Rob Tornoe Posts

According to a new report, 20 percent of mass shootings since 2009 either involved a high-capacity magazine or an assult weapon. The FBI defines a “mass shooting” as any incident where at least four people were murdered with a gun.

Small minded 49ers cornerback Chris Culliver decided take advantage of the added media coverage to become the first player in Super Bowl history to use the forum to make anti-gay comments, telling a radio host he has no desire to have a gay teammate.

The father of a 6-year-old killed during the Sandy Hook shooting was interrupted by dozens of audience members as he was testifying in front of a state committee hearing in Connecticut about gun violence.

Tennessee State Senator Stacey Campfield (R-Knoxville) has introduced a bill that would lower welfare benefits for parents of children who fail to make "satisfactory academic progress" in school.

A Cub Scout Pack based in Cloverly, Maryland took down a statement declaring they won't discriminate against gay scouts in order to prevent themselves from being kicked out by its regional council.

Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) will announce Friday morning that he won't run for a third Senate term in 2014. Could it pave the way for a Senate run by Herman Cain?

Baltimore Ravens Linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo, an outspoken support of marriage equality, is hoping to harness the media attention of the Raven's Super Bowl appearance to draw attention to equal rights for the LGBT community.

Forget owning assault weapons - a freshman tea party Congressman thinks the 2nd Amendment means ordinary citizens should be allowed access to the same exact equipment the military uses.

At least three victims have been wounded in a shooting at Lone Star College in north Houston

Aerial footage from local television stations showed police cars and ambulances parked on the campus, emergency personnel attending to people on stretchers and at least one person being put into an ambulance.

The Texas Freedom Network Education Fund's new report shows Texas students "learning" the Earth is approximately 6,000 years old, Judaism is a "flawed and incomplete religion," and the United States is a Christian nation founded on Christian biblical principles, based on inauthentic quotes attributed to the Founding Fathers.

Rep. John Lewis (D-GA), one of the leaders of the civil rights movement, responded to remarks made by right-wing talk show host Rush Limbaugh indicating Lewis would not "have been beat upside the head" during the march to Selma in 1965 if he had a gun.

South Carolina better prepare for a dose of truthiness. The state's upcoming congressional race already promised to be exciting, with disgraced former Governor Mark Sanford, fresh on the heels of his sultry trips up and down the Application Trail, deciding to attempt a political comeback.

Virginia state delegate Joe Morrissey (D-Highland Springs) pulled out an AK-47 on the floor of the state's House of Delegates on Thursday, in an attempt to rally support for a bill that would ban assault weapons in the state.

With revenues down and residents weary of ever-increasing local taxes, some states have made a push to privatize services in recent years to save money. In New Jersey, a small town could become the first municipality in the state to privatize 911 police dispatching services.

Following President Obama's announcement on Wednesday of new proposals intended to curb gun violence in the U.S., Texas Governor Rick Perry released a statement saying Obama's remarks "disgust" him, and insisted "no gun law" could stop "evil individuals" intent on killing people.

The NRA has released a vicious attack ad that goes after Obama's children and calls him an "elitist hypocrite" for protecting them with "armed guards." Apparently, Obama is an "elitist" and a "hypocrite" for having Secret Service protection while American families do not.

A graphic created by the Wall Street Journal might help explain the conservative mindset about cutting taxes for the rich. Despite writing about the effect tax increases will have for the poor, apparently no one in their world makes under $100,000 a year.

The NRA has made it its mission to force the blame of gun violence onto everything except guns. Following the tragic shooting in Sandy Hook Elementary School where 20 children and six adults were gunned down, NRA president Wayne LaPierre was quick to place the blame on the influence of violent video games.

When the Obama administration made the promise to respond to any "We the People" petitions on the White House Web site that attracted at least 25,000 signatures, I bet they never imagined having to feild a request to "begin construction of a Death Star" by 2016.

In 2012, 25 states enacted 42 anti-choice measures. The state of Arizona earned the dubious dishonor of enacting the most anti-choice legislation with four measures.