Rekha Basu: Iowa, already one of the worst states on guns, got worse with amendment passage
Register columnist: The ruling majority apparently won’t rest until it has stripped every reasonable restriction on owning, buying or carrying a gun.
How a Strange Deal Struck in Springfield a Decade Ago Now Prevents Illinois Communities From Banning Assault Weapons
After the terrifying mass shooting at Highland Park’s Fourth of July parade, many noted the irony that the incident occurred in one of the few cities in Illinois where assault weapons are banned by local law. But few have noted that today, no other Illinois community can put such an ordinance on the…
If we are to end the gun violence crisis, we must address the root problem | Opinion
While poverty is the root cause of crime, we cannot ignore the pain of gun violence. Many of us believe access to guns is too easy.
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SEPTA will roll out artificial-intelligence gun detection program on Market-Frankford, Broad Street lines
The program comes as the city faces an ongoing surge in gun violence, including recent shootings on SEPTA trains and at transit stations. It will detect guns on SEPTA’s existing surveillance cameras.
Opinion | Policymakers are ignoring the warnings of these experts on guns
As policymakers roll back gun laws, officers now have to worry that nearly every civilian has the means to use deadly force.
Gun rights group files restraining order against city of Naperville
NAPERVILLE, Ill. — A hearing will be held Monday after a gun rights group filed a temporary restraining order against the city of Naperville. The National Association of Gun Rights is attempting to…
With new standards draft, critics say Virginia’s Youngkin wants to rewrite history
A number of cultural groups, historians and Virginia residents are sounding the alarm about historical inaccuracies and oversights on the latest draft of history standards for K-12 education in the state proposed last week by Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin.
Gov. Kevin Stitt’s firearm was found with his intoxicated underage son. No charges filed
John Drew Stitt, the son of Gov. Kevin Stitt, told law enforcement officers he was intoxicated and had taken his father’s gun.
Gunman kills 5 at LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs before patrons confront and stop him, police say | CNN
A 22-year-old gunman entered an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado, just before midnight Saturday and immediately opened fire, killing at least five people and injuring 25 others, before patrons confronted and stopped him, police said Sunday.
Dealers question report tracing guns used in Pennsylvania crimes
Just a fraction of Pennsylvania’s thousands of gun dealers — most of them in the greater Philadelphia and Pittsburgh areas — represent the biggest source of firearms linked to crimes in the state, according to one of the nation’s most influential groups combating gun violence…
Very useful and much appreciated. The more information the better. Especially learning the liberal leftist twisted logic, and deceptive construction of strawman arguments used by people committed to ending the second amendment as understood in the context of the framer’s original intentions. “The rights of the People shall not be infringed, in order to secure the existence of a Free Country” which was in direct opposition to the system of England’s tyrannical government.
“One of the states most influential groups combating gun violence”….”guns are too easy to get leading to gun violence”…. Ya ok, criminals are passing nics checks at thier lgs…. Influential- aka liers…. The stupidity will never end. Curbys solution on “gun violence”- life in prison, 3 strikes = death, US citizens with no criminal record immunity from prosecution when defending self against criminals or known criminals with records…. Simple, punishment for the criminals not the tools…