Gun Control Advocates Have a Majority in Congress. Here’s How They Plan to Use It.
Gun safety activist Lucy McBath, who was elected to Congress this week in Georgia’s 6th district, lost her son Jordan Davis in a 2012 shooting.Iris Schneider/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Gun control advocates are planning an aggressive legislative strategy when Congress reconvenes in January. Working closely with key lawmakers,…
Parent of California Shooting Victim: “I Want Gun Control”
Jason Coffman, right, talks to the media about his son, Cody Coffman, who died in the shooting, and holds onto his father-in-law, Mike Johnston, in Thousand Oaks, California. Jonathan J. Cooper/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Wednesday night, a gunman entered a country music bar in Thousand Oaks, California,…
Days After Bomb Attacks, NRA Doubles Down on Demonization of Soros, Steyer, Bloomberg
NRA executive vice president Wayne LaPierre speaks at the NRA-Institute for Legislative Action Leadership Forum in Dallas on May 4, 2018.Sue Ogrocki/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Less than a week after a MAGA fanatic mailed pipe bombs to critics of President Donald Trump, the National Rifle Association intensified its…
Pittsburgh Mourns its Jewish Mass Shooting Victims—and Rejects Trump’s Visit
Anti-Trump demonstrators march during the president’s visit.Clint Hendler/Mother Jones Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. As President Trump came to Pittsburgh on Tuesday afternoon, thousands of residents marched in protest through Squirrel Hill, the historically Jewish neighborhood that is home to Tree of Life, the synagogue where 11 congregants were murdered…
FedEx Just Ended Its NRA Discount
A member of gun control group Gays Against Guns demands FedEx, Hertz, and Wyndham end discounts for NRA members at a protest in 2016.Erik Mcgregor/Pacific Press via ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Days after a mass shooting at at Pittsburgh synagogue left 11 people dead, FedEx announced it…
Pittsburgh Shooter Used the Same Deadly Weapon That Led to Mass Murders in Parkland and Las Vegas
A memorial vigil in Pittsburgh Saturday night for the victims of the shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue.Gene J. Puskar/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. At a press conference Sunday morning, federal officials announced new details about the deadly shooting at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life Synagogue Saturday morning. They…