Charlie Kirk shooting Utah Valley University occurred during a crowded Q&A on Sept. 10. Leaders condemned the attack and advocates pressed for solutions to persistent gun violence.
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Biden-Harris administration takes decisive action to combat gun violence in America
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris announced Thursday sweeping new measures to combat gun violence in America, marking a significant escalation in the administration’s ongoing efforts to reduce firearm-related deaths. Central to this initiative is a new executive order that directs federal agencies to address the rising threats posed by machine gun conversion […]
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Biden signs executive order targeting gun violence and gun safety
President Biden and Vice President Harris have announced sweeping new measures to combat gun violence in America, including an executive order directing federal agencies to address emerging firearms threats and improve school safety.
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The hidden cost of gun violence: Lack of federal funding and the search for solutions
Gun violence has become a deadly and costly public health crisis in the US.
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New Minnesota laws address renter protections and gun violence
Minnesota has implemented new laws to protect renters and address gun possession for those considered a risk to themselves or others, including a “Red Flag” law and a requirement for landlords to disclose non-optional fees in a lease agreement.
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DOJ announces Minneapolis as National Public Safety Partnership site
Minneapolis has been selected as a 2023 National Public Safety Partnership site, receiving intensive assistance to reduce crime.
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Part I of a special report: Violence in Black America
‘The volumes of guns are now so high that many people just use a gun to solve conflict when even that person might have tried something different in the past.’
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Youth aren’t bulletproof
‘Gun violence is the leading cause of death for children in the United States.’
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Wear Orange: Support ending gun violence
We must never tire of the really hard work demanded to transform the pervasive culture of violence and pervasive presence of guns in America.
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Evidence touted as MN moves to adopt gun-safety laws
‘There is evidence from these laws being in place in other states that they have efficacy in reducing gun violence.’
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Active shooter incidents decrease while number killed increases in 2022
An FBI official told reporters on a call that there has been an overall increase in the frequency of active shooter situations over the past 20 years, especially over the last five years.
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Black mothers signal health toll of gun violence
Black mothers are the canaries in the coal mine when it comes to the mental and physical harms of stress from living with gun violence in America.
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It’s always the guns
On April 15 there were seven mass shootings, the most in a single day so far this year.
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American democracy in peril as Tennessee GOP expels two Black lawmakers over gun control protests
American democracy took another hit in Tennessee, where Republicans in the state House of Representatives ousted two Black lawmakers who joined a protest against gun violence.
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There are no safe places in the US
Will we continue to stand alone in accepting our pervasive culture of gun violence and the insane proliferation of guns?
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MN report amplifies concerns about guns, suicide link
For the second year in a row, suicides represent nearly 70% of all gun deaths in Minnesota.
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Young ‘peace builders’ aim to de-escalate violence
‘All we’re used to doing is yelling and screaming and trying to get somebody to hear us.’
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Devastated victims of Uvalde massacre beg Congress to act
He went there and shot my teacher—and told my teacher good night and shot her in the head. And then he shot some of my classmates… I thought he was going to come back to the room, so I grabbed the blood and put it all over me.” This was from the devastating video testimony […]
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Are American classrooms producing mass shooters?
Let’s face it. With all the mass shootings in America today, it is difficult to tease out the various motivations that prompt murderers to unleash their automatic weapons on unsuspecting and innocent individuals they do not even know. This country being awash in guns is certainly a major contributor to the constant carnage. But a […]
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Rising gun violence must stop
Millions of us send our kids off to school every day, trying to set aside the knowledge gnawing at our insides that our school and our kids could be next.