On April 4, 1968, civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King was killed by assassin in Memphis, Tennessee. He was in the state to help support a sanitation workers' strike. The legendary figure had been at the forefront of the civil rights movement, beginning with the Montgomery boycott in 1955, all the while leading a series of nonviolent protests against discrimination.
The governor signed into law Thursday sweeping new restrictions on weapons and large capacity ammunition magazines similar to the ones used by the gunman who killed 20 children and six educators in Newton. Connecticut joins states California, New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts in having the country's strongest gun control laws, Brian Malte, director of mobilization for the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence in Washington.
Connecticut lawmakers announced a deal on Monday on what they called some of the toughest gun laws in the country that were proposed after the December mass shooting in the state. This announcement followed three grueling months for families and friends connected to the Sandy Hook Elementary School mass shooting in Newtown, Connecticut.
Ever since actor Jim Carrey released the satirical music video skit "Cold Dead Hand," in which he attacked opponents of gun control, the wave of venom between him and conservatives has continued unabated. The bulk of this firestorm has been between Carrey and pundits of "The Five," a show on the Fox News Channel, and the nasty back-and-forth has been specifically with its host, Greg Gutfeld.
