KARE 11 Investigates: Shooting suspect may have legally obtained his gun
Despites run-ins with police, a threatened mass shooting and admitting he violated a restraining order, state laws did not prevent Gregory Ulrich from owning a gun. Author: Brandon Stahl (KARE11), A.J. Lagoe, Steve Eckert Published: 9:00 PM CST February 11, 2021 Updated: 10:15 PM CST February 11, 2021
BUFFALO, Minn. Even before Tuesday, Gregory Ulrich had so many red flags in his history it would have seemed impossible he could have legally owned a gun.
There were the dozens of run-ins with Buffalo Police dating back more than a decade.
He was charged with violating a harassment restraining order filed by the doctor, where a judge wrote that Ulrich had stated that “killing one individual wouldn’t be enough” and that “his intent was to get at least 30 years in jail and possibly a straight jacket.”
Roy Exum: Sure, They Can Play Thursday, February 11, 2021 - by Roy Exum
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As about 92 percent of the Chattanoogan readers who responded to a poll expressed, the chance that transgender males who identify themselves as females be allowed to participate in women s sports is absolutely absurd. Tennessee’s House of Representatives forwarded a bill in opposition quickly to the state Senate on Tuesday night. Hours later, Tennessee Equality Project Executive Director Chris Sanders whined, The bill is discriminatory in and of itself, but it s also misleading … (The legislators) are not providing a path for everyone to play, they are picking a group of people and trying to find a way to sit them out.
House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney
Maloney introduced the Gun Trafficking Prevention Act, which would make gun trafficking a felony and make straw purchasing when someone buys a gun for another person who is ineligible a felony as opposed to a misdemeanor.
She also introduced the Handgun Trigger Safety Act, which would incentivize the development of “smart-gun technology” that would only allow authorized gun owners to fire a gun. In addition, Maloney introduced the Firearm Risks Protection Act, which would require gun owners to purchase liability insurance.
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The New York Democrat also unveiled the Gunshow Loop Hole Act to require people who buy guns at gun shows to undergo background checks. In addition, the NICS Review Act would require the FBI retain records of the National Instant Criminal Background Check system for at least 90 days so that the agency and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives can review rec
Don t tread on Texans gun rights, Abbott says in plan to protect Second Amendment
Fort Worth Star-Telegram 2/8/2021 Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Feb. 8 Lawmakers are back in Austin for the first legislative session since the mass shootings in El Paso and Midland-Odessa, presenting an opportunity to the address gun laws in a state where more than 3,000 people are killed with a gun each year.
It s a familiar position for lawmakers, who went into the 2019 session in the wake of mass shootings at a church in Sutherland Springs and a high school in Santa Fe.
Gov. Greg Abbott, for one, is focused on making Texas a Second Amendment sanctuary state.
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