Parents of victims and survivors of the mass shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde will appear before a House committee next week as Congress debates gun measures.
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Two doctors, receptionist and visitor killed in Tulsa shooting
One was an Army veteran who sacrificed his life to save his wife during the shooting.
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Posted inNation & World, Politics
Recent massacres prompt debate on purchase age for AR-style rifles
The gunmen in 2 of the nation’s most recent mass shootings, in Buffalo, N.Y., and Uvalde, Texas, legally bought the semi-automatic rifles they used in the killings after they turned 18.
Posted inNation & World, News
Uvalde says goodbye at visitations, funerals for school shooting victims
It should have been the first day of a joyous week for Robb Elementary School students — the start of summer break.
Posted inNation & World
Uvalde tells President Biden to ‘do something’; he pledges, ‘We will’
His visit to Texas was his second trip in as many weeks to console a community mourning a staggering loss after a shooting.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
The Maine Millennial: Attack ad teaches Gov. Mills the wrong lesson
Don’t yield to bullies – they’ll just keep coming back for more.
Posted inGreg Kesich, Op-Eds, Opinion
The View From Here: The real power of ‘the gun lobby’
We can’t pass meaningful public safety laws until we can overcome a fatal lack of trust.
Posted inNation & World
As U.S. mourns, NRA in turmoil but influence remains
Republicans and Democrats agree there is little chance that legislation tightening gun laws will be passed by a narrowly divided Congress.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Laws reducing the number of guns in our communities work – if we pass them
We don’t hear about the massacres that were prevented because Connecticut passed strict laws after Newtown. Here’s one example.
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Police waited as children inside Texas school called 911 begging for help
The commander at the scene in Uvalde believed that 18-year-old gunman was barricaded inside adjoining classrooms at Robb Elementary School and that children were no longer at risk.