Arizona Republican Governor Jan Brewer has a signed a bill into law that prohibits the destruction of guns obtained through state buy-back programs. Under this new bill, effective this summer, it will be against the law for Arizona cities, towns and law enforcement agencies to destroy any firearms the receive through voluntary programs or any […]
Heather Whaley, a member of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, has been calling Senators who voted against background checks and writing about her experiences on her blog. On April 17, Whaley reacted to the Senate’s vote by writing on her personal blog: “Today we saw a disgraceful display of cowardice by our […]
Some of the nation’s best loved cartoonists are calling on Congress to not back down and take action to enact common sense gun laws that will prevent violence and save lives. How many more classrooms? How many more shopping malls? How many more movie theaters? How many more college campuses? The cartoonists who contributed to […]
Neil Heslin, Carlee Soto and Erica Lafferty, three family members of Newtown victims, appeared on CBS’ Face the Nation this weekend and said they won’t give up on gun control despite the Senate’s vote last week. Erica Lafferty, daughter of one of the Netwown, Mass., shooting victims, said that she was “honestly disgusted” by the senators who voted […]
A proposed amendment to extend gun background checks failed in the Senate on Wednesday in a 54-46 vote. The Morning Joe Panel – including Time’s Mark Halperin, former Gov. Howard Dean (D-VT), and the Huffington Post’s Sam Stein – discussed the vote yesterday with Morning Joe host, Joe Scarborough a former GOP legislator himself. The […]