The Maine Legislature approved gun safety legislation including background checks on private gun sales, waiting periods for gun purchases and criminalizing gun sales to prohibited people.
A Republican member of the Maine House of Representatives is facing backlash after suggesting that last year's deadly mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine — that left 18 dead and more than a dozen wounded — was vengeance from God.NBC News reported that Rep. Michael Lemelin took to the floor of the house on Thursday to condemn LD 1619, which was legislation expanding privacy rights for abortion patients that passed the same day as the October 25 shooting. He then went on to suggest that the shooting...
Tennessee Republican lawmakers have passed a bill that would let some teachers and staff carry concealed handguns on public school grounds
Tennessee Republican lawmakers have passed a bill that would let some teachers and staff carry concealed handguns on public school grounds
Protesters chanted “Blood on your hands” at Tennessee House Republicans on Tuesday after they passed a bill that would allow some teachers and staff to carry concealed handguns on public school grounds.
By JONATHAN MATTISE (Associated Press) NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Protesters chanted “Blood on your hands” at Tennessee House Republicans on Tuesday after they passed a bill that would allow some teachers and staff to carry concealed handguns on public school grounds, and bar parents and other teachers from knowing who was armed. The 68-28 vote […]
Leaders in the Greater New Orleans area are calling for better gun control following the mass shooting on Sunday, April 13, in the Warehouse District.
A Republican lawmaker in Maine was censured by his colleagues after implying that the deadliest mass shooting in the state's history was punishment from God for a recently passed abortion law. During debate on a bill on reproductive and gender-affirming care on the House floor Wednesday, state Rep. Michael Lemelin called the legislation "the purest form of evil" and then compared it to Legislative Document 1619, a bill to expand abortion access that went into effect in October. Pointing to the...
Amy Scott, the NSW Police Inspector who is being praised for her heroics after she fatally shot Bondi mass killer Joel Cauchi on Saturday, has told colleagues that she was ‘just doing her job’ when she responded to the scene. Scott came face to face with a knife-wielding Cauchi — who killed six innocent victims […]
The family of a 9-year-old girl killed in a Saturday night shooting has identified her. Three children were among 10 other people shot at the South Side family gathering.
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A homeless woman who turned a bus stop into a temporary home has spoken of her desperate fight to keep her family together after being told she needed to find a new place to live. Destiny Mitchell moved into the 3m (9.8ft) by 1m (3.2ft) glass and metal pad in Selly Oak, Birmingham, seven months ago with her 31-year-old boyfriend Ryan and her 44-year-old mother.The trio tried to give the graffiti-covered shelter a homey feel by adding a rug, drawers and even an old pair of Super Mario curtains...