by Jim Heath | Sep 6, 2019 | Guns, Headlines
Several more of the country’s most ubiquitous retail chains said this week that they will ask customers to refrain from openly carrying guns in their stores, marking a notable shift in the debate about the presence of guns in everyday life in the United States. CVS...
by Jim Heath | Sep 3, 2019 | Guns, Headlines
Walmart is making bold changes to its gun policy that will end sales of certain weapons, following a deadly mass shooting at one of its stores in El Paso, Texas, and an incident days earlier at another location in Southaven, Mississippi. The retail giant will continue...
by Jim Heath | Aug 26, 2019 | Guns, Headlines
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has placed an explicit ban against bringing guns to church, a change that one expert says shows the American-founded church is moving away from its western rural roots. Daniel Woodruff confirmed the change to a church...
by Jim Heath | Aug 20, 2019 | Guns, Headlines
President Trump called National Rifle Association (NRA) CEO Wayne LaPierre today to tell him that universal background checks for gun purchases are off the table. The decision to oppose an initiative that has strong support in public polling signals an apparent...
by Jim Heath | Aug 8, 2019 | Guns, Headlines
After a weekend of hate-fueled violence and two mass shootings within 24 hours, the New York Post’s editorial board had a message for the country’s commander in chief: “BAN WEAPONS OF WAR.” The massacres in El Paso and Dayton, Ohio, left at least 31 dead and seemed to...
by Jim Heath | Aug 4, 2019 | Guns, Headlines
An active shooter killed at least nine people and wounded at least 16 more at Ned Peppers bar in Dayton, Ohio just hours after a gunman in El Paso, Texas shot and killed 20 people at a Walmart. Authorities referred to the Dayton shooting as a “mass casualty incident”...
