#VP Kamala Harris demands assault-weapons ban

#VP Kamala Harris demands assault-weapons ban

“VP Kamala Harris demands assault-weapons ban” ​Vice President Kamala Harris has called for a ban on assault weapons after the horrific mass shootings at an elementary school in Texas and a supermarket in Buffalo, saying the weapons have “no place in a civil society. “On the issue of gun violence, I will say, as I’ve…

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#Letters to the Editor — May 27, 2022

#Letters to the Editor — May 27, 2022

“Letters to the Editor — May 27, 2022” The Issue: A shooting at a Texas elementary school that killed 19 young children and two adults. Yet another shooting at an elementary school (“Sandy Hook again,” May 25). We have all failed these poor children and their devastated families, again. But we, as a society, have…

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#US judge overturns California’s ban on assault weapons

#US judge overturns California’s ban on assault weapons

“#US judge overturns California’s ban on assault weapons” A federal judge on Friday overturned California’s long-standing assault weapons ban on constitutional grounds. US District Judge Roger Benitez of San Diego ruled that the 1989 ban on military-style rifles deprives state residents of their right to bear arms. “Under no level of heightened scrutiny can the…

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#Biden ATF pick David Chipman botches assault rifle definition at hearing

#Biden ATF pick David Chipman botches assault rifle definition at hearing

“#Biden ATF pick David Chipman botches assault rifle definition at hearing” President Biden’s choice to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) struggled under questioning from Republican senators at his confirmation hearing Wednesday, declining to identify which guns he would want banned as assault weapons. “You have called for an assault weapons…

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#Yes, the Boulder ‘pistol’ was a weapon of war

#Yes, the Boulder ‘pistol’ was a weapon of war

“#Yes, the Boulder ‘pistol’ was a weapon of war” Don’t let gun enthusiasts derail the national conversation after the Boulder mass murder with semantics: The firearm indeed counts as a “pistol,” but that hardly makes it any less a weapon of war. The body of the Ruger AR-556 is modeled after the AR-15 semiautomatic rifle,…

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