Jarrod Ramos, the 38-year-old alleged shooter who killed five staff members of the Annapolis, MD newspaper the Capital Gazette on Thursday, is a glaring example of someone who should not have been able to legally purchase a gun.
Capital Gazette reporters Selene San Felice and Phil Davis, who were in the newsroom at the time of Thursday’s shooting which resulted in at least five deaths and several injuries, expressed their disgust tonight at being offered “thoughts and prayers,” which has become the meaningless platitude of choice for…
During a meeting last week with local pastors, Representative Diane Black, a Republican from Tennessee who’s running for governor, found an innovative new scapegoat for the United States’ gun violence epidemic: pornography.
Authorities on Thursday morning charged 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz with 17 counts of premeditated murder after he was identified as the gunman who carried out one of the deadliest school shootings in modern U.S. history on Wednesday.
President Donald Trump returned from his extended tour of Asia on Tuesday with some straightforward words of comfort for the small community of Sutherland Springs, TX:
Most gun owners in the United States cite “personal safety” as their number one reason for keeping a firearm. But the data suggests that having a gun around the house might not keep you safe at all. In fact, for just about every argument gun rights advocates give for why it’s smart to own a gun, there are studies to…
At least 59 people are dead and hundreds are injured after a Nevada man wielding an automatic weapon opened fire on an outdoor country music festival in Las Vegas from a top floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino on Sunday night. The massacre is now the deadliest mass shooting* in modern U.S. history.
