Three months removed from the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, America’s feelings on gun control have softened, according to a new survey released Tuesday. In the weeks after the shooting in Newtown, Conn., 57 percent of poll respondents were in favor of stronger gun laws, but in this week’s poll from CBS News, that number [...]
Polls: Americans Support Obama Gun Reforms
January 18, 2013 | Posted by
President Obama’s gun control reforms have the support of most of the American people, several recent polls suggest. Motivated by the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting last month, citizens support increased regulations more than they have in years. While Congress remains divided, Obama’s initiatives appear to represent the American majority. An online Reuters/Ipsos poll found [...]
Details of Aurora Shooting Presented at Hearing on Monday
January 2, 2013 | Posted by
After months of legal wrangling in private, the public will finally get its first taste of the mammoth case against accused Aurora shooter James Holmes, who is charged with killing 12 people and injuring 70 in a Colorado theater in July during a showing of the Batman movie, “The Dark Knight Rises.” Holmes, 25, is [...]
Sales of Assault Rifles, Ammo Soar Across the Country
January 1, 2013 | Posted by
Though it’s been 147 years since the Civil War cleaved this country in two, at times it feels like the United States is still a country at war with itself. This is the feeling one gets upon hearing the news that just as the president, lawmakers and thought leaders are trying to figure out how [...]
James Holmes Released from CO Hospital after Possible Self-Induced Injury
November 15, 2012 | Posted by
Though it wasn’t clear why he was in the hospital, James Holmes, the suspect in the Colorado Batman massacre in July, was returned to jail today. Holmes was supposed to appear in court on Tuesday for a hearing, but his defense attorneys told the judge he couldn’t make it because he was in the hospital. [...]
Colorado Theater Shooter James Holmes Charged With 24 Counts of Murder, 116 Attempted Murder
July 31, 2012 | Posted by
James Holmes has been charged with 24 counts of murder by Colorado prosecutors. Holmes is the man accused of killing 12 people and injuring 58 others at a midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises in Aurora, Colorado. He was also charged with 116 counts of attempted murder and possession of an explosive device, after police [...]
James Holmes Charged with 24 Counts of Murder in Aurora
July 31, 2012 | Posted by
James Eagen Holmes was charged with 24 counts of murder on Monday in Colorado for the murder of 12 people and injuring 58 others at the Aurora movie theater rampage. For each victim who died in the rampage, Holmes, 24, was charged with two counts of first-degree murder, one for allegedly intending to cause harm [...]
Idaho Billboard Compares President Obama to Batman Shooter
July 29, 2012 | Posted by
A billboard suggesting similarities between president Barack Obama and Colorado shooting suspect James Holmes has caused a stir in one Idaho town and beyond. The billboard, located in Caldwell, Idaho, features a picture of Holmes, accompanied with the text “Kills 12 in a movie theater with assault rifle, everyone freaks out.” Juxtaposed is a picture [...]
Suspected Aurora Shooter Under Care of Psychiatrist Before Massacre
July 28, 2012 | Posted by
In the weeks leading up to the deadly attack in an Aurora movie theater, the alleged shooter James Holmes apparently was under the care of a University of Colorado psychiatrist. The information was contained in the court records filed by Holmes’ attorneys, who are trying to make the case that he was mentally unstable. Fenton [...]
Obama Talks Assault Rifles At National Urban League Convention
July 26, 2012 | Posted by
President Obama finally addressed an issue that has been on many minds across the nation in the wake of the Aurora massacre: gun control. In his speech to the National Urban League convention last night in New Orleans, the president took on the issue of the nation allowing assault rifles to be sold to everyday [...]
