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Biden Urges Congress to Pass Gun Control Measures After Mass Shooting Kills 8
President Joe Biden urged Congress to pass gun control measures after a gunman opened fire at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis, Ind., on Friday, killing 8 and injuring several others.
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House Democrats Display 40,000 Flowers Representing Gun Violence Victims
On Wednesday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi attended a memorial on the National Mall featuring 40,000 flowers that represent the Americans who die from gun violence each year.
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Biden Orders Gun Control Actions — But They Show His Limits
President Joe Biden is ordering a half-dozen executive actions aimed at addressing what he calls an “epidemic and an international embarrassment” of gun violence in America
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Private Firearm Sales, Transfers Emerge as Obstacle to Senate Action on Guns
Democrats in Congress are trying to pass the first major gun control legislation in more than two decades with the support of President Joe Biden
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Biden Says Gun Violence in U.S. Is an Epidemic, Unveils Executive Actions and Calls for National Red Flag Law
Biden’s executive actions include directing the DOJ to craft a rule addressing the spread of “ghost guns” and publish model red-flag legislation for states.
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Biden: Gun Violence in the U.S. Is an “Epidemic”
On Thursday, President Joe Biden noted that gun violence kills 106 people every day in this country and costs the nation $280 billion a year.
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Biden's New Gun Control Measures Target ‘Ghost Guns' and ‘Red Flag' Laws
On Thursday, President Joe Biden announced a series of executive actions that would both limit self-assembled “ghost guns” and make it easier to flag people who shouldn’t be allowed to purchase a firearm.
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Colorado Shooting Suspect Passed Check in Legal Gun Purchase
The suspect in the Colorado supermarket shootings bought a firearm at a local gun store after passing a background check, and he also had a second weapon with him that he didn’t use in the attack that killed 10 people this week, authorities and the gun store owner said Friday. Investigators are working to determine the motive for the shooting,…
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Guns Are on Supreme Court's Agenda Days After Mass Shootings
A possible expansion of gun rights is on the Supreme Court’s agenda, days after mass shootings in Colorado and Georgia
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Man With 6 Guns, Body Armor Arrested Inside Atlanta Grocery Store, Police Say
Authorities say police have arrested a man who walked into an Atlanta grocery store with five guns and body armor, just days after the mass shooting at a Colorado supermarket.
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Anti-Gun Violence Activist Worries About Return of School Shootings as U.S. Reopens
There were no widely covered mass shootings that occurred in public during the pandemic, then suddenly, mass-casualty incidents in Atlanta, GA and Boulder, CO this month. Shannon Watts of Moms Demand Action tells LX News she’s worried about violence when more schools reopen.
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Democrats Vow Vote on Gun Bills; Biden Says ‘We Have to Act'
Senate Democrats say they are pushing toward a vote on expanded gun control measures as the nation reels from it its second mass shooting in a week
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Biden Urges Congress to Close Gun Loopholes, Ban Assault Weapons ‘Once Again'
President Joe Biden urged members of Congress to “once again” pass legislation banning assault weapons and closing background check loopholes after a shooting in Boulder, Colo., killed 10 people.
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Day After Colorado Mass Shooting, Gun Law Experts Debate Red Flag Laws
The day after a gunman killed 10 people at a Boulder, Colo., grocery store, gun law experts testified in front of the Senate about the pros and cons of instituting stricter gun laws including extreme risk protection orders, also known as “red flag laws.”
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Advocates Seek Biden Push on Gun Bills, But Prospects Iffy
The House recently passed legislation that would require background checks for gun purchases, a signature Democratic issue for decades
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House Passes Bill to Expand Background Checks for Gun Sales
Emboldened by their majorities in the House and Senate, Democrats are making a new push to enact the first major new gun control laws in more than two decades and they’re starting with stricter background checks
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Parents Whose Son Died Hope New Congress OKs Gun Safety Bill
The parents of a Connecticut teenager who accidentally shot himself to death at a friend’s home are hoping the new Democratic-controlled Congress will pass a federal law requiring gun owners to store their firearms in secure containers to prevent children from harming themselves.
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Virginia Senate Gathers on ‘Lobby Day' Under Heightened Security
Virginia state lawmakers met under heightened security Monday amid concerns about possible civil unrest in state capitals in the days leading up to President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration
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Pro-Gun Groups Far Outspend Gun Control Activists in Tight Georgia Senate Runoffs
With control of the Senate at stake, gun rights groups are pouring millions of dollars in outside spending into the Jan. 5 runoff election in Georgia.
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Gun Restrictions Face Uphill Battle Even Under Biden
Efforts to impose restrictions on firearms will soon have a supporter in the White House.