The Latest Breaking News on Gun control

Andrew Lester’s ex-wife tells why she ‘isn’t shocked’ by Ralph Yarl shooting: ‘I was always scared of him’

Mary Clayton says she ‘was always scared of’ her former husband Andrew Lester

The Independent UK · Apr 20, 2023

US gun safety group’s chilling new ad calls for assault weapons ban

Brady ad features US navy veteran’s shocking account of Vietnam gunfire and comes on heels of several devastating mass shootings

The Guardian - US · Apr 20, 2023

San Francisco Home Depot worker shot dead confronting shoplifter

Suspect left store in getaway car but was later detained in Oakland, authorities say

The Independent UK · Apr 20, 2023

Commentary: As summer approaches, how do we chart a new course for our kids and prevent violence?

Is there a generational disconnect when it comes to disciplining our children? I am from Generation X, whose members were born from 1965 to 1980. We were admonished by parents, neighbors, teachers and basically any adult who saw us doing something wrong. If we were heard using profanity, an adult…

Chicago Tribune · Apr 20, 2023

Editorial: Never-ending line of fire: Wrong-address shootings expose a broken society

Everyone has made the same error at some point: looking for an address and accidentally ending up at the wrong door. The moment of awkwardness is usually forgotten quickly. For 20-year-old Kaylin Gillis, it was her last memory before being gunned down by 65-year-old Kevin Monahan after she and some…

Tribune News Service · Apr 20, 2023

Helen Ubiñas: In America, our biggest fear is each other

We’ve spent much of the last few years dreading the possibility of coming into close physical contact with one another. And then, preparing ourselves for the moment when we might — with social distancing, masks, vaccines — in order to protect ourselves from harm.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Apr 20, 2023

Editorial: Gov. Parson, not President Biden, is who made the Ralph Yarl shooting political

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson should know better. Accusing President Joe Biden of politicizing the shooting of 16-year-old Ralph Yarl is rich, after Parson stayed mum about the incident for almost a week.

Tribune News Service · Apr 20, 2023

Editorial: Why ‘Second Amendment people’ should be at the forefront of gun control solutions

Former U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger, who served Illinois’ 11th Congressional District and later the 16th from 2011 to early this year, is one of the Republican Party’s most significant truth tellers. Kinzinger is now a political commentator. In his blistering farewell address to Congress in December, Kinzinger said: “Where Republicans…

Chicago Tribune · Apr 20, 2023

Junior Jah: Nine charged after teen, 18, stabbed and shot in Canning Town

Detectives investigating the killing of a teenager, shot and stabbed to death yards from his east London home, have charged nine people.

Evening Standard · Apr 20, 2023

Andrew Lester’s grandson reveals history of racist comments and ‘crazy’ Fauci conspiracy

Andrew Lester’s grandson claims his grandfather embraced right-wing conspiracy theories

The Independent UK · Apr 20, 2023