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Category: Gun Control
America is struggling through a season of death. At least 540,000 people have succumbed to COVID-19, and we have suffered two mass shootings in seven days. Last Tuesday, in a possible or likely hate crime, a white man, shot and killed eight people in the Atlanta area, six of them women of East Asian descent. On Monday, another 21-year-old man, reportedly a Syrian immigrant who had lived most of his life in the United States allegedly shot and killed at least 10 people at a King Soopers supermarket in Boulder, Colorado. One of the victims was a Boulder police officer. Those were not the only examples of large-scale gun carnage in America during that same seven-day period: There were also mass shootings in Houston, Dallas, Philadelphia, Stockton, California, and Gresham, Oregon.
Two mass shootings within a week: America’s gruesome “bingo card” total keeps growing | Salon.com
Australian gun lobby groups pumped more than $500,000 into helping minor rightwing parties win seats in last year’s Queensland state election as part of a growing push to weaken the nation’s strict firearm control laws.
Some of the biggest names in corporate America are coming under mounting pressure to cut ties with the National Rifle Association as gun safety activists on Friday intensified calls for a boycott in the wake of last week’s Florida high school massacre.
via ‘Bad business’: Apple, Google, Amazon pressured to cut ties with NRA
The exodus of corporate names, ranging from a major insurer to car rental brands and a household moving company, occurred after the NRA launched a counter-offensive against a student-led campaign for tighter US gun ownership laws.
At the same time, gun control activists are stepping up pressure on Amazon.com Inc and other online streaming platforms to drop the online video channel NRATV, featuring gun-friendly programming produced by the NRA.
via Corporate partners cut cord with NRA as gun control debate rages
And the kids got in the way of the bullets ot the gunman was a bad shot. (Old Dog)
US President Donald Trump has dismissed the idea of embracing Australia’s tough gun laws to stop the horrific mass shootings in American schools, preferring “strong” measures to give teachers the power to carry guns
In a policy contrast with Malcolm Turnbull, Mr Trump used a press conference with the Australian Prime Minister in the White House to advocate the “offensive capability” to take down mass shooters on school grounds.
via ‘Terrific relationship’: Trump and Turnbull meet on trade, military
You’ll note you don’t hear about mass shootings in Australia, Japan or for the most part the United Kingdom, or other civilized countries whose politicians have not been bought by 10 major gun manufacturers.
via 11,004 Gun Murders in US vs. 26 (equiv. 130) in England Annually | Informed Comment
Las Vegas is being described as the worst mass shooting in US history but so what? It is a news headline. Nobody, not for a second, imagines it will be the last.
Source: America’s freedom fundamentalism impervious to death
Accused airport gunman Esteban Santiago could face the death penalty for charges that he killed five people when he opened fire in a crowded Florida baggage claim terminal. Friday’s shooting came as Florida lawmakers were preparing to consider legislation to loosen prohibitions on firearms by eliminating some of the state’s “gun-free zones,” which currently include airport terminals. We go to Florida to speak with Thomas Gabor, author of “Confronting Gun Violence in America.” His new opinion piece for the Sun Sentinel is headlined “Expanding gun rights won’t save us from more mass shootings.” We also speak with New York Times reporter Richard Pérez-Peña, co-author of the article, “In Year Before Florida Shooting, Suspect’s Problems Multiplied.”
Source: Florida Prepares to Expand Gun Rights After Second Mass Shooting in Six Months | Democracy Now!
Guns have a place in US culture most non-Americans will never understand. This piece was recorded as the San Bernardino mass shooting was still on-going. This is Cenk Uygur’s response. It is not about freedom or rights, it is about the power of the NRA gun lobby, their multi-million dollar donations to fund politicial election…
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