[Gun Control News]
Sen. Schumer: “It really is a shame that despite the recent shootings, the human tragedies and the overwhelming cries by the American people for Congress to act on gun violence, that I have to stand here and admit we all need to keep the pressure on. Today, I am announcing that we in the Senate will not be silent when Mitch McConnell and the administration need us to be. We will be vociferous, and next week in the Senate we will demand a vote on meaningful and commonsense reforms, like fixing our broken background check law.”
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NEW JERSEY SENATOR BOOKER INTRODUCES FEDERAL FIREARMS LEGISLATION TO ADDRESS GUN VIOLENCE CRISIS
[Gun Control News]
Senator Cory Booker: “We’re in the midst of a national gun violence crisis that is ravaging our country,” Booker said. “The consequences of continued congressional inaction are deadly. There have been more mass shootings this year than number of days.”
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ARTEX PRODUCTIONS AND BRADY ORGANIZATION RELEASE “MORNING ROUTINE” VIDEO ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE
[Gun Control]
Artex Productions’ Tim Warren: “We hope Morning Routine evokes a powerful, gut-level reaction in each viewer, one that spurs them to take tangible political action.”
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CARICOM CARIBBEAN COUNTRIES CONDEMN EL PASO AND DAYTON MASS MURDERS WHILE PLEDGING SOLIDARITY
[Caribbean News]
CARICOM on El Paso and Dayton shootings: “CARICOM condemns in the strongest terms these heinous attacks which have deeply shaken the affected communities. The Community extends its deepest sympathies to the relatives and friends of those who lost their lives and wishes a full and speedy recovery to the injured.”
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CONGRESSIONAL TRI-CAUCUS RELEASES STATEMENT LINKING TRUMP’S RACIST RHETORIC TO RISE IN DOMESTIC TERRORISM
[Congressional Black Caucus]
Congressional Tri-Caucus: “Although President Trump called the most recent shootings ‘acts of domestic terrorism,’ the Tri-Caucus cannot ignore the role President Trump’s rhetoric has played in fanning the flames of division and racism. Since taking office, the President has emboldened white supremacy through his hateful rhetoric and constant attacks on minority communities.”
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MISSOURI CONGRESSMAN CLEAVER TO TRUMP ADMINISTRATION: CHARGE EL PASO MURDERER AS “GLOBAL TERRORIST”
[El Paso Mass Murders]
Missouri Rep. Emanuel Cleaver: “This President has taken the smoldering ember of white nationalism, doused it with rhetorical gasoline, and watched it spread like wildfire. White nationalists time and time again have used the exact language of this President to condone their violence against immigrants, Muslims, and other minorities.”
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SENATOR CHUCK SCHUMER AND REP. PETER KING MAKE BIPARTISAN PLEA FOR NEW GUN CONTROL MEASURES
[Gun Control News]
New York Senator Chuck Schumer and Rep. Peter King this week made a bipartisan plea to enact new gun control measures after the massacres in El Paso and Dayton.
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MASS MURDERS IN AMERICA: “CHICKENS COMING HOME TO ROOST?”
[“Speaking Truth To Empower]
Colin Benjamin: “Unfortunately, many who are now decrying the crisis in domestic gun violence have been either woefully unaware—or don’t care when American killing machines are hurting people elsewhere.”
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BRONX BOROUGH PRESIDENT DIAZ JR. RENEWS CALL FOR GUN CRIME REGISTRY IN CITY COUNCIL
[Bronx News]
Bronx Borough President: “The scourge of gun violence that has rocked this country in recent weeks—as well as Washington’s continued refusal to act on these tragedies—requires us to implement strong local solutions.”
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TRUMP’S UNITED STATES OF HATE INCITES RISING WHITE BACKLASH
[Guest Editorial\Dr. Keith Magee]
Dr. Magee: “The preaching of ‘whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also’, is no longer applicable in these times. There’s no longer the tolerance to mount a non-violence movement or foot soldiers in protest when the evidence is clear that this venom embodied in these White-skin individuals is filled with intentional rage, injustice, and violence, against everyone that isn’t a pure American of Anglo-Saxon descent.”
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