TX School Leader Out After He Left Gun In Elementary Bathroom
A Texas school board is accepting the resignation of its superintendent after a third-grader found his gun in a bathroom stall. Robby...
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Crime and Justice News
- Feb 21
- 2 min
States' Gun-Liability Laws Draw Fire From Industry
The gun industry has begun firing back at state laws that seek to find a way around the federal immunity gunmakers and sellers have...
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Crime and Justice News
- Feb 20
- 1 min
Credit Card Gun-Purchase Tracking Starts in April
The first major provider of credit cards has acknowledged moving ahead with plans to track purchases at gun retailers, an initiative that...
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Crime and Justice News
- Feb 20
- 2 min
TSA Hit All-Time High in Airport Gun Seizures Last Year
The Transportation Security Administration intercepted 6,542 guns in airport checkpoints across the country last year, reports Associated...
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Crime and Justice News
- Feb 17
- 2 min
TX Gun Bills Face Familiar Fate as Latest Shootings Take Toll
Gun control legislation often follows high-profile mass shootings. Not so in Texas, where state leaders have repeatedly batted away...
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Crime and Justice News
- Feb 17
- 2 min
Senate Gears Up for Next Gun Debate as Older Laws Face Tests
Federal legislation that would expand background checks of gun purchasers is back on the table, as courts undercut an existing...
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Crime and Justice News
- Feb 17
- 2 min
In the Land of Mass Shootings, Safety Industry Thrives
With each new mass shooting, more schools and businesses, even in parts of the country that support stricter gun control, are taking...
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Crime and Justice News
- Feb 16
- 2 min
Court Rules Against '2A Sanctuary' Ordinance
An Oregon local ordinance that declared all federal, state, and local gun safety laws “null and void and of no effect" is preempted by...
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Crime and Justice News
- Feb 15
- 2 min
DOJ Readies First Wave of Red-Flag Law Grants
The first wave of funding authorized in last year's federal gun-safety legislation will send more than $231 million to states for crisis...
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Crime and Justice News
- Feb 11
- 2 min
Fatal Shooting In Times Square Despite Gun-Free-Zone Law
New York lawmakers declared Times Square a gun-free zone in response to a U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down the state’s...
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Crime and Justice News
- Feb 10
- 2 min
States, Companies, Veteran Sue U.S. To Block Gun Brace Restrictions
More than 20 states, two gun accessories manufacturers, and a disabled veteran joined The Firearms Regulatory Accountability Coalition...
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Crime and Justice News
- Feb 9
- 2 min
Biden's Claim On Assault Weapon Ban Is Disputed In Academia
In his State of the Union address, President Biden said that mass shootings tripled after the federal ban on assault weapons expired in...
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Crime and Justice News
- Feb 8
- 2 min
NE Target Store Shooting Shows Gaps In Laws On Guns, Mental Ills
In his last three years, Joseph Jones of Nebraska was repeatedly sent to psychiatric hospitals because of schizophrenia and delusions...
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Crime and Justice News
- Feb 6
- 2 min
It's Hard To Count 'Good Guys' With Guns Vs. 'Good Guys' Without Them
When Brandon Tsay disarmed a gunman who opened fire at a Monterey Park, Ca., ballroom on Jan. 21, killing 11 people, he did not have his...
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Crime and Justice News
- Feb 6
- 2 min
Judge Calls Law Barring Pot Users From Gun Owning Unconstitutional
A federal judge ruled that a federal law prohibiting people who use marijuana from owning firearms is unconstitutional, the latest...
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Crime and Justice News
- Feb 3
- 2 min
CA Man Arrested With Guns In Apartment, Averting Mass Shooting
Los Angeles police officers seized several high-powered weapons from a man accused of making criminal threats Tuesday, averting what...
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