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'Trump Slump 2.0' Hits The Gun Sales Business
Texas gun dealer Michael Cargill was elated at President Trump ’s re-election because it meant that the flurry of firearms restrictions...
Crime and Justice News
Feb 32 min read
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Bondi's Gun Record Doesn't Satisfy Second Amendment Advocates
As Pam Bondi awaits Senate confirmation to be Attorney General, one part of Trump’s coalition isn’t happy about her nomination: Second...
Crime and Justice News
Jan 312 min read
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New Gun Laws, Led By Secure Storage, Progress in WA Legislature
Sandra Ramirez’s son Joseph was hanging out with friends last February at the home of a boy whose parents owned a gun. One of the...
Crime and Justice News
Jan 312 min read
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U.S. Appeals Court Voids Law Requiring Handgun Buyers To Be 21
A federal appeals court ruled against a federal law requiring young adults to be 21 to buy handguns, finding it violated the Second...
Crime and Justice News
Jan 312 min read
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Georgia Legislators Propose Anti-Child Gun Violence Bills
A Georgia Senate Committee announced Tuesday it is proposing new legislation surrounding gun storage and school safety as part of an...
Crime and Justice News
Jan 292 min read
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Ghost Guns Still A Threat Despite Falling Numbers At Crime Scenes
Toward the end of 2024, federal law enforcement officials celebrated a banner year in their fight against homemade, untraceable “ghost...
Crime and Justice News
Jan 222 min read
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ATF Director Leaves, Fears Budget Cuts Under Trump, GOP Congress
Congress nearly $50 million from this year’s $1.6 billion budget for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. The cuts...
Crime and Justice News
Jan 182 min read
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How GOP-Led Congress Could Pass Pro-Gun Bills, Abolish ATF
A GOP-controlled Congress and a friendly White House that ups the likelihood of pro-gun legislation successfully becoming law,...
Crime and Justice News
Jan 172 min read
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Democratic State Attorneys General Seek To Keep Biden Gun Controls
More than a dozen state attorneys general, all Democrats, asked on Thursday to join federal legal efforts to preserve two Biden-era gun...
Crime and Justice News
Jan 172 min read
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How Firearms From U.S. Fuel Violence By Haiti's Gangs
Blood-streaked hospital floors, wounded people crying for help, and scenes of chaos: Haiti's General Hospital resembled a war zone on...
Crime and Justice News
Jan 172 min read
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Justices Let Stand MD Law Requiring Handgun Buying License
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge to a 2013 Maryland law that requires a state license for anyone seeking to buy a...
Crime and Justice News
Jan 142 min read
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Pandemic Gun Violence Claimed 18,000+ More Deaths Than Usual
Tens of thousands of people had their lives changed forever by the surge in gun violence that began during the pandemic. Though gun...
Crime and Justice News
Jan 102 min read
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Supreme Court Likely To Rule On Felon-In-Gun-Possession Law
A federal law makes it a crime for many people to have guns. “It probably does more to combat gun violence than any other federal law,”...
Crime and Justice News
Jan 82 min read
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Suit: UnitedHealthcare Killer Used 'Black-Market Operator' 3D Pistol
A Texas company defending itself in a fast-moving federal copyright lawsuit in Orlando has filed court papers declaring that the killer...
Crime and Justice News
Jan 32 min read
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Gun Safety Group, NRA Both Claim Victories In State Law Changes
In 2024, there have been nearly 500 mass shootings, says the group Gun Violence America. The deadliest occurred in a Chicago suburb in...
Crime and Justice News
Dec 31, 20241 min read
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A Few Reasons For Optimism About The Plague Of Gun Violence
. Guns were already a major public health concern in the U.S. when the pandemic hit and the murder rate skyrocketed . The surge in...
Crime and Justice News
Dec 27, 20243 min read
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Nonviolent Felon Protected By Second Amendment, Court Rules
A nonviolent conviction from the mid-1990s shouldn't interfere with a Delaware man's right to arm himself , the IU.S. Court of Appeals...
Crime and Justice News
Dec 26, 20242 min read
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Biden Hasn't Given Up On Gun Control After WI School Shooting
The Biden administration is again calling for more government action on gun control after a teenage student opened fire and killed a...
Crime and Justice News
Dec 18, 20242 min read
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Ammo Vending Machine Company Looks To Expand Across Country
Since July, American Rounds, a company making ammunition vending machines that are placed in grocery stores and other shops, has signed...
Crime and Justice News
Dec 17, 20241 min read
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ATF Bracing For Trump Reversal Of Biden Gun Regulations
Among federal agencies bracing for the Trump era, few are likely to face the backlash that awaits the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,...
Crime and Justice News
Dec 16, 20242 min read
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