California Governor Gavin Newsom has proposed an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would enshrine several popular restrictions on firearm purchases.
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Is nation where bullets fly at schools, parties, parades really free?
The mass shooting injuring 30 people, two fatally, at a Baltimore block party before the Fourth of July tells us how captive we are to the tyranny of gunfire.
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U.S. sets grim milestone with record for deadliest 6 months of mass killings
From Jan. 1 to June 30, the nation endured 28 mass killings, all but one of which involved guns.
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Five people killed in Philadelphia shooting and suspect in custody, police say
The suspect was wearing a bulletproof vest and had multiple magazines, an ‘AR-type rifle,’ a handgun and a police scanner.
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Colorado Springs LGBTQ+ club mass killer gets life in prison
The guilty plea and sentencing of Anderson Lee Aldrich comes just 7 months after the shooting and spares victims’ families and survivors a long and potentially painful trial.
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Mass shootings, violence leave dead and wounded across the U.S. this weekend
The shootings happened in cities and rural areas alike, following a surge in homicides and other violence over the past several years.
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Truck driver guilty of killing 11 at Pittsburgh synagogue in deadliest attack on Jews in U.S. history
The guilty verdict was a foregone conclusion after Robert Bowers’ own lawyers conceded at the trial’s outset that he attacked and killed worshippers at the Tree of Life synagogue on Oct. 27, 2018.
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Jury deliberations underway in trial of gunman who massacred 11 at Pittsburgh synagogue
Robert Bowers turned a sacred house of worship into a ‘hunting ground’ when he burst into a Pittsburgh synagogue and killed 11 congregants, a federal prosecutor said Thursday.
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Shooting in Denver wounds 10 people, including suspect, after Nuggets title win
Three of the wounded were in critical condition, police said.
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A year after Uvalde, officers who botched response face few consequences
A Post investigation finds numerous higher-ranking officers who made critical decisions remain on the job.