Hearing comes a month after the us air force admitted a clerical error that allowed a former airman who shot 26 people at a church in Sutherland Springs, texas, to buy a gun despite a Domestic Violence conviction in 2012. The Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing runs a little over three hours. [inaudible conversations] good morning everybody. Thank you for attending todays hearing. We gather here today in the wake of violent acts by evil man in las vegas and Sutherland Springs. Those two places get all the attention but there is lesser number of people dying in other places as well. Today, with the help of our witnesses, we hope to learn more about how those tragedies might have been prevented. And we will discuss various proposals on preventing similar tragedies in the future. Before october 1, 2017, few americans know what a bump stock was. Then, a shooter used bump stock to fire more than 1100 rounds into a crowd attending a Country Music concert. The shooting lasted only 10 minutes.
The city is home to fantastic caverns. Americas only drivethrough cave. Learn more about springfield all weekend here on American History tv. I begin researching the delaware townsite in 1998. One of the township records and some of the fieldnotes denoting the location of what became known as delaware town. Or delaware village. I believe it was 400 square miles in the southwest part of the state including springfield. And where delaware town was south of springfield just across the Greene County line. Over the course of five field seasons, we documented several delaware village site dating between 18221830. They probably were more europe and eyes to or americanized than most other groups because of the fact that they had been in contact with euroamericans very early. Where were they from . The delaware. Whatware valley became known as the delaware valley. And came in contact very early with english, dutch, french even peoples. And probably signed more treaties than any other group and
Nra nationalthe Sporting Museum at Bass Pro Shops in springfield, missouri. The largest firearms related venue in the country. There are about 1000 firearms on display here at the museum. Overall, the nra museums system has custody and takes care of almost 10,000 firearms. The theme of the museum is hunting, conservation and freedom. Visitors are going to see the evolution of firearms in terms of their use in hunting. They will also learn the story of conservation in america and for that aspect, we focus on our Theodore Roosevelt conservation gallery. Theodore roosevelt was considered the grandfather of the american conservation movement. A very active hunter and sportsmen but also a very vigorous conservationist, responsible for founding the National Park system. And one of the folks who began the concept of conservation of wildlife. A theme throughout the museum and the other nra museums is the role of firearms in American Life from the earliest days up through today. How they have b
Against the contrasting trajectories of the north and south, the growth of the cotton kingdom against the gradual you can watch this and other American History programs on her website where all of our video is archived. Cspan. Org history. Welcome to springfield, missouri on American History tv. Our cspan cities tour producers recently visited springfield to explore its rich history and literary culture. This city is located in the southwest part of missouri in the ozark mountain region. It is the thirdlargest city in the state, with a population of about 167,000. With help from our Cable Partners, in the next hour we will share some of the cities tour three with you. We begin by riding along with john sellers as he explains the citys key connections to the historic route 66. The idea for a good road, for a good, easily traveled and easily identified highway across the country came with the very first motorcars. Burgeoning this building of automobiles in every small town, he was fillin
We trade with other countries, and so leading us through this very important global conversation is adam ferris, our moderator, legislative assessment for senator James Langford who covers International Trade, policy and homeland security. Adam will graduate from the u. S. Army war college with a mavsers of Strategic Study in july. So congratulations, adam. The light at the end of the tunnel. Some students graduating in may in the room. Dale moore, executive director for Public Policy at the American Farm bureau federation, joined afbf in 2011 as deputy direct oroff Public Policy and manager of the greg and trade policy team. Brings 30 years of experience in Public Policy and communications to afbf. Lisa schroeder the global director of trade for the dow chemical company. As part she has direct responsibilities for defining and making the companys global trade agenda and developing a strategy on International Aspects of corporate issues. Based in washington, dc, her responsibilities in