(We are pleased to post the following guest column from Freedom States Alliance affiliate, the New England Coalition To Prevent Gun Violence). When Robert Stewart barged into a North Carolina nursing home and started shooting elderly Alzheimer patients, local police officer Justin Garner went to work. Garner confronted the well-armed intruder and told him to [...]
According to an AP brief on Mar. 30th: SALT LAKE CITY – Police said a customer fired one or two shots into a Salt Lake City McDonald’s after the driver of the car he was in was told the restaurant was not serving lunch yet. Police said the female driver of a white Dodge Intrepid [...]
It is hard not to become deeply cynical and suspicious when the legislative director of a union, who is also the key lobbyist for the gun lobby, gives $3,000 to an African-American state representative who votes “present” — in effect, opposing a crucial bill to require a common sense background check on all handgun sales. [...]
Freedom States Alliance Press Release March 27, 2009 Contact: Scott Vogel, scott@freedomstatesalliance.org State Senate Resolution 1611 To Amend Constitution On Guns Now Moves To Voter Referendum In Nov. 2010 General Election (Chicago) – Despite a downward spiral in the economy where Kansas citizens are losing jobs, home values, health insurance and other vital state services, [...]
The amazing animation artist, Mark Fiore, created a hard-hitting and satirical video about how America’s gun culture and lax gun laws are arming Mexico’s drug war. What distinguishes Fiore is how he uses humor to eviscerate the NRA’s ludicrous position that in order to protect our “freedom” we need to allow for the convenience and [...]
Wayne LaPierre took to the air on Fox’s rightwing talk show, hosted by Glenn Beck, to claim that the ATF’s own research that 90% of weapons used in Mexico’s drug violence have been traced to the United States, “is a complete and utter lie.” In other words, we can add yet another title to Mr. [...]
According to AP on Mar. 24th: SAN DIEGO — A mechanic shot and killed one co-worker and critically injured another before police killed the gunman at a Metropolitan Transit System bus complex in downtown San Diego, authorities said. A report came in around 2:15 a.m. Tuesday saying two people had been shot at the complex [...]
Mexico’s Drug Violence Continues: Obama To Send Funds and Agents, But No Movement On Passing Stronger Gun Laws Freedom States Alliance Urges President Obama To Fight For Stronger Gun Laws To Curtail Mexico’s Drug Violence, More Agents and Strict Enforcement Is Simply Not Enough. Sen. Lieberman Calls For Closing the “Gun Show Loophole” In Response [...]
Freedom States Alliance Editorial The United States is flooded with guns. With an estimated 280 million firearms in civilian hands, there are enough guns to arm nearly every man, woman and child in our country making us the most heavily armed nation on earth. While we can thank the gun lobby for this dubious honor, [...]
UPDATE to our original post below. Well it appears that the right-wing Washington Times needs to hire some competent fact checkers after the paper erroneously said that the Obama administration was ending the program to arm airline pilots. We think — as noted below this post — that the Obama administration and the Transportation Safety [...]
An in-depth story by Silja J.A. Talvi, published in AlterNet on Mar. 18th, calls attention to America’s total failure to stop military-style assault weapons and other arms from being trafficked into Mexico. In addition to America’s addiction to drugs, the blame lies significantly in the hands of U.S. lawmakers who refuse to stand up to [...]
If you really cared about the safety of your family and loved ones, then one of the most important steps would be to “choose” not to own a firearm. The possession of a gun is more like a ticking time bomb, waiting for a tragedy to occur. According to the Chicago Tribune on Mar. 17th: [...]
Our partners at the Illinois Campaign To Prevent Gun Violence (ICPGV) and the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence (ICHV) are leading efforts to require background checks on private handgun sales, a common sense and well-supported provision to keep deadly weapons out of the wrong hands, such as drug dealers, gang members, domestic abusers, and gun [...]
In case you haven’t noticed, the pro-gun lobby is continuing to push its extreme agenda. Let us ask you a handful of questions. Would you be willing to: Sip hot chocolate with your toddler at Starbucks while a fellow patron openly displays a gun at the table next to you? Attend a church service with [...]
On Mar. 15th, the Chattanooga Times Free Press wrote an exceptional editorial about the extremist and radical agenda of the gun lobby, making a strong connection between America’s gun culture and lax gun laws that are fueling horrific violence whether it be in Alabama or Mexico. State legislators casually and proudly voted in committees Wednesday [...]
The New York Times reported on Mar. 15th that the gun lobby has hung an anchor around the neck of Congressional leaders hoping to move their legislative agenda forward. The gun lobby’s pull on the Republican Party, coupled with their influence on rural and suburban Democrats has forced this “wedge issue” to become an all [...]
(We are pleased to post the following press release from the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence). For Immediate Release Thursday, March 12, 2009 Washington, D.C. – A federal appeals court has ruled that the Georgia Legislature can’t force Atlanta’s Hartsfield International Airport to allow people to carry concealed weapons on airport property. The United [...]
We have great news to report in Illinois as the state senate rejected the gun lobby’s dangerous legislation to permit carrying hidden and loaded guns in public, such as child day care centers, hospitals, shopping malls, parks, and municipal buildings among others. According to the Huffington Post on Mar. 11th: A committee of the Illinois [...]
PRESS RELEASE Contact: Freedom States Alliance, Scott Vogel, 312-243-8980, scott@freedomstatesalliance.org; For Immediate Release: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 Washington, DC–Following yesterday’s assault weapon rampage shooting in Alabama leaving 11 dead including the shooter, America’s leading national gun violence prevention organizations–Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, Freedom States Alliance, Legal Community Against [...]
In a grisly rampage shooting spree in southern Alabama, ABC News reported on Mar. 11th: He spared no one, not his mother, not his grandparents, not the children, not even the family dogs. Investigators following the 24-mile trail of death through southern Alabama are still trying to determine what set Michael McLendon on a murderous [...]
According to CNN on Mar. 11th a teen gunman kills 16 in Winnenden, German in a school shooting spree. (Resource: See our Freedom States Alliance in-depth interview with Joseph Lieberman, author of “School Shootings”; see part 2 here). WINNENDEN, Germany (CNN) — A gunman dressed in military gear killed 16 people Wednesday in a shooting [...]
According to the New York Times on Mar. 10th: WASHINGTON — New York City’s nine-year lawsuit accusing gun makers of flooding illicit markets with their firearms came to an end on Monday, when the United States Supreme Court refused to consider a lower court’s dismissal of the case. Without comment, the justices decided not to [...]
The Illinois Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence has released the results for a new statewide bipartisan poll of Illinois voters on gun violence prevention. The survey results show an overwhelming majority of Illinois voters strongly support common sense gun laws such as background checks for private gun sales and requiring gun owners to report lost [...]
The University of Chicago Crime Lab has issued a new report, “Gun Violence Among School-Age Youth in Chicago.” The Chicago Tribune, March 3, 20009, reports: The social costs of gun violence in Chicago total about $2.5 billion each year, according to a report released Tuesday by an academic group formed to research effective ways to [...]
Saturday night a camera in a convenience store in Carver, Massachusetts captured images of an armed robbery. According to the Boston Globe (March 2, 2009): The image captured by a surveillance camera is startling: A clerk at a convenience store in Carver cowers on the ground in fear, seated behind the counter with his hands [...]
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