Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo addressed the press outside of the medical examiner’s office Monday, suggesting Sgt. Christopher Brewster would not have been killed in the line of duty Saturday if not for the “boyfriend loophole” — a gap in gun legislation that allows domestic violence offenders whose victims are…
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U.S. Congress Finally Plans to Consider Law Restricting High-Capacity Gun Magazines
A mass shooting last month in Dayton, Ohio killed nine people and injured 27 others in only 30 seconds. In 2011 in Carson City, Nevada, after only 85 seconds a gunman had emptied several 30-round high-capacity gun magazines at an IHOP, killing four people and injuring 14. That is just…
Archived: Philando Castile's Mom Goes Off On NRA's Dana Loesch
NRA spokeswoman Dana Loesch suggested Botham Jean might still be alive today if only he was “a law-abiding gun owner” and Philando Castile’s still-grieving mother, Valerie Castile, rightfully, went off. “You know, this could have been very different if Botham Jean had been, say, he was a law-abiding gun owner…
Archived: Cuomo Goes for the Jugular: NRA Claims It May Not Be Able to Stay Afloat Financially
The NRA says New York State’s “blacklisting campaign” is to blame for them losing their liability insurance, and is now trying to sue the state for money. Chubb Ltd., the insurance company that provided the Carry Guard program, said it wouldn’t renew the insurance for “any price.” New York Department…
Archived: What On Earth Is Becky Afraid Of
If Kaitlin Bennett wasn’t white, you’d be reading about a dead Black student. She graduated from Kent State University in Ohio, brought an AR-10 to campus the next day, and posted about gun rights on Twitter: I have no apologies for my graduation photos. As a woman, I refuse to…
Archived: NRA Advice for Martin Luther King Disregarded When it Comes to Vice President Pence
Just a month after exploiting the death of Martin Luther King Jr. as a chance to discuss concealed carry, the National Rifle Association is following a very different set of rules for Vice President Mike Pence. Pence will speak at the NRA’s convention this weekend in Dallas. And no weapons…
Archived: NRA Exploits Anniversary of MLKs Death to Bash Gun Control
The NRA exploited the 50-year anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a man that the association historically had no regard for, to speak out against the gun control movement that has intensified in response to frequent school shootings and mass killings in the U.S. In an…
Archived: NRATV Host Attacks Parkland Survivors: 'No One Would Know Your Names' If Your Classmates Were Alive
NRATV host Collins Iyare “Colion Noir” Idehen Jr. came after the survivors of the mass shooting in Parkland, Fla., just two days before anti-gun violence rallies swept the nation. Noir said in a video: “To all the kids from Parkland getting ready to use your First Amendment to attack everyone…
Archived: Republican Drops Out of Race for House After Calling Parkland Shooting Survivor 'Skinhead Lesbian'
A Republican who was running unopposed for a seat in Maine’s House of Representatives has dropped out of the race after calling a survivor of the Florida school shooting a “skinhead lesbian.” Leslie Gibson had no competitors before he wrote now-deleted tweets in which he called Emma Gonzlez, a student-turned-activist,…
Archived: We Don't Need 'Lady Teachers' With a Gun, Says State Rep.
A state representative from Alabama doesn’t believe “lady teachers” should or want to carry firearms. “We don’t need to have a lady teacher in a school that’s got a firearm,” Harry Shiver (R-Stockton) said at a public safety meeting last week, according to WSFA. “I taught for 32 years, and…