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The freshman congressman demanded action on an assault weapons ban.
By: Kyle Scott Clauss
It isn’t too often you see a Red Sox cap on the front page of the New York Daily News.
A photo of Rep. Seth Moulton, a former Marine, holding the same kind of weapon used in the Orlando gay nightclub shooting, graced the tabloid’s Tuesday cover, accompanied by an op-ed from the freshman congressman demanding action from his congressional colleagues on a military-style assault weapons ban.
By: Jaclyn Reiss
By Media Press Group
Congressman Seth Moulton said he believes there's the possibility for real change on gun reform. The Democratic representative wants three things: background checks for anyone buying a gun, for people on the no-fly list to be banned from purchasing guns, and assault rifles off the streets.
This renewed push comes days after 49 people were shot and killed in an Orlando nightclub.
The U.S. House of Representatives held a moment of silence Monday night to honor the victims of the Orlando shooting. But it was interrupted by a group of Democrats demanding Speaker Paul Ryan and other Republicans take action on gun control. Several members walked out, including Massachusetts U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton, who joined Morning Edition on Tuesday morning.
You can listen to the interview here.
Bay State U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton today criticized Republicans for not being willing to study the issue of gun safety in the United States and tackle “common-sense” gun reforms in the wake of Sunday’s massacre in an Orlando nightclub that left 49 dead and more than 50 wounded.\
Listen to the interview here.
By: Nik DeCosta-Klipa\
As Congress observed a moment of silence Monday night for the victims of the mass shooting in Orlando, at least two Massachusetts representatives were not in attendance.
Democratic Rep. Katherine Clark, of the state’s 5th congressional district, posted on social media that she was refusing to take part in the gesture.
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By: Congressman Seth Moulton (D-MA)
“My thoughts and prayers are with those in Orlando.” — Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.)
It’s a hollow tradition following each mass shooting, and it has become routine: President Obama gives a speech, reminding us that living this way is a choice. The NRA releases a statement bemoaning the lack of guns at the shooting. And Congress sends their thoughts and prayers.
But the victims’ families don’t want our thoughts and prayers. They want our action, preferably before their loved ones are needlessly massacred.
More than 100 people descended upon Salem's Riley Plaza to offer one another support and in solidarity less than 24 hours after a lone shooter armed with an AR-15-style assault rifle and a handgun killed 50 and wounded 53 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla., early Sunday morning.