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Victim’s brother: Obama executive order ‘would have prevented Virginia Tech’
Appearing on Wednesday’s episode of “The Young Turks,” Omar Samaha, brother to one of the victims in the Virginia Tech massacre, said that he believes President Barack Obama’s executive orders strengthening background check databases for gun buyers “definitely would have prevented” the shooting spree that left 32 dead. Seung-Hui Cho,…
Recreational assault weapons fire riddles Ohio home, narrowly misses officer
Two men were arrested in Ohio on Wednesday after their target practice with an AK-47 assault rifle accidentally shot up a woman’s home and nearly hit a officer who was responding to reports of gunfire. Mary Kuruc told WEWS that her daughter discovered a bullet hole in the siding of…
Tucson shooting survivor heartened by Obama’s gun plan: ‘Now is the time’
Two years ago Patricia Maisch gained first-hand experience of America’s epidemic of gun violence. She was attending a street rally called by Tucson politician Gabby Giffords when shooting erupted, and she helped disarm the gunman by grabbing his second magazine thus preventing him from reloading. Unharmed in the incident that…
Rick Perry: ‘Pray for help’ rather than passing gun laws
Republican Gov. Rick Perry of Texas said Wednesday that Americans should become more devout rather than attempt to reduce gun violence through laws and regulations. After President Barack Obama announced his proposals to fight against gun violence in the United States, Perry released a statement that said none of the…
Assault weapons ban likely to die in GOP-dominated House
The assault weapons ban proposed by US President Barack Obama on Wednesday faces quicksand in Congress, where Republicans are in a position to defeat any such a measure. Instead, lawmakers in the House and Senate could address some of Obama’s other proposals, including a universal background check for all gun…
Professor James Tracy says he’s facing university probe over Newtown conspiracy
A tenured professor who controversially claimed the mass shooting in Newtown, Connecticut never happened is worried that he may now lose his job. Florida Atlantic University professor James Tracy told the university’s student newspaper that the university plans to have a meeting with him later this week regarding his conspiracy…
Rep. Steve Stockman backs off impeachment threat against Obama
Rep. Steve Stockman (R-TX) said Wednesday he did not think impeaching President Barack Obama would be necessary to protect the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. “Impeachment is not something to be taken lightly,” he said in a statement. “It is a grave and serious undertaking that should only be…
Obama presents bold gun control plan as NRA promises ‘fight of the century’
Barack Obama mounted the biggest challenge in two decades to America’s deeply ingrained gun culture on Wednesday, announcing a sweeping set of proposals to ban automatic weapons, limit magazines to 10 bullets, introduce universal background checks for all firearms buyers and increase scrutiny of mental health patients. At a carefully…
Piers Morgan blasts NRA ‘cowards’ for refusing interview
CNN host Piers Morgan continued to berate gun rights advocates on Wednesday, calling the NRA “cowards” on Twitter. “I’ve repeatedly asked the @NRA leaders to come on my show, and they’ve repeatedly refused. Cowards, the lot of them,” the former British tabloid editor tweeted. Morgan has been on a personal…
Mississippi gov. moves to make Obama’s gun control ‘illegal’
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant (R) on Wednesday sent a letter to Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves (R) and state Speaker of the House Philip Gunn (R) asking them to make President Barack Obama’s effort to control gun violence “illegal.” Bryant made his letter public by posting it on Facebook hours before…
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