Month: March 2023

Republican congressman says ‘we’re not going to fix’ school shootings Tim Burchett says he doesn’t see a role for Congress in preventing tragedies ‘other than mess things up’ after Nashville shooting After the latest massacre of schoolchildren in the United States, the Republican congressman Tim Burchett answered the question Americans have all but given up

Yesterday, the South Dakota Legislature adjourned sine die from its 2023 legislative session.  Governor Kristi Noem signed Senate Bill 98, a bill that removes the requirement to be re-fingerprinted for the renewal of the enhanced permit to carry, into law.  She has never wavered in defending the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens in the

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s tweet is part of a broader push by Democrats nationwide to pass gun safety legislation. | Justin Sullivan/Getty Images California Gov. Gavin Newsom slammed Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn on Twitter Monday night for voting against gun safety laws and accepting over $1 million in donations from the NRA over her career after

The gun debate played out on Monday in the Senate Judiciary Committee, with Oregonians at odds over whether the state should have a permit system to purchase firearms. If the debate sounds familiar, that’s because it is. Senate Bill 348 would build on Measure 114, which voters passed in November. That law bans high-capacity magazine

Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., offered condolences to the victims of the Covenant School shooting in Nashville but faced a flurry of criticism over a Christmas card showing him and his family armed with assault weapons. Ogles said he and his family were “devastated by the tragedy” at the Covenant School, where a heavily armed attacker

As expected, the veto override is scheduled in the Senate tomorrow, March 28 for 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 would not be possible without the bipartisan support SB 41 received. Please click the link below

Three children and three adults have been killed in a school shooting in Nashville, Tennessee. There have been 129 mass shootings in the United States this year alone; an event which is defined where at least four people, excluding the shooter, have been killed or injured. Here’s what we know about the latest incident. How

Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.), Generation Z’s first congressman, slammed GOP House members as “cowards” in a blistering floor speech following the school shooting in Nashville, Tennessee, that left three children and three adults dead. “I rise today because I am furious, angry that three kids died today in Nashville, Tennessee,” Frost began. “Angry that hundreds

On March 22nd, the House voted 31-29 to pass Senate Bill 1096. It has been sent to Governor Katie Hobbs for her consideration. This bill discourages businesses from discriminating against the firearm industry by preventing Arizona taxpayer dollars from going to those that engage in such practices. Please contact Gov. Hobbs by clicking here to

Three children and three adults have been killed in a school shooting in Nashville, Tennessee. There have been 129 mass shootings in the United States this year alone; an event which is defined where at least four people, excluding the shooter, have been killed or injured. Here’s what we know about the latest incident. How

Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-FL) took to the House floor Monday in response to the Nashville school shooting, saying he was furious at Republican “cowards” who “don’t give a damn” about children and won’t back gun control legislation. The freshman congressman slammed his Republican colleagues in a terse but fiery speech: I rise today because I

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The Connecticut Legislature has had a busy year already, and gun control has been at the top of their agenda.  This year is even more daunting as we have witnessed the introduction of the harshest gun control legislation in a decade.  As legislative deadlines loom, the Judiciary Committee must make its way through a couple

A police officer walks by an entrance to The Covenant School after a shooting in Nashville, Tenn., on March 27.JOHN AMIS A heavily armed 28-year-old fatally shot three children and three adult staffers on Monday at a private Christian school the suspect once attended in Tennessee’s capital city before police killed the assailant, authorities said.

Following the massacre at a private school in Nashville, Tennessee on Monday that killed six people, some are thinking back to last year’s slaughter at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, and how — uncharacteristically — that shooting actually led to the first federal legislation on guns in 30 years, with a bipartisan bill passing

CNN previously reported that the shooter entered the Covenant School through a side door and was armed with at least two assault-style rifles and a handgun. The assailant — who police said was believed to be a former student at the school — fired multiple shots as she advanced through the building. Officers were on