Sheriffs Refuse to Enforce Laws on Gun Control. Trayvon. Rick Perry Reacts To Zimmerman Verdict: 'I Think Our Justice System Is Color Blind' Handguns, suicides, mass shootings deaths, and self-defense: Findings from a research report on gun violence. Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images Background checks are back.
Last week, Vice President Joe Biden said that five U.S. senators—enough to change the outcome—have told him they’re looking for a way to switch their votes and pass legislation requiring a criminal background check for the purchase of a firearm. Sen. Joe Manchin, the West Virginia Democrat who led the fight for the bill, is firing back at the National Rifle Association with a new TV ad. The White House, emboldened by polls that indicate damage to senators who voted against the bill, is pushing Congress to reconsider it.
Will Saletan writes about politics, science, technology, and other stuff for Slate. Follow The gun control debate is certainly worth reopening. Is the N.R.A. Un-American? The Day in Gun Violence - NYTimes.com. Two of today’s shootings involve men who allegedly gunned down their wives and other family members.
In fact, many shootings covered in our daily report are domestic. This sad fact has apparently not gone unnoticed by Zombie Industries, an N.R.A. convention vendor famous for marketing a target that resembles President Obama. The company is under fire this week for marketing a mannequin shooting target in the likeness of a bleeding woman. Dubbed “The Ex,” the blond mannequin is clad in a tight white shirt and violet bra and actually bleeds fake blood when shot.
After an outcry, Amazon just yesterday stopped selling it. Demand Action to End Gun Violence, a campaign of Mayors Against Illegal Guns, recently released an infographic revealing the intersection of guns and domestic violence. Gun-death tally: Every American gun death since Newtown Sandy Hook shooting (INTERACTIVE) The answer to the simple question in that headline is surprisingly hard to come by.
So Slate is collecting data for our crowdsourced interactive. This data is necessarily incomplete (click here to see why, and to learn more about @GunDeaths, the Twitter user who helped us create this interactive). But the more people who are paying attention, the better the data will be. You can help us draw a more complete picture of gun violence in America. If you know about a gun death in your community that isn’t represented here, please email a link to a news report to slatedata@gmail.com. Update, Dec. 31, 2013: After a year of gun deaths, Slate is retiring this project. Click a marker below to filter incidents by that location. . © OpenStreetMap contributors Any Age Group Adult Teen Child. Obama and Congress: Should the president be twisting more arms? Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images You wouldn't stick a medical thermometer in a pork roast to test if it was done, and this simple kitchen rule should apply to presidential evaluations: Use the right thermometer.
In a recent interview, Sen. Pat Toomey, the Republican who failed to convince his colleagues to expand background checks on gun sales, said some of those Republicans wouldn't vote for the measure because they didn't want to give Barack Obama a political win. "There were some on my side who did not want to be seen helping the president do something he wanted to get done, just because the president wanted to do it," he said. The comment adds context to the ongoing discussion about whether President Obama is showing "leadership.
" Gun control movement: The anti-gun groups appear to have lost their way after the defeat of the gun bill. Photo by Larry Downing/Reuters In its heyday, Occupy D.C. spread like kudzu over most of McPherson Square, conveniently located right between the White House and K Street.
Morning Joe Host Shames Senators Who Killed Gun Reform: 'We're The 90 Percent And We're Going To Win' By Aviva Shen "Morning Joe Host Shames Senators Who Killed Gun Reform: ‘We’re The 90 Percent And We’re Going To Win’" The morning after the U.S.
Senate failed to pass a bipartisan compromise to expand background checks to gun shows and online sales, MSNBC’s ‘Morning Joe’ host Joe Scarborough raged against the lawmakers who blocked the bill. Scarborough, a former Republican Congressman, predicted both his party as well as the “Democrats who cowered in the corner” would “pay a heavy price” in the 2014 midterm elections. As the show flashed images of each senator who voted against the measure, Scarborough reminded viewers that 90 percent of Americans support universal background checks, an even more extensive proposal than the one ultimately included in the failed bill. Dead children and monied politicians. What is left to say?
A sane man’s contempt for the United States Senate must now be certain and complete. A Senate in the Gun Lobby’s Grip. The Senate Fails Americans on Gun Bills. Obama Reacts Guns Bill April 17. Senate gun control roll call vote: Senators who bucked their party - Dan Berman. The Senate failed to find the 60 votes needed to advance the proposal from Sens.
Weekly Address: Sandy Hook Victim's Mother Calls for Commonsense Gun Responsibility Reforms.