Trump, Cruz Headlining the NRA’s Texas Conference This Weekend. For the Gun Lobby, It’s Déjà-Vu.
Michael Conroy/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.On Tuesday, an 18-year-old gunman killed 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. The massacre, inflicted on a group all huddled in one classroom, is now the country’s second-deadliest…
How John Lennon’s Murder Led to Preventing Mass Shootings
A week after the 1980 murder of John Lennon, a photo of him on display in front of his New York City home.Carlos Rene Perez/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.Editor’s note: This article is adapted from Mark Follman’s new book,…
Violent Far-Right Extremism Is Fueling Mass Shootings in America
An investigator works at the scene of the Buffalo mass shooting.Matt Rourke/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.The massacre at a Buffalo supermarket on Saturday that left 10 people dead and three others injured was the latest in a repugnant trend…
Days After the Michigan School Shooting, a GOP Lawmaker Posted a Gun-Filled Family Photo
GOP Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) waves around a tiny handgun at a 2020 pro-gun rally.Bryan Woolston/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.On Saturday, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) posted a holiday-themed family photo to his Twitter account. The image featured a decorated Christmas…
“Rinse and Repeat”: Gavin Newsom Laments America’s Mass Shooting Epidemic
Women leave a gathering area for rail yard workers and family members after a gunman killed eight people at a union meeting.Noah Berger/AP Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.In a press conference responding to the shooting…
“Only a Matter of Time”: Weary Coloradans Mourn Another Mass Shooting in Their State
Abigail Weinberg Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.The day after a gunman killed 10 people, including a police officer, at a King Soopers supermarket in Boulder, Colorado, Paige Murray, a mourner at a makeshift vigil at…