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Republican excuses for mass shootings

From liberal teachers to ADHD medications, blame lands on everything aside from lack of proper gun restrictions

Salon

‘We have to act’: can Biden cut through the gridlock on gun control?

The president has long fought for restrictions but deep divisions have often left him hamstrung

The Guardian - US

‘I have no children left’: protesters take on NRA convention after Texas shooting

Hundreds rally for gun control outside the organization’s Houston meeting, calling on Americans to ‘protect kids, not guns’

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12 stats to help inform the gun control debate

The debate over stricter gun control laws intensifies as details emerge from the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, Texas.

WEKU

Hundreds protest outside NRA convention in Texas days after massacre in Uvalde

HOUSTON — Hundreds of people protested for gun control outside the annual National Rifle Association convention here Friday, days after the country’s latest mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, chanting, “Protect our kids, not guns!” and hoisting signs that read, “No more thoughts and prayers,” and, “Your hobby isn’t worth our…

Los Angeles Times

Elon Musk Weighs In On Gun Control, 'Homicide Insurance' Following Uvalde School Mass Shooting

In the wake of another mass shooting, this time at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, where 19 students and two teachers were gunned down on Tuesday, Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:

Benzinga

Cause and deflect — Congressional Hits and Misses - Roll Call

This week’s Hits and Misses see some congressional Republicans initiating evasive tactical maneuvers when asked about gun control.

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Ted: Russian sanctions are "gun control"

Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert backed the GOP effort to pressure the White House to go easy on Putin

Salon

Caught in a storm of criticism and internal strife, the NRA meets in Houston

This isn't the first time the NRA has held its convention days after a nearby mass shooting. Some politicians and musicians are dropping out, and gun control advocates are preparing protests.

WEKU

Texas school shooting: Senate minority 'holding America hostage' over gun control

Police in the US town of Uvalde, Texas are facing questions over why it took an hour to neutralise the gunman who murdered 19 small children and two teachers at Robb Elementary School. The tragedy comes amid increasing calls for greater gun control measures. Among the demands of campaigners are…

France 24

Boxer Ebanie Bridges forced to defend social media post after school shooting

Bantamweight world champion Bridges posted a message mocking a fan for their tweet about gun control, and was forced to correct the record in a tweet the following day

Daily Mirror

Political realities have stopped legislative action after school shootings

The political climate has changed drastically since a 10-year assault weapons ban passed in 1994. The lack of political will and other barriers stand in the way of it even coming to a vote today.

WEKU

George Skelton: America's gun violence problem won't be solved until firearm owners finally understand it must be

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — I've owned guns since age 13 and for many years was an avid hunter. I get the attraction and why they're enjoyed. But there's something I've never gotten.

Los Angeles Times

Editorial: If gun control won't work, at least take away gun makers' liability protection

With more than 300 million firearms in Americans’ hands — enough for every man, woman and child to have one — it does no good anymore to rant and rave about gun control. The National Rifle Association owns enough members of Congress to block meaningful measures and is no doubt…

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Editorial: Most Americans want stricter gun laws. Senate Republicans don’t seem to care

Gun-control opponents like to say that guns don’t kill people, people kill people.

The Guardian - US

Columbine happened 23 years ago. How is America still no further forward?

There is no generous interpretation for the past 23 years of inaction. We all bear some of the blame

The Conversation

Why gun control laws don't pass Congress, despite majority public support and repeated outrage over mass shootings

With the carnage in Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo, New York in May 2022, calls have begun again for Congress to enact gun control. Since the 2012 massacre of 20 children and four staff members at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, legislation introduced in response to mass killings has…

Tribune News Service

Herschel Walker fumbles gun control response — twice

ATLANTA — As Republican U.S. Senate nominee Herschel Walker launches his general election campaign, he is struggling to talk about guns.

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Evening Standard

Madonna tearful amid desperate plea for ‘action’ on gun control

Madonna shared an emotional video in response to the latest mass shooting in Texas

The Independent UK

The Republicans most likely to make a deal on gun control and how much money the NRA has given them to stop it

Who receives money from the NRA and when isn’t as clear-cut as it may seem

The Independent UK

Texas shooting is new test for Biden's long battle over guns

President Joe Biden has been intimately involved in some of the gun control movement's greatest successes — and failures

Tribune News Service

Ramesh Ponnuru: The gun debate needs to break old patterns

The mass murder of children in Uvalde, Texas, coming just 10 days after the mass murder of shoppers in Buffalo, New York, moved former Sen. Bill Frist — who was the majority leader of a Republican Senate when President George W. Bush was in the White House — to issue…

Axios

How red flag gun control laws work and what lawmakers are saying about them

Nineteen states have red flag laws, including in GOP-controlled states such as Florida and Indiana.

The Independent UK

Elon Musk risks MAGA ire by calling for gun control

Musk says ‘right to bear arms is an important safeguard against potential tyranny of government’

Chicago Tribune

‘Look at Chicago’: Politicians again use city as example of why strict gun control won’t work

CHICAGO — Aline Stern of Chicago's Lincoln Square neighborhood found it difficult to send her two children to school on Wednesday, the morning after an 18-year-old gunman opened fire in an elementary school in Texas, killing 19 children and two adults.

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