Tag: Mass Shootings

Republicans have not scheduled a vote on the so-called silencer legislation. The future of the legislation is now uncertain. (iStock Photo)

National Security

Republicans shelve gun suppressor bill after Las Vegas shooting

Susan Ferrechio · October 3, 2017 3:31 pm

Jason Aldean was the headlining performer when a gunman opened fire at a music festival on the Las Vegas Strip on Sunday. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP, File)

National Security

Jason Aldean after Las Vegas shooting: ‘This world is becoming the kind of place I am afraid to raise my children’

Caitlin Yilek · October 3, 2017 3:22 pm

Schumer pointed to Trump's previous calls for "sane, limited, rational aspects" of gun control, particularly after the Sandy Hook massacre in 2012. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Chuck Schumer hopes for Trump ‘reawakening’ on gun control

Al Weaver · October 3, 2017 2:52 pm

Olbermann, in the latest clip for his series "The Resistance," said the Second Amendment was originally written "to keep federal government from taking away the right of each state to maintain its own militia." (Image courtesy screenshot)

Keith Olbermann: NRA should be branded ‘a terrorist organization’

Caitlin Yilek · October 3, 2017 2:37 pm

Virginia, right, and Natalie Ramos light candles as students from University of Nevada Las Vegas hold a vigil Monday, Oct. 2, 2017, in Las Vegas. A gunman on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay casino hotel rained automatic weapons fire down on the crowd of over 22,000 at an outdoor country music festival Sunday. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Beltway Confidential

How could the Las Vegas shooting have been prevented?

Nicole Russell · October 3, 2017 2:28 pm

President Trump called the Las Vegas gunman a "very sick individual" whose past is being closely examined by authorities. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump: Las Vegas shooting suspect was a ‘very sick individual’

Sarah Bedford · October 3, 2017 1:10 pm

President Trump said he could be open to talking about federal gun policy in response to the mass shooting in Las Vegas at a later date. "The police department has done such an incredible job and we'll be talking about gun laws as time goes by," Trump said as he departed for Puerto Rico. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump: ‘We’ll talk’ about gun laws ‘as time goes by’

Anna Giaritelli · October 3, 2017 12:47 pm

President Trump says, "I am so proud of our great Country. God bless America!" (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

National Security

Trump: ‘I am so proud of our great country!’

Anna Giaritelli · October 3, 2017 11:58 am

A House Democrat said that Republicans who say Congress should learn more about the Las Vegas shooting before considering gun legislation are just buying time, and don't want to do anything at all. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Jim Himes: Waiting is part of GOP plan for doing nothing on gun control

Pete Kasperowicz · October 3, 2017 11:24 am

The Second Amendment enshrines the right to bear arms as a basic civil right. As with rights in general, it's not absolute. (AP Photo/John Locher)

The Las Vegas lesson about guns

Washington Examiner · October 3, 2017 4:01 am

President Trump makes a statement about the mass shooting in Las Vegas, Monday, Oct. 2, 2017 at the White House in Washington.

Trump’s Las Vegas response draws praise but gun control debate looms

Sarah Bedford · October 3, 2017 2:54 am

No Things Considered

No Things Considered: The Las Vegas mass shooting

Tim Young · October 2, 2017 11:51 pm