MSNBC: Rep. Jared Golden (D-ME) calls his opposition to an #AssaultWeaponsBan a mistake after deadly mass shooting in his district.
Golden: I have opposed efforts to ban deadly weapons of war like the assault rifle he used to carry out this crime. The time has now come for me to take responsibility for this failure. Which is why I now call on the US congress to ban assault rifles..for those who have been harmed, I ask for forgiveness" #GunViolence
Arguably, Putin/Russian money laundered through the gun lobby as campaign donations to the Republican Party, preventing any robust federal legislation on guns such as an assault weapons ban, has arguably been their most successful domestic terrorism operation against the USA. They have found a way to attack us from within.
#BREAKING. UPDATE. At least 16 killed, 50 to 60 people are injured in the incidents, though it’s unclear how many are injured due to gunfire, the sources told CNN. #Maine#GunViolence
#DianneFeinstein, centrist stalwart of the Senate, dies at 90
A trailblazer for women in politics, she led the Intelligence Committee and helped mold the federal bench. Amid health setbacks, she faced calls to resign.
By the city’s succession laws, #Feinstein was elevated to mayor, an office she held for 9yrs before losing a bid for California governor in 1990. 2 yrs later, she won election to the #Senate, where she rose to become chairwoman of the #Intelligence Cmte & the top #Democrat on the #Judiciary Cmte. During >3 decades in office, she delivered muscular support as well as withering criticism of the #CIA, helped mold the #FederalBench, & championed an #AssaultWeaponsBan….
Of all the #legislation that crossed #Feinstein’s #Senate desk, the #bill w/which she was most associated was the #AssaultWeaponsBan that President Bill #Clinton signed into #law in 1994. The uphill effort showcased Feinstein at her most determined. When a more snr senator, Larry Craig (R-ID), questioned her experience on #gun issues, she reminded him that she had become mayor of #SanFrancisco as a result of a double assassination. “I know something about what #firearms can do,” she said.
The #AssaultWeaponsBan expired in 2004. After the mass killing at #SandyHook Elementary School in 2012, in which 20 first-graders & 6 adults were gunned down, #Feinstein spearheaded an unsuccessful effort to renew the #law. #Biden, who recruited her to serve on the #Senate#Judiciary Cmte, called her “a pioneering American. …There’s no better example of her skillful legislating & sheer force of will than when she turned passion into purpose, & led the fight to ban assault weapons.”
AR-15 has been used in most of the mass shootings in recent years and they say it only accounts to what 20% of the guns produced. Seriously 20% produced 80% used an #AssaultWeaponsBan would reduce the amount of shootings we have. We did it once in the 90s and it worked and the Supreme Court didn't overturn it back then and 2nd amendment freaks didn't lose their shit over it.
Here's a #map of #schoolShootings in the #USA since 1980. No state is immune. Sad that I will need to automate this import from #wilkipedia to keep it current.