A former Fort Worth, Texas police officer shot and killed an innocent 28 year old black woman insider her home. The officer has since resigned and faces criminal charges, reports Reuters. Atatiana Jefferson was killed on Saturday at 2:30 a.m. by a single shot from officer Aaron Dean. Jefferson’s family on Monday called for a federal … [Read more...]
U.S. Supreme Court Decides New Docket
Reuters reports the U.S. Supreme Court’s new term will open on Monday. The conservative majority is in a position to take the country in a more aggressive Republican direction. They will look at divisive issues including abortion, gay rights and gun control. As early as next week, the nine justices will decided if gay and transgender … [Read more...]
Texas Governor Issues 8 Executive Orders But Doesn’t Mention Guns
President Donald J. Trump greeted by Texas Governor Greg Abbott after disembarking Air Force One at El Paso International Airport. (Photo Credit: The White House, Public Domain) Texas Governor, Greg Abbott, recently issued a string of executive orders to show his concern for the growing number of mass shootings in the Lone Star State, but, … [Read more...]
Governor Loosens Gun Laws After Declaring He’s Tired of the Dying in Texas
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott speaking at FreePac, hosted by FreedomWorks, in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo Credit: Gage Skidmore, CC 2.0) In response to the disturbing number of mass shootings in Texas recently, the state’s republican Governor, Greg Abbott, said that he’s had enough and took action: “I am tired of the dying in Texas. Too many … [Read more...]
Asylum, Dark Money and Gorsuch Book Tour Lead Up to Supreme Court Term
President Donald J. Trump, Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh and Anthony M. Kennedy, retired Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, Oct. 8, 2018, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C. (Official White House Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian, Public Domain) The Supreme Court is not scheduled to convene until October 7, … [Read more...]
Survivors of Church Shooting Can Sue the Government, Judge Rules
Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church memorial after attack. (Photo Credit: Michael Bowman, Public Domain) On August 30, 2019, a judge in the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that survivors of a mass shooting in 2015 can sue the United States Government over its alleged negligence when Dylann Roof was allowed to buy the gun he used to … [Read more...]
Supreme Court Too Partisan to Hear Landmark NRA Challenge, Democratic Senators Allege
The Roberts Court, November 30, 2018. Seated, from left to right: Justices Stephen G. Breyer and Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., and Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Samuel A. Alito. Standing, from left to right: Justices Neil M. Gorsuch, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Brett M. Kavanaugh. (Photograph by Fred Schilling, … [Read more...]
Florida Man Found Guilty of Manslaughter of Markeis McGlockton
Photograph taken on Sunset Point Road as part of Justice for Markeis: A Legacy Never Forgotten, held on July 19, 2019. (Photo Credit: BizarreLoveTriangle, CC 4.0) When 28-year-old Markeis McGlockton went to a convenience store with his girlfriend, Britany Jacobs, 26, and their three kids on July 19, 2018, neither thought it would be their last … [Read more...]
What Are Red Flag Laws?
As mass shootings with multiple casualties have become more frequent, people are asking what we, as a nation, can do to put a stop to this horrifying epidemic. Many people feel powerless to stop this runaway train, so Americans are looking to have their voices heard by speaking through others—like-minded souls who are fed up with the terrifying new … [Read more...]
Committee Called Back Early to Discuss Gun Violence Epidemic
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler recently announced that he’s calling his committee back to Washington, D.C. on September 4, 2019 because, regarding gun violence, he said, “There is more that we can and must do to address the gun violence epidemic. We will not sit idly by.” The House Judiciary Committee is scheduled for what are … [Read more...]
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