Members phkrause Posted March 20, 2023 Members Share 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 Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted December 12, 2023 Author Members Share 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 Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted December 12, 2023 Author Members Share 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 Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted June 26 Author Members Share Posted June 26 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 Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted June 30 Author Members Share Posted June 30 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 Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted July 1 Author Members Share Posted July 1 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 Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted August 8 Author Members Share Posted August 8 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 Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted August 24 Author Members Share Posted August 24 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 Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted August 31 Author Members Share Posted August 31 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 Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted Wednesday at 11:59 PM Author Members Share Posted Wednesday at 11:59 PM 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 Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted Thursday at 05:49 PM Author Members Share Posted Thursday at 05:49 PM 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 Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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