Tag Archives: Gun Violence

Ariana Figueroa, Georgia Recorder Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats this week discussed how to treat gun violence as a public health crisis, in hopes of building upon last year’s federal gun safety legislation. “Across the country, gun violence is a public health epidemic,” Illinois Democrat Dick Durbin, the chairman of the …

President Biden is set to announce the creation of a new office for gun violence prevention, marking an escalated effort by his administration to address the issue as legislative progress on gun control remains stalled in Congress. The announcement is expected to be made Friday at an event in the …

by Ariana Figueroa, Nebraska Examiner The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday examined the public health effect that gun violence has on children.  “Guns are killing our kids at a devastating rate,” Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., chair of the committee, said in his opening statement. The hearing followed the May …

By Joshua Fechter and Sewell Chan, The Texas Tribune FORT WORTH — Standing outside of the Tarrant County Courthouse on Saturday in 100-degree heat, a pair of mothers compared notes on whether to add a new item to their children’s school supply lists next year: bulletproof backpacks. Elizabeth Brown, a …

President Joe Biden outlined his administration’s national crime prevention strategy Wednesday after meeting with local leaders on the issue, in remarks that focused on targeting gun violence and new resources for community policing across the country. The Biden administration is responding to a rise in violent crime throughout the United …

President Joe Biden has proposed funding infrastructure, free pre-K, and community college in his $6 trillion budget for next year paid for by raising taxes on the wealthy. Biden’s American Jobs Plan to rescue the economy from the COVID-19 pandemic and “build it back better,” creating millions of jobs by …

A prosecutor is seeking hate crime charges and the death penalty for the Atlanta, Georgia spa shooter that killed eight people in March. Robert Aaron Long was indicted on four counts of murder, four counts of felony murder, five counts of assault with a deadly weapon, four counts of possession …

Cardi B shut down Representative Glenn Grothman for his comments about her Grammy Performance. On Thursday, the lawmaker went on the House floor and described the complaints he received after Cardi B’s “WAP” performance at the Grammy’s. “Wake up, [Federal Communications Commission] FCC and begin to do your job. The …

Attorney General Merrick Garland canceled a Trump-era memo that limited the use of consent decrees. “This memorandum makes clear that the Department will use all appropriate legal authorities to safeguard civil rights and protect the environment, consistent with longstanding Departmental practice and informed by the expertise of the Department’s career …

President Joe Biden announced new measures to fight the country’s growing gun violence. The President aims to change federal policy for ghost guns and responses to urban gun violence. “Gun violence in this country is an epidemic, and it’s an international embarrassment,” the President said. People question whether the President’s …

President Joe Biden’s $2 trillion infrastructure initiative, the “American Jobs Plan,” includes a $5 billion investment towards community-based violence prevention programs. “The crisis on gun violence has destroyed Black and Brown communities for decades. Our pain, our trauma and our lives have been lost for too long without action,” the Community …

Representatives Mike Thompson, Joe Neguse, Val Demings, and Ed Perlmutter wrote a letter to President Joe Biden asking him to take executive action to regulate concealable assault-style weapons under the National Firearms Act. “Concealable assault-style firearms that fire rifle rounds pose an unreasonable threat to our communities and should be …