Poor old Joe. We knock him around a lot for his advancing physical and mental infirmities. But when you get him going on a topic he really cares about — like rolling back Americans’ gun rights — it puts an extra little spring in his step. The fact that he referred to the Bureau of … Read more
Well, you knew it was coming. The BidenHarris White House has let their stenographers in the press know that they’ll announce executive actions on gun control tomorrow. Executive action is coming. Based on reports, it is expected that President Biden will focus on so-called “ghost guns,” but that might not be all. #guncontrol #executiveorder https://t.co/yOHdmUtuah … Read more
We hate to ruin your weekend with news of fecklessness (and probably too many naps) at the White House, but America’s newspaper of record is deeply concerned about what’s happening there. Or, more accurately, what’s not happening. From The New York Times . . . “Six years ago, it was guns. Five years ago, it … Read more
Yet another prominent national politician — this time Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer — has displayed once again, for all to see, just how little the people who make the laws in this country know about the aspects of daily life they want to regulate. In this case, Schumer is pretending to be deeply concerned … Read more
It’s difficult to overstate the power of the media’s ability to manufacture consensus on issues like gun control. A recent study in the Journal of Interpersonal Violence found that the “perpetuation of potentially inaccurate stereotypes not only misguides future research on [mass shootings], but also shapes the social construction of mass murder.” In other words, statistically rare … Read more
Biden has a lengthy history of dealing with gun legislation, though his most recent effort ended in notable failure. After Newtown, Conn., Obama asked him to push through what he had hoped would be the biggest firearms restrictions in decades. But after months of meetings and limited executive actions, a bill to require expanded background … Read more
“What is your timetable for action on what the president calls common sense measures?” a reporter asked [White House Press Secretary Jen] Psaki. “And what’s the realistic hope that you have this will pass both houses?” “Well, we haven’t proposed a package at this point,” Psaki responded. “So it’s hard for me to make a … Read more
By Larry Keane President-elect Joe Biden had a rare moment of clarity when it comes to gun control. He’s got a really big obstacle, called the Constitution. The president-elect spoke with civil rights leaders in a virtual meeting. An unknown individual recorded the session and the media got a hold of it. What President-elect Biden … Read more
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