Tag: gun violence

GOP Candidates Can Make Democrats Sweat With These 4 Questions on Crime

Commentary The FBI has confirmed what millions of Americans already knew: the Democrat-enabled, post-George Floyd crime surge continued in 2021. Homicides rose another estimated 4.3 percent last year, on top of 2020’s 29 percent spike, according to the FBI’s newly released 2021 crime report. Aggravated assaults, which include the drive-by shootings that are terrorizing urban neighborhoods,…


Proposed Handgun Freeze Backed by Limited Data, Public Safety Committee Hears

The Liberal government’s plan to tighten firearms legislation by putting a freeze on handguns is backed by limited data on the potential impact this measure will have on reducing crime, the Commons public safety committee heard on Oct. 4. “I can’t tell you exactly what impact it will have,” Assistant Deputy Minister of Public Safety…


California Billboards Don’t Tell the Whole Story

Commentary A lot of people are moving out of California. Over the last two years, California has lost about 300,000 people. Major companies, including Telsa, Oracle Corp, and HP have abandoned California for Texas. With high taxes, lots of regulations, high crime, poor schools, mishandling of the pandemic, and “woke” policies, it isn’t surprising that…


Off-Duty Officer Shot, Killed in Downey Identified

DOWNEY, Calif.—An off-duty Monterey Park Police Department officer who was gunned down in the parking lot of a Downey gym was identified Aug. 9 as a 26-year-old rookie just weeks out of the academy, while investigators continued a dragnet in search of the person or people responsible for the killing. The shooting was reported about…


Weekend Mass Shootings in Chicago and Multiple States Leave 11 Dead

Twelve incidents of mass shootings in Chicago and other states across the country during the weekend have left several people dead and more injured. In a drive-by mass shooting in Chicago on Saturday afternoon, four people were injured and one ended up dead. The five individuals were standing in an alley on the 8600-block of…


Weekend Mass Shootings in Chicago and Multiple States Leave 12 Dead

Thirteen incidents of mass shootings in Chicago and other states across the country on the weekend have left several people dead and more injured. In a drive-by mass shooting in Chicago on June 11, four people were injured and one was killed. The five individuals were standing in an alley on the 8600 block of…


Surging Inflation Still Biggest Issue for Americans: Poll; US Military Confirms First Monkeypox Case | NTD Evening News

Inflation in the United States has jumped to 8.6 percent, and according to a recent Quinnipiac poll, this problem is still “the most urgent issue facing the country followed by gun violence.” The U.S. military has confirmed that an active-duty service member has tested positive for monkeypox”—their first known case. * Click the “Save” button…


Inflation More Pressing Issue Than ‘Gun Violence’ for American Voters: Poll

Support for a national ban on “assault weapons” is at an all-time low among American voters, according to a national poll that ranked inflation as a more pressing issue than “gun violence.” According to the national Quinnipiac University Poll of more than 1,000 random adults, 50 percent say they support a national ban on “assault…


Senate Republicans Push to Reallocate Unused School COVID Relief Funds to Security After Shootings

Republican lawmakers are pushing to reallocate $150 billion of unused COVID relief funds for schools to strengthen physical campus security measures in the wake of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) has partnered with a number of Republican lawmakers on the legislation titled the Safe Schools Act. “While we made some…


Student Who Survived Oxford High Shooting Sues District, School Officials

By Mike Martindale From The Detroit News DETROIT—One of the Oxford High School students who survived being shot on November 30 has filed a federal lawsuit against the school district and four top officials for failing to intervene to prevent the tragedy. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of 17-year-old Kylie Ossege, a recent Oxford…