All posts tagged "Gun"

A conservative influencer invited to the White House press briefing by Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt argued that mass shootings were not "a gun thing."

During Thursday's White House briefing, Leavitt said she had invited YouTuber Brandon Tatum to ask the first question of the day.

Tatum used his first question to address Wednesday's mass shooting in Minneapolis that left two children dead. ...

After his hush money conviction the New York Police Department is quietly moving to strip former President Donald Trump's gun packing license.

CNN's Chief Law Enforcement and Intelligence Analyst John Miller reported that a senior NYPD official confirmed the formal disarming move.

"When he was convicted of those charges he became a convicted felon under New York state law, but also under federal law that says, if you're a convicted felon, you cannot be in possession of firearms or even ammunition," he said during a Wednesday appearance on CNN's "The Lead" with Jake Tapper. ...

Republicans are struggling to control their guns in Colorado's State Capitol.

"Beyond philosophical objections, they cannot actually seem to keep control of their guns," according to Colorado journalist Kyle Clark's tweet.

He highlighted the most recent Second Amendment blunder by Colorado State Rep. Don Wilson who admitted he left behind a loaded 9 mm Glock pistol inside of a bathroom on Tuesday at around 9 p.m. — two hours after the Capitol had closed off to the public. ...

In the wake of outrage over flashing his gun to a group of high school students, Indiana GOP Rep. Jim Lucas is facing growing calls for him to issue an apology. But according to Lucas, the problem is with the students, The Statehouse File reported.

Lucas was captured on video opening his suit jacket and flashing a holstered pistol to students visiting the Statehouse in Indianapolis to voice their concerns about guns violence.

"I'm carrying one right now," Lucas said before flashing the gun. ...

An Indiana state lawmaker was captured on video opening his suit jacket and flashing a holstered pistol to shaken students who were on a visit to the Statehouse in Indianapolis to voice their concerns about guns and school shootings, according to The Statehouse File.

"I'm carrying one right now," Republican state Rep. Jim Lucas said, as he opened the right side of his jacket to show the weapon on his person.

"See, nothing about that makes me feel safe," a student behind the camera replied. Nothing about carrying a gun makes me feel safe. It makes me feel threatened."...

As writer E. Jean Carroll's civil defamation trial against former President Donald Trump continued in the courtroom on Wednesday, Judge Lewis Kaplan warned Trump attorney Alina Habba off her attempted line of questioning about Carroll's firearm ownership, reported Inner City Press' Matthew Russell Lee — one of many questions apparently intended to undermine Carroll's character to the jury.

"You have a gun," said Habba. "Do you have a license?" Carroll replied that she did not.

"Are you aware that you have to have a license—" Habba began....