Bucking the National Rifle Association, the House of Representatives voted by an overwhelming margin Thursday to reauthorize an expanded version of the Violence Against Women Act — including provisions to disarm domestic abusers and stalkers. The vote total was 263-158, with nearly three dozen Republicans backing the measure.
In recent days, the NRA announced its intention to block this version of Vawa, with the gun lobby vowing to lower its letter grades for politicians who voted for the bill and its expanded gun-safety provisions.
“It is a shame that some in...
In recent days, the NRA announced its intention to block this version of Vawa, with the gun lobby vowing to lower its letter grades for politicians who voted for the bill and its expanded gun-safety provisions.
“It is a shame that some in...
- 4/4/2019
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
An email exchange between an NRA official and a man who has called the Sandy Hook massacre “the biggest government illusion that’s ever been pulled off” is raising questions about whether the gun lobby encourages conspiracy theorists.
The emails — sent in the immediate aftermath of the 2018 school massacre in Parkland, Florida — surfaced during the discovery process from litigation by Sandy Hook parents against the InfoWars host Alex Jones, and have been published exclusively by HuffPost.
The official in question, Mark Richardson, is identified in NRA documents as a Training Counselor Program Coordinator.
The emails — sent in the immediate aftermath of the 2018 school massacre in Parkland, Florida — surfaced during the discovery process from litigation by Sandy Hook parents against the InfoWars host Alex Jones, and have been published exclusively by HuffPost.
The official in question, Mark Richardson, is identified in NRA documents as a Training Counselor Program Coordinator.
- 3/28/2019
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
The National Rifle Association is preparing to punish lawmakers for voting to protect women from their stalkers and domestic abusers. The gun lobby announced this week that it will dock its grades for politicians who vote to renew the Violence Against Women Act. The legislation, first passed in 1994, is up for reauthorization this session — augmented by a provision that could give law enforcement officials the power to confiscate guns from men who hurt or menace women.
NRA spokesperson Jennifer Baker told the National Journal that this “red-flag” provision — intended to...
NRA spokesperson Jennifer Baker told the National Journal that this “red-flag” provision — intended to...
- 3/27/2019
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
More than a year after the Las Vegas massacre — the deadliest modern mass shooting in America — the Trump administration is using existing law to ban bump stocks, attachments that turn semi-automatic rifles into automatic weapons. The updated rule by the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives (Atf) “clarifies that bump-stock-type devices are machineguns,” which have been outlawed for decades.
Firing from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay hotel on the Las Vegas strip, Stephen Paddock affixed bump stocks to his rifles for his attack on the Route 91 Harvest...
Firing from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay hotel on the Las Vegas strip, Stephen Paddock affixed bump stocks to his rifles for his attack on the Route 91 Harvest...
- 12/19/2018
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
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