Gun Control

Seth Ator previously failed a gun-purchase background check. He did not go through a gun check for the gun he used in Odessa. Criminals and drug addicts are able to access guns despite gun-control laws.

Texas troopers in Midland reported that they pulled him over for failing to use his signal on Saturday afternoon, and he shot at them with an AR-type weapon and then sped away. While driving, he sprayed bullets randomly at residents and motorists.

Ivanka reportedly spoke to a group of GOP donors about women's empowerment and said the White House is focusing on "background checks," "culture shift," "mental health" and "red flag laws." Hillary couldn't have said it better.

by NoahWhile both houses of Congress enjoy their extended Official August Goof-Off rather than return to Washington to address the crisis of gun violence and the crisis of the existence of Trump in the White House, the mayhem status quo continues, but, hey, Congress loves the status quo, especially Republicans when it comes to guns and bullets flying all over America ("Yay!"), and improving the wellness and healthcare for Americans ("Boo!").

We had townies where I went to school, working class white people who hated that the potato fields had been plowed under, replaced by a sprawling university the changed the complexion of their rural county inexorably. They were always pissed off and sometimes that would result in violence.

Bipartisanship by Nancy OhanianThe poll NBC and the Wall Street Journal released yesterday measured "feelings" towards several politicians. One thing that is super-clear is that Trump's in big trouble. The American voting public doesn't think, at this moment at least, that he deserves a second term.

Colorado Senator Cory Gardner is widely considered the most vulnerable Republican up for reelection. And there are currently 13 Democrats-- of all stripes-- running for the nomination to take him on. The elephant in the room is that former Governor Frackenlooper has just dropped out of his dismally failed presidential run and-- encouraged by Chuck Schumer-- is about to announce for the Senate seat, into which he expects to waltz.

Yesterday, Rachel Bade reported that the House Judiciary Committee "will return to DC on Sept. 4 at 10 a.m. to markup gun bills banning high capacity ammunition magazines; instituting red flags and anti-hate legislation. The panel will hold a hearing on an assault weapons ban later in the month.

"No Political Appetite To Ban..." by Nancy OhanianRebecca Ballhaus, Andrew Restuccia and Natalie Andrews reported for the Wall Street Journal yesterday that "Trump’s public push for gun-control measures is causing consternation among conservatives and some of his advisers, who have privately raised concerns about the political and policy fallout of the approach. At least so far, Mr.

Yesterday, Trump contradicted the NRA and congressional Republicans by claiming his party is coming around on background checks. It was an "optimistic assessment, based on nothing but... empty election strategy.