My Nhan, 65, immigrated to the United States from Vietnam in the 1980s, and made her home in California’s San Gabriel Valley, in a community called Rosemead. Her niece, Fonda Quan, said she was ready “to start the year fresh,” and celebrate with her friends, according to the CBC. She never got the chance. Nhan […]
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U.S. appeals court blocks ban on rapid-fire ‘bump stocks’
The devices enable a shooter to rapidly fire multiple rounds from a semi-automatic weapon after the initial trigger pull.
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Posted inNation & World, New England, News
10 years ago, 26 Sandy Hook families received unthinkable news
The massacre at a Connecticut elementary school changed the national conversation on school safety and gun control.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: When police chiefs dial 911, law-and-order representatives need to answer
It is time for our new congressional leaders to make history by bringing a new era of unity to our tired old partisan gun politics.
Posted inNation & World, News, Uncategorized
Emboldened Biden, Dems push ban on so-called assault weapons
When Biden and other lawmakers talk about “assault weapons,” they are using an inexact term to describe a group of high-powered guns or semi-automatic long rifles, like an AR-15, that can fire 30 rounds fast without reloading.
Posted inNation & World
How Beto O’Rourke has evolved since saying ‘Hell, yes,’ he’d take your AR-15
The comment came about a month after the mass shooting that killed 23 people and injured dozens more in El Paso.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Republican attorneys general push Visa, Mastercard, AmEx not to track gun sales
Gun control advocates have argued that separately categorizing store sales could potentially flag a surge of suspicious sales activity to safety officials.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Though well-intentioned, gun buyback programs miss the mark
It’s been shown that the programs – funded by, yes, taxpayer dollars – don’t get firearms out of the hands of criminals.
Posted inNation & World, News
New York to restrict gun carrying after Supreme Court ruling
New York City will begin posting signs proclaiming the iconic tourist destination Times Square as a ‘Gun Free Zone.’
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
Canada to ban the import of handguns, official says
The move comes after the government introduced a bill in May that would implement a ‘national freeze’ on buying, importing, selling and transferring handguns.