Tag: Mass Shootings

Jacksonville police said they received a tip that Bernardino Gawala Bolatete was attempting to organize a mass shooting at the Islamic Center of Northeast Florida. (screenshot)

Florida police arrest man who was planning mass shooting at Islamic center

Diana Stancy Correll · December 5, 2017 3:09 am

Under federal law, a firearm sale can proceed if a background check is not completed within 72 hours. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

FBI issues more than 4,000 requests to take back guns from people who failed background checks: Report

Melissa Quinn · December 4, 2017 9:15 pm

"The department is also focused on the threat of domestic terrorism. Ideologically-motivated violence here in the United States is a danger to our nation, our people, and our values," Elaine Duke said. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Acting DHS secretary: Greatest national security threat is from global jihadist groups

Anna Giaritelli · November 30, 2017 9:07 pm

The Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017 will help resolve the current hodgepodge of concealed-carry laws by allowing law-abiding citizens who are qualified to carry concealed firearms in one state to carry in other states that allow residents to do so. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)

Rep. Richard Hudson: Law-abiding citizens must have access to guns to protect themselves

Rep. Richard Hudson · November 30, 2017 5:20 pm

The Senate Armed Services Committee wants a full explanation from the Air Force. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

National Security

John McCain calls out Air Force’s ‘disturbing lack’ of accountability on crime reporting

Travis J. Tritten · November 29, 2017 9:47 pm

Air Force officials said the error in the case of former airman Devin Kelley, who fatally shot 26 people at a church in Texas earlier this month, was not the only one, and their review has found "similar reporting lapses in other locations." (Texas Department of Public Safety via AP, File)

National Security

Air Force says Texas shooter background check mistake is one of dozens of similar cases

Kelly Cohen · November 28, 2017 8:41 pm

Federal efforts stalled quickly when regulators said the law doesn't allow any restrictions on bump stocks, and there is no sign that any legislation can move through the Republican-controlled House and Senate. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed, File)

National Security

States push to ban bump stocks after federal effort fizzles

Melissa Quinn · November 27, 2017 5:01 am

Outside wall of Stratton Hall building at Drexel University (AP photo)

Red Alert Politics

Students protest removal of professor who blamed Las Vegas massacre on ‘white entitlement’

John Patrick · November 26, 2017 3:36 pm

NICS is "critically important" to protecting Americans from gun violence, Sessions said in the Wednesday memo. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Jeff Sessions directs FBI, ATF to review gaps in federal background check system for guns

Kelly Cohen · November 22, 2017 11:10 pm

Fact Check: Did the Tehama County Shooter Exploit a Loophole to Obtain His Weapons?

Holmes Lybrand · November 17, 2017 7:55 pm

In a headline Thursday, CNN referred to the "unborn" as a special interest group. CNN, though, isn't alone in walking an incredibly awkward language tightrope. (iStock)

Beltway Confidential

Someone at CNN apparently has a bone to pick with the unborn

Becket Adams · November 17, 2017 1:49 am

The mayor of Columbia, S.C., said he is a gun owner and has "no interest in demonizing gun owners." However, he said it's "wrong in every sense" that devices such as bump stocks turn a "semi-automatic firearm into a mass murder machine." (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

South Carolina mayor to unveil ordinance banning bump stocks

Melissa Quinn · November 16, 2017 3:05 pm