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| Oct 16, 2026 | Three children and one teacher killed in Oregon school shooting: Police | LOS ANGELES: Three children and one teacher were shot dead at an elementary school on Thursday (Oct 15) in the northwestern US state of Oregon, police said, adding that the assailant was a 16-year-old who was killed by an armed bystander.
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| Sep 26, 2026 | Governor Newsom signs new bills to further prevent gun violence and strengthen California’s gun safety leadership | The legislation signed today includes: Assembly Bill 1743 by Assemblymember Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland) — Firearms Assembly Bill 1753 by Assemblymember Catherine Stefani (D-San Francisco) — Protective orders: firearms and ammunition: notice and... |
| Sep 4, 2026 | California’s public safety strategy works: Governor Newsom’s commitment helps lower crime as new study shows violence prevention saves lives | New study confirms California’s strategies work
Researchers found Richmond’s community violence intervention program was responsible for an estimated 61% reduction in firearm homicides and injury shootings over 14 years. In addition to a st... |
| Aug 31, 2026 | California’s crime rates are at record lows – even if Fox News won’t tell you | Since 2024, California saw double-digit declines in every major crime category tracked, including: Homicide: ↓ 18.6% Robbery: ↓ 19.9% Property crime: ↓ 14.3% Motor vehicle theft: ↓ 25.8% Violent crime: ↓ 10.2%
California’s homicide rate is ... |
| Aug 10, 2026 | Governor Newsom condemns Trump administration proposal to weaken federal gun safety | The Trump administration has proposed changes that would make buying a gun online easier than buying alcohol—letting a dealer ship a firearm straight to the buyer’s door, with only remote identity verification and no trip to the counter. An... |
| Jul 17, 2026 | Guns shaped America. Dirty Harry’s .44 Magnum is king | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By DREW CALLISTER
There are as many handguns in the U.S. as there are adults. Perhaps none is more iconic than the .44 Magnum revolver.
“The most powerful handgun in the world,” Clint Eastwood says... |
| Jun 2, 2026 | Trump is still trying to rob victims to pay criminals for their political support | A billion-dollar reward system for loyalty
Although a federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from setting up this fund, the federal Department of Justice said it “remains extremely confident in the legality” of the fund.... |
| Jun 2, 2026 | JOINT RELEASE: ICYMI: SIGNED! Bill to Improve Collaboration to Solve Gun Crimes | DENVER, CO – Governor Jared Polis yesterday signed a bill into law to improve collaboration between law enforcement agencies, helping to quickly identify firearms and generate leads for gun-related crimes.“Our new law ensures that Colorado ... |
| Jun 2, 2026 | ICYMI: SIGNED! Bill to Improve Collaboration to Solve Gun Crimes | DENVER, CO – Governor Jared Polis yesterday signed a bill into law to improve collaboration between law enforcement agencies, helping to quickly identify firearms and generate leads for gun-related crimes.
“Our new law ensures that Colorado... |
| Apr 21, 2026 | Gun used to kill 8 children was stolen from truck, Louisiana man tells investigators | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By SARA CLINE and JACK BROOK
A man who previously had the assault-style gun used to kill eight children in Louisiana told investigators he believes Shamar Elkins stole it from his truck in the week... |
| Mar 31, 2026 | ForensisGroup Expands Give-Back Program with GIFFORDS | ForensisGroup Logo
ForensisGroup clients can now direct give-back contributions to national gun violence prevention efforts
By adding GIFFORDS, we are providing clients with another meaningful way to support efforts that align with building... |
| Jan 19, 2026 | Hawaii’s strict gun law faces Supreme Court scrutiny in landmark case | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER
HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii’s gun laws, long among the strictest in the nation, will be the focus of arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday. The court is taking up... |
| Jan 3, 2026 | Guns marketed for personal safety fuel public health crisis in Black communities | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By Fred Clasen-Kelly and Daniel Chang, KFF Health News
PHILADELPHIA — Leon Harris, 35, is intimately familiar with the devastation guns can inflict. Robbers shot him in the back nearly two decades ... |
| Sep 15, 2025 | Gun control isn’t about politics; bringing dignity to Gaza’s children; restore Circle of Care funding (Letters) | It’s not politics. It’s about saving lives.
Kudos to the Boulder County students who, led by Students Demand Action, walked out of school earlier this month to protest gun violence. Are we listening? These are our children, our grandchildre... |
| Jul 10, 2025 | Gun makers lose appeal of New York law that could make them liable for shootings | In May 2022, Judge Mae A. D’Agostino threw out the lawsuit, rejecting arguments that the law’s language did not adequately explain what was prohibited. She said the law closely tracked the language of New York’s general public nuisance law,... |
| Jun 28, 2025 | The Silencer Debate: A Tipping Point in Gun Legislation | The gun control debate in America is a storm that never seems to settle. Recently, it has intensified with proposed changes to regulations on gun silencers. This issue is more than just a matter of noise; it’s a flashpoint in the ongoing ba... |
| Jun 27, 2025 | Republicans hit major setback in their effort to ease regulations on gun silencers | “It’s no surprise that Republicans will jump at any opportunity to please the gun lobby by rolling back gun safety measures, but that kind of policy does not belong in a reconciliation bill,” said Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore.
Gun rights groups co... |
| Jun 20, 2025 | Sig Sauer, faced with lawsuits over a popular pistol, gets protection in New Hampshire | FILE-Kelly Ayotte speaks with Manchester, N.H. businessmen in this Oct. 16, 2024 file photo. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
This Jan. 14, 2016, file photo shows the sign at the entrance to the headquarters of Sig Sauer, a gun manufacturer based i... |
| Jun 14, 2025 | Minnesota state lawmakers shot, one killed, search underway for suspect: Governor | WASHINGTON: A Democratic state lawmaker and her husband were killed early Saturday (Jun 14) in what appeared to be a "politically motivated assassination", while a second lawmaker and his spouse were wounded in a separate attack, ... |
| Jun 6, 2025 | Youth, community leaders take center stage in launch of gun safety effort | Underscoring the state’s commitment to using every tool available to prevent gun violence, the Reduce the Risk campaign will be led by the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) and aims to close the gap in public knowledge throu... |
| May 23, 2025 | The Human Cost of Deportation: A Flight to Uncertainty | In the shadow of a deportation flight, stories unfold like pages in a forgotten book. Each passenger carries a past, a narrative woven with threads of crime, punishment, and the hope for redemption. The recent flight to South Sudan, laden w... |
| May 23, 2025 | Trump's big tax Bill has passed the House. Here's what's inside it | WASHINGTON: House Republicans early on Thursday (May 22) took a major step forward on President Donald Trump's agenda, approving a legislative package that combines tax breaks, spending cuts, border security funding and other priorities.
Ho... |
| May 15, 2025 | Trump’s ‘beautiful’ bill spans 1,116 pages. Here’s what’s inside it | Tax cuts for individuals and businesses
Central to the GOP package is more than $5 trillion in tax cuts, according to an estimate from the Joint Committee on Taxation — costs that are partially offset by spending cuts elsewhere and other ch... |
| Mar 27, 2025 | Justice Department eyes combining ATF and DEA as part of broad restructuring | Questions have been raised about the future of the ATF after FBI Director Kash Patel — in an unusual arrangement — was tapped to simultaneously serve as acting leader of the gun law agency. The ATF has long drawn the ire of conservatives fo... |
| Dec 20, 2024 | National Politics | Judges topple gun restrictions as courts chart an uncertain path forward | And in July, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit upheld a lower court’s ruling that found Minnesota’s age restriction on residents carrying a handgun in public also was unconstitutional.
It has been a busy time for gun rights atto... |
| Dec 7, 2024 | Advice | Asking Eric: Partner’s mother confesses uncomfortable paternity secret | Dear Secret:
Your partner’s mother put you in a terrible situation. It wasn’t appropriate and in order for you to move forward in any relationship with her, she needs to address it.
Talk to her privately and share what you shared in your le... |
| Aug 22, 2024 | National Politics | Kamala Harris at DNC summons Americans to reject divisions and defeat threat of Trump’s candidacy | “America, the path that led me here in recent weeks was no doubt unexpected. But I’m no stranger to unlikely journeys,” she said.
Harris talked about being raised primarily by her mother after her parents divorced in a small apartment in Sa... |
| Jul 18, 2024 | ICYMI: 10 ways California leads the nation | Golden economy
California is home to the most Fortune 500 companies – beating out Texas, Florida, and all other states. Travel spending reached an all-time high of $150.4 billion. Plus, leading the next generation, California is home to 35 ... |
| Jun 21, 2024 | Supreme Court upholds law banning domestic abusers from having guns | Washington — The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a federal law that prohibits people who are subject to domestic-violence restraining orders from having firearms, ruling that the measure does not violate the Second Amendment.
The court ruled... |
| May 9, 2024 | Gun thefts from cars have skyrocketed in U.S., new report finds | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
The rate of gun thefts from cars has tripled in the U.S. since 2013, making vehicles the most common source for stolen weapons in the country, according to a new report by the gun safety group Everyto... |
| Apr 23, 2024 | Tennessee lawmakers pass bill allowing teachers to carry guns in schools | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
The Tennessee House passed a bill Tuesday that would allow some public school teachers to carry concealed guns on campus.
Why it matters: This was the last legislative hurdle for the measure before it... |
| Apr 20, 2024 | Columbine school shooting victims remembered at 25th anniversary vigil | A girl who wrote to God in her diaries, a boy with learning disabilities who was just learning to like who he was and a teen who would spend every free minute fishing were among the 13 victims of the Columbine High School shooting remembere... |
| Mar 27, 2024 | National Politics | Fearing political violence, more states ban guns at polling places | Matt Vasilogambros | (TNS) Stateline.org
Facing increased threats to election workers and superheated political rhetoric from former President Donald Trump and his supporters, more states are considering firearm bans at polling places and b... |
| Mar 4, 2024 | Gov. Lujan Grisham strengthens public safety by signing robust legislation into law | ALBUQUERQUE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham today signed critical public safety legislation to reduce gun violence and strengthen penalties for violent criminals.
“This legislation strikes at the heart of issues that are keeping New Mexicans ... |
| Mar 2, 2024 | Tour of Florida historic sites illuminates white supremacy in the legal system | Content warning: This article contains graphic descriptions of violence. Reader discretion is advised.
Two rented buses recently ferried 27 social justice advocates along U.S. Route 90 in Baker County, Florida, past long, empty miles of san... |
| Feb 10, 2024 | Reporting of lost or stolen firearms passes House | OLYMPIA — Continuing the fight to end gun violence, Rep. Liz Berry (D-Queen Anne) passed HB 1903, a commonsense gun safety measure through the House. The legislation requires lost or stolen firearms to be reported to law enforcement within ... |
| Jul 30, 2023 | 14-year-old boy, dad arrested after teen allegedly used father's gun to kill teenage girl in New Mexico | Police arrested a man and his 14-year-old son after the teen allegedly shot and killed a 13-year-old girl in northern New Mexico, police said.
The teens, who have not been publicly identified, were in the 14-year-old boy's Questa home on Fr... |
| Jun 6, 2023 | During National Gun Violence Awareness Month, Governor Newsom Launches GunSafety.ca.gov | WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: The new website provides information on how Californians can request Gun Violence Restraining Orders, and shares critical life-saving resources.
SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the launch of GunSafe... |
| Jun 5, 2023 | During National Gun Violence Awareness Month, Governor Newsom Launches GunSafety.ca.gov | WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: The new website provides information on how Californians can request Gun Violence Restraining Orders, and shares critical life-saving resources.
SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the launch of GunSafe... |
| Jun 3, 2023 | Commentary
Commentary | Guest opinion: Laura Pritchett: Guns have changed everything, especially childhood | By Laura Pritchett
I learned to shoot on the family ranch, as ranch kids are wont to do. My gun education was furthered at a Catholic summer camp, and I still have my paper target proving my marksmanship. Hunter safety classes, and calm, cl... |
| Apr 1, 2023 | Politics
Politics | Colorado becomes testing ground for gun reform in the West | Colorado lawmakers’ latest suite of gun reform bills bolster the state’s position at the vanguard of the national firearm debate, advocates and critics say, while marking it as a proving ground for how step-by-step reforms can coexist withi... |
| Mar 28, 2023 | Attorney General Bonta Files Appeal in Defense of California’s Unsafe Handgun Act | Urges Ninth Circuit to immediately halt portions of district court order blocking enforcement of certain provisions of the Act
SAN FRANCISCO — California Attorney General Rob Bonta today filed notice to appeal a district court order that wo... |
| Mar 11, 2023 | ‘Legal Lynching’: ‘Stand Your Ground’ laws reflect legacy of white supremacist vigilantism in Deep South | Content warning: This article contains graphic descriptions of violence. Reader discretion is advised.
The spot where Dominic Jerome “D.J.” Broadus II died from four shots fired by his male paramour was about as secluded as could be.
Hidden... |
| Mar 8, 2023 | On Women’s Day, watch these five unsung heroes changing the world | From the battlefield in Ukraine, to the streets of Peru, to backstage at a Bollywood audition, every day women find ways to rise up against a world of challenges and fight back in a bid to improve people’s lives.
This International Women’s ... |
| Mar 7, 2023 | To end gun violence, build on what works | Story
Washington’s public health approach to confronting America’s epidemic of gun violence is saving lives
America’s ongoing epidemic of gun violence has in recent years spurred “a sea-change in Washington’s gun laws,” as The Seattle Times... |
| Jan 25, 2023 | California should be treating gun violence as a public health crisis | In summary
State and local officials are still asking law enforcement to prevent gun violence. Community leaders believe gun violence should be treated as a public health crisis, and incorporate prevention strategies that address the social... |
| Jan 25, 2023 | California debería tratar la violencia armada como una crisis de salud pública | EN RESUMEN
Los funcionarios estatales y locales siguen pidiendo a las fuerzas del orden público que prevengan la violencia armada. Los líderes comunitarios creen que la violencia armada debe tratarse como una crisis de salud pública e incor... |
| Oct 14, 2022 | Sen. Cory Booker said 'there should be no super PACs for anyone,' but now he's raising money for one | Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey. AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades
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Sen. Cory Booker is fundraising for former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' anti-gun super PAC.
In the past, Booker was opposed to super PACs, saying "there should be n... |
| Jul 15, 2022 | Why Mental Illness Is Not the Cause of Gun Violence | I guess there’s just no way to have a sacred cow without also keeping a goat.
Understand, I’m not talking about a GOAT, as in Tom Brady or Michael Jordan. I mean a goat, i.e, something or someone that takes the blame for an event, failed po... |
| Jul 7, 2022 | On Guns, Insurrections, and Magnetometers: A Sidelight From Cassidy Hutchinson’s Testimony | The most shocking testimony that Cassidy Hutchinson gave last week before the House select committee on the Jan. 6 attack—indeed, the most shocking that any witness has given at any of the six hearings to date—revolved around the magnetomet... |
| Jun 2, 2022 | Governor Carney, Members of the General Assembly Announce Gun Safety Package | WILMINGTON, Del. – Governor John Carney, along with Senate and House Democratic Leadership, on Thursday announced a commitment to advance multiple gun safety bills before the General Assembly adjourns on June 30.
The package of gun safety l... |
| May 27, 2022 | Local responses to shootings include requiring gun shops to post warnings | Warning labels will soon be required wherever firearms are sold in New York's Westchester County. This week's unanimous vote by a county board in the state is among the range of local responses to gun violence, including recent shootings in... |
| May 26, 2022 | Look For The Bright Lights: A How-To For Inclusive Leaders Who Want To Keep Showing Up And Leading The Way Amidst Mass Shootings And Lingering DEI Struggles! | Bright lights are within our reach. Inclusive leaders must look for the bright light and use as ... [+] sustenance for the inclusion journey. getty |
| Apr 13, 2021 | People charged with domestic violence could lose their guns under proposed Colorado law | Colorado law since 2013 has required most people who are charged with domestic violence to relinquish their guns, but prosecutors and court officials acknowledge it’s loosely enforced, sometimes not at all.
Lawmakers got their first look Tu... |
| Apr 5, 2021 | Colorado House passes first gun bill of the session, requiring lost or stolen guns to be reported within five days | A bill requiring gun owners to report lost or stolen firearms to authorities within a five-day window passed the Colorado House on Monday.
It is the first piece of gun legislation to be this close to the finish line in the 2021 Colorado Leg... |
| Mar 21, 2021 | Gun waiting periods rare in US states but more may be coming | Not long before the deadly Atlanta-area shootings spread fear and anger through Asian American communities nationwide, police say the attacker made a legal purchase: a 9 mm handgun.
Within hours, they say, he had killed eight people, seven ... |
| Feb 15, 2021 | Facing aggressive Biden agenda, nation’s most gun-friendly state looks to get even friendlier. | In a nation largely enamored with guns and people’s right to own them, few states can compare to Wyoming and its commitment to the Second Amendment.
Depending on who you ask, Wyoming’s gun control statutes also have the distinction of being... |
| Oct 30, 2020 | Bans on Guns at the Polls Are Plainly Constitutional | There’s always some worry about violence or intimidation at the polls, but this year that concern is particularly stark. The past year has seen increased activity from white supremacist terrorist organizations and anti-lockdown protesters b... |
| Mar 21, 2018 | Parkland shooting survivors turn to bus startups for discounted rides to Washington rally | Last month’s shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, has galvanized a generation of American youth around the issue of gun control. Their first stop: This Saturday’s March For Our Lives, which will see hundreds of tho... |
| Joe Biden has a 2nd chance to take on the NRA with action on background checks for gun sales | Mark Barden, who lost his son Daniel in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, embracing Vice President Joe Biden at the White House on April 17, 2013. Win McNamee/Getty Images
Biden says he "beat" the NRA twice, but his push ... |
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| Michigan school shooting: Why were the suspect’s parents charged? | The parents of the 15-year-old accused of killing four students at a high school in southeast Michigan last week “could have stopped” the mass shooting but chose not to act, authorities have said.
That is what prompted local prosecutors to ... |
| Biden says gun violence in U.S. is an epidemic, unveils executive actions and calls for national red flag law | President Biden announced a series of executive actions aimed at reducing gun violence, while urging Congress to pass broader gun-control legislation.
The actions were unveiled in the wake of a recent spate of mass shootings across the coun... |
