Post Tagged with: "Gun Control"

March For Our Lives Gun Control Rally

March For Our Lives Gun Control Rally

by · February 27, 2018 · Bulletin Board, Community Events, Guns, News
AM-15 Rifle used in BxLebanon Hospital Center Shooting

Bronx Political Round Up: Gun Control

Schumer: Trump’s Budget Would Slash Funding For The Gun Check System

OPINION: ‘SAFE Act’ Deadline Causing Concerns Across State

OPINION: ‘SAFE Act’ Deadline Causing Concerns Across State

SAFE ACT DEADLINE CAUSING CONCERNS ACROSS NY By Assembly Minority Leader Brian M. Kolb (R-Canandaigua) When the SAFE Act was passed in 2013, few expected its implementation to go smoothly. The secretive and offensive process by which the bill was […]

by · January 22, 2018 · News, Op Ed, Opinion
The Sig Sauer MCX (above) is gun used by the Orlando shooter in the Pulse nightclub mass shooting attack last month.

Today’s Verdict: After Orlando, Gun Control Should Be Front and Center

Regulating of Assault-style Weapons Should Be Front and Center by David Lesch, Esq. Following the events that took place in Orlando last month, the LGBTQ community has found itself front and center in the war against assault weapons.  The tragedy […]

by · July 7, 2016 · Guns, Today's Verdict
Our Public Advocate Leticia "Tish" James

Public Advocate Tish James Joins Hillary Clinton on Gun Control

In an email sent to supporters late Monday afternoon, NYC Public Advocate Letitia “Tish” James expressed her support for gun control measures to curb the gun violence that plagues parts of the Bronx and Brooklyn. In supporting Democratic presidential candidate […]

by · October 6, 2015 · Crime, Government, Public Safety

WYSK: President Obama and Christian Persecution

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW  By Senator Rev. Rubén Díaz  District 32 Bronx Senator Rev. Diaz on President Obama and Christian Persecution     Last night, I watched President Barack Obama speak on national television about the massacre at Oregon’s Umpwua […]

Appeals court strikes down parts of DC’s gun laws

Appeals court strikes down parts of DC’s gun laws

A federal appeals court has struck down as unconstitutional parts of Washington, D.C.’s gun laws. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 Friday that the city cannot require gun owners to re-register a gun […]

by · September 21, 2015 · Government, Law, News
Today’s Verdict: Time For Tougher Gun Laws Is Now

Today’s Verdict: Time For Tougher Gun Laws Is Now

THE TIME FOR TOUGHER GUN LAWS IS NOW!   Although much of my time in front of a television camera occurs while I am seated at a round table filming “Today’s Verdict”, the killing of the two U.S. journalists during […]

by · September 2, 2015 · Crime, Op Ed
WDBJ-TV journalists, Alison Parker (l) and Adam Ward (r).

Ex-Newsman Kills Virginia TV News Team

Yesterday morning, Virginia TV journalists, Alison Parker and Adam Ward, were shot on air in an attack staged by a former colleague. That colleague Vester Flanagan, who went by the name Bryce Williams, recorded the on-air attack which he later released […]

by · August 27, 2015 · News

Catholic Bishops Weigh in on State Gun Control Law and Mentally Ill

New York Catholic leaders, who lead the state’s extensive Catholic social serices infrastructure, have weighed in on how the state’s new NY SAFE Act, which attempts to curb gun control, will influence mental health professionals. According to Albany’s Times New […]

by · February 7, 2014 · Domestic News, Local News, News