Tag Archive: Calls For More Gun Control

on January 9, 2016 in World News

Philly Mayor Rejects Islamic Ties to Police Shooting, Calls for More Gun Control

by AWR Hawkins On January 8, Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney (D) rejected ties to Islam in the ambush shooting of Philadelphia police officer Jesse Hartnett and suggested the big lesson is that we need more gun control. Hartnett was shot with a gun that was stolen from a police officer’s house. And the suspected gunman, Edward Archer, “allegedly told authorities he targeted an officer because police defend laws that are contrary to the Quran.” 6 ABC reports that Archer “confessed” to having carried out that attack “in the name of Islam” and that Archer “pledged his allegiance to ISIS.” However, during… View Article

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on May 18, 2015 in World News

Dem Rep Wins ‘Top Gun’ In Shooting Competition, Calls For More Gun Control

  Dem Rep Wins ‘Top Gun’ In Shooting Competition, Calls For More Gun Control Representative Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA) (D-CA-5th Dist) won “Top Gun” at the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation annual shooting competition this past week then commented on his hopes for the passage of more gun control. Thompson stood with Gabby Giffords on March 4 and reintroduced Senator Joe Manchin’s (D-WV) failed expanded background check legislation. It has gone nowhere fast since that time. The Congressional Sportmen’s Foundation annual shooting competition lets members of Congress “shoot rounds of trap, skeet and sporting clays.” It was held May 12 at Glenn… View Article

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