Gun Safety

Last month, the Supreme Court ruled that the preservation of gun rights is more important than the preservation of reproductive rights. As our community fights back against the unjust overturning of Roe, we have another major problem to contend with :: firearms. Gun violence is a uniquely American issue and…

Governor Murphy Signs Gun Safety Package 3.0 with seven bills restricting the purchase, manufacturing, and sale of firearms in NJ. July 5, Governor Murphy signed seven comprehensive gun safety bills, six of which were part of his Gun Safety 3.0 package that he introduced to the Legislature in April 2021. The seven gun safety reform bills include: A1765/S1893 (McKeon, Atkins, Jasey/Ruiz, Pou) — Allows Attorney General to bring cause of action for certain public nuisance violations arising…

The United States suffered 16 mass shootings in 72 hours, over the July 4 holiday weekend. Human freedom cannot coexist with rampant, everyday mass killing. Democracy requires a civic space that is safe and open to all people at all times. — While there are many challenges we must confront, and there is hope that we might, by facing these challenges head on, move into a brighter future, we must today talk about heartbreak and horror. …

The recent spate of mass shootings has galvanized action in Congress and among advocacy organizations large and small. Gun violence is now recognized as a pervasive and growing problem in a country with patchwork regulation and 25% more guns than people. High-profile events like those in Uvalde, Buffalo, Parkland, Charleston…

Uvalde, Texas. The worst school shooting since Sandy Hook, and since Columbine before that. The tragedy is so immense that it defies imagination. Counting the bodies is the tip of the iceberg. Imagine the victims’ terror, the survivors’ guilt, the families’ anguish, and the nation’s sorrow. …

The Democrats are on the ropes and the GOP is all but assured a sweeping victory in the midterms. It’s the perfect time for the Republican Party to embarrass itself and cuck on a key issue. If there’s one thing the Republican Party hates, it’s being in power. It works very hard to be the Washington Generals of politics. Being in power means having to live up to expectations.

Photo by Leo Chip on Unsplash It was an editorial cartoon that hit me the worst — a child’s green sneakers with a red heart on the toe — knowing that this Uvalde massacre victim was only identifiable by her green sneakers. Her body was so pulverized by an AR-15…