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New York State Attorney General Letitia James appealed to prevent a federal judge’s ruling against a restrictive state gun law from taking effect. U.S. District Judge Glenn Suddaby in Syracuse, New York, ruled last week that a law passed in July banning the use of firearms in “sensitive” places, including Times Square and public transportation. According to Suddaby, the law violates the right to bear arms granted by the Constitution. The Concealed Carry Improvement Act was enacted during an emergency session in the summer as a response to a major Supreme Court ruling in June overturned a centu...
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The Senate passed the bipartisan gun safety bill late on Thursday in a 65-33 vote in response to the tragic mass shootings last month in New York and Texas, marking the most substantial gun control legislation in nearly 30 years. Sens. Chris Murphy(D-Connecticut) and John Cornyn(R-Texas) headed negotiations in the bipartisan group comprised of 10 Democrats and 10 Republicans in a successful effort to garner at least 10 Republican votes to reach the 60-vote threshold to avoid the filibuster in the evenly split Senate. “I don’t believe in doing nothing in the face of what we saw in Uvalde and we...
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Sen. John Cornyn(R-Texas), the top Republican in the bipartisan Senate group seeking gun safety legislation, was booed on Friday as he spoke at the Texas GOP convention in Houston. “I will not under any circumstance support new restrictions for law-abiding gun owners, that will always be my red line. And despite what some of you may have heard, the framework that we are working on is consistent with that red line,” Cornyn confirmed. “That primarily means enforcing current law,” the senator added. “That’s what I’ve heard from many of you here today and this week, and that’s what we’re working o...
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The gun safety framework worked on by a bipartisan Senate group comprised of 10 Democrats and 10 Republicans has gained the backing of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky). “For myself, I’m comfortable with the framework, and if the legislation ends up reflecting what the framework indicates, I’ll be supportive,” McConnell told reporters. Devastating shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas that took the lives of 31 people in May sparked action in Congress. McConnell, who has been a longtime critic of gun control, signals Republican openness to work toward passing a bil...
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The House passed the “Protecting Our Kids Act,” a package of eight gun control measures, on in response to mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas, that left 31 people dead last month. The legislation passed 223-204, with few lawmakers breaking with their parties. Five Republicans voted in favor, while two Democrats were unable to support everything in the package. The eight bills included in the “Protecting Our Kids Act” include increasing the minimum age to buy semi-automatic rifles from 18 to 21, bolstering regulations for bump stocks and ghost guns and establishing a buyback...
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Miah Cerillo, an 11-year-old survivor of last month’s Uvalde, Texas, Robb Elementary School shooting testified through a video message to Congress on Wednesday. Cerillo recounted how her class had been watching a movie when her teacher received an email alert warning of an active shooter on school grounds. Her teacher told the class to hide. When her teacher went to lock the door, she made eye contact with the shooter who shot her in the head and said, “Goodnight.” Cerillo recounted how her classmates were shot. When the shooter left to go into the adjoining classroom, Cerillo said she found h...
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Actor Matthew McConaughey, who hails from Uvalde, Texas, where the elementary school shooting that took the lives of 19 children and two teachers last month occurred, made an emotional appeal for gun control during a speech at the White House on Tuesday night. McConaughey and his wife, Camila Alves, spent a week in the actor’s hometown with the victims’ grieving families. In his 20-minute speech, he detailed at length the dreams the children had. Maite Rodriguez, 9, had dreams of being a marine biologist. Ellie Garcia loved church and worked with her dad and uncles to mow yards. She couldn’t w...
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Rep. Greg Steube (R-Florida) drew criticism from Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) as displayed his own guns for demonstration at the emergency House Judiciary Committee meeting. The meeting commenced on Congress’ weeklong recess to discuss the eight gun control measures of the “Protect Our Children Act” following last week’s mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, that left 19 children and two teachers dead. Some of the measures include upping the legal age to purchase semi-automatic rifles from 18 to 21 and strengthening the regulations on ghost guns and bump stocks. “Here’...
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The Tulsa, Oklahoma, hospital shooting that left four dead on Wednesday afternoon is the latest in the slew of mass shootings to rock the nation since mid-May and Oklahoma lawmakers are divided on how to combat the gun violence epidemic. Democrats remain in favor of bolstering background checks and strengthening gun laws while most Republicans believe that guns aren’t the problem and that the focus should go toward mental health support. Oklahoma currently has some of the loosest gun control laws in the country, allowing permitless carry, no requirement of registration and the nation’s only an...
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Arizona Republican Senate candidate Blake Masters said America’s gun problem can mostly be attributed to black people. “We do have a gun violence problem in this country, and it’s gang violence. It’s people in Chicago, St. Louis shooting each other. Very often, you know, black people, frankly,” Masters said in an April 11 interview on the Jeff Oravits Show. “And the Democrats don’t want to do anything about that,” Oravits added. He claimed that Democrats’ effort to enact gun control measures will only hurt law-abiding citizens. His comments were made a little over a month prior to the recent m...
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