Lisa Marie Pane, Author at Valley News

FILE - In this Sept. 7, 2019 file photo, Democratic presidential candidate former U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke, D-Texas, speaks during the New Hampshire state Democratic Party convention, in Manchester, NH. O’Rourke’s call to confiscate the millions of AR- and AK-style firearms in the U.S. raised some big questions. How might it be possible to round up all the millions of those rifles in circulation? Could it be done safely? And would it solve the gun violence problem? (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Taking weapons poses challenge

by Lisa Marie Pane Associated PressSeptember 22, 2019

Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke’s recent vow to take away people’s AR-15 and AK-47 rifles raised one big question: How is it possible to round up the millions of such guns that exist in the United States?The number of AR-15 and AK-47s…

FILE - In this March 24, 2018, file photo, thousands of people gather on the grounds of the Texas State Capitol during a "March for Our Lives" rally in Austin, Texas. The vast majority of mass shooters have acquired their firearms legally with nothing in their background that would have prohibited them from possessing a gun. But there have been examples of lapses in the background check system that allowed guns to end up in the wrong hands. Very few states also have a mechanism to seize firearms from someone who is not legally allowed to possess one.(Nick Wagner/Austin American-Statesman via AP, File)

U.S. mass shooters exploited gaps, loopholes, errors in background checks

by Lisa Marie Pane Associated PressSeptember 7, 2019

Nation Rifle Association Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre applauds behind the empty seat of Retired Lt. Col. Oliver North at the NRA Annual Meeting of Members in Indianapolis, Saturday, April 27, 2019. North has announced that he will not serve a second term as president of the NRA amid inner turmoil in the gun-rights group. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Leadership dispute has NRA in disarray

by Lisa Marie Pane Associated PressApril 27, 2019

In this April 25, 2019, photo, President Donald Trump speaks on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

U.S. to end arms treaty

by Jill Colvin Associated Press, and Lisa Marie Pane Associated PressApril 26, 2019

In this March 15, 2019 photo, Ryan Liskey displays a bump stock on top of his AR-15 at his home in Harrisonburg, Va. The ban on bump stocks is just a few days away and owners of the devices like Liskey are trying to figure out what to do. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

As start of gun bump stock ban looms, owners trying to figure out what to do

by Lisa Marie Pane Associated PressMarch 21, 2019

Glenda O'Neal, mother of of Dr. Tamara O'Neal, shows a photo of her family at their home in LaPorte, Ind., Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018. Dr. Tamara was one of the three people fatally shot Monday at Mercy Hospital, a Chicago hospital. (Zbigniew Bzdak/Chicago Tribune via AP)

It’s a Twitter War: Doctors Clash with NRA Over Gun Deaths

by Lisa Marie Pane Associated PressNovember 21, 2018

In this April 25, 2018, photo, Gary Ramey, owner and founder of Honor Defense, a gunmaker in Gainesville, Ga., holds a part from one of the company's firearms. Ramey and others in the gun industry are finding corporate America distancing itself from gunmakers and gun dealers, discontinuing discounts or refusing business. (AP Photo/Lisa Marie Pane)

Gun Industry Facing a New Opponent

by Lisa Marie Pane Associated PressJune 24, 2018

In this photo taken Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017, a magazine advertisement for an AR-style firearm describes the ability to customize the firearm and shows soldiers in combat. AR-platform firearms are often marketed using words that emphasizes the firearm's ability to be customized and evoke a sense of patriotism, freedom and military strength. (AP Photo/Lisa Marie Pane)

Gun Ads Continue After Mass Shootings

by Lisa Marie Pane Associated Press, and Ryan J. Foley Associated PressNovember 25, 2017

Flags mark evidence on the lawn of the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, Monday, Nov. 6, 2017, a day after over 20 people died in a mass shooting Sunday. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

Air Force Lapse Allowed Killer to Buy Guns

by Lisa Marie Pane Associated Press, and Robert Burns Associated PressNovember 7, 2017

FILE - This Dec. 19, 2012 file photo show rifles line a wall above in front of people standing in a gun shop in Seattle. The slaying of five dozen people at a Las Vegas music festival did little to change American opinion about the nation’s gun laws, and the country is divided over whether restricting firearms would reduce the number of such mass shootings or homicides, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson,File)

Majority Wants Gun Control

by Lisa Marie Pane Associated Press, and Emily Swanson Associated PressOctober 20, 2017