Sandy Hook Survivors Prepare to Vote For Gun-Violence Prevention
Ella Seaver was 7 years old when she survived the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, where a gunman...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 112 min read
Harris Should Acknowledge Risks of Harm When Guns Kept in Home, Critics Say
Gun-safety experts say that Vice President Kamala Harris seems to have embraced a popular firearm industry assumption unsupported by the...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 111 min read
Reflecting Larger Trends, a New Latina Voter Works for Gun Control in Arizona
Gun violence has become the focus of a woman who will vote for the first time this year in Tucson, Arizona, The 19th News reports . Her...
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Crime and Justice News
Sep 192 min read
Only One State Has a Gun-Reform Initiative on the Ballot This Fall
This fall, only one state—Colorado—will have a gun-related initiative on the ballot, according to The Trace, in an in-depth analysis...
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Crime and Justice News
Sep 62 min read
Glock Could Make Its Pistols Harder to Modify with Switches, Experts Say
Switches, also known as auto sears, were specifically designed to slot into the back of Glock handguns, effectively turning them into...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 261 min read
Massachusetts Cracks Down on Ghost Guns and Gun Modifications
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey signed a sweeping gun bill Thursday that includes a crackdown on hard-to-trace “ghost guns” and on...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 143 min read
Divided High Court: Law Doesn't Permit Ban On 'Bump Stocks'
The Supreme Court on Friday overturned a federal ban on "bump stocks," which can allow semiautomatic weapons to fire rapidly, like...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 242 min read
TN Lawmakers Vote for More Guns in Schools
A year after refusing to respond to a deadly school shooting with gun-control measures, Tennessee House Republicans passed what would be...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 91 min read
State Appeals After Judge Rejects Ban of High-Capacity Magazines
In a decision that deferred to the nation's founders and their lack of "appetite" for gun control, a judge in Washington state ruled...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 291 min read
Supreme Court Divided on Whether to Strike Down Bump-Stock Ban
After 90 minutes of argument in the high-profile bump-stock-ban dispute, it appeared that the Supreme Court was deeply divided over...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 161 min read
Traditional Gun Divisions Show Up in MLK Day Protest in Richmond
At the Virginia General Assembly, a holiday to recognize the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. — the civil rights icon slain by an...
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