Posts Tagged: US Gun Violence
US House Panel Asks Gunmaker CEOs to Testify Amid Mass Shootings
The US House Oversight Committee has asked the chief executives of three gunmakers to testify on July 20 as part of its investigation into the...
Biden Says ‘Enough!’ on Gun Violence, Demands Action From Congress
Declaring "Enough, enough!" US President Joe Biden on Thursday called on Congress to ban assault weapons, expand background checks and implement other gun control measures...
Texas Shooting Suspect Charged With Murder, Case Being Treated as Domestic Terrorism
A single capital murder charge was filed on Sunday against the man accused of killing 20 people and wounding more than two dozen others at...
Gunman Shoots Into Maryland Newsroom, Kills at Least Five
A gunman fired through a glass door at a newspaper in the Maryland capital of Annapolis and sprayed the newsroom with gunfire on Thursday, killing at least...
Poll: Majority Disapprove of Obama’s Immigration, Gun Control Policies
Politico - More people disapprove than approve of the way President Obama is handling immigration and guns, according to a new poll by Quinnipiac...
Boston, Cameras, and Civil Liberties
America is a crazy land of contradictions, and yet if ever there was an argument in favor dysfunction, the USA is it. Enough of its senators...
Gun Control, Mental Health, and the Holocaust
While the gun control debate intensifies in the U.S., a bipartisan group of lawmakers is pointing to improved treatment of mental health issues, rather than...
Jewish Organizations Sign Letter to Senate Calling for Gun Control
JTA - Twenty-three national Jewish organizations signed on to a letter to the U.S. Senate urging members to pass gun control legislation. In the letter...
Jewish Teen Turns Tragedy Into Advocacy, Shares a Roundtable With the President
On Yom Kippur, Sept. 26, 2012, Sami Rahamim was with his father Reuven at Beth El Synagogue in St. Louis Park, Minn. On Feb....
