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Biden announces executive orders on guns

In a press conference last week, Joe Biden announced six executive orders on gun policies. The six orders include an annual report on gun trafficking from the Department of Justice, filing “ghost guns” and pistols with modifiers under the National Firearms Act,...

What you need to know about the NRA moving to Texas

Now that the NRA is filing for (financial) bankruptcy and facing litigation from the state of New York, they’ve decided to move to Texas. Here’s what you need to know about the NRA coming to the Lone Star State.  The NRA is in serious trouble  As mentioned...

The El Paso Massacre, one year later

A year ago, it was an ordinary Saturday in El Paso. At least, that’s how the day started. After a gunman entered a Walmart and started firing at everyone he thought was Latino, it turned into the largest attack against Latinos in American history, with 23 people...

Op-Ed: It’s been one year since the shooting in El Paso and nearly one year since the tragedy in Midland-Odessa and Texas Republicans are no closer to taking measurable steps to end gun violence and stop the spread of white supremacy.

On August 3, 2019, a gunman motivated by xenophobia and white supremacy traveled more than 11 hours through the state of Texas to open fire in an El Paso Walmart, killing 22 people. The shooter posted a manifesto shortly before committing the massacre in which he...