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Gun control group to march over Brooklyn Bridge

 Hundreds of demonstrators are expected to march across the Brooklyn Bridge to call for tougher gun control laws. Saturday’s demonstration, which comes after a wave of mass shootings across the U.S., is being underwritten by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, one of the nation’s most visible gun control advocates. The marchers — who […] Read More →

Gun Control and Mass Shootings

Daniel J. Mitchell Well, another loser killed a bunch of people, this time in Santa Barbara, California. Which gives gun control zealots an opportunity to seize upon the tragedy to recycle their calls to restrict private firearms ownership and otherwise erode the Second Amendment. But I’m not too worried that they’ll succeed. The evidence is […] Read More →

Isla Vista Eyewitnesses: Two Shooters Involved in UCSB Massacre

Memory Hole Updated 5/29/14, : SB Police dispatch audio indicates “two suspects in custody with gunshot wounds.” Frequently initial eyewitness accounts of violent crime scenes prove especially helpful for independent researchers to piece together what actually may have transpired. For example, in the aftermath of the major political assassinations of the late 1960s, the Oklahoma […] Read More →

Ann Coulter: Don’t stigmatize murderers!

 Mass murder at a sunny college campus in a beach town would normally be considered “newsy,” but Elliot Rodger’s massacre at the University of California-Santa Barbara last Friday is getting surprisingly little press. This is not a good case for liberals: The killer was an immigrant, a person of color, and the majority of his […] Read More →

Liberal Senator to renew gun control push after California shooting spree

 Senator Richard Blumenthal said on Sunday he wanted to revive gun control legislation rejected by Congress in the wake of the 2012 Newtown, Connecticut, school massacre, saying it could have helped prevent this weekend’s deadly California shooting spree. Blumenthal, a Democrat from Connecticut, said on CBS’s “Face the Nation” program the legislation, which failed last […] Read More →

5 things to know about shooting near campus

 A shooter went on a rampage Friday night near the University of California, Santa Barbara that left seven people dead, including the attacker, and seven others wounded, authorities said Saturday. Here are five things to know about the attack: WHAT HAPPENED? Gunfire began pouring out of a black BMW around 9:30 p.m. Friday in the […] Read More →

About 100 arrested in Southern California brawl

 About 100 people were arrested and at least 44 people were taken to the hospital during a weekend college party in Southern California that devolved into a rock- and bottle-throwing melee. The violence broke out in the densely populated beachside community of Isla Vista around 9:30 p.m. Saturday during the annual spring break party known […] Read More →