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How does Donald Trump want to solve the epidemic of gun violence? By building more mental health institutions. The president reiterated his suggestion on Thursday ahead of his first campaign rally since mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio left 31 people dead. Following the tragic events, Trump seemed open to expanding background checks […]
On Monday, ex-prep hoops standout and 2004 first-round pick Sebastian Telfair was sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison for possessing an illegal firearm. Back in June 2017, Brooklyn police pulled over Telfair and 18-year-old Jami Thomas after the illegally parked pickup truck they were in was spotted moving without its headlights on. After the traffic […]
Per the most recent count, updated Sunday, more than 10,000 firearms have been voluntarily turned in to local authorities as part of a massive buyback initiative in New Zealand. The buyback campaign was started in the wake of the Christchurch mosque shootings in March, during which 51 people died and another 49 were injured. The […]
The NYPD has closed its investigation into claims that a Brooklyn commanding officer ordered police to shoot 50 Cent on sight. Sources close to the situation have disclosed to the New York Daily News that NYPD Internal Affairs Investigators concluded that 72nd Precinct Deputy Inspector Emmanuel Gonzalez did not mean any malice when he made the statement about 50. As […]
On August 5, police in Southlake, Texas received a call from a resident who claimed to see a group of men taking pictures with what they thought were real guns. Officers arrived to the scene with guns drawn and detained the four men. Soon after arriving, the cops realized it was all a false alarm. The men were actually shooting […]
The New York City Police Department has issued a statement clarifying that sounds mistaken for gun shots in Times Square were actually the result of “motorcycles backfiring.” The department said Tuesday night they had received multiple 911 inquiries and urged those in the region to refrain from panic, as the sounds were merely the result […]
Team USA Coach Gregg Popovich is tired of inaction on gun control. The winningest coach in NBA history tried to light a fire under Congress after the US suffered two mass shootings in the span of 24 hours, including one in his adopted home state of Texas. “The situation we’re all living in now, everybody […]
Early Tuesday morning, reports started to surface claiming Yung Miami‘s G-Wagon was the target of gunfire. According to the Instagram page of The Neighborhood Talk, the rapper was leaving Circle House Studios in her hometown of Miami when her vehicle was struck. “I got the story first because I was standing right there,” the caption […]
Following the mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso that left innocent people 20 dead, Mexico is considering legal action for what they are directly calling a terrorist attack. “The fact that Mexicans have lost their lives, forces us to take the corresponding legal actions with respect to arms,” Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said of […]
With two mass shooting devastating the U.S. within just 14 hours of one another, people are once again contemplating the gun crisis in America. And it is a crisis, as CBS pointed out that there have been more mass shootings this year than days. To be more specific, there have been 251 mass shootings this year, in only 216 days. […]
