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...t the siege at Pulse, a popular gay bar and dance club, was quickly deemed an act of domestic terrorism. Police said that after a first round of gunshots at 2 a.m., the shooter took hostages for about three hours, until officers who went inside to rescue these people killed the gunman in a shootout. It was not immediately clear if the death toll included the gunman. Police had said&n… Continue Reading
... Christopher Hansen, who was inside the Pulse nightclub during the attack, said he dropped to the floor when he heard about 40 gunshots. People ran from the bar as police officers screamed for everyone to leave. "I just fell down and crawled out," said Hansen, 23. "I helped someone who was on the ground. I wasn't sure if he was… Continue Reading
...used?—?a Bushmaster semi-automatic assault rifle?—?had been stolen from a gun dealer in Tacoma, Washington, with a long history of having guns simply go missing from its inventory. Families of the victims brought lawsuits against both the dealer, for failing to oversee the sale of its weapons, and Bushmaster, for continuing to provide the guns to a negligent dealer. Afte… Continue Reading
... in court – fair rights and remedies restored by this measure,” said Sen. Blumenthal. “Alone among all industries, guns are protected by a near absolute wall of legal immunity that bars the courthouse doors to victims. Our proposal would unlock the courthouse doors – holding gun makers and dealers accountable, and giving them a strong incentive to make safer, s… Continue Reading
...ct the gun industry from frivolous lawsuits. One unintended consequence, Mr. Schiff said, was that so-called straw purchasers, or traffickers who buy guns and sell them to people who cannot pass a background check, have also ended up protected. (Mr. Sanders has said he is for closing this loophole.) “We lost a police officer in Burbank who was killed with a gun purchased b… Continue Reading
... students in the nation’s two largest school districts, promising that a violent plan already had been set in motion and raising the specter of guns and bombs inside numerous classrooms. New York City officials opted to open their public schools on time Tuesday, calling the message an amateurish hoax imitating a popular television series. But across the country in Los Angeles, Superint… Continue Reading
...ge of being weak on national security, are scrambling this week to push their own set of antiterrorism measures, including sanctions and ways to keep guns out of the hands of people on a terrorist watch list. The White House supports a measure to tighten a visa waiver program that passed the House with broad bipartisan support Tuesday. That measure is expected to be attached to … Continue Reading
...ive devices, Burguan said. In the attack on the party, Farook and Malik used two assault rifles and two semiautomatic handguns, all of which were purchased legally, according to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. As authorities continued to look into the backgrounds of the husband and wife responsible for America’s deadlies… Continue Reading
...sp; We get the same tired claims about the meaning of the right to bear arms under the 2nd Amendment, along with crackpot arguments that more guns will make us safer. And then we get another massacre. “We see the prevalence of these kind of mass shootings in this country, and I think so many Americans sometimes feel as if there’s nothin… Continue Reading
...s no excuse for inaction. The question is whether we can adopt policies and laws that substantially decrease the 30,000 Americans killed each year by guns, while respecting the rights of law abiding gun owners. I believe we can. Congress can begin by passing universal background checks, a policy supported by nearly 90% of the American people, including the vast majority of gun owners. This wou… Continue Reading