Jimmy Kimmel gave an emotional and impassioned plea for political action on Thursday night while discussing the horrific shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, which left 17 dead and 14 others injured.
The 50-year-old Jimmy Kimmel Live! host choked back cries throughout his monologue, begging President Donald Trump to address the gun control issue.
“Children are being murdered,” Kimmel, a father of four, said, tears welling in his eyes.
“Don’t you dare let anyone say it’s too soon to be talking about this. Because you said it after Vegas, you said it after Sandy Hook, you...
The 50-year-old Jimmy Kimmel Live! host choked back cries throughout his monologue, begging President Donald Trump to address the gun control issue.
“Children are being murdered,” Kimmel, a father of four, said, tears welling in his eyes.
“Don’t you dare let anyone say it’s too soon to be talking about this. Because you said it after Vegas, you said it after Sandy Hook, you...
- 2/16/2018
- by Dave Quinn
- PEOPLE.com
Calls by state and local officials in Florida on Thursday to move forward on gun-control legislation run up against the fact that the Ar-15-style assault rifle used in a school shooting that killed 17 people is “the most popular rifle in America,” according to the National Rifle Association.
The weapon — used in recent mass shootings at a Las Vegas concert, a Texas church, and an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, among others, according to The New York Times — was prohibited under a federal assault weapons ban in place from 1994 to 2004 but has since emerged as “America’s rifle,” editor Mark Chesnut...
The weapon — used in recent mass shootings at a Las Vegas concert, a Texas church, and an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, among others, according to The New York Times — was prohibited under a federal assault weapons ban in place from 1994 to 2004 but has since emerged as “America’s rifle,” editor Mark Chesnut...
- 2/15/2018
- by Jeff Truesdell
- PEOPLE.com
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