Families of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting are making good on their promise to keep the issue of gun control alive even after the failure of new legislation in Congress.
The Arizona Republican senator told her, in a handwritten letter, that "strengthening background checks is something we agree on." A few days later, background checks was not something they could agree on, because he voted to filibuster the bill.
Thursday's episode, which creator Ryan Murphy calls "the most powerful emotional Glee ever," is "pretty intense" and, according to the Newtown Bee, it's also "a little soon for the subject to be covered by a show with such a young fan base."
Opponents criticize Wednesday's background check compromise, suggesting it wouldn't have prevented several high profile mass shootings. Indeed, of the 30 incidents since 2003 that we looked at, the new deal would quite possibly only have stopped one.
The spectrum of political responses to gun violence is neatly defined by two policy measures that advanced over the last 24 hours: new gun registration, permits and paperwork in Connecticut and in a Georgia small town mandatory ownership. That these are the poles, though, suggests that opponents of new gun laws have already largely won.
On Thursday, President Obama gave a gun control speech and Mayor Bloomberg's group released new gun control ads, all while the NRA runs offensive ads about the president's daughters and rambles about how Bloomberg "can't buy America." That's true. It's much more cost-effective to buy Congress.
New police documents were released today from the ongoing investigation into the Sandy Hook school shooting, including search records that reveal shooter Adam Lanza had amassed a gigantic home arsenal. Here's what they found.
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New York Daily News sports columnist Mike Lupica's one-source "exclusive" blaming the Sandy Hook Elementary massacre on video games and Lanza's seven-foot-long spreadsheet of death paints an unsubstantiated portrait just when the mental-health community and Congress are seeking answers on Lanza, video games, and truth in the face of NRA talking points.
Gun groups have increased a push for teachers to be armed across the country since just after the shootings, but South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard has signed the first law to allow teachers to carry guns in school since December.
Frontline finally aired the findings of its weeks-long investigation into Sandy Hook shooter Adam Lanza, his mother, and his mental health on Tuesday night. Answers were not among the findings.
That's an average of 28 deaths per day, and it's probably a lot more than that.
When President Obama delivers his address, he'll speak to a chamber attended by more than 20 Americans affected by gun violence. But one Sandy Hook widower won't be there.
In the wake of the school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, tributes flooded the community to the extent that the town is now "emotionally overtaxed" with donations and letters of grief, solidarity, and sorrow — not least of all because of a digital outpouring of emotion.
As the issue of gun control has flooded Washington since the Sandy Hook shooting, a lot of people have been wondering if lawmakers were actually serious about addressing mental health as well.
After cries both emotional and exploitative from the Super Bowl pre-game show, the debate continued with news that a group of students will perform during this weekend's Grammy Awards — definitely with Ryan Seacrest involved and maybe Carly Rae Jepsen.
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The group may have put itself back on its lobbying heels, because they introduced a new app for the iPhone and iPad last night — complete with virtual assault rifles — which the NRA's mobile developers (and Apple) say is appropriate for children ages four and up.
The local superintendent explained that students across town have not been going outside because of "anxiety."
The National Rifle Association will promise to offer "meaningful contributions" to the gun control debate after the Newtown first-grader massacre. That contribution has turned out to be a series of cliches which the NRA will offer Vice President Joe Biden Thursday in its meeting with his gun commission.
In his first post-Newtown State of the State address Wednesday, Connecticut Gov. Dan Malloy said Washington's delays on national gun legislation were "unacceptable" and rejected the NRA's proposal to put a gun in every American school.
We're sure R. Kelly meant well. But his new tribute song for the children of Newtown, Connecticut... well, it just can't help but bring back all kinds of icky memories about his history with minors.
If even the cops can realize gun shows near Newtown are a bad idea right now, why are people still holding them there? Or anywhere, for that matter.
Stories of "excited" students, "good" attendance, and therapy dogs are emerging from the refurbished school where Sandy Hook Elementary students attended class Thursday for the first time since 20 of their fellow students and six adults who worked at the school were killed.
The students of Sandy Hook Elementary returned to school Thursday morning, and someone at one of the most prominent nearby newspapers let an advertisement for a local gun show slip by... on the same page as an article about that.
Jeff Flake has become the first GOP Senator to break ranks publicly with the NRA's plan to put armed guards in every school in America. And with Congress set to take up new gun legislation any day now, that could end up being a very big deal.
The apparent post-Newtown craze for gun-rights activists to transform teachers into gun-class students has arrived, despite the fact that no armed civilian has killed a mass shooter in the past three decades. Here's evidence from around the country.
Federal authorities have arrested Nouel Alba, who they allege posed as an aunt of one of the 20 first-graders killed in the Newtown shootings, claimed to have identified his body, and proceeded to collect and solicit money over Facebook.
In a rare and now controversial investigation, scientists have been asked by Connecticut's medical examiner to study the Sandy Hook shooter's DNA for clues about his violent behavior — but the genetics community doesn't think that's such a good idea.
They are news stories and they are the people behind them, they are photos and videos and GIFs. They are, quite simply and in chronological order, the good things.
The correlation between gun violence and violent shooter games is dubious, but there are some very real links between the two industries, with gun-makers using these virtual worlds to advertise their products.
Now a week removed from the tragedy in Newtown, more funerals were held in honor of the victims today. Here we bring you some of the words and memories coming from those gatherings.
Almost line-by-line, what the NRA chief said at his press conference Friday was posted all over Facebook by anonymous gun lovers since the Newtown shootings. Just look how closely they match up.
Perhaps the most talked-about moment from the NRA's already eventful press conference came when Wayne LaPierre called out the "corrupting shadow industry" of video games — then cited 10 year old titles like they were good evidence.
The National Rifle Association broke its post-Newtown massacre silence Friday with a riveting, unflinching press conference in which the NRA Executive Vice President outlined a program to place "armed police officers in every single school in the nation."
To commemorate the week that has passed since the Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting, social-media influencers and major organizations attempted — emphasis on attempted — to pause for a virtual moment of silence Friday morning.
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As the week goes on and more of the victims of the Newtown shooting are laid to rest we continue to collect the memories being shared.
There was one piece of legislation introduced on the Senate floor yesterday in response to the Newtown shootings. It came ahead of any of the legislation from Sen. Dianne Feinstein or Vice President Biden's new commission. It was about video games. Why?
After Newtown, public figures have called not just for more gun control but to find a way to stop glamorizing violence. But some of the most prominent, most serious public figures in America — national politicians — have been glamorizing guns for decades.
Membership is up, they tell us. People are giving more than usual, they say. We'll be back on Friday, they promised. But what's the truth about America's most powerful interest group after the massacre in Newtown?
People who type words for a living don't want to feel like a helpless and doomed target. A better way to avoid that feeling in real life, instead of an op-ed writer's fantasy, is to keep really powerful weapons out of the hands of really crazy people.
Obama was right. On the same day the president said at a press conference that a "majority of Americans support banning the sale of military-style assault weapons" and "high-capacity ammunition clips" a new CNN/ORC International poll finds just that.
The latest info from the investigation in Connecticut indicates that Nancy Lanza may have left her son alone at home before the shootings, and begins to paint a clearer picture of Adam Lanza himself.
You would think, after a 20-year-old with legal guns killed 20 first-graders, that the National Rifle Association wouldn't be doing too well — what with the initial outcry over its silence and the ensuing outcry over the gun lobby's brief statement late Tuesday. But you would be wrong.
In the instant aftermath of the Newtown shooting last Friday, reporters worked to confirm details, investigators looked to investigate leads, misinformation was spread, and conspiracy theories were hatched, but what was happening on Wikipedia?
Once again we plan to post what we can from the funeral services for Newtown's victims. This morning Daniel Barden, 7, and teacher Victoria Soto, 27, were remembered.
President Obama's highly anticipated press conference — in which he offered his strongest remarks about new gun legislation since the Newtown shootings, and officially announced a commission to be led by Vice President Biden — wasn't very interesting to the White House press pool. They wanted to talk about the fiscal cliff. Here's an anatomy of the insiders' priority shift.
It may be difficult to look at this many firearms at once after the Newtown shooting, but just think about it: They were all returned, in what's being called an instant gun-buyback boom, and in one of the most dangerous places in America.
Michael Bloomberg on gun control, Matt Miller on gun buyback programs, Lydia DePillis on Instagram, Chris McDermott on the Keystone XL pipeline, and Scott A. Snyder on South Korea's first female president.
President Obama will not call for any "specific measures" on gun policy at a joint announcement with Joe Biden at the White House today, but the president will reportedly task the VP with leading an administration-wide review.
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