Tag: Mass Shootings
Deadliest Mass Shootings Are Mostly by People 21 or Younger
The 22-year-old college student who murdered six people in Santa Barbara, Calif., in 2014 offered one of the…
Beto O’Rourke Assails Governor Abbott Texas Over Texas Gun Laws
DALLAS — To loud cheers in a community gym on Wednesday evening, Beto O’Rourke, a former congressman from…
Canada Plans to Ban Handgun Sales and Possession of Assault Weapons
OTTAWA — Most owners of what Canada calls “military-style assault weapons” would be required to turn over their…
In the Senate, Chasing an Ever-Elusive Gun Law Deal
“We know we can pass legislation that will be supported by 88 percent of Americans, for example in…
From Sandy Hook to Uvalde, the Violent Images Never Seen
WASHINGTON — After Lenny Pozner’s six-year-old son Noah died at Sandy Hook, he briefly contemplated showing the world…
Gun in Texas Shooting Came From Company Known for Pushing Boundaries
He has said that his gun company was born out of his poor golf game. Instead of puttering…
Massacres Test Whether Washington Can Move Beyond Paralysis
WASHINGTON — Days after 19 children and two teachers were gunned down in Texas, politicians in Washington are…
Fact-Checking Trump and Cruz at the N.R.A. Convention
Prominent Republicans defended gun rights at the National Rifle Association convention on Friday with some misleading claims about…
Senators Grasp for a Bipartisan Gun Deal, Facing Long Odds
WASHINGTON — After the deadliest school shooting in a decade, a small group of Republican and Democratic senators…
A Timeline of Failed Attempts to Address U.S. Gun Violence
WASHINGTON — For more than a decade, as mass shooting has followed mass shooting in the United States,…
After Texas Shooting, Ted Cruz Digs In Against Gun Control
In 2013, he introduced legislation with Senator Charles E. Grassley, Republican of Iowa, that would have incentivized states…
911 Dispatcher May Be Fired Over Handling of Buffalo Shooting Call
The man charged in the killings, Payton Gendron, 18, has been accused of traveling 200 miles from his…