Republicans heap praise on Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse as jury deliberates
GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz said he’d reach out to the Rittenhouse to see if ‘he’d be interested in helping the country in additional ways.’
By Emily Singer - November 18, 2021
GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz said he’d reach out to the Rittenhouse to see if ‘he’d be interested in helping the country in additional ways.’
By Emily Singer - November 18, 2021
The policy would prevent gun violence committed by military service members, gun safety advocates say.
By Josh Israel - September 28, 2021
Winsome Sears’ website quietly removed mentions of her opposition to abortion rights, gun safety, and voting rights in recent weeks.
By Josh Israel - September 13, 2021
The gun lobby spent millions to oppose David Chipman’s confirmation.
By Matt Cohen - September 09, 2021
Republican Glenn Youngkin’s latest gubernatorial campaign ad skips the details of a voting rights effort.
By Josh Israel - September 01, 2021
Eleven Republican senators are promoting a disinformation campaign against David Chipman in order to hurt his prospects.
By Matt Cohen - August 10, 2021
Republicans continue to block efforts in Congress to pass gun control legislation.
By Josh Israel - July 06, 2021
FBI data shows background checks blocked nearly twice as many gun sales in 2020 as in the year before.
By Associated Press - June 27, 2021
A new attack ad accuses the congresswoman, who has been an outspoken proponent for gun control since her son was gunned down at the age of 17, of being a ‘single-issue partisan hack.’
By Emily Singer - May 04, 2021
A new poll found that two-thirds of Americans support stricter gun control legislation.
By Donna Provencher - April 14, 2021
President Joe Biden has faced increasing pressure to act after a recent series of mass shootings.
By Associated Press - April 08, 2021
‘The real goal in all of this is to show people there is something you can do. You’re not entirely powerless,’ community activist Caden McGhie said.
By Associated Press - March 29, 2021
In the wake of two mass shootings, the vice president is calling on Congress to act on gun control.
By Emily Singer - March 24, 2021
Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin said that the filibuster has a ‘death grip on American democracy.’
By Emily Singer - March 16, 2021
House Democrats are proposing basic background checks for gun purchases — which even most Republican voters support.
By Josh Israel - March 08, 2021
‘What is likely to happen if gun laws are not followed is people get killed as a result,’ said a senior counsel with the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence.
By Associated Press - March 07, 2021
Policy that impacts Americans’ lives is being introduced out of the spotlight of the national media.
By Emily Singer - February 24, 2021
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) doesn’t seem to understand how the Constitution works.
By Emily Singer - February 19, 2021
QAnon Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has already found six co-sponsors for her bill to upend all gun safety regulation.
By Josh Israel - February 11, 2021
Marco Rubio, Rick Scott, and Ron Johnson have shown little interest in one measure that has been demonstrated to reduce the number of mass shootings: gun law reform.
By Donna Provencher - February 01, 2021
In the eight years since the massacre, Republicans have refused to pass legislation to prevent mass shootings from being committed again and again.
By Donna Provencher - December 14, 2020
Lawmakers are allowed to carry firearms in the Capitol; the public is not.
By Associated Press - November 28, 2020
Mitch McConnell has blocked a bill strengthening background checks for nearly two full years.
By Emily Singer - November 16, 2020
Americans have lost more jobs since the start of the coronavirus pandemic than during the entire Great Recession.
By Associated Press - November 03, 2020
He has ‘stopped’ nothing.
By Josh Israel - October 05, 2020
McConnell has blocked everything from legislation to help unemployed workers to a bipartisan background check bill for gun sales.
By Emily Singer - September 22, 2020
Despite pledging action following several mass shootings in 2019, Trump has yet to follow through on any sort of meaningful gun reform.
By Josh Israel - August 19, 2020
He has broken his promises on background checks and red-flag laws.
By Josh Israel - August 03, 2020
Across the country, anger over social distancing has turned into gun violence when people are carrying weapons.
By Emily Singer - May 28, 2020
‘It’s very sad that the Grim Reaper has decided more people will die,’ Nancy Pelosi said of McConnell’s inaction on the House’s background check bill.
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