One of the most useful things to do when thinking
about gun control and its controversial place in American society is to consider other countries and their relationship to guns and gun crime.
Bumble has received complaints
about gun photos, but Ms. Herd said the new policy was not an attempt to «sweep up a mess» involving unhappy Bumble users.
We hope that this will force people to actually think
about guns and their impact on our lives.
The primary goal of our walkout is to allow students to have an open discussion
about gun control.
Farage, speaking on London's LBC radio, was asked
about gun control by a caller.
Whether it's leading a national conversation
about gun control or fighting for girls» education and gender equality around the world, an increasing number of young women are stepping forward as change agents.
They talk
about gun rights.
Whether it was
about guns or controversial opinions,» he added.
In practice, «Far Cry 5» is a ham - fisted mess of American stereotypes and wink - wink, nudge - nudge jokes
about gun violence.
The announcement came on the same day two television journalists were shot and killed in Virginia in an incident that is likely to stoke the debate
about gun ownership in the United States.
As shootings like these seem to escalate in the US, so do questions
about gun control.
Late on Tuesday, the president tweeted
about the gun violence in Chicago, writing, «If Chicago doesn't fix the horrible «carnage» going on, 228 shootings in 2017 with 42 killings (up 24 % from 2016), I will send in the feds!»
The current fight between Delta and its home state is occurring against the novel backdrop of many corporations speaking up
about gun control for the first time.
According to the New York Times, black students have never been responsible for mass shootings that drove the national conversation
about gun safety and minority schools have never been the targets of such attacks, leaving civil rights groups wondering why black students would be the focus when seeking to address an issue that plagues white, male students.
The time has come to actually * do * something
about gun violence, and we are totally here for it.
He said the move stemmed from the massacre last week that has refueled a national debate
about gun control.
It's been decades of us just not doing anything
about the gun legislation.
Probably not, he suggested, «but for that 4 - 5 percent who care
about guns, they will vote on this.»
There are a lot of serious issues in the United States, and the inclination to try to stay serious and talk
about guns, trade, Medicaid, or drug overdoses rather than reports of the president's alleged past affairs with porn actresses and Playboy playmates is understandable and, on some level, laudable.
It's true that opinions
about guns are similar across age groups, even as younger people are more left - wing in general.
Last week: The tectonic shift in the conversation
about gun regulations, school safety and mental health since the murder of 17 faculty and students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School is nothing less than amazing when, in defiance of the NRA, it produced the first successful gun control measure in Florida in over two decades!
From left, Fred Guttenberg, father of Jaime Guttenberg, 14, who was killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida; Francine Wheeler, mother of Ben Wheeler, 6, a victim of the Sandy Hook shooting, and Lori Haas, mother of a survivor of the Virginia Tech shooting, during a meeting with Senate Democrats
about gun violence last month.
... This IS
about guns and it's about all the people who have had their lives abruptly ended because of guns.»
Some, like neo-Nazi Andrew Anglin, dismissed the idea that the Parkland shooting was a hoax but nonetheless attacked the students who have spoken
about gun control.
A day after the Parkland shooting, the Oregon state legislature closed what was called the «Boyfriend Loophole» in its laws
about gun ownership among those convicted of domestic violence.
For all the clamoring
about gun stocks in retirement plans, ordinary investors don't seem to vote with their portfolios.
What is most striking
about gun violence is how preventable it is.
Jurors will hear competing expert witnesses
about the gun, a.40 - caliber SIG Sauer P226.
There has been a national conversation
about guns after the Feb. 14 Parkland school shooting that left 17 dead and 17 wounded.
«Certainly, the discussion [
about gun control] is all that's required for the buying frenzy to be triggered.»
Another student, Emma Gonzalez, said on ABC's «This Week» that the students want to talk to political leaders, including Trump,
about gun control.
President Trump meets with members of Congress
about guns Wednesday in the Cabinet Room.
«It's not
about gun laws right now — that's another fight, another battle,» he said.
People were really maxing out credit cards trying to really help these children and these brands are willing to give so much to them, and I think that is because — at the center of it — we're talking
about gun violence.
President Donald Trump is also expected to host survivors of the Columbine shooting at the White House for a «listening session»
about gun measures Wednesday afternoon.
Gov. Rick Scott officially jumping into the U.S. Senate race offers a post-Parkland test for Florida's true feelings
about gun control.
Sandi Glausen, 40, mother of two children, aged 10 and 8, said she hadn't really thought
about gun control before the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas.
The investment firm BlackRock, which owns the largest stake in American Outdoor Brands and Sturm Ruger, said it has reached out to gun industry executives to see what they plan to do
about gun violence.
The FBI acknowledged on Friday that a person close to Cruz contacted their tip line on January 5, a month before the shooting, to provide information
about his gun ownership, desire to kill people, and disturbing behavior.
And gun sale trends could change if President Donald Trump makes another surprising comment
about gun control or commits to a policy push on the issue, as he seemed to do in a recent White House roundtable.
The February 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland that left 17 people dead has sparked another debate
about gun culture in America and spurred new hopes that something will be done to prevent future incidents.
Palmer told me he was angry that it took a shooting like Parkland to get people energized
about gun violence.
Zeldin - Almanza, who wore an orange hat and has turquoise braces, said she plans to meet with Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R - FL) soon to talk
about gun reform.
American Outdoor Brands, the parent company of the Smith & Wesson gun brand, replied to BlackRock in a public letter earlier this month, saying that it respects the national debate
about gun safety and shares «the nation's grief» over the Parkland killings and «the desire to make our communities safer.»
And another chance for Congress to do something or nothing
about gun violence.
So here we are as a country, grieving again, and debating what to do
about gun violence again, and with no agreed - upon solution again.
This is
about gun reform.
Cruz, he said, was selling knives out of a lunchbox, posting on Instagram
about guns and killing animals, and eventually «going after one of my friends, threatening her.»
By making more people more passionate
about gun control, the movement could help close a big gap in the current debate.
The familiar response played out as the shooting again cracked open fissures in American politics and culture
about guns, a debate that seems ever more entrenched.