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Two recent Supreme Court rulings suggest the high court is so pro-gun it has decided it must also be pro-drugs.
Guns are what make violent partners so dangerous. And in the US, Black women get less protection from laws meant to keep firearms out of abusers’ hands.
Forty-five years apart, two assassination attempts on American Presidents rather uncannily happened at the very same location. This case of history repeating itself offers much food for thought.
Most states have some sort of requirement for a minimum number of lockdown drills a year, but there is no set federal guidance.
The federal government gave the states an April 1 deadline to sign on to the buyback. With that date come and gone, the future of the plan is up in the air.
All of Britain’s mass shootings have been perpetrated using licensed, legally owned firearms.
Prevention methods like lockdown drills do not account for many scenarios, including the likely case that a school shooter is a former or current student.
With changes to its own gun laws on the table, New Zealand has even more reason to proceed with caution after the Bondi mass shooting.
Caps on how many firearms someone can own and only granting licences to Australian citizens are among the slated new laws.
The Bondi shooters legally owned the guns they used to kill 15 people in a terrorist attack. The government has flagged harsher gun laws, but will they work?
Evidence shows that 20 years on, Florida’s stand your ground law hasn’t made communities in the state any safer.
Low-cost, untraceable firearms can now be made in suburban garages. Laws to deal with them are inconsistent and put community safety at risk.
With gun control laws being rewritten, New Zealand has the opportunity to learn from other countries to better combat computer-aided weapons manufacture.
The use of 3D-printed guns in criminal and violent activities is likely to continue to increase. And governments and police will continue to have trouble regulating them.
Colorado’s red flag law allows judges to order the temporary seizure of guns from someone they think is a significant risk to themselves or others, even in Second Amendment sanctuary counties.
Proposed changes to gun laws aimed at reducing compliance costs for clubs and shooting ranges won’t necessarily drive up memberships – which is key to improving public safety.
It might seem surprising, but a liberal gun ownership culture can produce sensible legal safeguards. With firearms regulation in the spotlight, New Zealand can learn from US experience.
School mass shooters often display warning signs well before they open fire. How can schools and police take preventive action to save lives?
Had James Crumbley taken 10 seconds to secure a cable lock, the lives of four teenagers may have been spared.
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