Members phkrause Posted March 20, 2023 Members Posted March 20, 2023 The correlation between guns, school violence and the erosion of American families In August of 1975, I started my first teaching job at Martinsville Junior High School in Martinsville, Virginia. Nothing in my education classes, student teaching, or orientation to the school system communicated, “Look out for students who might have a gun.” https://www.virginiamercury.com/2023/03/10/the-a-correlation-between-guns-school-violence-and-the-erosion-of-american-families/? Quote phkrause Read Isaiah 10:1-13
Members phkrause Posted December 12, 2023 Author Members Posted December 12, 2023 Inside the Notorious Gun Shop Linked to Hundreds of Chicago Guns The story of one Indiana store demonstrates how the more than 60,000 gun retailers in America have little financial incentive to say no to questionable buyers and face limited penalties for failing to prevent illegal transactions. https://www.propublica.org/article/westforth-sports-gary-indiana-chicago-guns-illegal-sales? Quote phkrause Read Isaiah 10:1-13
Members phkrause Posted December 12, 2023 Author Members Posted December 12, 2023 How Tennessee’s Justice System Allows Dangerous People to Keep Guns — With Deadly Outcomes Michaela Carter felt like she was being hunted. https://www.propublica.org/article/how-tennessee-justice-system-allows-dangerous-people-to-keep-guns-deadly-outcomes? Quote phkrause Read Isaiah 10:1-13
Members phkrause Posted June 26, 2024 Author Members Posted June 26, 2024 More than 500 people have been charged with federal crimes under the gun safety law Biden signed WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 500 people — some linked to transnational cartels and organized crime rings — have been charged with gun trafficking and other crimes under the landmark gun safety legislation President Joe Biden signed two years ago Tuesday. https://apnews.com/article/biden-gun-safety-law-7733f5cab2614f39288b0dc157573651? Quote phkrause Read Isaiah 10:1-13
Members phkrause Posted June 30, 2024 Author Members Posted June 30, 2024 Should gun store sales get special credit card tracking? States split on mandating or prohibiting it Beginning Monday, a California law will require credit card networks like Visa and Mastercard to provide banks with special retail codes that can be assigned to gun stores in order to track their sales. https://apnews.com/article/gun-stores-firearms-mass-shootings-credit-cards-abe3a28ea7117340d9a4a8bcde3693fe? Quote phkrause Read Isaiah 10:1-13
Members phkrause Posted July 1, 2024 Author Members Posted July 1, 2024 Credit card companies start tracking gun purchases in California Beginning today, a California law will require credit card networks like Visa and Mastercard to provide banks with special retail codes that can be assigned to gun stores to track their sales. But new laws will do the exact opposite in Georgia, Iowa, Tennessee, and Wyoming. Read more. Why this matters: The conflicting laws highlight what has emerged as one of the nation’s newest gun policy debates, dividing state governments along familiar partisan lines. Some Democratic lawmakers and gun-control activists hope the new retail tracking code will help financial institutions flag suspicious gun-related purchases for law enforcement agencies, potentially averting mass shootings and other crimes. Lawmakers in Colorado and New York have followed California’s lead. But many Republican lawmakers and gun-rights advocates fear the retail code could lead to unwarranted suspicion of gun buyers who have done nothing wrong. Over the past 16 months, 17 states with GOP-led legislatures have passed measures prohibiting a firearms store code or limiting its use. RELATED COVERAGE ➤ US surgeon general declares gun violence a public health crisis Family demands accountability for NY police killing of 13-year-old boy How charges against 2 Uvalde school police officers are still leaving some families frustrated Quote phkrause Read Isaiah 10:1-13
Members phkrause Posted August 8, 2024 Author Members Posted August 8, 2024 Gun rights groups go to federal court to overturn Florida law banning open carry of firearms Although Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has voiced support allowing for the open carrying of firearms in Florida, he hasn’t done much to persuade the GOP-led Legislature to actually pass such legislation. https://floridaphoenix.com/2024/08/07/gun-rights-groups-go-to-federal-court-to-overturn-florida-law-banning-open-carry-of-firearms/? Gun-rights advocates say they’ll push for ‘open carry’ again in ’25 FL legislative session While Republican leaders in the Legislature supported a permitless carry law last year that allows people to carry concealed weapons without a government-issued license, House Speaker Paul Renner and especially Senate President Kathleen Passidomo resisted loosening other gun regulations in the Sunshine State during their two-year reign in power. https://floridaphoenix.com/2024/08/07/gun-rights-advocates-say-theyll-push-for-open-carry-again-in-25-fl-legislative-session/? Quote phkrause Read Isaiah 10:1-13
Members phkrause Posted August 24, 2024 Author Members Posted August 24, 2024 A 10-Year-Old Pointed a Finger Gun. The Principal Kicked Him Out of His Tennessee School for a Year. When Belle got a call last September that her 10-year-old had been sent to the vice principal’s office, she rushed over to the school. Her son Lee looked on anxiously as the vice principal explained the situation: The fifth grader had angrily pointed his finger in the shape of a gun. https://www.propublica.org/article/tennessee-school-threats-expulsions? Quote phkrause Read Isaiah 10:1-13
Members phkrause Posted August 31, 2024 Author Members Posted August 31, 2024 Alabama’s deadly fantasies about guns Rep. Kenyatté Hassell’s bill requiring permits for assault weapons stopped me. https://alabamareflector.com/2024/08/26/alabamas-deadly-fantasies-about-guns/? Quote phkrause Read Isaiah 10:1-13
Members phkrause Posted September 4, 2024 Author Members Posted September 4, 2024 New group fills NRA vacuum By Hans Nichols Rebeccca Zisser/Axios A new gun rights group is launching a six-figure ad buy in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, focusing on the millions of Americans who became gun owners during and after the COVID pandemic. Why it matters: The NRA — the longtime premier gun-rights group in the U.S. — cut its political spending from $54 million in 2016 to $29 million in 2020, per OpenSecrets. It has reserved $1.3 million in 2024 ad spending, per AdImpact. The Secure Our Freedom Alliance, a 501(c)4 organization, wants to fill what it sees as an urgent need to address gun owners this election cycle — even as it says it isn't looking to compete with existing gun groups. The big picture: The alliance's goal is to convince new gun owners, especially women and minorities, that their rights are under attack by the Biden administration and progressive politicians. "Our purpose is to win the hearts and minds of the American public to protect the right to self-defense," said Chris Cox, a senior adviser to the new group and the NRA's former political director and chief lobbyist. 📺 The ads by the new group are directed at younger voters, as well as women and minority gun owners, with an emphasis on self-defense. "Our neighborhood, it's not so good," says the mother in one 30-second commercial, as she's tucking her daughter into bed. "She is my responsibility and I will protect her," she says, locking away a handgun on her nightstand. The big picture: The NRA declared bankruptcy in 2021 and tried to reincorporate in Texas. The NRA's president, Wayne LaPierre, resigned in January of this year and was found liable for misspending $5.4 million of the group's money by a New York jury. "Between now and November, NRA will be strategically targeting key states to reelect President Trump and stop Kamala Harris from taking her radical gun confiscation agenda to the Oval Office," said Doug Hamlin, NRA executive vice president and CEO, in a statement to Axios. Go deeper Quote phkrause Read Isaiah 10:1-13
Members phkrause Posted September 5, 2024 Author Members Posted September 5, 2024 Gun shops that sold weapons trafficked into DC sued by nation's capital and Maryland Three gun shops that sold nearly three dozen firearms to a man who trafficked the weapons in and around Washington, D.C., are facing a new lawsuit jointly filed Tuesday by attorneys general for Maryland and the nation’s capital. https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/gun-shops-that-sold-weapons-trafficked-into-dc-sued-by-nations-capital-and-maryland/3708112/? Quote phkrause Read Isaiah 10:1-13
Members phkrause Posted September 10, 2024 Author Members Posted September 10, 2024 Georgia school shooting stirs debate about safe storage laws for guns Just a couple of weeks ago, a special panel of Georgia state senators convened to study potential laws aimed at keeping firearms safely locked up and out of the hands of children. A day after a 14-year-old was charged in a deadly shooting at his Georgia high school, that same panel gathered again. The lawmakers are still talking about the issue because — like many state legislatures across the U.S. — they have been unable to agree if gun safety measures provide a solution to mass shootings. Read more. Why this matters: A recent report by the RAND Gun Policy in America Initiative found supportive evidence that safe gun-storage laws reduce firearm injuries and deaths among youth. A total of 26 states have laws requiring gun owners to lock up firearms or penalizing them if a child gains access to an unsecured gun, according to Everytown for Gun Safety. Georgia is not among them. In some states, concerns about the potential for someone to cause harm with a gun can provide grounds for authorities to temporarily remove firearms from a home. Twenty-one states have extreme risk protection laws, sometimes referred to as red-flag laws. Georgia is not among them, and resistance to such laws has grown in Republican-led legislatures. RELATED COVERAGE ➤ Many questions still loom over timeline of Georgia school shooting Hawaii can ban guns on beaches, an appeals court says Law enforcement leans on 3D-printer industry to help thwart machine gun conversion devices Quote phkrause Read Isaiah 10:1-13
Members phkrause Posted September 28, 2024 Author Members Posted September 28, 2024 Gun violence President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris appeared at the White House on Thursday for an event on curbing gun violence. Harris, who has said she's a gun owner, criticized what she called a "false choice" between preventing shootings and respecting the Second Amendment. She later added: "I am in favor of the Second Amendment, and I believe we need to reinstate the assault weapons ban and have universal background checks, safe storage laws and red flag laws." Biden touted measures his administration has taken and signed a new executive action that overhauls active shooter drills in schools. He also established a task force to address the threat of emerging gun technologies, including 3D-printed guns. Quote phkrause Read Isaiah 10:1-13
Members phkrause Posted October 5, 2024 Author Members Posted October 5, 2024 📺 First look: Ads link gun safety, abortion access Screenshot: Everytown for Gun Safety Victory Fund Everytown for Gun Safety Victory Fund and House Majority PAC link Republican stances on gun-safety laws and abortion bans as "extreme" positions in a new $10 million paid-media campaign. The ads, on streaming and digital platforms, target battleground House districts in New York and California. John Feinblatt, president of Everytown for Gun Safety, said: "We know a majority of voters across the country support common sense gun safety laws, but in order to keep making progress in Washington we need to flip the House to a gun sense majority." The six districts are CA-27, CA-45, NY-04, NY-18, NY-19 and NY-22. Watch the ads: "Could Happen" ... "Dangerous." 🎤 Also new this morning: Former President Obama will kick off a blitz for Vice President Harris with a stop in the Pittsburgh area next Thursday, then will crisscross battlegrounds nationwide for the campaign's final 27 days. Eric Schultz, Obama senior adviser: "President Obama believes the stakes of this election could not be more consequential and that is why he is doing everything he can to help elect Vice President Harris, Governor Walz and Democrats across the country. His goals are to win the White House, keep the U.S. Senate, and take back the House of Representatives. ... Many of these races are likely to go down to the wire and nothing should be taken for granted." Quote phkrause Read Isaiah 10:1-13
Members phkrause Posted October 7, 2024 Author Members Posted October 7, 2024 Hurricane guns: DeSantis orders no suspensions, no limits on gun sales during storm Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has issued an emergency declaration ahead of Hurricane Milton that prohibits Emergency Management Director Kevin Guthrie from exercising his authority to suspend or limit gun sales. https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2024/10/06/florida-desantis-hurricane-milton-guns/? Quote phkrause Read Isaiah 10:1-13
Members phkrause Posted October 26, 2024 Author Members Posted October 26, 2024 Without Knowledge or Consent For years, America’s most iconic gun-makers turned over sensitive personal information on hundreds of thousands of customers to political operatives. https://www.propublica.org/article/gunmakers-owners-sensitive-personal-information-glock-remington-nssf? Quote phkrause Read Isaiah 10:1-13
Members phkrause Posted November 11, 2024 Author Members Posted November 11, 2024 US judge tosses Illinois’ ban on semiautomatic weapons, governor pledges swift appeal SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A federal judge on Friday overturned Illinois’ ban on semiautomatic weapons, leaning on recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings that strictly interpret the Second Amendment right to keep and bear firearms. https://apnews.com/article/illinois-semiautomatic-weapons-ban-tossed-appeal-b115223e9e49d36c16ac5a1206892919? Quote phkrause Read Isaiah 10:1-13
Members phkrause Posted November 14, 2024 Author Members Posted November 14, 2024 Gun groups sue to overturn Maine’s new 3-day waiting period to buy firearms PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Gun rights advocacy groups filed a lawsuit claiming that Maine’s new 72-hour waiting period for firearms purchases is unconstitutional and seeking an injunction stopping its enforcement pending the outcome of the case. https://apnews.com/article/maine-waiting-period-gun-purchase-lawsuit-369b8c488ba7876dc6670c2a16e47b05? Quote phkrause Read Isaiah 10:1-13
Members phkrause Posted December 13, 2024 Author Members Posted December 13, 2024 Florida lawmakers propose rolling back gun control laws passed after Parkland shooting TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Republican state lawmakers in Florida have filed two bills that would roll back gun control measures passed in the wake of the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. https://apnews.com/article/florida-gun-control-bills-parkland-legislation-c5e17eb1552954f9ddd23bf0d0df30e9? Quote phkrause Read Isaiah 10:1-13
Members phkrause Posted December 25, 2024 Author Members Posted December 25, 2024 ‘A rite of passage’ Parents who buy a gun for their child as a holiday present say it brings the family together around a shared interest and represents an initiation into the next phase of life. But there are risks too, of course — and it’s a delicate balance. Quote phkrause Read Isaiah 10:1-13
Members phkrause Posted January 26 Author Members Posted January 26 It’s time to build a social movement for safe gun storage Today, the leading cause of death for American children is firearms. Tragically, many of these deaths result from suicides with unsecured guns in their own or a friend’s home. Others are due to homicides involving stolen guns. Most of these children might still be alive if these guns were stored securely. In Minnesota alone, firearms are found in over a third of households, with more than half unlocked and 20% stored loaded, according to the CDC. https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/its-time-build-social-movement-safe-gun-storage? Quote phkrause Read Isaiah 10:1-13
Members phkrause Posted February 5 Author Members Posted February 5 Gun Lobbyists and Cambridge Analytica Weaponized Gun Owners’ Private Details for Political Gain Arthur Douglas has been passionate about guns his entire life. He spent his childhood hunting, then amassed a treasured collection of firearms, including antique rifles he considers priceless. For years, he’s worked as a firearms instructor for the National Rifle Association and the U.S. Concealed Carry Association. https://www.propublica.org/article/guns-lobbying-cambridge-analytica-nssf-privacy-elections? Quote phkrause Read Isaiah 10:1-13
Members phkrause Posted February 16 Author Members Posted February 16 Judge sides with gun advocates and pauses Maine gun law enacted in wake of Lewiston mass shooting PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday put a hold on a new three-day waiting period for gun purchases in Maine after reviewing a lawsuit filed against the rule by gun rights groups. https://apnews.com/article/lewiston-maine-mass-shooting-gun-laws-589797910a5f456914df7f15ead28260? Quote phkrause Read Isaiah 10:1-13
Members phkrause Posted February 20 Author Members Posted February 20 Randy Fine files legislation to allow college students to carry guns on campus Brevard County Republican state Sen. Randy Fine has filed legislation (SB 814) that would extend concealed carry rights to Florida colleges and universities. https://floridaphoenix.com/2025/02/18/randy-fine-files-legislation-to-allow-college-students-to-carry-guns-on-campus/? Quote phkrause Read Isaiah 10:1-13
Members phkrause Posted March 2 Author Members Posted March 2 Alabama legislators elevate guns over children. Again. The leading cause of preventable death for Alabama children is guns. https://alabamareflector.com/2025/02/24/alabama-legislators-elevate-guns-over-children-again/? Quote phkrause Read Isaiah 10:1-13
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