Month: March 2023

Today, March 28, the Senate voted 30-19 to override Governor Cooper’s veto of Senate Bill 41, a bill that recognizes law-abiding citizens’ right to self-defense while attending a church with a school attached and also repeals the redundant permit-to-purchase system. The veto override will now advance to the House, and would not be possible without the bipartisan support SB

Monday’s deadly school shooting in Nashville, Tenn., is leading to renewed calls from Democratic lawmakers for tougher gun laws – and renewed pushback from Republicans. What You Need To Know Monday’s deadly school shooting in Nashville, Tenn., is leading to renewed calls from Democratic lawmakers for tougher gun laws – and renewed pushback from Republicans

Joy Behar called for total gun confiscation and suggested on Tuesday that Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) was ignoring gun violence so that she could secure donations from gun rights groups like the National Rifle Association (NRA). Behar joined her co-hosts on ABC’s midday talk show “The View” to discuss the tragic school shooting in Nashville

New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu is facing pressure to not show up to an upcoming NRA forum in the wake of Monday’s school shooting in Nashville. Sununu, a Republican governor who has been exploring a run for president, has been scheduled to speak at the National Rifle Association’s annual leadership forum next month. Other politicians

Ellen Dewitt, provided by March 28, 2023 This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 1of39 25 terms you should know to understand the gun control debate In a country where three in 10 adults own a gun and nearly half of households have at least one gun in the home, 100 Americans die

Topline Senate Chaplain Barry Black called on lawmakers to “move beyond thoughts and prayers,” a day after Monday’s school shooting in Nashville, as Republicans once again rebuff Democrats’ pleas for stricter gun controls in the wake of the 129th mass shooting in the U.S. this year. Key Facts During his opening prayer before the Senate

Today the Nebraska Legislature voted 31-10 to pass Legislative Bill 77, “LB 77” by Senator Tom Brewer, the constitutional carry bill on Select File.  This bill recognizes the fundamental right of law-abiding adults to carry firearms for self-defense without having to navigate burdensome government regulations. Governor Jim Pillen has pledged to sign LB 77. This is a huge

Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., insisted that there was nothing Congress could do in response to Monday’s school shooting at Nashville’s Covenant School, which marked the 131st mass shooting this year. Burchett, who represents Knoxville, told reporters on the steps of Capitol on Monday that Congress is powerless to affect the rise in mass shooting deaths.

Aine Givens, Eliza Siegel, provided by March 28, 2023 This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 1of36 Gun control legislation that passed and failed over the last 20 years Few issues spark more passion in the United States than gun control. Proponents argue the country must impose stricter regulations to address the

Former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner said, in passing, that when he was trying cases in Washington, D.C., involving the mafia, he witnessed less security at the courthouse than he did in Fulton County, Georgia and in New York. MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace argued that the actions in New York are coming as a result of

“I have gone the full extent of my executive authority to do, on my own, anything about guns,” President Biden said. President Biden said that he had “gone the full extent” of his executive authority to curb gun violence, adding that he “can’t do anything except plead” with Congress.Al Drago for The New York Times

Today, the House promptly voted 60-10 to pass Senate Bill 1173, after the Senate sent it over last week. This critical bill expands the legally protected options available to citizens engaging in self-defense, to include the defensive display of firearms. It now goes to Governor Brad Little’s desk for his signature. Please click here to

America and the world woke up on Tuesday morning with an especially agonizing case of déjà-vu: Three children under age 10 and three adults were shot dead yesterday at a Nashville school. The apparent shooter was a 28-year-old former student armed with an assault-style rifle, who was then killed by police. It was the 128th mass shooting

As a consequence, we’re also the only country in the world where the leading cause of death for children is being blown apart by bullets. Today is the 87th day of the year. So far, we’ve had over 130 mass shootings. Yesterday’s was the 33rd school shooting. This is not happening in any other developed

That’s it for the US live politics blog. Here’s what happened today: Earlier today, the Nashville police department gave a press conference about Monday’s shooting at a local elementary school, where three children and three adults were killed. A federal judge has ordered Mike Pence to testify in a special counsel investigation on Donald Trump’s