A bipartisan group of lawmakers continued negotiations on gun control Tuesday over Zoom. The group discussed how to best respond to the recent string of deadly mass shootings. Lawmakers say the talks could yield a new set of federal gun laws.
President Joe Biden said Monday that the “Second Amendment was never absolute” and that, after the Texas elementary school shooting, there may be some bipartisan support to tighten restrictions on the kind of high-powered weapons used by the gunman.
As President Joe Biden and the first lady prepare to head to Uvalde, Texas in the wake of this week’s school shooting that left 21 dead, the conversation on Capitol Hill over gun laws is being hotly debated. Republicans are pushing back on Democrats’ calls for tighter gun legislation, and are pointing to mental illness as the main issue. Some psychiatrists say that argument is unfounded and even harmful.
Thursday, President Joe Biden is unveiling the first part of his plan for gun control, with six executive actions in the works.
One member of local law enforcement is weighing in on renewed calls for further action on gun control. Kershaw County Sheriff Lee Boan released a statement on his Facebook page.
(AP) (ABC News) — President Obama participated in a town hall meeting tonight at George Mason University in an attempt to explain a new wave of executive actions his administration is taking to curb gun violence. During the forum he was confronted by a rape survivor who said that the president’s actions were making it harder for her to keep her…
The Response to President Obama’s Executive Actions on Guns (Jake Danna Stevens/The Times & Tribune /AP Photo) (ABC News) — As President Obama pushes for stronger gun control measures in the United States, FBI data shows that gun background checks have soared in recent years. FBI background checks, which are often used as an indicator of sales trends, hit a…
(ABC News) — President Obama plans to announce executive actions he will take on gun control on Tuesday, a source told ABC News. Obama had announced during his weekly address Friday that he planned to discuss gun control options with Attorney General Loretta Lynch after he returned from his Hawaiian vacation, which ended today. “A few months ago, I directed…
