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“Red flag” laws barely used even as shootings and gun deaths soar
Chicago is one of the nation’s gun violence hotspots and a seemingly ideal place to employ Illinois’ “red flag” law…
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Buffalo community holds memorial 1 month after deadly supermarket shooting
BUFFALO, New York (WABC) — The city of Buffalo took another step toward reclaiming itself with a memorial on Tuesday,…
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Democrats Urge Republicans On Gun Legislation: ‘Put Up Or Shut Up’
Democratic lawmakers spoke at a rally with young anti-gun violence activists, urging their Republican colleagues in Congress to pass gun…
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GOP Lawmaker Manages To Blame Abortion For Mass Shootings
There’s a new contender for most absurd GOP scapegoat for gun violence. Rep. Billy Long (R-Mo.) was asked during an…
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America Had 3 Simultaneous Shootings On Wednesday, Less Than 2 Weeks After Uvalde
As residents in Uvalde, Texas, were burying their children and loved ones this week, Americans in three separate states watched…
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This Is What A Real Agenda On Mental Health Would Look Like
This article is part of HuffPost’s biweekly politics newsletter. Click here to subscribe. Outbursts of gun violence always get Republicans…
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Ted Cruz Praises Guns To NRA Days After School Shooting
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) spoke at the National Rifle Association convention in Houston on Friday ― three days after a…
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The Supreme Court Ruling Could Soon Make Gun Safety Laws Even Weaker
Tuesday’s massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, would seem like a powerful argument for passing new legislation to…
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Thousands Of Students Walk Out Nationwide To Protest Lawmakers’ Inaction On Guns
Thousands of students across the country walked out of school Thursday in protest of lawmakers’ inaction on gun control, two…
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Child Gun Deaths In Texas Doubled Under Greg Abbott. Then Came Uvalde.
AUSTIN, Texas – When Salvador Ramos, 18, barged into a classroom at Robb Elementary on Tuesday and opened fire, he…
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