Feds argue Air Force not liable for Sutherland Springs massacre, or only partly responsible
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Lisa Krantz /San Antonio Express-News
Government lawyers defending the Air Force in the Sutherland Springs mass shooting trial said Devin Kelley’s supervisors could not foresee he would open fire on parishioners.
They also claimed Tuesday that Kelley could have gotten guns other than through licensed gun dealers. A San Antonio-area Academy Sports and Outdoors store sold him the assault rifle he used to kill 26 people.
The government is trying to convince U.S. District Judge Xavier Rodriguez that even if he finds the Air Force liable after the trial ends next week, the Air Force shares liability with Kelley and Academy.
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Des Moines County Sheriff Kevin Glendening had been advocating for legislation creating enhanced penalties or mandatory minimum sentences for repeat gun offenders. There was some talk of that legislation, but then it was realized pretty quickly up at the Capitol that there was this gun bill that was laying in wait, said Glendening, who is in his first year on the Iowa State Sheriffs and Deputies Association Legislative Committee.
The gun bill was House File 756, a constitutional carry bill that will roll back what now are aggravated misdemeanor gun offenses to serious misdemeanors effective July 1.
A serious misdemeanor in Iowa is punishable by up to one year in jail and a fine of between $315 and $1,875, while an aggravated misdemeanor is punishable by up to two years in jail and a fine of between $625 and $6,250. Additionally, those convicted of an aggravated misdemeanor involving a firearm or explosive no longer can obtain a permit to carry.
Dave Heath has noticed his business of private firearms education classes tends to boom after incidents that cause people to fear for their safety or worry they will lose their rights to possess guns.
Right now, that has meant March’s massacre in a King Soopers on Boulder’s south side and President Joe Biden’s remarks calling gun violence in the U.S. an epidemic and an international embarrassment.
“All the customers I m getting right now are because of Boulder and … the news says this morning that Biden intends to roll out a whole bunch of gun laws. That s probably going to boost business, too,” said Heath, a military veteran and owner of Colorado Gun Classes.
Fact-checking Biden’s speech announcing new executive actions on gun control
In the wake of another series of mass shootings around the US, President Joe Biden announced several gun-control focused executive actions on Thursday.
The actions include expanding background checks for certain types of guns, regulating stabilizing braces built for pistols, making new investments in intervention programs for violence-prone communities, and creating model “red flag” legislation for states to pass.
Here’s a look at some of the claims Biden made during his Rose Garden announcement and the facts around them: Gun manufacturers and liability
Biden claimed that “the only industry in America a billion-dollar industry that can’t be sued has exempt from being sued are gun manufacturers.”