Guns

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones ranted on Thursday that Sandy Hook families and their attorneys "could put a gun" to his head and he "wouldn't back down one inch."

Jones has been ordered to pay nearly $1 billion in damages to the families after being sued for defamation because he claimed that the Sandy Hook massacre was a hoax.

The rapper Takeoff, a member of the Grammy-nominated hip hop trio Migos, was fatally shot at a bowling alley in Houston, Texas on Tuesday, according to entertainment outlet TMZ. He was 28 years old.

Born Kirshnik Khari Ball, he was playing dice with fellow Migos member Quavo at around 2:30 am, TMZ said. Houston police said they reported to a shooting overnight and one person was dead at the scene, but would not confirm the victim's identity until the family had been notified.

During an appearance on MSNBC on Sunday morning, Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) drew a direct line between the rise of Donald Trump in the Republican Party to the attack on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband by a right-wing extremist on Friday morning that shocked the country.

He then predicted at least one lawmaker will likely be shot and possibly killed in the near future. Maybe more.

The Uvalde school board approved the terms of Superintendent Hal Harrell’s retirement Wednesday, but did not disclose any details of his exit as leader of a school district still reeling from the worst school shooting in Texas history.

When voting on the retirement terms, trustees referred to discussions that happened behind closed doors during an executive session that lasted hours. Trustees then quickly announced that Gary Patterson would be the interim superintendent. But trustees did not say when Harrell’s departure would take effect or when Patterson would begin as his interim replacement.

Sparks flew during Georgia's U.S. Senate debate when former football star Herschel Walker was asked whether he would support gun safety legislation.

Walker said he would not support any bill that impacted the Second Amendment and then lashed out at Sen. Raphael Warnock for calling law enforcement names.

During an appearance on MSNBC on Friday morning, the mother of a hero teacher who was shot and killed by Nikolas Cruz in the mass shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida in 2018, went on a tirade at the jury which refused to recommend the death penalty after a three-month trial.

Linda Beigle-Schulman's son Scott was a geography teacher and cross-country coach at the school who lost his life after unlocking a door and hiding students whose names would likely would have been added to the 17 who were murdered and 17 who were injured in the shooting.

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones reacted with cheers and fist-pumps on Wednesday as a jury ordered him to pay nearly $1 billion to Sandy Hook families.

As the verdict against him was read in a Connecticut courtroom, Jones appeared to celebrate each time the court reporter announced a larger dollar amount.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) suggested recently that hogs must be shot to death from helicopters because of "Democrat policies."

During a Trump rally over the weekend, Greene told conservative outlet Gateway Pundit that she is holding a sweepstake to allow one person to go helicopter hog hunting with her.

Norm Pattis, an attorney for Alex Jones, was admonished by Judge Barbara N. Bellis on Thursday after he smeared the character of opposing counsel.

During his closing remarks, Pattis complained that he was being maligned because of his representation of Jones.

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones threatened on Tuesday to back out of testifying in a defamation case brought against him by parents of children killed in the Sandy Hook shooting.

During the third week of the Connecticut trial, Jones held a press conference outside the courthouse.

Appearing on MSNBC early Sunday morning, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) poured cold water on Republican attempts to lessen the severity of the Jan 6 insurrection by using the 2nd Amendment as a shield.

Expanding upon an op-ed he wrote for the New York Times, where he stated, "Some champions of this insurrectionist theory of the Second Amendment seem to glorify violence against public officials. Two weeks before the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection overran the U.S. Capitol, Representative Lauren Boebert declared that the Second Amendment 'has nothing to do with hunting, unless you’re talking about hunting tyrants, maybe,'" before adding, "Statements such as these were irresponsible enough before Jan. 6. Today, such talk courts disaster."