WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama kept up pressure on Congress Monday to pass tough new gun legislation, seeking help from law enforcement leaders in three communities that have suffered the horrors of mass shootings. At a White House meeting, Obama said that no group is more important in the gun debate and he said […]
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi defied the union during the Civil War and civil rights era, and at least two lawmakers think it is time to do so again. Republican state Reps. Gary Chism and Jeff Smith, both of Columbus, filed a bill this month to form the Joint Legislative Committee on the Neutralization of […]
CHICAGO (AP) — At least five people were gunned down Saturday in Chicago, including a 34-year-old man whose mother had already lost her three other children to shootings. Ronnie Chambers, who was his mother Shirley’s youngest child, was shot in the head while sitting in a parked car on the city’s West Side. A 21-year-old […]
Mothers. Fathers. Sisters. Brothers. Family. Friends. Citizens. People. People from all across the country marched the streets of Washington D.C. today to protest, no, to PLEAD with our government for gun control. They marched holding signs bearing the names of those lost to gun violence. They chanted and cheered for the cause of peace, with […]
MEDINA, Ohio (AP) — Accidental shootings at gun shows in North Carolina, Indiana and Ohio left five people injured Saturday, the same day that thousands of gun advocates gathered peacefully at state capitals around the U.S. to rally against stricter firearm limits. At the Dixie Gun and Knife Show in Raleigh, a 12-gauge shotgun discharged […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Braced for a fight, President Barack Obama on Wednesday unveiled the most sweeping proposals for curbing gun violence in two decades, pressing a reluctant Congress to pass universal background checks and bans on military-style assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines like the ones used in the Newtown, Conn., school shooting. A month […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says a National Rifle Association video referencing President Barack Obama‘s daughters is “repugnant and cowardly.” Obama spokesman Jay Carney says most Americans agree that a president’s children should not be used as “pawns in a political fight.” Carney was referring to an online video from the pro-gun lobby. The […]
Rev. Al Sharpton talks with the crew about President Obama’s call for gun control and the importance of supporting him in your state.
A Texas man is in big trouble after he approached a greeter at his child’s school claiming he had a gun and telling the person, “You’re dead.” Police say 44-year-old Ronald Miller wasn’t really armed, rather he pulled the stunt in an attempt to test Celina Elementary School’s security, according to reports. According to the […]
Roland Martin Talks with Reverend J. Herbert Nelson about the need for gun control.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama endorsed controversial bans on assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines on Monday, as well as stricter background checks for gun buyers — but conceded he may not win approval of all in a Congress reluctant to tighten restrictions. “Will all of them get through this Congress? I don’t know,” […]
This doesn’t smell right. In fact, it has the downright stench of opportunism. Joe Arpaio, the anti-illegal immigration hardliner and Obama birther-conspiracy-peddling sheriff of Maricopa County, Ariz., has found a way to twist the tragedy of the Newtown, Conn., school massacre into an excuse to expand his police powers more than seriously protect children. According […]
