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1 day ago2 min read
Ghost Guns Still A Threat Despite Falling Numbers At Crime Scenes
Toward the end of 2024, federal law enforcement officials celebrated a banner year in their fight against homemade, untraceable “ghost...
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Crime and Justice News
5 days ago2 min read
ATF Director Leaves, Fears Budget Cuts Under Trump, GOP Congress
Congress nearly $50 million from this year’s $1.6 billion budget for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. The cuts...
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6 days ago2 min read
How GOP-Led Congress Could Pass Pro-Gun Bills, Abolish ATF
A GOP-controlled Congress and a friendly White House that ups the likelihood of pro-gun legislation successfully becoming law,...
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Crime and Justice News
6 days ago2 min read
Democratic State Attorneys General Seek To Keep Biden Gun Controls
More than a dozen state attorneys general, all Democrats, asked on Thursday to join federal legal efforts to preserve two Biden-era gun...
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6 days ago2 min read
How Firearms From U.S. Fuel Violence By Haiti's Gangs
Blood-streaked hospital floors, wounded people crying for help, and scenes of chaos: Haiti's General Hospital resembled a war zone on...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 142 min read
Justices Let Stand MD Law Requiring Handgun Buying License
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge to a 2013 Maryland law that requires a state license for anyone seeking to buy a...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 102 min read
Pandemic Gun Violence Claimed 18,000+ More Deaths Than Usual
Tens of thousands of people had their lives changed forever by the surge in gun violence that began during the pandemic. Though gun...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 82 min read
Supreme Court Likely To Rule On Felon-In-Gun-Possession Law
A federal law makes it a crime for many people to have guns. “It probably does more to combat gun violence than any other federal law,”...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 32 min read
Suit: UnitedHealthcare Killer Used 'Black-Market Operator' 3D Pistol
A Texas company defending itself in a fast-moving federal copyright lawsuit in Orlando has filed court papers declaring that the killer...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 31, 20241 min read
Gun Safety Group, NRA Both Claim Victories In State Law Changes
In 2024, there have been nearly 500 mass shootings, says the group Gun Violence America. The deadliest occurred in a Chicago suburb in...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 27, 20243 min read
A Few Reasons For Optimism About The Plague Of Gun Violence
. Guns were already a major public health concern in the U.S. when the pandemic hit and the murder rate skyrocketed . The surge in...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 26, 20242 min read
Nonviolent Felon Protected By Second Amendment, Court Rules
A nonviolent conviction from the mid-1990s shouldn't interfere with a Delaware man's right to arm himself , the IU.S. Court of Appeals...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 18, 20242 min read
Biden Hasn't Given Up On Gun Control After WI School Shooting
The Biden administration is again calling for more government action on gun control after a teenage student opened fire and killed a...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 17, 20241 min read
Ammo Vending Machine Company Looks To Expand Across Country
Since July, American Rounds, a company making ammunition vending machines that are placed in grocery stores and other shops, has signed...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 16, 20242 min read
ATF Bracing For Trump Reversal Of Biden Gun Regulations
Among federal agencies bracing for the Trump era, few are likely to face the backlash that awaits the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 16, 20242 min read
'Magazine Disconnect' Could Prevent Many Gun Deaths
A 13-year-old in Chicago takes his father’s pistol out of a lockbox and removes the magazine from the weapon. He shows the gun to a...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 13, 20243 min read
Courts Swamped With Gun-Law Challenges After Justices' Ruling
More than two years after the U.S. Supreme Court fundamentally expanded its interpretation of the Second Amendment, federal courts...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 13, 20242 min read
NJ, MN Sue Glock Over Switches That Allow Rapid-Firing Handguns
New Jersey and Minnesota sued Glock, calling on the gunmaker to stop selling firearms that can be adapted with dime-sized switches to...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 11, 20242 min read
Is ShotSpotter Necessary In Small Cities With Few Shootings?
In June 2023, the town council in Phillipsburg, N.J., voted unanimously to install the gunshot detection service ShotSpotter. The town...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 4, 20242 min read
New York City May Require Graphic Warning Displays At Gun Shops
New York City is taking steps toward requiring gun stores to display graphic warnings about the dangers of keeping guns in the...
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