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Jun 11 2024
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Joe Biden Pushes More Gun Control For Americans Hours After Hunter Convicted on Firearm Charges
President Joe Biden delivered a speech in which he pushed more gun control for the American people Tuesday afternoon, just hours after his son Hunter was convicted on gun charges.
The speech was delivered at an event sponsored by Mike Bloomberg-affiliated Everytown for Gun Safety.
Biden said, “In two weeks we’ll mark the second anniversary of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act
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Apr 01 2024
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Colorado Dems push sweeping gun control laws that are flying under national radar: 'Public is fed up'
Colorado Democrats are pushing a series of gun control bills that mirror policies in liberal states such as California but have overwhelmingly flown under the radar in the media, Second Amendment experts say. "This should be making national news as it doesn’t just impact Colorado, but the nation as a whole," Ava Flanell, a firearms instructor in Colorado Springs, told Fox News Digital. "
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Jun 10 2024
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WA gun law may force small arms shops out of business
(The Center Square) - Gun store owners across Washington have one more year to figure out if they can comply with a new law that requires expensive security upgrades. Opponents have dubbed the legislation, an FFL Killer. FFL refers to gun shops with a Federal Firearms License. The National Rifle Association’s Institute for Legislative Action wrote, “The onerous requirements of House Bill 2118
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May 20 2024
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Justices decline to hear challenge to Maryland gun law
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday declined, for now, to hear a challenge to a Maryland law banning certain semi-automatic firearms commonly referred to as assault weapons. The court did not elaborate on the denial, as is typical. It would have been unusual for the justices to take up a case at this point, since a lower court is still weighing it. The Supreme Court is also considering an
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Aug 04 2020
Background
Do gun control laws reduce crime?
This discussion debates the hypothesis that 'stricter gun regulation reduces crime' and aims to list the pros and cons of this proposition.
Americans own about half the world’s civilian guns. No other country comes even remotely close to the number of guns per resident in the United States. As a result, the rate of gun homicides and suicides in America is significantly higher than in
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Aug 03 2020
Top Argument
Should More Gun Control Laws Be Enacted?
The United States has 120.5 guns per 100 people, or about 393,347,000 guns, which is the highest total and per capita number in the world. 22% of Americans own one or more guns (35% of men and 12% of women). America’s pervasive gun culture stems in part from its colonial history, revolutionary roots, frontier expansion, and the Second Amendment, which states: “A well regulated militia, being
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May 15 2024
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Woman Shot After Being Caught in Crossfire in Gun-Controlled London
A woman was allegedly shot in the leg after being caught in the crossfire of a shooting in Stamford Hill, London, England, on Tuesday around 7:40 p.m. The Telegraph reported that the woman allegedly got “caught in the crossfire of a shooting between cars on a north London street.” The only details provided about the woman are that she is in her 30s and her injuries are not life-threatening.
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Jun 11 2024
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Federal appeals court upholds California law banning gun shows at county fairs
FILE - State Sen. Dave Min, D-Irvine, listens as lawmakers discuss a bill before the Senate at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., July 10, 2023. A federal appeals court on Tuesday, June 11, 2024, upheld California’s ban on gun shows at county fairs and other public properties, deciding the laws do not violate the rights of firearm sellers or buyers. The two measures were both written by Min. (
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Jan 09 2024
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Harney Co judge orders voter-approved gun control law struck down
Measure 114 has been tied up in state, federal court since voters approved in Nov 2022 PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon judge has entered the final order striking down a gun control law that was narrowly approved by voters in 2022. Harney County Circuit Court Judge Robert Raschio signed the general judgment on Monday. The judgment finalizes the opinion Raschio issued in November finding the law
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Jun 07 2024
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DE Enlists Former Obama Big Gun To Defend Loose Election Laws
President Joe Biden’s home state of Delaware has enlisted the help of former Obama administration Solicitor General Don Verrelli to argue in favor of loose election laws in the state. For Biden — who has decried election security laws in states like Georgia as “Jim Crow 2.0” — the looser the election laws the better . Yet Delaware — the president’s home state — doesn’t have universal mail
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