By J. Noble Daggett I am a congressional staffer for a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives. I live in my Congressman’s district, not D.C. As such I am on the front line of communicating with voters and constituents, relay their sentiments to my boss, the Congressman. I am also a gun owner who … Read more
Dr. Jeffrey W.Swanson is part of a small community of American academics — about two dozen in all — focused exclusively on studying gun violence and how to prevent it. Washington has often stood in their way; for 24 years, Congress effectively barred the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from funding their work. Federal … Read more
As we’ve been covering here at The Truth About Guns, there’s an effort afoot by a group of Senate Republicans to give Second Amendment opponents something they dearly want: more gun control laws (and a rare election year win). Not only did they apparently make no effort to get anything in return for their “compromise,” but … Read more
Murphy added: “The possibility of success is better than ever before. But I think the consequences of failure for our entire democracy are more significant than ever.” Florida, a Republican-controlled state, acted swiftly after the murders of 17 students and staff at Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school in February 2018, passing red flag laws and raising the … Read more
From NAGR: The National Association for Gun Rights sounded the alarm this week against gun control legislation introduced by Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) and Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA). The “Virginia Plan to Reduce Gun Violence Act of 2020” aims to federally enact a series of gun control laws recently imposed in the state of Virginia, … Read more
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