Tag: gun control
One mass shooting and New Zealand’s prime minister bans assault rifles
"We are announcing action today on behalf of all New Zealanders to strengthen our gun laws and make our country a safer place."
After deadly 1996 massacre, Australia overhauled its gun laws. New Zealand...
"The clear lesson from history around the world is that to make our communities safer, the time to act is now."
One year after Parkland, 1,200 more kids are dead by gunfire...
Students who survived the massacre quickly came to national prominence as leading activists for gun control.
‘I don’t want prayers:’ A mother of a victim from California...
"I have two words: gun control. Now, now, now, now. No more NRA. No more money. Gun control now."
After massacre in California bar, will a Democrat-controlled House take action...
The dead include 27-year-old Telemachus Orfanos, who survived the deadly Las Vegas massacre at a country music festival last year, only to be gunned down Wednesday night.
Parkland dad Fred Guttenberg: Voters must reject racist, anti-semitic NRA on...
As the nation reels from the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre and the Kentucky grocery store killing of two African Americans, Guttenberg is calling on voters to elect politicians who stand for gun control in next week’s midterm elections.
Interfaith solidarity: A Muslim-led crowdfunding campaign raises $120,000 in two days...
"We wish to respond to evil with good, as our faith instructs us, and send a powerful message of compassion through action."
USA: Gun violence is ‘a human rights crisis’ – New Report
Amnesty’s report shows how all aspects of American life have been compromised by the availability of guns in a country lacking proper regulations and safeguards.
Progressive Briefing for Wednesday, August 29
Hurricane Maria caused 2,975 deaths in Puerto Rico, California joins nine other states and enacts trio of gun control bills that affect domestic violence offenders and more.
California joins nine other states and passes trio of gun control...
“People at risk of harming themselves or others should not have easy access to firearms."