U.S. Gun Laws
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St. Louis high school shooting leaves teacher, teenage girl dead, gunman killedThe attack just after 9 a.m. at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School forced students to barricade doors and huddle in classroom corners.WorldOct 24, 2022
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State efforts to toughen gun laws in U.S. are being thwarted by polarization: expertsNot even some of the most stringent gun control and red flag laws in the U.S. are able to guarantee that high-powered assault weapons don't end up in the wrong hands in Illinois.WorldJul 7, 2022
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Gun safety legislation plan in U.S. Senate draws key Republican supportTen Republicans signaled their support for a preliminary deal, indicating the measure potentially could advance to a vote on passage.WorldJun 12, 2022
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Oregon gun safety ballot initiative sparked following Texas mass shootingActivists see voter-driven initiatives as a viable alternative, with the Senate unlikely to pass a ``red flag'' bill and a majority of state legislatures taking no recent action.WorldJun 10, 2022
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Uvalde shooting survivor says school no longer feels safe: ‘I don’t want it to happen again’Miah Cerrillo, a fourth-grader at Robb Elementary School, told lawmakers in a pre-recorded video that she watched a teacher get shot in the head before looking for a place to hide.WorldJun 8, 2022
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6 gunmen fire over 65 shots on busy Philadelphia street, injuring 6A Philadelphia city website tracking shooting victims and homicides showed that as of Tuesday, there were 1,827 nonfatal shooting victims in 2021.CrimeDec 31, 2021
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McConnell says gun background checks will be ‘front and center’ in fall“Background checks and red flags will probably lead the discussion,” McConnell told WHAS-AM in Louisville. He noted “there’s a lot of support” publicly for background checks.WorldAug 8, 2019
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Effort to ban high-capacity gun magazines in California blocked by judge“Individual liberty and freedom are not outmoded concepts,” San Diego-based U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez wrote as he declared unconstitutional the law that would have banned possessing any magazines holding more than 10 bullets.WorldMar 29, 2019
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U.S. Supreme Court takes up 1st gun rights case in nearly a decadeThe court may be more willing to take on a gun rights case now that Justice Anthony Kennedy has retired and been replaced by Justice Brett Kavanaugh.PoliticsJan 22, 2019
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U.S. judge extends ban of online release of 3-D printed gun blueprintsU.S. District Judge Robert Lasnik in Seattle issued the extension of a nationwide injunction, blocking a Texas-based group from disseminating files for printing plastic weapons on the internet.TechAug 27, 2018
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