David Hogg was ready to launch his career in the public spotlight almost before the man who killed 17 of his teachers and classmates at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School had been taken into custody. Hogg appeared on multiple national news outlets hours after the massacre with a carefully crafted gun ban pitch the American public was ready and willing to hear. Hogg recently appeared on CNN to try to explain how he was so prepared to take advantage of the massacre.
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Hogg Explains Why He Was Ready for Media Interviews Following Parkland
Published: February 14, 2019 { 154 comments }
Nevada Senate Passes Bill to Criminalize Private Transfers
Published: February 14, 2019 { 31 comments }“But we stand here today because for too long the will of the voters was ignored. That hopefully will change today,” Gov. Sisolak said.
Washington State Sheriffs Refuse to Enforce Gun Control, Receive Threats
Published: February 13, 2019 { 53 comments }More than half of Washington state sheriffs are openly refusing to enforce the state’s new gun control measures unless they are ruled on by the courts.
House Democrats Refuse to Allow Steve Scalise to Testify at ‘Gun Violence’ Hearing
Published: February 7, 2019 { 21 comments }U.S. House Democrats on Wednesday barred Republican Rep. Steve Scalise from testifying at a hearing meant to address “gun violence” in the United States. As a victim of gun-related crime and the Republican House Whip, Scalise would normally have been allowed to testify at a congressional hearing so pertinent to his expertise and life experience. Instead, House Democrats denied his request to speak, claiming that too many members of Congress had already requested to speak.
Fathers of Victims Want Award for Paper that Exposed the Truth Behind Parkland Shooting
Published: February 7, 2019 { 17 comments }Pollack and Petty were outraged by the way the national media handled the story. Rather than focusing on how the system failed to prevent the tragedy, the news stories focused on how the NRA and pro-gun activists were to blame for the shooting.
TSA Sets Record for Number of Packed Firearms Found
Published: February 7, 2019 { 10 comments }The Transport Security Administration, the TSA, found more than 4,200 improperly-checked guns in passengers’ bags last year, setting a new record.
GOP Senators Work to End Federal Regulation of Firearm Sound Suppressors
Published: January 31, 2019 { 122 comments }Last week, Senator Mike Lee (R-UT), along with Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX), John Cornyn (R-TX), Rand Paul (R-KY), James Risch (R-ID), and Mike Crapo (R-ID) introduced a bill that would eliminate the federal regulation of firearm sound suppressors.
Kamala Harris Wants Congressmen in a ‘Locked Room’ with ‘Autopsy Photographs’ of Children Killed in Sandy Hook
Published: January 31, 2019 { 79 comments }California Democratic Senator and presidential front-runner Kamala Harris told a CNN town hall in Des Moines on Monday that Congressmen in 2012 should have been placed in “a locked room, no press, no one, nobody else” and required to examine “the autopsy photographs of those babies” killed in the Sandy Hook massacre.
Gun Owners of America Join Suit to Challenge the National Firearms Act
Published: January 31, 2019 { 15 comments }GOA along with the GOF are filing an appeal in the Tenth Circuit court that could have an effect on how the National Firearms Act is applied.
WATCH: Good Samaritan Pulls Gun to Stop Insane Road Rage Incident
Published: January 31, 2019 { 4 comments }A man authorities are describing as a “Good Samaritan” used his concealed firearm to help end would could have been a deadly road rage incident on the Massachusetts Turnpike over the weekend.