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Latest massacres test gun-control advocates’ resolve as White House faces growing pressure to act Toluse Olorunnipa, Marianna Sotomayor The routine has become so predictable that some gun-control activists see the familiarity of tragedy as their biggest obstacle to achieving the change they’ve been seeking for the past decade. A gunman’s rampage that claimed eight lives Thursday in Indianapolis became the latest mass shooting to set off the well-known pattern of condo...

With Democrats in control of Washington for the first time in a decade, the recent string of mass shootings has encouraged activists to make a concerted push for fresh legislation restricting access to guns.

WASHINGTON - The routine has become so predictable that some gun-control activists see the familiarity of tragedy as their biggest obstacle to achieving the change they've been seeking for the past decade.

By TOLUSE OLORUNNIPA AND MARIANNA SOTOMAYOR | The Washington Post | Published: April 17, 2021 WASHINGTON — The routine has become so predictable that some gun-control activists see the familiarity of tragedy as their biggest obstacle to achieving the change theyve been seeking for the past decade. A gunmans rampage that claimed eight lives Thursday in Indianapolis became the latest mass shooting to set off the well-known pattern of condolences, lowered flags and a somber presidential state...

Parkland Students Want More Done on Gun Violence After Bidens Executive Order On 4/8/21 at 12:52 PM EDT Parkland students are calling on President Joe Biden to sign even more executive orders targeting gun violence as he is set to take action in response to the recent wave of deadly mass shootings across the nation. In a statement released Thursday, March For Our Lives (MFOL) said that while the new orders Biden is expected to issue will be "a critical step toward treating the gun violence epid...

March 9, 2021 Gun control groups are downright ecstatic with Congress’s opening salvo against law-abiding gun owners. It’s not because anything Congress is proposing would actually stop criminal misuse of firearms. It’s because, for them, it’s just the beginning. That’s their words. Not ours. U.S. Rep Mike Thompson, D-Calif., introduced H.R. 8 — the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2021 — that would criminalize the private transfer of firearms between law-abiding gun owners. A ...

“Passing this legislation is the bare minimum. It’s the first step in comprehensive action. It’s embarrassing that it’s taken this long in the United States to pass commonsense gun legislation. It should not be the case that for as long as I’ve been alive, this country has not seen a single chance to its gun laws,” said Max Markham, policy director at March For Our Lives. ADVERTISEMENT The Democratic-led House last Congress passed the Bipartisan Background Checks Act in February 20...

Signs sit near the White House following a 2018 March for Our Lives rally. Three years later, the activist group, founded by survivors of the deadly shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida, is consulting with the Biden administration on violence prevention policies. Zach Gibson / Getty Images Originally published on February 25, 2021 9:10 am The day before President Bidens allies on Capitol Hill were set to roll out his sweeping immigration overhaul, a group of activis...

Neon Nettle - Anti-Second Amendment Group Gives Biden $1B List of Gun Control Demands - March for Our Lives is demanding $1 billion taxpayer money to combat gun violence

Is it gun violence or gun ownership they're trying to stop?