Ken Paxton wants to end a Trump-era ban on firearm bump stocks
An August press release from Paxton’s office said he is protecting the Second Amendment from President Biden, but Biden didn’t create the ban.
By Emily Singer - October 12, 2022An August press release from Paxton’s office said he is protecting the Second Amendment from President Biden, but Biden didn’t create the ban.
By Emily Singer - October 12, 2022The Democratic Senate candidate is ready to take the necessary steps to protect Florida’s communities.
By Debbie Mucarsel-Powell - July 08, 2022Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis said, ‘I can tell you that before I am done as governor, we will have a signature on that bill.’
By Adrian Cole - May 02, 2022White House officials say the president is frustrated that Congress is acting too slowly to implement new gun legislation
By Associated Press - December 23, 2021‘I’m not sorry for telling him he shouldn’t push for gun control,’ Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) said.
By Oliver Willis - February 05, 2021‘Conspiracy theories do not belong in our schools.’
By Amy Lieu - February 02, 2021Marco 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, 2021Seventeen people, including 14 students, were killed in the Parkland, Florida, school shooting, which Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene falsely claimed was a staged event.
By Oliver Willis - January 28, 2021‘Our children were lost in a traumatic situation, and my heart breaks for any other mother.’
By Associated Press - March 08, 2020Siblings of victims of the Newtown shooting, as well as survivors of the tragedy, are stepping up their gun control activism as they grow up.
By Associated Press - December 15, 2019The House passed a bill to reduce gun violence more than 270 days ago, but Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has refused to even hold a vote on it — and 2,000 more children have died since.
By Dan Desai Martin - November 26, 2019Trump said he would do something about gun violence, but then he caved to the NRA. Again.
By Oliver Willis - August 22, 2019Trump could very well cave to the NRA, just like he did after the school shooting in Parkland, Florida.
By Dan Desai Martin - August 08, 2019When asked why she brought a loaded gun and knives into her elementary school classroom, the Florida teacher said: ‘Ask [Gov.] DeSantis.’
By Dan Desai Martin - May 22, 2019He tried to pretend that guns have nothing to do with school shootings.
By Oliver Willis - February 14, 2019‘For my son Jordan Davis, I vote aye,’ Rep. Lucy McBath (D-GA) said, remembering the child she lost to gun violence.
By Dan Desai Martin - February 14, 2019High-capacity magazines make mass shootings much more deadly — but Republicans still want to keep them legal.
By Dan Desai Martin - February 12, 2019‘Finally, we have a Congress willing to prioritize gun violence prevention,’ Shannon Watts, founder of Moms Demand Action, said.
By Dan Desai Martin - February 06, 2019Democrats aren’t afraid to take on the gun lobby.
By Dan Desai Martin - January 09, 2019Americans who want gun safety can rejoice: The NRA had a really horrific year.
By Oliver Willis - December 27, 2018Fox News host is paying big price for her ugly commentary.
By Eric Boehlert - October 16, 2018Brett Kavanaugh was already historically unpopular going into Tuesday’s hearing, where he snubbed the father of a slain teenager.
By Caroline Orr - September 05, 2018Betsy DeVos is looking for a way to get guns into schools for Trump, and she wants to use taxpayer funding to do it.
By Dan Desai Martin - August 23, 2018The NRA is hurting financially — and may be forced to shut down NRA TV, its propaganda network — thanks to a wave of activism led by the Parkland shooting survivors.
By Oliver Willis - August 02, 2018A hoax phone call sent police to the home of Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg after the NRA, Republicans, and right-wing media attacked him for months.
By Oliver Willis - June 05, 2018The NRA desperately tried — and failed— to hijack the ‘Wear Orange’ gun safety campaign. Teen survivors of the Parkland school massacre called them out for their disgraceful actions.
By Oliver Willis - June 01, 2018Fred Guttenberg, whose daughter was killed in the Parkland school shooting, said Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick ‘should be removed from office’ over his ‘moronic’ comments about guns.
By Tommy Christopher - May 20, 2018‘When it comes to consoling or helping, or even reaching out to victims, or people who are assisting victims, he has nothing to say.’
By Eric Boehlert - May 09, 2018Florida Republican Rep. Ron DeSantis defended his party for inviting convicted felon Dinesh D’Souza to a summit, even after D’Souza attacked the survivors of the Parkland shooting.
By Oliver Willis - May 08, 2018Trump is fine with forcing people to lay down their guns when it’s about his safety.
By Eric Boehlert - May 01, 2018