Sandy Hook Shooting Update: Families Offered $33 Milion Settlement From Gun Company ibtimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ibtimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Sens. John Cornyn and Chris Murphy hit impasse on gun background checks, end talks
Failure of talks leaves House bill in limbo as Murphy says he’ll seek other GOP partners to close gun show loophole.
Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, listens as U.S. Trade Representative, Katherine Tai, testifies before the Senate Finance Committee, Wednesday, May 12, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington, during a hearing to examine President Joe Biden s 2021 trade policy agenda. (Pete Marovich/The New York Times via AP, Pool)(Pete Marovich)
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Sen. John Cornyn’s effort to find common ground with gun control advocates on background checks ended Wednesday, with the Texas Republican and Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., declaring they had hit an impasse.
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On April 7, 2021, conspiracy troll Alex Jones planted himself, shouting and pointing, in front of a vehicle carrying several small children in McAllen, Texas, at a site where Catholic Charities was providing aid to migrants who had crossed the border.
“Alex Jones Stops Smugglers From Illegally Transporting Children At The Border!!” tweeted an Infowars editor. “WATCH: Alex Jones Physically Stops Vehicle After Witnessing Migrant Children Being Stuffed in the Luggage Compartment,” read the headline of an article on the conspiracy site Gateway Pundit.
Alex Jones Stops Smugglers From Illegally Transporting Children At The Border!! See the full vid here: https://t.co/RlJnA1c6Fwpic.twitter.com/jPjQ5ZkGWx
Biden wants quick action on gun violence, even as he moves slowly msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Lawmaker Pushes To Allow Concealed Weapons In Texas Public Schools
A 2015 law that allowed licensed adults to carry concealed weapons on college campuses sparked widespread protest. Now one legislator wants to extend the practice to include public schools and some charter schools.
March 12, 2021, 7:17 AM
Mock weapons used to train educators in Harrold, Texas. The North Texas school district was the first to allow educators to carry guns on school grounds in 2007.
Six years after Texas passed a controversial measure allowing licensed gun owners to carry concealed handguns on college campuses, one Republican state lawmaker is pushing to expand the law by allowing licensed adults to carry weapons in public and charter schools.