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Mother of Buffalo victim invites lawmakers to her home to ‘clean son’s wounds’ if they won’t act on guns

Zeneta Everhart gave emotional testimony before the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday morning as lawmakers come under growing pressure to enact tighter gun control measures

The Independent UK

US tragedies from guns have often – but not always – spurred political responses

The nationwide call for stronger gun laws in the aftermath of mass shootings in Buffalo, Uvalde and the over 200 other places where such tragedies took place so far in 2022 is understandable.

The Conversation

Commentary: Teenagers shouldn’t be able to buy assault weapons

A gunman entered a grocery store in Buffalo, New York, last month and fatally shot 10 people. Just 10 days later, a gunman entered an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, and killed 19 students and two teachers.

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Commentary: The gun industry’s six deadly lies

The mass murders in Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo, New York, were the culmination of decades of lobbying and deceptive marketing perpetrated by the gun industry. Because of their lies, more Americans have died from gun violence — including suicides and accidents — since 1975 than in all of the wars…

Tribune News Service

Editorial: The mass shooting on South Street is a stark reminder of Philly's thwarted efforts to tighten gun laws

Saturday night's mass shooting in Philadelphia — added to the recent carnage in Buffalo, New York, Uvalde, Texas, Ames, Iowa, and Chattanooga, Tennessee — has renewed desperate pleas for commonsense gun safety measures.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

A deadly ideology: how the ‘great replacement theory’ went mainstream

The alleged Buffalo shooter was said to have been inspired by the racist conspiracy, which has been embraced by rightwing politicians in the US and Europe – as well as Fox News

The Guardian - UK

Hochul defends Bills stadium deal, gun positions in debate

The two Democrats challenging New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s bid to keep her job criticized her Tuesday for her past backing from the National Rifle Association and the deal she reached to spend hundreds of millions of taxpayer money on a new stadium for the Buffalo Bills

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Son of oldest Buffalo shooting victim tells lawmakers to step up on gun violence or bow out: ‘My mother’s life mattered’

NEW YORK — Step up, or step down.

Tribune News Service

Son of Buffalo shooting victim demands Senate address ‘cancer of white supremacy’

‘Imagine the faces of your mothers, as you look at mine and ask yourself, is there nothing that we can do?’

The Independent UK

Republican senator caught on his phone at opening of emotional hearing into domestic terrorism and Buffalo massacre

Cornyn is senator leading GOP negotiations on gun reform after twin tragedies in Buffalo and Uvalde

The Independent UK

Son of Buffalo victim pushes Congress: 'What are you doing?'

The son of an 86-year-old woman killed in the racist Buffalo mass shooting is calling on Congress to act against domestic terrorism

The Independent UK

Mass shootings intensify reform efforts at grassroots level

Gun control and gun violence intervention advocates hope the mass shootings in Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo, New York, will convince federal and state governments to take action again

The Independent UK

Uvalde native Matthew McConaughey says ‘real change can happen’ on gun reform – as it happened

Actor speaks at White House in effort to sway legislators skeptical of gun control legislation

The Guardian - US

There are historical and psychological reasons why the legal age for purchasing assault weapons does not make sense

The Uvalde and Buffalo mass shootings in May 2022 had at least two things in common: The shooters were 18 years old, and they had both legally purchased their own assault rifles.

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Salon

America needs its own Jubilee

Jubilee is a redemptive tradition that doesn't belong to the monarchy — America needs one now more than ever

Tribune News Service

Martin Schram: Can gun owners lead our leaders to safeguard America?

Thursday night at the White House, speaking to America with grim emotion, President Joe Biden used a single statistic to sum up two decades of national pain and revulsion we have all endured. His one statistic also seemed to sum up the horror of our last two weeks of mass-killings…

The Independent UK

11-year-old Uvalde survivor who covered herself in blood and played dead to testify to Congress

Survivors of Uvalde and Buffalo shooting will join hearing

Salon

Academia has a "race science" problem

Jordan Peterson and his right-wing ilk are misinterpreting science to justify their hierarchical worldviews

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Jackie Calmes: Americans are living in fear of gun violence. And we don't have security like Ted Cruz

Spurred by rising violence with firearms, the nation began work to write into law "the strongest gun control measures in over 40 years."

WEKU

Buffalo-area GOP Rep. Jacobs won't run again after backlash for gun control support

After mass shootings in Buffalo and at a Texas school, Jacobs said he would vote for a federal assault weapons ban if he had a chance. His comments sparked a furious reaction from conservatives,

ABC News

Buffalo shooting survivor faults gunman Payton Gendron's parents in court filing

An employee who survived a racially motivated mass shooting at a Buffalo supermarket seeks a court order to question the 18-year-old gunman's parents under oath in anticipation of filing a lawsuit against them.

The Independent UK

In court filing, Buffalo survivor faults gunman's parents

An employee who survived a racist mass shooting at a Buffalo supermarket is seeking a court order to question the 18-year-old gunman’s parents under oath in anticipation of filing a lawsuit against them

The Independent UK

Ron DeSantis vetoes $35m Tampa MLB team facility after calls for gun reform

Florida governor made the move after the team called for action in the wake of mass shootings in Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo, New York

The Independent UK

The rise of the AR-15: Why America is defending a ‘weapon of war’

The AR-15 has been used in numerous high-casualty mass shootings including the recent shootings in Uvalde, Buffalo and Tulsa, John Bowden reports

The Independent UK

911 dispatcher is fired for ‘yelling’ and hanging up on grocery store employee during Buffalo mass shooting

Latisha Rogers, an assistant manager at the Tops Friendly Markets in Buffalo, New York, said the dispatcher shouted at her for whispering and then hung up on her as she hid from gunman

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