Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) delivered an impassioned, deeply emotional plea to his colleagues in Congress on Tuesday after a shooter killed 14 elementary school children and a teacher in Uvalde, Texas. “Why do you spend all this time running for the United States Senate, why do you go through all …
Read More »Texas Republican Lieutenant Governor Bucks NRA on Background Checks
On Friday, Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick took a stance that is rare for a Republican office-holder. Patrick went against the NRA and called for closing loopholes in background-check laws. Patrick said it’s “common sense” to strengthen the laws around stranger-to-stranger sales of guns telling the The Dallas Morning News, “That …
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