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Abortion Is Remaking Our Political Landscape. Why Aren’t Guns?
Why don’t we talk more about guns? Not that the issue doesn’t come up. But think about the public debate on gun control versus the one we’re having on abortion rights. Perhaps the two biggest long-running social issues in American politics, and the ...
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Mall Attack Was Australia’s Worst Mass Violence in Years
The stabbing attack in a Sydney shopping center that left at least six people dead on Saturday was Australia’s worst act of mass violence since 2017, when a driver killed six people by deliberately plowing his car into pedestrians in Melbourne. In a ...
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Biden Administration Approves Expansion of Background Checks on Gun Sales
The new rule, which is likely to face legal challenges, is an attempt to regulate a fast-growing shadow market of weapons that has fueled gun violence.
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Under Half of Illegal Gun Cases Tracked by A.T.F. Were Involved in Black Market Sales
The report, part of an effort by the Biden administration to make public previously undisclosed data, offered a portrait of the country’s growing illegal firearms market.
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12-Year-Old Arrested After Fatal School Shooting in Finland
Another 12-year-old was killed and two other students were wounded in a country with one of the highest rates of gun ownership in Europe.
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Toxic Gun Culture Begins at Home
James and Jennifer Crumbley never anticipated that their then-15-year-old son, Ethan, would use the 9-millimeter Sig Sauer handgun Mr. Crumbley had bought — ostensibly as an early Christmas present — to kill four students at a Michigan high school ...
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Does Having a Gun Make a Person Suspicious? Courts Aren’t Sure Now.
A U.S. Supreme Court ruling that could allow more New Yorkers to carry guns is raising thorny questions and has jeopardized at least one case so far.
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Three Men Face Federal Gun Charges in Kansas City Super Bowl Parade Shooting
Prosecutors said some of the weapons recovered from the scene of the Feb. 14 shooting had been unlawfully purchased or trafficked.
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What the ‘Rust’ Shooting Case Is Really About
In my first job as a military adviser on a film set, I witnessed the stark contrast between the gun safety culture of my Navy SEAL days and the cavalier attitude toward firearms that permeates Hollywood. During a break in filming, the lead actor ...
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What the ‘Rust’ Trial Says About the Case Against Alec Baldwin
The trial of the “Rust” armorer offered a preview of the case against Mr. Baldwin, who is set to stand trial on an involuntary manslaughter charge in July.
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