Wednesday briefing: Anguish at another US school shooting In today’s newsletter: how the killing of 19 children and two adults at a school in Texas will reignite America’s gun control debate The Guardian - UK · May 25, 2022
Commonly Touted Policies Are Ill-Suited to Stopping Mass Shooters These three gun controls failed in New York, and there is little reason to think they would work elsewhere. Reason · May 25, 2022
Sandy Hook families speak out after Uvalde school shooting Bereaved say it is ‘beyond time to take action’ on gun control in the wake of the killing of 19 children in Texas The Guardian - AU · May 25, 2022
Warriors’ Kerr labels US action on gun control ‘pathetic’ in emotional pre-game speech Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr refused to talk about basketball before his team’s playoff game against the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday night The Guardian - US · May 25, 2022
Biden Lays Blame for Uvalde School Shooting on Gun Lobby There's much we don't know about the shooting in Texas that left at least 21 people dead, including 19 children. Nevertheless, Joe Biden knows exactly who to blame and how to stop future shootings. Reason · May 25, 2022
California Gov. Gavin Newsom calls inaction on gun violence a ‘choice’ after Texas school shooting SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom called out Republicans Tuesday for inaction on the issue of gun control, saying the party “won’t do a damn thing” in a series of tweets hours after a shooting at a Texas elementary school that left 18 children and one teacher dead. Los Angeles Times · May 25, 2022
LOCALIZE IT: Ideas for local coverage of deadly gun violence EDITORS/NEWS DIRECTORS: The Independent UK · May 25, 2022
Warriors’ Steve Kerr gives impassioned plea to lawmakers after Texas elementary school shooting DALLAS — Coach Steve Kerr, one of the NBA’s leading voices on social issues, gave another emotional plea for gun control after 14 children and one teacher shot and killed Tuesday at a Texas elementary school just hours before Game 4 of the Western Conference finals. Tribune News Service · May 25, 2022
Why the hell can’t America end this deadly gun violence? There are 400 million firearms in US and this is 27th school shooting of 2022, says Andrew Buncombe The Independent UK · May 24, 2022
Stephen King passionately calls for ‘gun control now’ following Uvalde school shooting King previously wrote the essay ‘Guns’ in the wake of the Sandy Hook massacre The Independent UK · May 24, 2022
‘Idolatry of violence’: AOC attacks ‘pro life’ GOP over Texas school shooting 18 students and three adults dead after attack on elementary school The Independent UK · May 24, 2022
Texas school shooting precedes Senate hearing on pick to run ATF WASHINGTON — Steven Dettelbach starts the most public part of his effort to become only the second person to successfully run the Senate confirmation gantlet to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in a political high-wire act at a hearing Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Tribune News Service · May 24, 2022
Marjorie Taylor Greene tweets ‘we don’t need more gun control’ in response to Uvalde school shooting Far-right congresswoman is one of first to defend gun ownership after shooting The Independent UK · May 24, 2022
New York Times Columnist Gail Collins Proposes a 'Simple Battle' To 'Get Rid of the Guns' It's not clear which guns she is talking about, and even Collins does not seem to know. Reason · May 19, 2022
The Independent UK · May 18, 2022 After Buffalo massacre, NY governor seeks action on guns New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is touting a package of executive orders and gun control bills in the aftermath of a racist attack on a Buffalo supermarket
The Guardian - US · May 18, 2022 Stephen Colbert on future of the GOP: ‘Original recipe nutballs or extra crispy cuckoo cojones’ Late-night hosts discuss a big primary night for Republicans, Biden’s call for new gun control laws and the first at-home Covid test that also detects flu
Axios · May 18, 2022 Failed gun legislation is the norm after mass shootings Lawmakers are making emotional pleas for stricter gun control legislation after the Texas school shooting.
Los Angeles Times · May 18, 2022 Mark Z. Barabak: Day after day of gun violence in America. Nothing changes "Nothing changed after moviegoers were slaughtered in Aurora. Nothing changed after children were massacred in Newtown, after worshipers were killed inside a church in Charleston, after office workers were mowed down at a holiday party in San Bernardino."
The New Daily · May 17, 2022 ‘Admit what the hell is going on’: Biden wants US to face White Supremacy problem US President Joe Biden has labelled the Buffalo supermarket killings a case of "domestic terror" as he made his strongest statement yet about gun control since the weekend's racist attack.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch · May 11, 2022 Editorial: Complaining and whining isn't a winning strategy, as Democrats learn the hard way It wasn’t so long ago when Missouri was a purple state, up for grabs by whichever party did the best job capturing voters’ imaginations. The state was split down the middle politically as recently as 2000, and even in 2016 Democrats held a U.S. Senate seat and the offices of…
Reason · Apr 28, 2022 New Textbook: Firearms Law and the Second Amendment Regulation, Rights, and Policy