Mass Shootings - Page 3

China’s state-run media quickly seized on the obsessions of their American counterparts over the weekend by linking President Donald Trump to “white nationalism” and blaming gun violence on the large supply of firearms and loose gun laws in the United States.

A study issued just days ahead of two deadly mass shootings shows that gun control will likely fail unless mental health is addressed.

Alejandro Bedoya, a soccer player the Philadelphia Union, scored a goal against D.C. United in Washington, DC, Sunday night. Then, he took advantage of his proximity to Capitol Hill by grabbing a field microphone and shouting, “Congress, do something now. End gun violence. Let’s go!”

Two mass shootings in the United States have claimed 29 lives within 24 hours and left dozens of others injured and hospitalized for treatment.

Democrat gun control advocates gathered at the Capitol on Thursday to put out a rally call for the Senate to take up the universal background check for gun purchases bill the House passed 114 days ago, claiming 11,400 people have since died from “gun violence.”

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) said white men who commit crimes are “almost immune” from being labeled as domestic terrorists.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) responded to the mass shootings at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand on Friday by questioning the “thoughts and prayers” often expressed in sympathy with victims.

A study from the Crime Prevention Research Center shows that the U.S. ranks 64th on the list of countries that witnessed mass shootings from 1998 to 2015.

Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) wants to implement gun controls that are already in place and are almost always the means by which mass public attackers get their guns.

Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) claimed there have been “hundreds” of school shootings with “assault weapons.”

During day one of Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearings, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) accused him of being beyond “pro-gun” and suggested more people will die in mass shootings if he is confirmed.

Researcher Adam Lankford claims 31 percent of the world’s mass shootings occur in the U.S. but John Lott’s Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC) says the actual U.S. percentage is “over 95 percent” lower than Lankford suggested.

A gunman opened fire Sunday at a video game tournament in Jacksonville, Florida, and Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) retweeted skewed numbers to claim it was the 234th mass shooting of 2018.

Former Education Secretary Arne Duncan said Americans value their children less than other developed nations, offering his remarks during a Monday interview with C-SPAN’s Pedro Echevarria.

Five people are dead following a shooting spree that included an attack on the Retama Manor Nursing Center in Robstown, Texas.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Candidate for U.S. Congress (D-NY), reacted to the lives lost in Annapolis by claiming the attack marked the 195th mass shooting this year.

The Washington Post fact-checked President Trump’s claim that “98 percent of all mass public shootings” occur in gun-free zones and gave him two Pinocchios on Thursday.

On March 15, NPR noted the heinous nature of Florida’s Parkland school shooting but quickly added that claims school shootings are at epidemic levels are false.

As fun as it is to ridicule the FBI for devoting massive resources to chasing down Hillary Clinton’s oppo research while blowing off repeated, specific warnings about school shooter Nikolas Cruz, we’ve put a lot on the agency’s plate.

On December 14, 2017, CNN’s Jim Acosta claimed America has witnessed “1,552 mass shootings” since the heinous attack on Sandy Hook Elementary School.

President Donald Trump delivered a Thanksgiving message video to the American people, praising the new economic spirit filling the nation.

Police in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, arrested a man after he allegedly threatened to carry out a mass shooting in San Antonio, Texas. San Antonio police officials contacted the Oklahoma counterparts after reports about the threats made on a Facebook post.

A common thread for mass shooters is not religion or the type of gun used, but anti-social behavior.

In a June 2013 report issued in response to President Obama’s post-Sandy Hook executive order for “research [into] problems in firearm-related violence,” the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) observed that national surveys indicate guns are used defensively “500,000 to more than 3 million times a year.”

Rock band Green Day has returned after a four-year hiatus — and their new single “Bang Bang” is all about mass shootings and the “narcissistic social media” coverage that the tragic events often engender.

In the introduction to the Dallas Police Memorial, CNN’s Don Lemon listed 11 mass shootings that occurred on President Obama’s watch. And although Lemon did not point it out, 10 of those mass shootings occurred in gun-free zones.

In the early morning hours of July 5, BNO News reported a suspected gang-related double murder in Phoenix as a “mass shooting.”

Democrat presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton regularly claims that gun manufacturers enjoy “immunity” concerning their products, then offers new avenues for lawsuits to reverse the “immunity” she alleges.

During his January 5 speech explaining “the fierce urgency of now” and the need for executive gun control to save the day, President Obama also admitted that two thirds of his scary gun death statistics are suicides.

On December 31 Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) claimed there were 372 mass shootings–or more than one mass shooting a day–during calendar year 2015. On the other hand, Mother Jones editor Mark Follman reported four mass shootings for the whole year and USA Today reported approximately 22.

Leftwing filmmaker and gun control proponent Michael Moore observed that the NRA is “partially right” when they say “Guns don’t kill people, people kill people.” He simply wants them to augment the latter portion of the phrase so that it reads: “Guns don’t kill people, Americans kills people.”

President Obama says that stopping the next terrorist attack in the United States will be just about as hard as stopping the next mass shooting.

Although background checks on Black Friday were record-setting, SK Arms in Midland, TX, says sales the day after President Obama’s terrorism/gun control speech were even bigger.

On December 9 conservative talk radio host Laura Ingram tweeted a quote from John Lott showing that there have been 424 mass shooting “casualties” in the U.S. since Obama took office, but 508 such casualties in heavily gun-controlled France in the past year alone.

While Democrats are pushing gun control as a solution to the San Bernardino terror attack–and to other mass shootings that were criminally motivated–Mother Jones reports over 80% of mass shooters between 1982 and 2015 bought their guns “legally.”

On December 3, Mother Jones editor Mark Follman addressed the left’s exaggerated claims of “355 mass shootings” this year and pointed out the actual number is about four.