gun control
Federal ‘hot spot’ crime strategy in Detroit: More of the same?
June 27, 2022The initiative will bring federal prosecutions to neighborhoods where violent crimes are highest. Topping the charts are the neighborhoods on Detroit’s West and East Sides.
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Uvalde school shooting prompts Congress to OK some limited gun controls
June 24, 2022It took a massacre in Uvalde, Texas, to force the recalcitrant U.S. Senate to listen to U.S. parents and teachers and not the nation’s gun fanatics.
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Right-wing Supreme Court overturns N.Y. handgun law, opening door for more carnage
June 24, 2022The landmark ruling overturns a hundred years of states passing laws regulating firearms to protect the public.
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‘People’s Filibuster for Gun Safety’ launched as Supreme Court tosses N.Y. law
June 24, 2022“Haven’t we had enough children shot yet?” Rev. William Barber of the Poor People’s Campaign asked.
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Teachers union leader: School gun violence fear leads kids to write their wills
June 23, 2022NEA President Becky Pringle says the nation must break the cycle of shootings via strong gun controls. And she doesn’t mean pistol-packing teachers in classrooms, either.
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