“You have to have multiple layers of security to protect the children. And there’s also the factor of human error. And that’s the reason that you’ve got to have different layers, you can’t rely upon just one technique. “School Safety is something that we all have to focus on coming out of the incredible tragedy that we see in Uvalde, …

CBS News reports: Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut sees the opportunity for Congress to pass “something significant” on gun safety for the first time in decades, he said on “Face the Nation” Sunday. Murphy, who is leading bipartisan talks on a gun safety measure now, told moderator Margaret Brennan that he’s seen more Republicans “coming to the table and talking …

The Washington Post reports: President Biden and first lady Jill Biden arrived in this small city of 16,000 on Sunday, as immense grief weighed on the residents, families and officials trying to come to terms with another senseless mass shooting in America.  The visit is the second by the president in less than two weeks to the epicenter of a …

The Hill reports: Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) said on Sunday that he is “open to” an assault weapons ban after a gunman killed 21 people in Uvalde, Texas with an AR-15-style rifle. “I have opposed a ban fairly recently, I think I’m open to a ban now,” Kinzinger told co-anchor Dana Bash on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “It’s going …

The Daily Beast reports: The family of Isaac Hayes has spoken out against former president Donald Trump walking off and dancing to one of the late soul music pioneer’s songs following his controversial speech at the annual NRA convention. The ex-president’s speech at the gun-lobby event, mere days after 19 schoolchildren and two teachers were massacred in Uvalde, Texas, featured …

“The Second Amendment is designed to help ensure that we, the citizenry, always have the right to take back our government should it become dictatorial. “That was a great fear of the Founding Fathers and, quite frankly, it’s a fear today. And as long as we enjoy infringed Second Amendment rights then we don’t really have to worry that much …

“We’re supposed to see something, say something, but we all know that if you actually see something and say something, you’ll get labeled. “They’ll say, ‘You’re a bigot, I can’t believe you’d do that.’ Maybe you misgendered that person. They’ll go after you for hate crimes, you’ll get sued for stating the obvious. “It’s the gun, it’s not the sociopath …

The Huffington Post reports: Going beyond even the GOP’s own platform, Republican Senate candidate J.D. Vance told a Catholic magazine last year that pornography should be banned because it’s stopping Americans from getting married and starting families. “I think the combination of porn, abortion have basically created a lonely, isolated generation that isn’t getting married, they’re not having families, and …

“If you open the dictionary to ‘virtue signaling’ you would see that image right there. That is just ridiculous on so many levels. And, I mean, I don’t know what Ukraine has to do with sexuality. “If the LGBTQ+ crew is trying to indicate that supporting Ukraine is gay, I might be in agreement with them there. Just kidding! Just …

The Insider reports: Despite law enforcement changing their story about what occurred during this week’s school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, at least a dozen times, GOP Sen. John Cornyn tweeted on Saturday that “second-guessing” the police response to the incident is “unfair.” Cornyn’s comments were added to an earlier post from Texas Rep. Tony Gonzalez that indicated the Uvalde police …

Reuters reports:  Two blazes that grew into New Mexico’s largest ever wildfire were both started by the U.S. Forest Service (USFS), the agency said on Friday, prompting the state’s governor to demand the federal government take full responsibility for the disaster. Forest Service investigators determined the Calf Canyon Fire was caused by a “burn pile” of branches that the agency …

The Buffalo News reports: Rep. Chris Jacobs of Orchard Park on Friday made a surprising about-face on gun control issues, becoming perhaps the first congressional Republican to call for an assault weapons ban in the wake of the recent mass shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde, Texas. At a news conference in Lancaster and in a later interview with The Buffalo …

The Insider reports: Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy this week said that he thought people still needed assault weapons to kill “feral pigs.” Vice News asked Cassidy whether he believed there was any room to ban assault weapons in the country. The lawmaker was also asked why someone would ever need an AR-15 — the weapon used by the gunman in …

Mediaite reports: House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) was booed on Saturday by the crowd at former President Donald Trump‘s rally in Wyoming. McCarthy appeared virtually to encourage rally-goers to oust Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), saying that she “is obsessed with attacking President Donald J. Trump and pandering to the liberal media.” McCarthy said Wyoming needs a representative “who prioritizes …

The Daily Mail reports: Local law enforcement was called in to break up a confrontation between gun control advocates and those attending protesting outside the NRA Convention in Houston – with a group of far-right Proud Boys joining in the fight. Hundreds of people calling for gun control following the massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas gathered outside …

Variety reports: Playing in 4,735 locations, the widest theatrical release in domestic box office history, “Top Gun: Maverick” is projected to earn $150 million over the holiday weekend. On a three-day scale, Paramount is predicting a $123 million haul. That’s easily a new record debut for Cruise, whose previous best — a $64.8 million opening for 2005’s “War of the …

Colorado Newsline reports: State Sen. Don Coram tried to paint himself as a moderate, experienced alternative to incumbent U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert during the first debate between the candidates ahead of the Republican primary elections. Though Coram’s campaign claimed that the candidates agreed on a “paper and pencil” policy — meaning they could have paper on stage to take realtime …

CBS News reports: Airline travelers are not only facing sticker shock this Memorial Day weekend, the kickoff to the summer travel season. They’re also dealing with a pileup of flight cancellations. More than 1,200 flights were canceled as of 2 p.m EST Saturday, according to flight tracking website FlightAware. That followed more than 2,300 cancellations on Friday. Delta noted in …

Raw Story reports: Prompted by a RSBN reporter, Lindell blurted that the election results were tampered with via the use of algorithms. “It was stolen, there were algorithms used in Georgia but we caught them,” he claimed,” he claimed before adding, “We were watching, everyone was watching this time.” Unable to recall the name of Rep. Jody Hice (R-GA) who …

The Associated Press reports: It took more than three centuries, but the last Salem “witch” who wasn’t has been officially pardoned. Massachusetts lawmakers on Thursday formally exonerated Elizabeth Johnson Jr., clearing her name 329 years after she was convicted of witchcraft in 1693 and sentenced to death at the height of the Salem Witch Trials. Johnson was never executed, but …