Tensions with anti-immigrant and racially charged rhetoric, says Reuters. In El Paso, Trump visited the University Medical Center where wounded victims were treated. Hundreds of protesters gathered at a nearby park to condemn Trump and his presence in El Paso. The president and first lady Melania Trump avoided the press on both hospital … [Read more...]
Roberts Court Could Expand Gun Rights as Remington Asks Court to Hear Sandy Hook Appeal
While the nation overwhelmingly supports stricter gun laws, not so the Supreme Court, especially since Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation last September seals the fifth vote necessary to expand Second Amendment Rights. The Court has avoided gun rights cases since it issued a pair of landmark decisions, District of Columbia v. Heller in 2008, … [Read more...]
Gun Control Bills Languish in Senate As Nation Mourns Mass Shootings
Mitch McConnell speaking at CPAC 2014 in Washington, DC.(Photo Credit: Gage Skidmore, CC 2.0) On Saturday, August 3, an armed man entered a Wal-Mart in El Paso, Texas. Using a semi-automatic version of an AK-47, the gunman killed 22 people and wounded 24 others (as of this writing). It was the seventh-deadliest mass shooting in American … [Read more...]
Colorado Democrats Push Ambitious Agenda in 2019 Legislative Session
The state of Colorado received a fair bit of national attention during the 2018 midterm elections. Democrats did well in the state, successfully flipping a Republican-held Congressional seat in suburban Denver they had been chasing for the better part of a decade. And Jared Polis became the first openly gay person to be elected as the governor of … [Read more...]
Democratic House Majority Boasts Productive First 100 Days
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) (Photo Credit: Center for American Progress Action Fund, CC 2.0) New Presidents are obsessed with “The First 100 Days,” a term originally coined during the Franklin Roosevelt administration to refer to the incredibly productive legislative start to Roosevelt's presidency. Political observers have long … [Read more...]
Parkland Shooting Survivor Hopes to Protect Colorado Citizens Through ERPO Law
Demonstration organized by Teens For Gun Reform, an organization created by students in the Washington DC area, in the wake of the February 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. (Photo Credit: Lorie Shaull, CC 2.0) Parkland, Florida, mass shooting survivor Robert Schentrup attended the ceremony April 12th as … [Read more...]
House Democrats Pass Universal Background Checks Legislation
Fulfilling a promise made to survivors of gun violence in 2018, the Democratic majority in the US House of Representatives voted at the end of February to pass The Bipartisan Background Checks Act, the first significant gun control legislation to pass either Congressional chamber in decades. The bill in its current form will not pass the … [Read more...]
U.S. Appeals Court Refuses to Block ‘Bump Stocks’ Gun Ban
A U.S. appeals court on Monday said it would not halt President Donald Trump’s ban on “bump stocks”, the latest in a string of courtroom defeats for firearms rights advocates opposing the policy, according to Reuters. The court upheld a lower court ruling that denied a request by opponents of the policy for a preliminary injunction lifting the … [Read more...]
Red Flag Gun Bill Advances in Colorado
Regardless of where you stand on gun issues, it’s hard to argue that guns simply don’t belong in some people’s hands. That was the core issue recently at a debate at the House Judiciary Committee hearing at the Capitol in Denver, Colorado kicked off state Democratic lawmakers’ second attempt to pass a “red flag” bill, also called an extreme risk … [Read more...]
New York Passes Red Flag Law, Other Gun Control Measures
In 2013, and in response to the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School, New York passed the Safe Act, which tightened restrictions on assault rifles, closed various loopholes and toughened penalties for illegal gun ownership. After that, however, the Republican-controlled state Senate killed any further gun control legislation, stymieing … [Read more...]
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