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News Jewish congressman from Highland Park is ‘holding on to the anger’ to act on gun control
Brad Schneider, a moderate Democrat from Ilinois, said he’s ‘hopeful’ that members of Congress will join forces to ban assault weapons
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News Former Ohio National Guardsman accused of threatening Jewish school charged with selling ghost guns
In a Discord group chat, Thomas Develin allegedly posted a photo of himself holding a handgun captioned: ‘I’m at a Jewish school and about to make it everyone’s problem’
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Opinion Congress is closing the ‘boyfriend loophole.’ That could stop domestic abusers from turning into mass shooters
Under current federal law, dating partners convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence are allowed to keep and purchase firearms.
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Opinion My fellow Orthodox rabbis need to take a stronger stance against guns
Our emergency plans will only go so far to save lives. What would really make a difference is immediately reducing the number of guns in our country.
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Fast Forward Buffalo Republican: Hitler is ‘the kind of leader we need today’
Carl Paladino, a Congressional candidate in New York, endorsed the German leader’s charisma during a 2021 radio appearance
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Fast Forward Pennsylvania GOP gubernatorial nominee Doug Mastriano once likened gun control to Nazi policies before the Holocaust
In the wake of the mass shooting at a Texas school, blue states are trying to make it harder to buy assault weapons and other guns
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Fast Forward Steven Dettelbach, nominee for ATF chief, highlights his Judaism at Senate hearing
Dettelbach vowed to stay above the political fray and focus on combating hate crime as head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
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