Victims of abuse and their families saw a quiet breakthrough this summer when a new bipartisan gun safety law made it more difficult for intimate partners convicted of domestic abuse to obtain firearms.
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The Maine Millennial: Let’s get specific about guns and gun storage
A national campaign for access to safes and trigger locks shouldn’t wait until the next mass shooting.
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Manufacturers of AR-style rifles would see 20% tax under proposed bill
The proposed legislation also includes a bill that would require each firearm manufacturer to create and implement a system to track and analyze crimes committed with firearms they have sold.
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After Supreme Court ruling, it’s open season on U.S. gun laws
The court battles come as the Biden administration and police departments across the U.S. struggle to combat a surge in violent crime and mass shootings.
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Democrats push for 1st semi-automatic gun ban in 20 years, but Rep. Golden is opposed
Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee objected to the proposal, calling it an attack on Second Amendment rights.
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Gabby Giffords documentary comes as gun debates stay center stage
The film ‘Gabby Giffords Won’t Back Down’ is partly an intimate look at Giffords’ recovery after the January 2011 shooting that left 6 people dead and 13 others wounded outside a Tucson supermarket.
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Congress sends landmark gun violence compromise to Biden’s desk
Fifteen Senate Republicans backed the compromise, but that still meant that fewer than one-third of Republican senators supported the measure.
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States with strict gun-permitting laws consider next steps
‘We do not need people entering our subways, our restaurants and movie theaters with concealed weapons,’ says New York Gov. Kathy Hochul.
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Supreme Court expands gun rights, with nation divided
The high court’s first major gun decision in more than a decade split the court 6-3, with the court’s conservatives in the majority and liberals in dissent.
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Republican leader McConnell backs Senate bipartisan gun deal
Last month’s massacres are reconfiguring the political calculations for some in the GOP.