Last year’s Supreme Court decision in the Bruen case is “upending gun laws across the country,” Huffington Post says (see story here). That’s because the court changed the rules about how gun laws are reviewed for constitutionality, in a way that’s very bad for public s[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Gun Control’
How much are Republicans and the Supreme Court to blame for gun violence?
Well, for starters, America’s gun violence problem is unique. No other country experiences the mass shootings we do. So we’re doing something different from others that encourages it or at least makes it possible. How about lax gun laws? In May 2022, a CNN columnist wrote (here), “[...]
Prosecutors and judges go too easy on gun violations
There have been 67 mass shootings in the U.S. in the first 45 days of 2023. It’s obvious we’re not doing a good enough job of keeping guns away from people who shouldn’t have them. That’s because Republicans and the Supreme Court are blocking nearly all gun control efforts, l[...]
February 8th, 2023 - 5:10 pm § in Law and Courts
Face of a monster
On Saturday, August 3, 2019, Patrick Crusius, 21, killed 23 people and wounded 23 others at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas (see details here). The victims ranged from 2 to 82 years old. Crusius didn’t know any of them. Goaded by online haters, he “wanted to stop a Hispanic invasion of[...]
GOP judges rule wife-beaters are entitled to guns
“A federal law that prohibits people subject to domestic violence restraining orders from possessing firearms is unconstitutional,” a three-judge panel of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Thursday, February 2, 2023 (read story here). The Fifth Circuit, which is based in the De[...]
Baby with a gun? Lock his dad up!
Prosecutors should go to the mat with Shane Osborne, 45, of Beech Grove, Indiana, whose diaper-clad toddler was seen roaming the halls of an apartment building with a loaded gun and going “pow-pow-pow!” (photo, left). Osborne (photo, right) is an ex-felon who can’t have a gun. Stat[...]
How to take guns out of the wrong hands
The rest of the world thinks America’s gun policies are crazy. A majority of Americans think so, too. Guns are simply too accessible, and in the hands of people who plainly shouldn’t have them. We really don’t need examples; mass shootings, school shootings, and gun crimes speak fo[...]
January 6th, 2023 - 10:07 pm § in Politics, Republicans
6-year-old gunman shoots teacher
That’s not a typo. A six-year-old kid shot a teacher in a first grade classroom in Newport News, Virginia, on Friday, December 6, 2023 (read story here). The teacher, Abby Zwerner (photo, left), 25, was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries. She was shot in the chest. Police, who arreste[...]
January 1st, 2023 - 8:10 pm § in Misc.
Innocent travelers don’t stash guns in peanut butter jars
A passenger tried to sneak a gun through security at New York’s JFK airport by stashing its parts (and ammo) in peanut butter jars. He was caught (see story here). Neither the man, who is from Rhode Island, nor the airline, or his destination, were identified. All the story says is he could be[...]
November 30th, 2022 - 12:34 pm § in Law and Courts
Let’s crack down on illegal gun possession
People with criminal records, under restraining orders, or subjects of “red flag” laws can’t have guns. They do anyway. Let’s stop pussyfooting around, and insist prosecutors charge these violations and judges give stiff sentences to violators. For example, Jadan Maurice Dav[...]