” are responsible for conditions in violence-plagued cities like Chicago.

On August 23, Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner (R) signed a gun control bill aimed at reducing the record gun violence currently witnessed in the city of Chicago.

Top Hollywood producer-director Lee Daniels inflated “gun violence” numbers by 66 percent when he claimed that “33,000 people each year die from gun violence” during his speech at the Democratic National Convention Wednesday night.

“If we’re going to make progress, the message we have to take is that we’re going to be single-issue voters. I don’t care about e-mails or anything else, (but) we need to vote for Hillary Clinton because she is someone who is going to make progress on gun control,” Ed Rendell says.