Congress Won’t Be Able to Ban Assault Weapons Anytime Soon. Sen. Chris Murphy Has Another Idea.
Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., arrives for a news conference after the senate luncheons in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, June 14, 2022.Tom Williams/Congressional Quarterly via ZUMA Press Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.A shooter used an assault-style rifle and handgun to kill five people…
Blaming Larry Krasner for Gun Violence Does Not Make Statistical Sense
District Attorney Larry Krasner at a news conference in January Matt Rourke, File/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Republican lawmakers in Pennsylvania are trying to impeach Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner, a reformist prosecutor who built a national reputation for attempting to curb mass…
Four Years After the Tree of Life Massacre, Trump Continues to Stoke Anti-Immigrant Hate
After the shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue, muslims from Hydrabad place a memorial for one of the victims.Aaron Jackendoff/SOPA/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Four years ago today, a heavily armed man went into the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,…
Illinois Has a Strong Red Flag Law. The Highland Park Shooter Showed Warning Signs. What Happened?
FBI officials clear debris from Central Ave. in Highland Park, Illinois, after a mass shooting at the Fourth of July parade.Jacek Boczarski/Getty Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.Before opening fire at a Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, the 21-year-old…
My Daughter Ran. My Father Was Shot. I’ll Never Forget the Strangers Who Helped Us.
Youngrae Kim/AFP/Getty Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.For years, Allison Kamen has had a birthday tradition: the Fourth of July parade at her parents’ town of Highland Park, Illinois, followed by a barbecue and fireworks. This year was particularly special since…
The Bipartisan Gun Safety Bill Is Now Law
Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.President Joe Biden signed the first federal gun safety legislation in decades today, finally breaking a stalemate on the issue that has long persisted in Congress. “This time, when it seems impossible to get anything…