“Texas Mall Shooting Leaves 9 Dead” – Time “Heidi and I are praying for the families of the victims of the horrific mall shooting in Allen, Texas.” – Ted Cruz Gun control is one of many issues in which majority opinion in the nation runs into the brick wall of a Senate rule—the filibuster—that provides a …
“9 killed in shooting at Texas outlet mall” – ABC News Texas logged 4,613 firearms-related deaths in 2021, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It had the 27th-highest gun death rate of any U.S. state that year. – Washington Post The recent spate of gun violence in Texas — including …
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Black teen shot after trying to pick up brothers at wrong house – ABC7 “The Kansas City Star reported that the 16-year-old victim, identified online by family members as Yarl, was hospitalized Thursday night after he was shot while trying to pick up his younger twin brothers from a friend’s house. Police said he went to the …
Tennessee Republicans Accused of Racism After Expelling Two Black Lawmakers – Newsweek How are Republicans so concerned about the unborn but fine with born children being slaughtered by gun violence at the same time, and expel Black lawmakers demanding safer schools for children? – How many children were gun violence casualties? How many mass shootings …
313 people have died or been injured by gun violence in the 72 hours before Valentine’s Day. “Today is Valentine’s Day but too many of us no longer celebrate this day due to gun violence. Our hearts are shattered again by another deadly preventable mass shooting incident. According to the Washington Post, the 43-year-old gunman …
“DeSantis pushes Florida lawmakers to pass permitless carry law in 2023” – WFLA St. Petersburg police Chief Anthony Holloway, opposes permitless carry and worry that more people carrying guns with less training will mean more danger for police and the public. “My concern is that with more guns on the street, there may be a …
Golden State Warriors Visit Biden White House. – HuffPo Steve Kerr, Head Coach of the Warriors said he participated in a roundtable on gun violence with White House officials and two of his players, Moses Moody and Klay Thompson.“We learned a lot about what this administration is doing to help create a safer environment in …
What’s behind the surge in gun violence? University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA, at Club Q in Colorado Springs, CO, and at a Walmart store in Chesapeake, VA. Three horrific acts of gun violence this week stress the urgent need for gun safety reforms. Republicans claim to be for law and order, but block gun safety reforms …
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A 15-year-old fatally shot five people and wounded others in Raleigh, N.C. – WaPo. Vote to end gun violence. The Raleigh shooting was the latest in a violent week across the country. Five people were killed in a shooting at a home in Inman, South Carolina. Two police officers were fatally shot in Connecticut. Police …
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Six dead, dozens injured in mass shooting at July Fourth parade outside Chicago. The shooting comes weeks after a racist mass shootings at a Buffalo grocery store where 10 people died. President Biden invoked the sites of some of those other massacres, including El Paso, Pittsburgh and Charleston, S.C. Ten days after the massacre in Buffalo, A gunman killed 19 students …
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