Theo Kingma, president of the HFPA, said he would incorporate into his remarks a tribute to the victims of the attacks and a nod to their killers' assault on free speech; those remarks will come about 30 minutes into the show.
They predicted the worst, calling it a "job killer," an assault on freedom, and an unnecessary government intrusion since businesses know what's best for their workers.
For I had asked him whether he or the NRA regretted its first responses to the mass murder of children by a killer with an assault weapon at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.
Some of the victims had initially managed to hide from the killers after the assault began at dawn, but were discovered and murdered in the afternoon, many hours later.
When a homophobic killer armed with an assault rifle perpetrated one of the worst mass shootings in United States history in an Orlando gay bar this month, the reassuring idea that such places are sanctuaries was upended for many of us.
Police say the killer used military-style assault weapons modified to make them more deadly - which is not illegal under current legislation.
That the killer easily obtained an assault rifle despite his history with the FBI.
THE stories emerging from the Aurora, Colo., cineplex shooting are excruciating: the 6-year-old girl who will never grow up; the young men who shielded their girlfriends from the spray of the assault rifle; the killer in court in the grips of some evil unfathomable even to himself.
on Thursday became the highest-ranking Republican to call for scrutiny of so-called bump stocks, which allowed the Las Vegas mass killer to fire semi-automatic assault rifles as rapidly as machine guns.
I am a lifelong gun owner who went shooting just last month, but it's time for common-sense gun restrictions that regulate assault weapons, "cop killer" bullets, overly large ammunition magazines and loose gun-buying laws, all of which will not infringe upon our 2nd Amendment rights.
