Gun freak Lauren Boebert (R-CO) made a ridiculous remark about mass shootings, and got a swift education in gun facts. Read story here. But if she’s stupid, check out this Illinois candidate. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Gun Control’
How Texas plans to prevent more school shootings
“Gov. Greg Abbott said Wednesday that the Uvalde school shooter had a ‘mental health challenge’ and the state needed to ‘do a better job with mental health,'” NBC News reported on Monday, June 20, 2022. Then added, “— yet in April he slashed $211 million from t[...]
June 16th, 2022 - 1:07 am § in Law and Courts, Politics
Poll shows Uvalde is changing Texas voters’ minds
Was the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting the straw that broke the camel’s back? In Congress, it may finally stir GOP senators to end their blockade of even modest gun legislation. Meanwhile, the murder of 19 elementary students by an angry youth with an AR-15 appears to be causing a discernible [...]
June 9th, 2022 - 2:28 pm § in Politics
Nearly all House Republicans vote “no” on red-flag gun law
The House passed a bill today with almost no Republican votes “to nationalize red flag laws, which seek to keep guns away from individuals deemed a threat to themselves and others,” The Hill reported on Thursday, June 9, 2022 (read story here). This one seems like a no-brainer; 19 states[...]
June 7th, 2022 - 1:37 am § in Politics
Assault rifle age to stay 18
GOP Senate gun bill negotiators refuse to raise age limit on assault rifles. Read story here Related story: A post-Uvalde poll here says 44% of Republicans believe their “freedom” to own guns requires us to accept mass shootings as a part of daily life. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
June 6th, 2022 - 2:18 pm § in Politics
Representative democracy in Texas, mass shootings edition
In a representative democracy, you elect someone to represent you. Not in Texas. Following the 2019 mass shootings in El Paso and Santa Fe, and the 2022 school massacre in Uvalde, the GOP-controlled legislature has decided to study gun violence. The lieutenant governor, Dan Patrick, has appointed a [...]
June 5th, 2022 - 4:27 pm § in Misc.
Why do you need an AR-15?
You don’t. The AR-15 is a civilian version of the M-16 rifle lacking the selector switch to fire automatically (unless it’s been illegally modified with a readily-available kit) and a bayonet lug. I trained on both the M-14 and M-16 in basic, and was married to an M-16 for 13 months in V[...]
Remember when the NRA was for gun control?
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THE NRA SUPPORTED GUN CONTROL … when the Black Panthers wanted to exercise Second Amendment rights. Read story here. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
June 4th, 2022 - 11:03 pm § in Misc.
Crime blotter: Kids with guns
A 12-year-old boy armed with a handgun robbed a Michigan gas station on Wednesday, June 1, 2022. The boy pulled the gun from a backpack, pointed it at the clerk, and said, “Put the money in the bag.” When the clerk asked if he was serious, the boy pulled the trigger and fired a round [&h[...]
Ted Cruz on gun safety
You may want to have a barf bag handy for this one. But then, that’s pretty much true of anything involving Ted Cruz, who stood smiling on a debate stage while Donald Trump accused his father of complicity in JFK’s assassination, and fled to Mexico when the Texas power grid failed and so[...]