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Political realities have stopped legislative action after school shootings

The political climate has changed drastically since a 10-year assault weapons ban passed in 1994. The lack of political will and other barriers stand in the way of it even coming to a vote today.

WEKU · May 27, 2022

Editorial: If gun control won't work, at least take away gun makers' liability protection

With more than 300 million firearms in Americans’ hands — enough for every man, woman and child to have one — it does no good anymore to rant and rave about gun control. The National Rifle Association owns enough members of Congress to block meaningful measures and is no doubt…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · May 27, 2022

George Skelton: America's gun violence problem won't be solved until firearm owners finally understand it must be

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — I've owned guns since age 13 and for many years was an avid hunter. I get the attraction and why they're enjoyed. But there's something I've never gotten.

Los Angeles Times · May 27, 2022

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Editorial: Most Americans want stricter gun laws. Senate Republicans don’t seem to care

Gun-control opponents like to say that guns don’t kill people, people kill people.

Los Angeles Times · May 27, 2022

Columbine happened 23 years ago. How is America still no further forward?

There is no generous interpretation for the past 23 years of inaction. We all bear some of the blame

The Guardian - US · May 27, 2022

Why gun control laws don't pass Congress, despite majority public support and repeated outrage over mass shootings

With the carnage in Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo, New York in May 2022, calls have begun again for Congress to enact gun control. Since the 2012 massacre of 20 children and four staff members at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, legislation introduced in response to mass killings has…

The Conversation · May 26, 2022

Herschel Walker fumbles gun control response — twice

ATLANTA — As Republican U.S. Senate nominee Herschel Walker launches his general election campaign, he is struggling to talk about guns.

Tribune News Service · May 26, 2022

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Madonna tearful amid desperate plea for ‘action’ on gun control

Madonna shared an emotional video in response to the latest mass shooting in Texas

Evening Standard · May 26, 2022

The Republicans most likely to make a deal on gun control and how much money the NRA has given them to stop it

Who receives money from the NRA and when isn’t as clear-cut as it may seem

The Independent UK · May 26, 2022

Texas shooting is new test for Biden's long battle over guns

President Joe Biden has been intimately involved in some of the gun control movement's greatest successes — and failures

The Independent UK · May 26, 2022

Ramesh Ponnuru: The gun debate needs to break old patterns

The mass murder of children in Uvalde, Texas, coming just 10 days after the mass murder of shoppers in Buffalo, New York, moved former Sen. Bill Frist — who was the majority leader of a Republican Senate when President George W. Bush was in the White House — to issue…

Tribune News Service · May 26, 2022

How red flag gun control laws work and what lawmakers are saying about them

Nineteen states have red flag laws, including in GOP-controlled states such as Florida and Indiana.

Axios · May 26, 2022

Elon Musk risks MAGA ire by calling for gun control

Musk says ‘right to bear arms is an important safeguard against potential tyranny of government’

The Independent UK · May 26, 2022

‘Look at Chicago’: Politicians again use city as example of why strict gun control won’t work

CHICAGO — Aline Stern of Chicago's Lincoln Square neighborhood found it difficult to send her two children to school on Wednesday, the morning after an 18-year-old gunman opened fire in an elementary school in Texas, killing 19 children and two adults.

Chicago Tribune · May 26, 2022

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The Independent UK · May 26, 2022

Fox News host chokes up as she blames ‘political divisions’ for Texas school shooting: ‘Is this our fault?’

Ainsley Earhardt referred to the Bible and told parents: ‘Take your children to church’

The New Daily · May 26, 2022

After 138 school shootings this year, why can’t America enact gun control?

America is grappling withe gun control debate after yet another school shooting. Experts say its lawmakers could learn from Australia and Port Arthur.

The Independent UK · May 26, 2022

‘Why only in America?’: Ted Cruz storms out of Texas school shooting interview

The Texas senator became irritated after a journalist pressed about why mass shootings seem to happen so often in America

The Guardian - UK · May 26, 2022

My daughter was killed at Dunblane. I know that gun controls save lives

There is a clear correlation between level of gun ownership and the number of gun deaths, says Mick North, the father of one of the children killed at Dunblane

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The Independent UK · May 26, 2022

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Asharq Al-Awsat · May 26, 2022

Grief Turns to Anger after Gunman Murders 21 at Texas School

Grief at the massacre of 19 small children at an elementary school in Texas spilled into confrontation Wednesday, as angry questions mounted over gun control -- and whether this latest tragedy could have been prevented. The tight-knit Latino community of Uvalde on Tuesday became the site of America's worst school…

The Independent UK · May 26, 2022

States divided on gun controls, even as mass shootings rise

Gun control measures are likely going nowhere in Congress, and they have also become increasingly scarce in most states

Tribune News Service · May 26, 2022

Texas forces companies to be neutral on guns, or lose business

To keep doing business with Texas, companies will effectively have to take a vow of neutrality if the latest school-shooting massacre sets off another nationwide furor over gun control.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · May 26, 2022

Marcus Hayes: Pro leagues should shut down to push gun control laws after Texas school shooting

PHILADELPHIA — Steve Kerr, a good and empathetic man, was justified and angry, and he acted nobly, as far as it went.

WEKU · May 26, 2022

While the gun control debate amplifies, the overwhelming emotion in Uvalde is grief

The small community of Uvalde, Texas is grieving one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history.

Tribune News Service · May 25, 2022

Teachers hailed as heroes in Texas school massacre as politicians debate gun control

Homeroom teachers were being hailed as heroes Wednesday, a day after a teenage gunman stormed a Texas elementary school, barricaded himself inside a classroom and callously murdered 19 students and two of their instructors.

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