“I urge you to create a Select Committee on Gun Violence to study and report back common sense legislation to help end this crisis.”
News Wars – In the immediate wake of last night’s mass shooting in Las Vegas–where at least 58 people were murdered and more than 500 were injured–House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D.-Calif.) sent a letter to House Speaker Paul Ryan (R.-Wisc.) saying that Congress “has a moral duty” to address what she called an “epidemic of gun violence.”
In addressing the issue, she said, the House should both enact legislation to “strengthen” the background checks conducted when people purchase guns and impanel a special committee on “gun violence”
NewsWars – Far-left militants plan to “gather in the streets and public squares of cities and towns across this country” in the hope of building momentum for civil unrest that leads to nothing less than domestic regime change.
San Francisco Gate – Berkeley police responding to a call about a bickering couple said Monday they found nearly 700 pounds of psilocybin “magic” mushrooms with a street value of $1 million in the house, alongside a massive cultivation and sales operation of the illegal drugs.