In the aftermath of the Orlando terrorist attack, President Obama today called on Congress to reinstate the assault weapons ban as well as pass legislation to make it harder for suspected terrorists to obtain firearms.
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“This massacre is therefore a further reminder of how easy it is for someone to get their hands on a weapon”, said US President Barack Obama in his speech after the shooting.
In the above photo from a gun store (got to have the Stars and Stripes, because there’s nothing more American than the capacity to murder a lot of people in a short amount of time), you’ll see a rack of assault rifles for sale.
Grayson said he intends to introduce the bill after giving other lawmakers the opportunity to become original co-sponsors on the provision.
Assault weapons were banned once before, for a decade starting in 1994.
It was on the president’s schedule before the weekend’s massacre in Orlando, and the attack gave the meeting increased relevance and urgency.
The same questions apply on the state level, even in New Jersey, with some of the tightest gun controls in the nation that still aren’t almost restrictive enough.
“Early on, a company called Armalite manufactured this gun”.
While assault weapons equipped with high-capacity magazines are used in only a small percentage of crimes, holding down the size of magazines could save lives, Johns Hopkins’ researchers reported in 2012.
We wish that Florida’s leaders, like those in CT after the Sandy Hook Elementary School atrocity, would respond to the Orlando outrage by tightening up gun laws.
A ban wouldn’t even end mass shootings-but it would reduce the body count. The online editorial features a number of animations to show how average Americans are investors in the gun industry through their retirement plans, the power of semi-automatic weapons, etc. Whatever complex choices we must make, let’s at least know that the Constitution doesn’t prevent us from making them. As a country, too many have turned toward Donald Trump’s message of hate and pure stupidity – the special kind of stupid that saw the presumptive Republican presidential nominee taking to social media to talk about why he was right in preaching the need for a massive border wall.
We have been averaging two editorials a year to protest gun violence in the U.
“I think he would have used explosives like they did in Boston; I think he could have crashed his auto loaded with explosives into the building; I think he could have brought the gun from the black market”, said Rubio.
Mrs. Clinton also reacted on Monday to 29-year-old security guard Omar Mateen’s terrorist attack by drawing attention to gun laws. Their propaganda, videos, postings are pervasive and more easily accessible than we want.
Such gun-related restraining orders exist only in California and in, said Lindsay Nichols, a senior attorney with the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence.
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“If he hadn’t gotten them from us, he would have gotten them from other places”.
