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      10 Years After Sandy Hook Massacre, Progressives in Congress Lead Calls for Gun Control

      "It's been 10 years since Sandy Hook. Ten years and Republicans still offer no solution beyond thoughts and prayers. Our children deserve action," asserted Rep. Barbara Lee.

      Brett Wilkins
      Dec 14, 2022

      U.S. progressives marked the 10th anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre by renewing calls for gun control, with one reform advocate telling families of those slain in the nation's worst primary school shooting that "it is our national shame that we failed to take meaningful steps to protect your children."

      "Instead of a moral reckoning, this country has seen an increase in mass shootings. The whole damn system is guilty as hell."

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      NRA CEO speaks at the group's annual convention

      Critics Say New Supreme Court Ruling Gives Gun Lobby 'Just What It Paid For'

      "Today, the Supreme Court made it clear that it cares more about protecting the interests of the gun lobby than American lives."

      Jake Johnson
      Jun 23, 2022

      The National Rifle Association's decades-long campaign against even the most basic and popular firearm regulations scored another victory Thursday when the right-wing U.S. Supreme Court struck down a key New York state gun control law, a ruling that could spell doom for similar statutes across the country.

      The NRA has spent big in recent years to fill state and federal courts--including the Supreme Court--with judges that are hostile to gun regulations. In 2017, the gun lobby dropped $1 million on ads supporting former President Donald Trump's nomination of Justice Neil Gorsuch, a successful campaign that it repeated in subsequent years to ensure the confirmation of Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett.

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      Sen. Chuck Schumer speaking on gun control on Capitol Hill

      This 'Bipartisan' Gun Deal With Senate Republicans Is Worse Than Nothing

      Accepting this do-nothing gun "compromise" just disillusions potential Democratic voters and makes it likely Republicans will retake Congress.

      Miles Mogulescu
      Jun 14, 2022

      In the wake of the horrors of Uvalde, it looks like Senate Democrats are about to make a "bipartisan" gun deal with Senate Republicans that will likely accomplish next to nothing except let Republicans off the hook for opposing even minimal gun safety laws.

      Here's what the deal does not include:

      • Any limit on civilian ownership of AR-15s and other military style assault weapons, not even the compromise Democrats were willing to accept that would raise the age to buy assault weapons from 18 to 21.
      • Any limit on the purchase of high capacity gun magazines which make it possible to shoot dozens of times without reloading.
      • Any legislative limit on the sale of bump stocks which let semi-automatic weapons fire even faster.
      • Any requirement that guns kept at home be stored safely.
      • Any expansion of background checks for gun sales.

      These would be the bare minimum for legislation that would make some difference in reducing mass shootings and gun violence.

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