BIZARRE: 19 - What They Never Told You

Gun control takes 1 step forward in Congress, 2 steps back at SCOTUS

Gun-control advocates may have lost more at the court than they won in the Senate.

Axios · Jun 24, 2022

Gabby Giffords documentary comes as gun debates stay on center stage

The film on the former Arizona congresswoman and her recovery from the 2011 shooting explains how she navigated gun control campaigns and later a Senate campaign.

WEKU · Jun 24, 2022

States brace for fight over gun laws after high court ruling

Governors, lawmakers and attorneys general in states with strict gun-permitting laws are strategizing over how to shore up their restrictions after Thursday’s U.S. Supreme Court decision expanded gun rights in a New York case

The Independent UK · Jun 24, 2022

California leaders vow new gun restrictions after Supreme Court ruling threatens state law

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta on Thursday pledged to work with the governor and lawmakers to pass new gun control legislation “to keep Californians safe” in response to a Supreme Court ruling that weakens requirements to obtain a license to carry a concealed weapon in the state.

Los Angeles Times · Jun 23, 2022

Cruel timing for Biden as court’s gun ruling clouds breakthrough in Congress

President ‘deeply disappointed’ by justices’ decision as bipartisan bill to strengthen gun safety appears ready to pass

The Guardian - US · Jun 23, 2022

Seth Meyers on Trump’s inner circle: ‘These people are such bad scam artists’

Late-night hosts discuss Trump staffers’ evidence-less plan to overturn the election, and the bipartisan gun control bill set to pass Congress

The Guardian - US · Jun 23, 2022

Joe Biden: Supreme Court’s New York gun law change ‘should deeply trouble us all’

The President said the justices’ ruling ‘contradicts both common sense and the constitution’

Evening Standard · Jun 23, 2022

Red flag laws saved 7,300 Americans from gun deaths in 2020 alone – and could have saved 11,400 more

Lawmakers in Congress are poised to pass the first gun control legislation in three decades. Among the elements in that legislation is support for states to pass what are called “red flag laws.”

The Conversation · Jun 23, 2022

Carl P. Leubsdorf: Compromise is difficult to find

The prolonged negotiations among four senators that produced this week’s compromise on a modest gun control bill show how hard it is to reach bipartisan agreement on contentious issues in a time of sharply partisan politics.

Tribune News Service · Jun 23, 2022

The Bipartisan Senate Gun Control Bill Would Unjustly Deprive Americans of Their Second Amendment Rights

The legislation prohibits firearm sales based on juvenile records and subsidizes state laws that suspend gun rights without due process.

Reason · Jun 22, 2022