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Congressional lawmakers this week revived an effort to enact significant gun safety laws for the first time in more than 25 years by introducing bills to establish a universal background check system that has broad support from the public.
The bills introduced Tuesday in the House and Senate would extend current federal background check requirements to transactions conducted by unlicensed and private sellers.
The gun safety group Giffords estimates that 22% of U.S. gun owners purchased their last firearm without completing a background check. Polling shows that more than 90% of Americans support a universal background check system.
Letters: Sen. Kennedy should be held accountable for his actions
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Congress is constitutionally empowered to count the electoral votes as certified by the states, but not second-guess much less overturn those votes. Being a well-educated lawyer, Louisiana’s Senator Kennedy knows that. Nevertheless, and borrowing from his own metaphor, that didn’t stop him from “taking a Great Dane-sized whiz down the leg” of the U.S. Constitution.
That’s in effect what he did when he voted to challenge Biden’s electoral victory. As an honor graduate from a prestigious law school, Kennedy knew better. He knew, like 94 other senators including Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, that an attempt to kill rather than count Biden’s electoral votes would be a violation of his oath of office. Nevertheless, Kennedy kicked up his hind leg and, along with a few other stray dogs from the Senate, defiled the Constitution
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YouTube extends ban on Trump ahead of inauguration
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Weeklong suspension on Trump channel was set to lift on the eve of Joe Biden taking the oath of office.
Google-owned YouTube on Tuesday confirmed it extended a ban on new video being added to US President Donald Trump s channel due to the potential for inciting violence.
The weeklong suspension of uploading or streaming live video to Trump s channel had been set to lift on the eve of President-elect Joe Biden taking the oath of office. In light of concerns about the ongoing potential for violence, the Donald J. Trump channel will be prevented from uploading new videos or livestreams for an additional minimum of seven days, YouTube said in response to an AFP inquiry.