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Sep 02 2022
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Argentine vice president survives assassination attempt when gun jams
Argentina’s vice president survived an assassination attempt late Thursday after a gunman’s weapon jammed as he tried to shoot her at close range outside her home, the country's leader said.
Vice President Cristina Fernández was unharmed in the incident, which has rocked the South American nation already racked by turmoil due to spiraling inflation and her trial on corruption charges
NBC News DigitalJun 03 2022
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Florida's red flag law, championed by Republicans, is taking guns from thousands of people
Twice a week from her courtroom, Florida 13th Circuit Court Judge Denise Pomponio decides who in Hillsborough County can no longer be trusted with a gun.
In just the last two months, she has taken away the firearm privileges of dozens of people, including a dad accused of threatening to "shoot everyone" at his son's school, a woman who police say attempted suicide and then accidentally
CNN DigitalJun 27 2022
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Tale of 2 summits: ‘America’s back’ to America’s backsliding
ELMAU, Germany (AP) — One year ago, Joe Biden strode into his first Group of Seven summit as president and confidently told the closest U.S. allies that “America is Back.” Now, many of them are worrying that America is backsliding.
As Biden meets this week in the Bavarian Alps with the heads of G-7 leading democratic economies, he carries with him the domestic baggage of political
Associated PressMay 13 2022
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Revealed: supporters of Trump’s big lie work as election officials across Georgia
The effort to install local election officials who promote Donald Trump’s lie that the 2020 election was stolen has seen particular success in the crucial swing state of Georgia, where at least eight county election officials are promoters of the falsehood, a Guardian investigation has found.
The officials span the state, from suburban counties outside Atlanta to rural counties near the
The GuardianSep 01 2022
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New York enacts new gun restrictions in response to supreme court decision
After a federal judge said New York could implement gun restrictions passed after the US supreme court struck down a century-old law, the state attorney general saluted “a victory in our efforts to protect New Yorkers”.
“Responsible gun control measures save lives and any attempts by the gun lobby to tear down New York’s sensible gun control laws will be met with fierce defense of the
The GuardianNov 15 2021
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Judge dismisses charge against U.S. teen Rittenhouse for possessing rifle
A Wisconsin judge in the murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse on Monday dismissed a misdemeanor charge against the U.S. teenager for illegally possessing the AR-15-style rifle he used to shoot three people, killing two, in what he says was self defense.
In dismissing the charge, Judge Bruce Schroeder say the law on possession was unclear. Rittenhouse was 17 at the time of the shootings.
ReutersJun 22 2022
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Uvalde school police chief “decided to place the lives of officers before the lives of children,” Texas DPS director says
Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw told a state Senate committee Tuesday that the law enforcement response to the Uvalde school shooting was an “abject failure” and police could have stopped the shooter at Robb Elementary School three minutes after arriving were it not for the indecisiveness of the on-scene commander, who “decided to place the lives of officers before the lives
The Texas TribuneMay 28 2022
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Border Patrol Agents Killed the Uvalde School Shooter. But Why Were They on the Scene?
When Border Patrol radios crackled with a request for aid from local Uvalde police on Tuesday, it was nothing out of the ordinary. Agents often act as first responders to emergencies in their communities. The alert on Tuesday, however, was horrific: a gunman had entered Robb Elementary School.
Customs and Border Protection agents were among the first to respond to the mass shooting, in
Texas MonthlyOct 07 2022
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Killings of rappers are more than just a hip-hop problem, experts say
The fatal shooting of rapper Half Ounce has ignited a familiar conversation about gun violence, rap culture and whether there’s a responsibility for record labels to protect their artists.
The 32-year-old rapper, whose real name was Latauriisha O’Brien, was killed in Los Angeles’ Koreatown neighborhood Monday, just weeks after rapper PnB Rock was fatally shot during a robbery in the
NBC News DigitalJun 05 2022
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Sen. Toomey Holds Out Hope For Gun Legislation 'Consistent With Second Amendment'
Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., on Sunday said he hopes there will be Senate agreement on a measure that could include expanded background checks for gun sales to help curb the nation's relentless mass shootings.
In an interview on CBS News' "Face The Nation," Toomey called controlling gun ownership a "big, complicated problem."
"Republican voters expect Republicans to defend the Second
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