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Feb 23 2024
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A judge has dismissed Fargo's challenge to North Dakota restrictions on local gun control
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by North Dakota's largest city that challenged a new law banning zoning ordinances related to guns and ammunition. Fargo sued last year, calling the law unconstitutional and a swipe at the city's home rule powers. State District Judge Cherie Clark on Tuesday granted the state's motion for summary judgment and dismissed the city's
QuartzMar 05 2024
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New Mexico governor signs gun control bill months after attempt to suspend right to carry
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM) signed two bills aimed at restricting gun usage in the state into law on Monday, months after she attempted to limit the right to carry firearms in most public places. House Bill 129 (which extends the waiting period to purchase a firearm in the state to seven days) and Senate Bill 5 (which bans firearms within 100 feet of a polling place or ballot box) were
Washington ExaminerSep 28 2023
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What gun control measure did California
Along with banning people from carrying firearms in most public places, California will double the taxes on guns and ammunition under new laws Gov. Gavin Newsom signed this week. The laws could test the limits of the U.S. Supreme Court’s new standard for interpreting the Second Amendment, according to The Associated Press. The federal government already taxes the sale of guns and ammunition at
Deseret NewsApr 14 2024
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Jansen: Baseballs 'just brutal,' hard to control
BOSTON -- Kenley Jansen is upset with the quality of baseballs. "I got to get better, but also if you're playing in the cold weather, windy, and you get pearls balls out there that's not rubbed well, I don't know where the ball's going," the Boston Red Sox reliever said after Sunday's 5-4 win over the Los Angeles Angels. The 36-year-old right-hander entered with a two-run lead, hit Logan O'
ESPN.comFeb 21 2023
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Letters: Gun control
Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor. Sally Lieber’s oped of Jan. 25 should cut deep at those elected leaders who failed repeatedly to pass sensible gun sanity legislation. Their failure of will mirrors the failure of most of their constituents to demand better. The mass shootings remain a mere symptom of the toxic expectations each of our cultures
San Jose Mercury NewsApr 11 2024
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Biden administration finalizes rule to close ‘gun show loophole’ in effort to combat gun violence
The Biden administration on Thursday moved one step closer to enacting a rule requiring people who sell firearms online and at gun shows to conduct background checks on their potential customers. The finalized rule aims to close what gun control advocates call the “gun show loophole” by increasing the requirements to obtain a federal firearms license, or FFL, by more specifically defining what
CNN (Online News)Apr 17 2024
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Neuroscientists discover shapeshifting DNA controls memory formation
Neuroscientists have uncovered a new mechanism for memory formation, and it involves changes in the structure of your DNA. If you were asked to picture a molecule of DNA, chances are you would visualize a long, straight, right-handed double helix—the type you were taught in science class. It's well established that, in order to "read" or copy this molecule, our DNA needs to be unzipped and
NewsweekApr 15 2024
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U.S. defense spending continues to spiral out of control
How much the U.S. should allocate to the Department of Defense remains a contentious topic in the debate over government spending. After a great deal of chaos, on March 23—about halfway through the fiscal year—Congress approved an appropriations bill worth $825 billion for defense in FY 2024 to avoid a partial government shutdown, less than the $842 billion request by the administration. Not
ReasonMar 16 2024
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Report faulting Maine law enforcement over ‘yellow flag’ law lands amid legislative debate over gun control
The state commission investigating the Oct. 25 mass shooting said in an interim report released Friday that the Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Office had probable cause to take the gunman, Robert R. Card, into custody under Maine’s “yellow flag” law, which provides a way to remove firearms temporarily from those in mental health crisis who pose a risk to themselves or others. A commission’s
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