Overview

• Two children were killed and 17 people were injured when a gunman opened fire at Annunciation Roman Catholic church in Minneapolis, and the suspect, identified as 23-year-old Robin Westman, died by suicide.
• Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said early investigative findings showed no clear warning signs that would have triggered Minnesota’s red flag law.
• David Hogg called President Donald Trump a “damn coward,” arguing he has the authority to act on gun policy but refuses because of the NRA.
• Hogg pressed for reversing cuts and increasing funding for CDC and NIH research on gun violence, noting historically modest allocations of about $25 million and suggesting Congress could pass more through reconciliation.
• The Daily Caller criticized a CNN segment over a description of semiautomatic firearms, disputing a claim that they can fire dozens of bullets with a single trigger pull.