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Showing posts with label gun control. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gun control. Show all posts
Saturday, April 01, 2023

Democratic Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries letter to Republican leadership to hold vote on gun legislation

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House democratic Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries wrote the following letter to the Republican Speaker of the House, Kevin McCarthy urging ...
Wednesday, March 29, 2023

Senate chaplain ask for more than ‘thoughts and prayers’ needed after Nashville school shooting

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During his opening prayer Senate Chaplain Barry Black called on lawmakers to “move beyond thoughts and prayers,” a day after Monday’s scho...
Saturday, July 30, 2022

Rep. Donald Payne statement on passage of assault weapons ban in the House of Representatives

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NJ congressman Donald Payne Jr. released the following statement after the House passed a bill banning assault weapons: Rep. Donald M. P...
Tuesday, June 21, 2022

NAACP President Derrick Johnson statement on Bipartisan Gun Safety Bill

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NAACP President Derrick Johnson released the following statement on Bipartisan Gun Safety Bill.
Monday, June 13, 2022

"Blood on Your Hands", a plea to the United States Congress to act on gun violence

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Hello, my name is George L. Cook III. I wrote this poem, "Blood on Your Hands" in response to the shooting in Uvalde, Texas and ...
Sunday, June 12, 2022

Sen. Cory Booker Statement on Senate Group Reaching Bipartisan Compromise on Gun Control Bill

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Senator Cory Booker (Dem-NJ) released the following statement after a group  of 20 U.S. senators, of which he was one reached a deal on ...
Saturday, August 31, 2019

Senators Kamala Harris and Cory Booker statements on West Texas shootings

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Senators Kamala Harris and Cory Booker released the following statements on the Odessa and Midland Texas shootings , in which 21 were i...
Sunday, June 02, 2019

Cory Booker Speech On Gun Violence At California Democratic Party State Convention

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New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker delivered a passionate about gun violence at the California Democratic Convention after hearing about the tw...
Friday, May 10, 2019

Cory Booker's plan to end gun violence

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Cory Booker's plan is the most sweeping gun violence prevention proposal ever advanced by a presidential candidate. To ...
Saturday, April 27, 2019

Owning a gun does not disqualify Kamala Harris from running for president

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By George L. Cook III AfricanAmericanReports.Com georgelcookiii@gmail.com In the interest of full disclosure let me state that I am ...
Thursday, February 22, 2018

Michelle Obama shows support for students fighting for sensible gun laws

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As survivors of the Parkland, Florida, school shooting capture the nation’s attention with their persistent and powerful calls for sensi...
Sunday, November 05, 2017

Kamala Harris condemns gun violence after mass shooting in Sutherland Texas

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Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) called for gun control after a mass shooting at a church in Sutherland, Texas which left multiple people...
Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Statement from the National African American Gun Association on Las Vegas shootings and gun laws

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In light of the tragic shooting incident in Las Vegas in which 58 died, and over 500 were wounded I reached out to the National...
Saturday, October 07, 2017

Civil Rights icon John Lewis revives gun control push after Las Vegas shooting

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Civil rights figurehead Rep. John Lewis, D-Georgia, re-upped the pressure on his Republican colleagues Wednesday to pass gun control leg...
Friday, October 06, 2017

African-Americans should apply for gun licenses to scare lawmakers into action

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By Leonard Greene NY Daily News America would have tighter gun laws in 24 hours if every black person in America went out and bought...