At today’s Senate hearing, gun advocate Gayle Trotter made the argument for assault weapons by noting that a “scary-looking gun” is particularly important for women. Watch.
The gist of the NRA argument about background checks is that because we’re not prosecuting everyone who tries to purchase a gun and fails a background check we should simply dispense with or not expand the background checks at all. So if we’re not prosecuting everyone who tries to purchase a gun we should stop preventing them from purchasing the gun. That’s completely crazy. Not to mention wildly disingenuous. Read More
Gun rights law Prof struggles to answer Sen. Durbin’s question about why we shouldn’t just let people own machine guns. Watch.
We’re monitoring reports out of Phoenix of a new workplace shooting. Local news reports describing a workplace shooting with multiple victims. Latest reports are of three wounded and no fatalities.
David Vitter says Macro Rubio is “amazingly naive” in his support for immigration reform.
Giffords’ husband Mark Kelly breaks news of yet another workplace shooting during Senate hearing on gun violence. Watch.
Menendez spokesperson responding to last night’s FBI raid: “Senator Menendez has traveled on Dr. Melgen’s plane on three occasions, all of which have been paid for and reported appropriately. Any allegations of engaging with prostitutes are manufactured by a politically motivated right-wing blog and are false.”
Alabama “survivalist” shoots school bus driver dead, takes 6 year old child hostage and heads to the personal bunker he’d constructed on his property. The standoff continues.
Gayle Trotter opposed renewal of the Violence Against Women Act before testifying today about how moms need “scary-looking guns” to defend themselves.