Mass Shootings

Gingrich On Mass Shootings: We Need More Open Carry

“Frankly, in states that have conceal carry and other permits, constitutional carry permits, you have a much more rapid response to these kind of people who are crazy. And we have no idea what this person’s motivation was, but I think we have to assume, as we move forward, that people — and by the way, this also applies to …

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Hannity: I’ve Trained In Martial Arts For Mass Shootings

“I can literally probably count the seconds before an incident like this becomes politicized and that part of it I never like. And then I always ask the question, when something like this happens, what is your plan? What do you do? I have a personal security plan. I train in mixed martial arts. I’ve been a big believer in …

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Up To 22 Dead And Dozens Wounded In Maine Mass Shooting, Suspect Identified And Still At Large [VIDEO]

CNN reports: There were two active shooting incidents in the city of Lewiston — at Sparetime Recreation, a bowling alley on Mollison Way, and Schemengees Bar & Grille Restaurant on Lincoln Street, according to Lewiston police. State officials say the shootings began around 6:56 p.m. ET. Eyewitnesses described seeing people running away from the bowling alley. Lewiston is about 36 …

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Colorado’s Club Q To Reopen In New Location [VIDEO]

Colorado Springs’ ABC affiliate reports: It has been nearly a year since the Club Q mass shooting in Colorado Springs that left 5 people dead and injured over a dozen. While Club Q officials initially stated that they were going to remodel their original building, they have now decided they’re moving to a new location, the Satellite Hotel in Southern …

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Cultist Gets 12 Months For Cyberstalking Parkland Dad

From the Justice Department: On Oct. 20, U.S. District Judge Robert N. Scola sentenced James Catalano, 62, of Fresno, California, to 12 months in prison for sending hundreds of harrowing messages to a local activist against gun violence whose daughter was murdered during the 2018 mass shooting at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. On March 28, 2023, …

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FL Man Charged With Planning School Mass Shootings

The South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports: Police officers pulled over a 19-year-old recent graduate from Okeechobee High School because the headlight on his truck was out. Then they found handwritten pages detailing plans to kill everyone at his high school. Henry Horton IV, of Okeechobee, was arrested Thursday by Palm Beach County Sheriff’s detectives after they uncovered his plans for mass …

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Gun Rights Group Sues NM Gov Over Temporary Ban

The Messenger reports: A gun rights group and Albuquerque resident are suing New Mexico state officials over a temporary ban on firearm carry laws. The National Association for Gun Rights and resident Foster Haines filed the suit one day after New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, D, announced a 30 day ban on open and concealed carry in Albuquerque, citing …

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DeSantis Gets Loudly Booed At Jacksonville Vigil

The Associated Press reports: Following services earlier in the day, about 200 people showed up at a Sunday evening vigil a block from the Dollar General store in Jacksonville where officials said Ryan Palmeter opened fire Saturday using guns he bought legally despite a past involuntary commitment for a mental health exam. Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis — who is running …

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Biden On Jacksonville: Hate Must Have No Safe Harbor

Via press release from the White House: On Saturday, our nation marked the 60th Anniversary of the March on Washington — a seminal moment in our history and in our work towards equal opportunity for all Americans. But this day of remembrance and commemoration ended with yet another American community wounded by an act of gun violence, reportedly fueled by …

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Gunman Identified In Jacksonville Mass Shooting

NBC News reports: A white gunman killed three Black people in what the sheriff called a hate-motivated shooting at a Dollar General store in Jacksonville, Florida, on Saturday.  Authorities identified the shooter as Ryan Christopher Palmeter, a 21-year-old from Orange Park, Florida. They also confirmed he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters earlier described the gunman …

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Florida Nazi Kills Three Black People In Store Shooting

The New York Times reports: A white gunman wearing a tactical vest barged into a Dollar General store in Jacksonville, Fla., on Saturday and fatally shot three Black people in an attack that the authorities said they were investigating as a hate crime. The gunman, who has not been publicly identified and was described as being in his early 20s, …

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IL Gov Signs Bill Allowing Lawsuits Against Gunmakers

The Chicago Tribune reports: Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Saturday approved a measure that would allow firearm retailers or manufacturers to be sued for marketing guns to people under 18 and promoting other improper marketing ploys geared toward the sale of weapons. The bill was signed a day after Pritzker and his Democratic allies in the Illinois General Assembly scored a …

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Illinois Supreme Court Upholds Assault Weapons Ban

ABC News reports: The Illinois State Supreme Court found a strict assault weapons ban passed after the Highland Park shooting to be constitutional in a ruling issued Friday. The ruling came in response to a lawsuit that claimed that the ban violated the equal protections clause of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The court reversed a lower court …

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Death Penalty For Pittsburgh Synagogue Mass Shooter

The Jewish Chronicle reports: A US truck driver has been given the death penalty after being convicted of barging into the Pittsburgh Tree of Life synagogue and killing 11 congregants in an act of antisemitic terror. A jury concluded that Robert Bowers should receive the death penalty instead of life in prison without parole for carrying out the attack, dubbed …

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Republicans Who Oppose All Gun Control Laws Call On Media To Limit Their Reporting About Mass Shooters

Via press release from GOP Rep. Andy Ogles: Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) and Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) introduced a resolution urging the media to engage in responsible and voluntary journalistic practices to deny mass public murderers the attention they seek and to minimize the potential ‘media contagion effect’ caused by sensationalistic reporting. The resolution aims to encourage a more balanced …

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Texas Walmart Mass Shooter Gets 90 Life Sentences

The El Paso Times reports: The white supremacist who fatally shot 23 people at an El Paso Walmart will remain behind bars for the rest of his life after being sentenced to 90 consecutive life sentences. Patrick Crusius, 24, was sentenced Friday morning to life in prison on each of 90 federal charges he pleaded guilty to earlier this year …

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Five Dead In Philly Mass Shooting, Gunman In Custody

Philadelphia’s NBC affiliate reports: A gunman who was armed with two weapons and wearing a bulletproof vest killed five men and injured a toddler and teenager in a mass shooting in Southwest Philadelphia Monday night, police said. “We have absolutely no idea why this happened,” Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw said a late Monday night news conference. “This person decided …

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Parkland Security Guard Found Not Guilty Of Neglect

The South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports: Former School Resource Officer Scot Peterson, the only person other than the gunman to face charges in the 2018 Parkland massacre when he was accused of failing to rush into the building to confront the mass shooter, has been found not guilty on all charges. After the first not guilty verdict was read, Peterson placed …

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Club Q Mass Shooter Pleads Guilty To Five Counts Of Murder, Gets Life Sentences Without Parole Possibility

ABC News reports: The suspect in a mass shooting at LGBTQ bar Club Q in Colorado Springs, Colorado, that left five people dead accepted a plea deal Monday. Anderson Lee Aldrich has pleaded guilty to five counts of murder in the first degree, 46 counts of attempted murder in the first degree. Aldrich will receive five consecutive life sentences without …

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Synagogue Mass Shooter Found Guilty On All Counts

Pittsburgh’s CBS affiliate reports: The jury in the trial of Robert Bowers, the accused gunman in the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting found him guilty on all counts. Just before noon, the jury returned from more than five hours of deliberations over two days. In total, Bowers was facing 63 counts. For counts 1-11, Bowers was found guilty on all counts of”obstruction …

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