‘Absolutely Shocking’: New York Governor Reacts to Supreme Court Ruling on Guns

Jun 23, 2022 • New York Gov. Kathy Hochul reacted to the Supreme Court’s ruling that says the Constitution provides the right to carry a gun outside the home. Hochul called the decision “absolutely shocking” and said the state would “fight back.”

These judges have taken leave of their senses! They must be crackers! Wacko! – @ Mark Alexander

Supreme Court ruling expands US gun rights: The US Supreme Court has struck down a New York law restricting gun-carrying rights, in its most important judgement on guns in over a decade. »

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NRA Delegates Reject Calls for Stricter Gun Controls as Trump Speaks at Convention

May 28, 2022 • You cannot outlaw tragedy - but we can make America safer. That's what President Biden declared today - promising to take the necessary action to protect lives in the wake of Tuesday's school shooting in Texas.

Just across the state, to the echo of protests outside - America's National Rifle Association is holding its annual convention - with delegates rejecting calls for stricter gun control measures.


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Gun Control in the United States: Will the Florida Shooting Be a Turning Point?

President Obama Remembers ‘Biggest Disappointment’ As President | NBC News

President Obama discusses the limits of presidential power and his efforts to push forward gun safety legislation. NBC News’ Lester Holt interviews the president for a Dateline NBC special: “The Reality of Hope.”

The Aftermath of the Orlando Massacre

Obama to Close Background Checks Loophole on Gun Show Sales

THE GUARDIAN: President to set out plan on Tuesday that will prevent firearms from being sold at gun shows and on the internet without having to go through necessary checks


Thousands of unlicensed gun shows and online dealers will be forced to conduct customer background checks for the first time in a fresh effort by Barack Obama to tackle America’s epidemic of deadly shootings.

In measures aimed at circumventing political deadlock in Congress that will inevitably set off a fierce battle in the courts, the president is due to close a loophole in the current system as well as call for greater spending on enforcement and new technology that could prevent unauthorised gun use.

“The gun lobby may be holding Congress hostage, but they can’t hold America hostage,” Obama said in a tweet that accompanied an official preview of the announcement due on Tuesday. “We can’t accept this carnage in our communities.” Read on and comment » | Dan Roberts in Washington | Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Obama: "Entirely Possible" San Bernardino Attackers Were Radicalised

US President Barack Obama says it's "entirely possible" that the San Bernardino attackers were radicalised and reiterates his call for tighter gun controls

Ben Carson Sticks by 'Holocaust' Analogy

Ben Carson follows up on his ‘Holocaust’ remarks by clarifying his thoughts on gun free zones, disarmament and ‘the left wing press trying to stir up controversy”.

President Obama's Visit to the Killing Ground in Oregon

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President Obama Mulls Executive Actions on Gun Control

TIME: Anyone who sells 50 to 100 guns in a year would be treated like a gun dealer

As he travels to Roseburg, Ore., to console grieving families, President Obama is mulling further executive actions to limit access to guns.

Among the options being reviewed is a proposal to redefine who is considered a licensed gun dealer, which would also change requirements for conducting gun background checks. According to NBC News, under the proposed executive action anyone who sells 50 to 100 guns every year would be considered “in the business” of selling guns and have to adhere to laws that apply to gun dealers such as conducting background checks on buyers.

The action would reportedly not apply to people who occasionally sell, exchange, or purchase guns for their personal collection or anyone who sells off all or parts of their personal firearm collection. » | Maya Rhodan | Friday, October 9, 2015

Obama on Gun Violence: Six Years of Statements But Change Remains Elusive

Barack Obama teared up when he spoke of the 2012 shooting
at Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut.

THE GUARDIAN: The mass shootings in South Carolina are the latest in a long line national tragedies as legislative efforts toward gun law reform continue to fail

More than a dozen times in his presidency, Barack Obama has appeared before television cameras and issued statements to express sorrow at a mass shooting event in America.

After Arizona, where congresswoman Gabby Giffords was shot in the head, he spoke of hope. After Newtown, where 20 children and six teachers were shot dead in their classrooms, he spoke of a nation’s broken heart. On Thursday, after nine people were shot dead in a church in Charleston, he spoke of despair.

There are other shootings where Obama has remained silent, or not engaged with issue of guns or the cause of an event. But when he has, the president’s responses have varied from anger to exasperation to sadness, nearly every time vowing that such events must not happen again.

During his presidency, most legislative efforts to reform America’s gun laws through universal background checks or restrictions on sales and magazines have failed. » | Erin McCann in New York | Thursday,, June 18, 2015

Obama Implores Congress to Pass Gun Control Measures
US president Barack Obama delivers an impassioned plea to Congress, to pass his gun control measures, which include universal background checks for gun purchases. Speaking at the White House on Thursday, Obama says something must be done to prevent future tragedies, claiming Americans 'have an obligation to try'. Obama's remarks come on National Day to Demand Action, with gun control advocacy groups holding events across the country

Head of Colorado’s Prisons Is Fatally Shot at Home
THE NEW YORK TIMES: The head of Colorado’s Department of Corrections was fatally shot Tuesday night as he opened the front door of his home, the authorities said, hours before Gov. John W. Hickenlooper was scheduled to sign into law a series of restrictive gun control measures.

The department’s executive director, Tom Clements, 58, lived with his family in Monument, near Colorado Springs in central Colorado, the authorities said. The police have not identified a suspect. » | Timothy Williams | Wednesday, March 20, 2013

NRA's Wayne LaPierre's Gun Warning for Obama: 'We Don't Want to Be Like England'
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: America's most prominent pro-gun activist has urged the country's shooters to fight efforts by President Barack Obama to make the US "like England" with tougher laws regulating firearms.

Wayne LaPierre, the chief executive of the National Rifle Association (NRA), warned gun enthusiasts that Mr Obama's plans for an assault weapons ban and background checks would make them pariahs.

"We don't want America to become like England, where some of that nation's outstanding rifle competitors keep their hobby a dark secret from their neighbours for fear of social disapproval," said Mr LaPierre. "We're not going to let the anti-gunners push us into that zone."

His remarks, in an article for The Daily Caller website, were sharply rejected as "absolute rubbish" by Phil Scanlan, the performance director for British Shooting, the national gun sports organisation.

"Of course you have to go through a series of checks to obtain a licence," Mr Scanlan told The Daily Telegraph. "But if you want a gun for legitimate sporting purposes there are no real barriers."

Mr Scanlan pointed to last summer's London Olympics – where Briton Peter Wilson won gold in the double trap, and "shooting events were sold out every day" – as proof of healthy gun-sports culture. » | Jon Swaine, Washington | Thursday, February 14, 2013

THE DAILY CALLER: Stand and Fight » | Wayne LaPierre | Wednesday, February 13, 2013

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Pro-gun Rallies across U.S. Attack Obama's Curbs on Firearms

REUTERS.COM: (Reuters) - Pro-gun activists plan rallies in 49 states at "high noon" on Saturday to support the right to own firearms they say is under attack from President Barack Obama's proposals to reduce gun violence.

The rallies, to be held mostly at state capitals, were being organized by a group called Guns Across America that was launched by Texas airline pilot Eric Reed.

The U.S. debate over gun control flared in mid-December when a man killed 20 first graders and six adults in a matter of minutes at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, using an assault rifle.

In the wake of the mass killing, Obama and gun control advocates have begun a push to ban assault weapons. A number of other states have taken up gun legislation and New York, which had among the strictest gun control laws in the country, broadened its ban on assault weapons on Tuesday.

Obama also called for a ban on high-capacity magazines and more stringent background checks for gun purchasers.

Gun control advocates say American civilians have no justifiable need for assault weapons or high-capacity magazines, and they say more background checks will help keep guns out of the hands of criminals.

The reaction has been fierce from gun supporters such as the National Rifle Association, who have long argued that their right to bear arms is enshrined in the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. » | Nick Carey | Saturday, January 19, 2013

US Gun Debate: Obama Unveils Gun Control Proposals

BBC: US President Obama has unveiled the most sweeping gun control proposals in two decades, setting up a showdown with firearms rights advocates.

He called for a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines and wider background checks on gun buyers.

The Democratic president also signed 23 executive actions, which do not require congressional approval.

A month after last month's school massacre in Connecticut, he said gun-control reforms could wait no longer.

Mr Obama unveiled the proposals at the White House on Wednesday, flanked by children who wrote him letters after December's Newtown shooting, which left 20 children and six teachers dead.

Mr Obama said: "if there is even one thing we can do to reduce this violence, if there is even one life that can be saved, then we've got an obligation to try."

The top US gun lobbying group, the powerful National Rifle Association (NRA), said the proposals were "not a solution to the crisis we face as a nation".

"Only honest, law-abiding gun owners will be affected and our children will remain vulnerable to the inevitability of more tragedy," the group said in a statement. (+ video) » | Wednesday, January 16, 2013

America’s Love Affair with Guns: Unbelievable Confrontation between Piers Morgan and Radio Host Alex Morgan over Guns in the US

MAIL ONLINE: Piers' explosive showdown with the man who wants to deport him: Sparks fly as CNN host discusses gun control with Alex Jones: Jones, a radio host and prominent conspiracy theorist, called British CNN host a 'foreigner and a redcoat' / Jones is leading a drive to petition the White House to deport Morgan for advocating tougher gun control laws / The libertarian commentator threatened '1776 will commence again if you try to take our firearms' » | Daily Mail Reporter | Tuesday, January 08, 2013

Obama Calls for Gun Control Deal in Wake of Colorado Cinema Shootings
THE GUARDIAN: US president takes election risk, saying parties should co-operate and assault weapons 'do not belong on our streets'


Barack Obama has broken the silence he has maintained on gun control since the Colorado shootings, making a plea for Democrats, Republicans and community leaders to "arrive at a consensus" on how to reduce gun violence across the United States.

At the end of a trip lasting several days that began in Aurora, Colorado, where he met with families and victims of the massacre in a cinema, the US president told an audience that such tragedies were replayed on a smaller scale in cities throughout the country on a daily basis.

"Every day and a half the number of young people we lose to violence is about the same as the number of people we lost in that movie theater," Obama said in remarks at the National Urban League Conference in New Orleans.

"I'm going to continue to work with members of both parties and with religious groups and with civic organisations to arrive at a consensus around violence reduction."

Discussing or even touching on the issue of gun control in the US during an election year is risky, and Obama has been careful to avoid making sweeping proposals that could offend gun owners and rally his Republican opponents.

The president made a point of emphasising his support for the US constitution's second amendment, which outlines the right to bear arms. » | Reuters in New Orleans | Thursday, July 26, 2012

America's Deadly Devotion to Guns
THE GUARDIAN – EXTRACTS: There are around 90 guns for every 100 Americans yet, despite 85 fatal shootings a day, the mighty US gun lobby is as powerful as ever. In the wake of Trayvon Martin's killing, Gary Younge reports on the country's deadly attachment to firearms

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But America's relationship with guns is as deep and complex at home as it is perplexing abroad. The fact that most British police are not armed confounds even the most liberal here. And even though the nation is evenly split on whether there should be more gun control, every time there is a gun-related tragedy, whether it is the shootings in Arizona,Virgina Tech or any number of schools, the issue has been effectively removed from the electoral conversation. And at the centre of these apparent contradictions stands the NRA, once an organisation that represented the rights of hunters and sportsmen and now a major political player closely linked to the gun industry. "All the domestic controversies of the Americans at first appear to a stranger to be incomprehensible or puerile," suggested the 19th-century French chronicler Alexis de Tocqueville in Democracy in America. "And he is at a loss whether to pity a people who take such arrant trifles in good earnest or to envy that happiness which enables a community to discuss them."

But guns in America are no trifling matter. There are approximately 90 guns for every 100 people in the US (a rate almost 15 times higher than England and Wales). More than 85 people a day are killed with guns and more than twice that number are injured with them. Gun murders are the leading cause of death among African Americans under the age of 44.

And the NRA is no joke. Claiming gun ownership as a civil liberty protected by the second amendment, it opposes virtually all gun control legislation. It claims more than 4 million members, has a budget of more than $300m and spent almost $3m last year – when there were no nationwide elections – on lobbying.

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» | Gary Younge | Monday, April 16, 2012