MSNBC Blames TN Gun Laws for Shooting -- But Gunman Came from Illinois


by NewsBusters

NewsBusters— On this past weekend's The Saturday Show, MSNBC host Jonathan Capehart teamed up with anti-gun activist Dr. Jonathan Metzl to spread misinformation about the effects of gun laws as the two discussed his book on the 25th anniversary of the Columbine school shootings. As the discussion turned to the 2018 attack on a Nashville Waffle House by 29-year-old Travis Reinking, Dr. Metzl reflexively blamed Tennessee's "pathologically loose gun laws" without divulging that the gunman had only somewhat...

Zero Hedge—North Carolina Shooting: Democrats Blame Guns While Letting Repeat Offenders Run Free. span property="schema:name" class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden"North Carolina Shooting: Democrats Blame Guns While Letting Repeat Offenders Run Free/span div property="schema:text" class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"pWhatever happened to the media coverage of the mass shooting of police officers in Charlotte, NC this week? Only moments after the attack which took the...

WTOP—Maine governor signs off on new gun laws, mental health supports in wake of Lewiston shootings. AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Democratic Gov. Janet Mills on Friday signed into law a suite of gun safety legislation approved by lawmakers after the deadliest mass shooting in state history

FOX News—Maine governor signs off on new gun laws, mental health supports in wake of Lewiston shootings. Democratic Gov. Janet Mills on Friday signed into law a suite of gun safety legislation approved by lawmakers after the deadliest mass shooting in state history, expanding background checks for private sales of weapons, bolstering the state's "yellow flag" law, criminalizing the transfer of guns to prohibited people and expanding mental health crisis care. The governor told lawmakers during her State of the State address that doing nothing was not an option after an Army reservist with an...