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Matthew McConaughey Makes Powerful Appeal for New Gun Laws During White House Visit
He related the personal stories of a number of the victims of the shooting in his hometown, displaying the artwork of one girl and the trademark green tennis shoes worn by another.
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Ben & Jerry's Galvanizes Customers to Lobby for Tighter Gun Laws After Texas, New York Mass Shootings
Ben & Jerry’s has called on its 8 million Facebook fans and 515,000 Twitter followers to lobby lawmakers for stronger gun safety laws.
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Families of Uvalde and Buffalo Victims Mass Shooting Victims to Testify in Congress
Miah Cerrillo, a fourth-grader who covered herself in her dead classmate’s blood and played dead to survive the shooting rampage at her Texas elementary school, is among those who will testify.
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Biden Calls on Congress to Restore Assault Weapons Ban, Pass ‘Red Flag' Laws
President Joe Biden delivered an impassioned address to the nation Thursday night, imploring Congress to take action against gun violence after mass shootings he said had turned schools, supermarkets and other everyday places into “killing fields.”
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Baltimore Suing One of the Country's Largest ‘Ghost Gun' Makers
The suit alleges that Nevada-based Polymer80 intentionally undermines firearms laws by designing, manufacturing, and providing kits and parts without serial numbers to buyers who do not undergo background checks.
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What's Changed (and What Hasn't) After Sandy Hook
It’s been nearly 10 years since 20 children and six teachers were murdered inside their classrooms in Newtown, Connecticut, and for longer than that, gun reform has been a topic of heated debate in California and across the country.
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‘Thoughts and Prayers': Dramatic Body Bag Installation Calls on Congress to Pass Gun Reform
Each bag represents around 150 people killed by guns in the U.S. since the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, which left 17 people dead and 17 more injured.
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Oxford Student Seeks Gun Reform: ‘We Deserve to Feel Safe'
Gun reform advocates are urging Michigan lawmakers to pass legislation to require gun owners to lock up weapons to limit access to minors and for all schools to have at least one mental health professional available.
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Father of Parkland Shooting Victim Calls for Background Checks on Ammo
Fred Guttenberg’s daughter Jaime was one of 17 people killed in the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Now he’s calling for a new law – Jaime’s Law – that would require background checks on purchases of ammunition. Guttenberg talks about his new book, Find the Helpers, and how the proposed law could save lives.
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Supreme Court Conservatives Skeptical of New York Concealed Handgun Restrictions
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a Second Amendment dispute that could have a major impact on state rules for carrying firearms outside the home.
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Biden Delivers Remarks on His Administration's Gun Crime Prevention Strategy
President Biden and Attorney General Merrick Garland are set to address the administration’s gun crime prevention strategy in a speech on Wednesday.
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Biden Says Gun Violence in U.S. Is an Epidemic, Unveils Executive Actions and Calls for National Red Flag Law
Biden’s executive actions include directing the DOJ to craft a rule addressing the spread of “ghost guns” and publish model red-flag legislation for states.
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Biden Calls for Ban on Assault Weapons, High Capacity Magazines in Wake of Shootings
Fresh off their win on coronavirus aid, President Joe Biden and Congressional Democrats knew the legislative path forward would be even steeper on immigration, voting rights, minimum wage, and a host of other issues – and now gun control is thrust to the forefront following two recent mass shootings. Despite his call for stricter laws, Biden and a razor-thin Democratic...
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Georgia, Colorado Mass Shootings Push Gun Reform to Top of National Agenda
In the wake of a pair of high-profile mass shootings in Atlanta and Boulder, Colorado, a previously planned Senate hearing on gun violence takes on new urgency today. Democrats who now control the House and Senate are hoping to take action, but know they may not have the numbers.
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Some Students Think the U.S. Capitol Attack Looked a Lot Like a School Shooting — and They Hope Congress Takes Note
Images of members of Congress hiding and sheltering in place during the U.S. Capitol attack made many American students think of their own survival training during school shooting drills. NBC’s youth and Internet culture reporter Kalhan Rosenblatt stopped by LX News to discuss how Gen Z-ers now hope this traumatic experience leads lawmakers to think more carefully about gun reform....