(We are pleased to post the following press release from our Freedom States Alliance affiliate, the Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence). For Immediate Release Contact: Toby Hoover, ocagv@yahoo.com Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence Calls On Religious Leaders To Speak Out Over Gun Lobby’s Immoral Agenda (Toledo, OH, June 29, 2009) – The Ohio Coalition Against [...]
A Virginia murder-suicide was reported on June 29th: Henry County, VA– Investigators in Henry County are working a triple shooting death and arson case. Officers say around 12:17am Sunday, they were called to a home on Wilhaven Lane in Axton VA. in reference to a shooting. Timothy Carter, age 22, of Radford University, told them [...]
It is absolutely ridiculous that in the U.S. there are more restrictions on switchblades than on firearms, even though guns kill an estimated 30,000 people every year. Now the gun lobby is pushing its agenda to stop the Homeland Security Department from regulating knives. According to Congressional Quarterly on June 29th: The National Rifle Association [...]
(We are pleased to post the following press release from CeaseFire PA). For Immediate Release June 18, 2009 Contact: Joe Grace, joe.grace@ceasefirepa.org Victory For Other PA Cities that Have Passed Lost Or Stolen Handgun Ordinances HARRISBURG – A Pennsylvania appellate court today allowed Philadelphia’s lost or stolen handgun reporting ordinance to stand, rejecting a challenge [...]
(We are pleased to post the following press release from our Freedom States Alliance affiliate, Ceasefire NJ). For Immediate Release June 26, 2009 Contact: Bryan Miller (856) 371-3038, cfnj@aol.com Ceasefire NJ Applauds Action, Thanks Leadership, Sponsor, Governor, Mayors and City Councils Trenton: The NJ Senate passed Senate bill S-1774, colloquially known as the One Handgun [...]
(We are pleased to post the following joint press release from the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence and the Freedom States Alliance). For Immediate Release Contact: Thom Mannard (312) 341-0939 Scott Vogel (312) 243-8980, scott@freedomstatesalliance.org On One-Year Anniversary of Supreme Court Heller Ruling that Stripped D.C. Of Its Handgun Ban, Pro-Gun Groups Want To Flood [...]
Our Freedom States Alliance affiliate, Ceasefire NJ, and one of the most remarkable gun violence prevention advocates, Bryan Miller, is celebrating a huge victory tonight in passing a one handgun per month law. The state senate vote was 21-15, and now goes to Gov. Corzine for his signature to become law. (See this video profile [...]
According to the Huffington Post on June 24th: Hal Turner, New Jersey’s top white-supremacist internet-radio show hosting lunatic is back in the news today, for pretty much the same reason he was in the news earlier this month: threatening public officials with bodily harm, and subsequently getting arrested for it! This time out, Turner’s calls [...]
(We are posting the following “fact check” from the Senate Democratic Communications Center from Sen. Harry Reid’s (NV) office. Today, Republican senators continued their fear and smear campaign against Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor by attacking her record on Second Amendment cases. Judge Sotomayor faithfully follows the law in cases concerning the Second Amendment. [...]
‘Little babies die in our community every day,’ grandmother says after 9-year-old Chastity Turner is shot to death. The Chicago Sun-Times reported on June 25th another tragedy that took the life of an innocent girl. Chastity Turner felt unsafe Tuesday in her grandmother’s South Side neighborhood, unnerved by a daytime shooting spree launched by youths [...]
CNN reported on June 24th, a troubling murder at an Iowa high school, where football coach Ed Thomas was gunned down by an adult in the school’s gym. (CNN) — An Iowa high school football coach died Wednesday after he was shot inside the school as athletes were lifting weights, the district superintendent told CNN. [...]
The New York Times reported on June 23rd a story about how Mexico’s violent drug cartels recruit young boys, as young as 12-years-old, to become assassins. LAREDO, Tex. — When he was finally caught, Rosalio Reta told detectives here that he had felt a thrill each time he killed. It was like being Superman or [...]
Josh Sugarmann, the Executive Director for the Violence Policy Center, wrote a new blog entry for the Huffington Post. (Also see our Freedom States Alliance editorial: The Smoking Gun! New Regulations On Tobacco Industry Show Why Gun Industry Should Be Regulated for Consumer Product Safety Standards). President Obama’s signing of a bill granting the federal [...]
The New York Times reported on June 22nd that the gun industry continues to play the “fear card” to drive up gun sales, especially using the election of Barack Obama as a cynical target. BELLEVILLE, N.J. — At the Bullet Hole, an Essex County gun store, and at Gun for Hire,across the street, where Anthony [...]
Guns in the news roundup for June 19th, 2009: Campaign to Keep Guns off Campus Joined By Nearly 90 Supporting Universities. NYT: In New York, Number of Killings Rises With Heat. Women, for instance, are less likely to be either victims or killers. Those who were killed — at least 73 women were in 2008 [...]
(Photo of funeral for 4 Oakland, CA police officers killed in line of duty on Mar. 21st, 2009. An armed assailant killed two cops at traffic stop; two other officers were gunned down using an assault rifle). Freedom States Alliance Weekly Update: NRA Using Clout With State Attorneys General To Preempt Efforts To Pass Effective [...]
BuzzFlash.com wrote an exceptional piece on June 16th about the gun lobby’s stranglehold over our government — it is a must read. A BUZZFLASH NEWS ANALYSISby Christine Bowman Back during the primary election season, Democrats vilified “lobbyists” as the enemies of the people. No self-respecting Democratic candidate was going to let the unscrupulous K-Street lobbyists [...]
(We are pleased to post the following action alert from the Illinois Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence). House Bill 182, a dangerous bill that will threaten public safety, is now at the Governor’s desk. HB 182 would change Illinois law governing the concealed carrying of handguns and allow a person to carry a concealed handgun [...]
The Seattle Times reported on June 15th that Shawna Forde of Everett, WA was kicked out of the Minuteman — a group that organizes armed Americans to “protect” the southern border from immigrants — is now being held in custody for an armed attack that killed a father and a 9-year-old girl. Shawna Forde was [...]
With the Senate’s vote earlier this week to regulate tobacco, a giant step has been made towards better regulating tobacco for health and safety standards. If as anticipated the House approves the updated version and President Obama signs it, we will all have much to celebrate as countless lives and healthcare dollars will be saved. [...]
On June 12, Bill Moyers used his PBS news program to call attention to the rash of recent high-profile shootings and implored lawmakers and the American people to take back our country from the gun lobby’s radical agenda. See video here. TRANSCRIPT Bill Moyers: Finally, you know by now that in our nation’s capital on [...]
Open Carry at Picnics, in Parks and in Churches Being Encouraged Across the country, gun proponents are continuing to ramp up their efforts to normalize abnormal behavior by encouraging citizens to openly carry loaded firearms. Just last week, Pastor Ken Pagano of the New Bethal Church in Kentucky made headlines with his decision to promote [...]
(We are pleased to post the following press release from Freedom States Alliance affiliate, the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence). For Immediate Release Contact: Thom Mannard (312) 341-0939 Definitive Ruling Holds that Gun Violence Prevention Laws Do Not Violate the Second Amendment; Decision Is Major Setback To Gun Lobby’s Radical Agenda To Eradicate Nation’s Gun [...]
(We are pleased to post the following press release from the Campaign to Keep Guns Off Campus). For Immediate Release Contact: Andy Pelosi 914-629-6726, andy@gunfreekids.org John Woods 703-801-2625, john.o.woods@gmail.com Marsha McCartney 214-802-6053 Campaign To Keep Guns Off Campus Shows Strong Momentum As Over 90 Universities Oppose Gun Lobby’s Radical Agenda (Austin, TX, June 2, 2009) [...]
According to Fox News on Jun. 1st: DEVELOPING: An Army recruiter was shot and killed Monday at a recruiting center in Little Rock, Ark., and a second recruiter was wounded. A man in a black SUV drove to the recruitment office and fired “several shots” with an assault rifle at around 10:30 a.m., Little Rock [...]
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