The largest study of mass shootings to date found common threads among most mass shooters since 1996. It’s less about trench coats, bowl cuts and Confederate flags and more about the shooter’s past experiences, attitudes and behaviors leading up to the shooting — and of course, access to a firearm….
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Ohio Representative Candice Keller Blames Gay Marriage, ‘Drag Queen Advocates’ and Democrats for Mass Shootings
In a since-made-private Facebook post, Ohio representative Candice Keller blamed gay marriage and “drag queen advocates,” among a litany other things, for mass shootings. This weekend’s shootings in Dayton, Ohio and El Paso, Texas were the 254th and 255th mass shootings this year in the U.S. A mass shooting is…
Georgia County Sheriff Says White Supremacist Sympathizer Trent East Can Keep His Jailer Job
The Sheriff cited the jailer’s “younger years” and “foolish things;” not a luxury everyone has. Sheriff Eddie Mixon said jailer Trent East of Haralson County, Ga., could keep his job despite connections to Richard Spencer and other alliances with white nationalist groups. “According to the FBI, he’s not on any…
GOP Refuses to Deny Guns to Suspected Terrorists, Hate Crime Convicts
One day after a twice-suspected terrorist killed 49 people at a nightclub in Orlando, Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan on Monday refused to allow any discussion calling for legislation barring suspected terrorists and individuals convicted of hate crimes from buying guns. Ryan’s refusal to even allow discussion on the House…