described frantic people running for cover, amid the gunfire. the shooter was a young man, and one of the people that he tragically shot was a 39 year old woman, she died as a result of those injuries, and that is what happened just this past sunday in taft, oklahoma, where a mass shooter started firing during a memorial day festival. seven people were injured, one woman lost her life. in chattanooga tennessee, it was six people. six people were shot in another mass shooting that took place on saturday. all of them were children. one of them was just 13 years old. now, it was reported over the weekend that four of those children were expected to survive, two of them sustained life-threatening injuries, we did not know what condition those two children are as of today. in benton harbor michigan, six people injured, 19-year-old, one of them was a 19-year-old, he was killed when gunfire erupted at a liquor store. now, in philadelphia, a 16-year-old girl and a 21-year-old woman w
all of them were children. one of them was just 13 years old. now, it was reported over the weekend that four of those children were expected to survive, two of them sustained life-threatening injuries, we did not know what condition those two children are as of today. in benton harbor michigan, six people injured, 19-year-old, one of them was a 19-year-old, he was killed when gunfire erupted at a liquor store. now, in philadelphia, a 16 -year-old girl and a 21 -year-old woman were killed, and two others were injured in another mass shooting. in all, there were 16 mass shootings over the memorial day weekend. 16. that is according to the gun violence archive, it s a nonprofit research group which chronicles mass shootings in which four or more people are injured in this country. now, this deadly weekend in america, it follows the horrific killing of 19 school children, and two teachers at an elementary school in uvalde, texas. which took place just one week ago today. that tr
Of legislation as i mentioned that was introduced today. congresswoman lee thank you so much for joining us tonight. let me just get your reaction to the reporting that democratic leadership cannot find the votes to pass an assault rifle ban. is that correct? can you set the record straight for us on that? well, first of all, thank you for having me and let me just say that, we ve got to do everything we can to stop the war on our children. the killing of our children, the slaughter of our children, the carnage of our children. it is because of democrats that we are even where we are today which, is this massive package, this ominous bill that we should be addressing. this coming week. the question of the assault weapons ban is not off the table. it frankly if we are moving towards having the votes that we need. i have a committed over the years, having introduced bills dealing with the ban on assault weapons, post thousand and four, as you well know. that is when it ended. we saw th
Bill on banning assault rifles entirely. the reason? well according to reporting from punchbowl news, house democrats don t have enough votes to pass that right now. even though they have the majority. joining us now is representative village accidentally of jackson, she is also the house of judiciary committee and one of the lead cosponsors on that package that protect kids act, that package of legislation as i mentioned that was introduced today. congresswoman lee thank you so much for joining us tonight. let me just get your reaction to the reporting that democratic leadership cannot find the votes to pass an assault rifle ban. is that correct? can you set the record straight for us on that? well, first of all, thank you for having me and let me just say that, we ve got to do everything we can to stop the war on our children. the killing of our children, the slaughter of our children, the carnage of our children. it is because of democrats that we are even where we are today which
Journal of trauma and acute care surgery. in the wake of the uvalde shooting, the house judiciary committee plans to hold an emergency session to prepare a package of eight gun were built relatability s which include raising the age of buying semiautomatic white rifles, to banning the manufacture or sale of large capacity ammunition. now one thing that is reportedly not included is a bill on banning assault rifles entirely. the reason? well according to reporting from punchbowl news, house democrats don t have enough votes to pass that right now. even though they have the majority. joining us now is representative village accidentally of jackson, she is also the house of judiciary committee and one of the lead cosponsors on that package that protect kids act, that package of legislation as i mentioned that was introduced today. congresswoman lee thank you so much for joining us tonight. let me just get your reaction to the reporting that democratic leadership cannot find the votes to p