Guns

On Monday, WJHL reported that the city of Kingsport, Tennessee suffered two unrelated shootings near each other at the same time.

"KPD Public Information Officer Tom Patton said it was a coincidence that both shooting incidents took place around the same time and location along Virgil Avenue in the Lynn Garden community," reported Kaylyn Kluck. "At 9:50 p.m. Sunday night, KPD was called to the scene of a shooting near a church on Virgil Avenue. Upon arrival, they found all parties involved had left the scene. A police report says there was blood in the street near a shell casing and a hatchet."

An 11-year old boy was shot and killed by a 9-year old on Sunday. The two children, who are not related, were left alone in a car while a 32-year old woman went shopping at a Dallas, Texas Walmart.

The 11-year old was rushed to the hospital but died, according to The Dallas Morning News.

Brooklyn Center Police Chief Tim Gannon asserted on Monday that an officer who shot and killed 20-year-old Daunte Wright had done so accidentally.

At a press conference, Gannon presented video of the killing, noting that the officer had verbally indicated that a Taser would be deployed instead of a firearm.

Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott is facing criticism after responding to President Joe Biden's announcement Thursday that he is focusing on reducing gun violence by demanding Congress get to work and by signing six executive orders. Biden's Rose Garden address comes just weeks after two major mass shootings captivated the nation, one at an Atlanta spa that left eight people dead, another in Boulder that left ten people dead.

“Biden is threatening our 2nd Amendment rights," Gov. Abbott falsely claimed – a charge Biden refuted even before Abbott made it.

Calling gun violence an "epidemic" in America, a "blemish on our character as a nation," and "an international embarrassment," President Joe Biden on Thursday blasted Congress, declaring, "Enough prayers. Time for some action."

President Biden promised to use all his power to "keep the American people safe from gun violence," but he also placed blame and responsibility at Congress' feet.

President Joe Biden will reportedly take executive action on gun control this week as Republicans continue to bottle-up legislation in the U.S. Senate.

"President Joe Biden is expected to unveil a long-awaited package of executive actions to curb gun violence Thursday at the White House, according to four people familiar with the plan. The announcement comes nearly three months into Biden's term in office, a delay that had frustrated activists who wanted the president to fulfill a campaign pledge to take action on gun violence on his first day in office. That frustration only grew after a slate of mass shootings in Colorado, Georgia and California," Politico reported Monday.

On Thursday, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) tweeted a short video of himself firing an AR-15 style assault weapon.

"In 1994, there was an Assault Weapons Ban – the evidence indicates that there was really no change at all in crime, because the crooks are going to get a gun!" wrote Graham. "Today at @PalmettoArmory I fired one of the weapons they are trying to ban."

A gunman shot and killed four people including a 9-year old boy late Wednesday night, and the victims and suspect knew each other, Orange County, California police said Thursday.

The "preliminary motive" is "believed to be related to a business and personal relationship," police said at a news briefing, "which existed between the suspect and all of the victims."

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) is planning a photo op at a shooting range in South Carolina just days after he said that he owns an AR-15 assault-style rifle to shoot "gangs."

In an announcement on Wednesday, Graham said that he would visit the Palmetto State Armory in Greenville, where he will "show support for the Second Amendment and opposition to the proposed Assault Weapons Ban."

Democrats were again reminded on Monday that Republicans will continue to obstruct legislation until the filibuster is reformed.

"Sen. Mitt Romney on Monday indicated he will not support attempts to tighten federal gun laws in the wake of recent back-to-back mass shootings, although he's open to working with his colleagues on improving background check technology," The Salt Lake Tribune reported after the Republican met with the newspaper's editorial board.

Sen. Lindsey Graham's admission on Fox News that he owns an AR-15 to fight off hoards of "gangs" coming to his house after a natural disaster was greeted with rolled eyes and massive mockery on Sunday morning -- with one critic dismissing his boast by writing, "Only gang he will see are selling cookies."

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) insisted on Sunday that he needs an AR-15 assault-style rifle to prepare for "gangs" that might attack him following a natural disaster.

While interviewing Graham on Fox News Sunday, host Chris Wallace asked the senator about a push from Democrats to enact a new assault weapons ban following two recent mass shootings.

When an Iowa sporting goods store turned "heavily armed and agitated" Adam Vannoy over to the ATF after refusing to sell him an AR-style assault rifle -- and the feds arrested him -- it certainly qualified as a news story.

Vannoy, a Nebraskan, had said, "he was surprised his friends didn't suspect he was the Boulder mass shooter" and that he had 500 rounds of ammunition in his truck. So the Sportsman's Warehouse store in Ankney, Iowa did the right thing by calling the feds after rejecting Vannoy. You don't see that every day.