Tag: Mass Shootings

Law enforcement officials work the scene of a fatal shooting at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, on Sunday, Nov. 5, 2017. (Nick Wagner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

Sutherland Springs church shooting is ‘heartbreaking,’ ‘devastating’: Lawmakers

Naomi Lim · November 5, 2017 9:25 pm

Emergency personnel respond to a fatal shooting at a Baptist church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, Sunday, Nov. 5, 2017. (KSAT via AP)

At least 20 dead, 20 injured in Texas church shooting

Melissa Quinn · November 5, 2017 12:39 pm

Trevor Noah criticized President Trump for responding more harshly to the New York City terror attack than he did to the mass shooting in Las Vegas. He then played a montage of Trump allies slamming people who "politicized" the Las Vegas massacre in the days following the shooting. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

National Security

Trevor Noah: ‘When it was a Nazi, Trump needed more facts. When it was a Muslim, that was the only fact he needed’

Caitlin Yilek · November 2, 2017 12:28 pm

Slide Fire told customers in an email Tuesday night that bump stocks are again for sale, but in limited quantities. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Texas company resumes sale of bump stocks one month after Las Vegas shooting

Melissa Quinn · November 1, 2017 6:28 pm

The ATF has signaled to Congress that regulating bump stocks would require a change to U.S. law. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Republicans, Democrats propose bill regulating bump stocks

Pete Kasperowicz · October 31, 2017 4:41 pm

A spokesperson for YouTube told the Guardian that the Google-owned company works "to quickly remove videos violating [its harassment and bullying] policies when they are flagged." (AP)

Conspiracy troll to Las Vegas shooting victim: ‘I hope someone truly shoots you in the head’

Naomi Lim · October 27, 2017 2:46 am

According to the files, investigators interviewed a woman who was an online friend of Adam Lanza's for roughly two years before the shooting. (AP Photo/NBC News, File)

Beltway Confidential

New FBI documents on Sandy Hook shooter Adam Lanza should be a wake-up call about online friends

Emily Jashinsky · October 26, 2017 2:24 pm

This Dec. 14, 2012 aerial file photo shows Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Sandy Hook shooter showed interest in pedophilia, FBI documents show

Diana Stancy Correll · October 25, 2017 1:08 am

Everytown for Gun Safety, one the foremost gun control groups in America that is bankrolled by Michael Bloomberg, will drop another $400,000 in the election after an earlier $1 million commitment. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Beltway Confidential

Michael Bloomberg just made Virginia’s governor race a referendum on gun control

Philip Wegmann · October 23, 2017 4:28 pm

Feinstein and others have proposed legislation banning any device that speeds up the rate of fire of a semi-automatic weapon. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Dianne Feinstein: ATF won’t regulate ‘bump stocks’

Pete Kasperowicz · October 20, 2017 8:30 pm

On Friday, former Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke tweeted an image of Obama crying next to an image of President Trump giving a thumbs up. "OBAMA would have been found in a closet SOBBING if he had to deal with ESTABLISHMENT'S attacks. @realDonaldTrump has the metal to withstand," he captioned the graphics. (Anthony Behar/Pool via Bloomberg)

Beltway Confidential

David Clarke took a strange shot at Obama

Emily Jashinsky · October 20, 2017 6:13 pm

The tragic shooting in Las Vegas earlier this month, has sparked a debate over "bump stocks," whether they should be legal, and whether the devices actually convert a semi-automatic weapon into a fully automatic firearm. (AP Photo/Allen Breed, File)

Beltway Confidential

The effort to ban ‘bump stocks’ is misinformed at best, dishonest at worst

Matthew Larosiere · October 20, 2017 3:53 pm