Daily Archive for December 18th, 2012
NRA breaks silence, pledges ‘meaningful contributions’ to prevent further massacres
The National Rifle Association on Tuesday broke its silence over the Newtown, Conn., tragedy just enough to say it would offer “meaningful contributions” aimed at preventing another mass-shooting incident. Faced with a crescendo of calls for gun control in the wake of last week’s Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in which a gunman armed with […] …
Getting specific: Obama endorses a new assault weapons ban
By CHARLES J. LEWIS President Obama, joined by the entire congressional delegation from Connecticut, today endorsed a new federal ban on assault weapons in the wake of the Newtown school massacre where a 20-year-old man used an assault rifle to murder 20 children and six adults. Obama is “actively supportive” of efforts to reinstate an […] …
Will U.S. mayors be the real muscle to get tougher gun laws? (VIDEO)
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson are among a crowd of U.S. mayors now calling on President Obama and the Congress to back California U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein’s renewed efforts toward tougher gun laws in the wake of the Connecticut school massacre. The mayors, in conjunction with the U.S. Conference of Mayors, […] …
Game changer? Gun control backers think they have momentum in Washington.
By DAN FREEDMAN and RICK DUNHAM Advocates of stricter gun legislation, emboldened by a shift in public opinion following last week’s school shootings in Newtown, Conn., pushed Monday for a renewed assault weapons ban and other gun control measures that have failed to gain traction over the past decade. Three days after a gunman took […] …
As nationwide debate about gun control heats up, NRA goes silent (updated)
The National Rifle Associated, NRA, has stayed silent ever since the news of Friday’s events broke. …