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Why Universal Background Check May Be The Most Important Gun Control Measure There Is
Many non-licensees entice potential customers to their tables with comments such as, “No background…
Walter Hickey
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The Huffington Post Is Brutally Shaming Senators Who Voted Down The Gun Control Bill
Part one of the splash contains 30 victims of recent mass shootings — from Newtown, Conn., Tucson, …
Brett LoGiurato
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The Senate Has Finally Reached A Deal On Gun Background Checks
According to reports, the Manchin-Toomey talks have focused on expanding background checks to inclu…
Grace Wyler
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A Group Of Brooklyn Web Designers Made One Of The Most Powerful Campaigns For Gun Control Yet
From their friend's email, however, they were inspired to create their first-ever political stateme…
Brett LoGiurato
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NRA Celebrates The Failure Of 'Misguided' Gun Control Bill
Today, the misguided Manchin-Toomey-Schumer proposal failed in the U.S. Senate. This amendment woul…
Brett LoGiurato
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'Bring it up now!' Biden demands action in the Senate on guns during wide-ranging press conference with the prime minister of Japan
Democratic leadership has reportedly been waiting to address gun control in the Senate in hopes of …
Erin Snodgrass
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The Most Contentious Point Of Today's Gun Violence Hearings Aren't Actually That Controversial
Both moderate Democrats and some Republicans are warming up to the idea of stricter screening, whic…
Brett LoGiurato
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The Four Democrats Who Voted Against Gun Control
Three of those lawmakers — Sens. Mark Pryor of Arkansas, Max Baucus of Montana, and Mark Begich of …
Grace Wyler
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Husband Of Gabby Giffords Says The NRA Has One Good Idea In The Gun Control Debate
But Kelly cautioned that it would be a mistake for any gun legislation that moves through Congress …
Brett LoGiurato
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GOP congressman advocates universal background checks after previously voting against a background check bill
"Initially the thought was that shotguns and assorted hunting rifles would still be available for y…
Lauren Frias
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Gun sales surged during the pandemic, but so did rejections from background checks, which hit a record high of 300,000
More than four out of ten would-be buyers had felony convictions on their records, according to the…
Dominick Reuter
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First-time gun buyers are fueled by fears over the pandemic, the economy, and nationwide protests
The FBI has been processing record numbers of firearm background checks — including 3.9 million in …
Hannah Jiang,Brittany Stephan…
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One chart shows the explosion of people trying to buy guns for the first time in the months leading up to the US election
The FBI processed a total of 3.9 million background checks in June — the most since 1988, when it f…
Evan Sully
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SNL Cold Open Mocks Senate Background Check Compromise
Saturday Night Live took on the gun control compromise reached by Senators Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) and…
Grace Wyler
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8 House Republicans vote in support of expanding background checks on gun purchases
The House on Thursday passed two bills that would establish new background check requirements on fi…
Oma Seddiq
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Mike Bloomberg's Gun Control Group Will Air This Devastating Super Bowl Ad Slamming A Big NRA Flip-Flop
"The NRA once supported background checks," says a child narrator in the ad, cutting to comments fr…
Brett LoGiurato
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Here Are The Details On This Morning's Breakthrough On Background Checks For Gun Purchases
"Expanding background checks at gun shows will not prevent the next shooting, will not solve violen…
Brett LoGiurato
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We're Starting To See Some Very Real Ramifications From Senators' Votes On Gun Control
Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.), who co-sponsored the amendment with West Virginia Democrat Joe Manchin, sa…
Brett LoGiurato
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Joe Scarborough Keeps Tearing Into Republicans For Gun Control Filibuster: 'Is Anybody Awake In My Party?'
Scarborough offered similar criticism on Monday, charging Republicans with supporting "rapists' rig…
Brett LoGiurato
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Tinder will now let users run a background check on their matches — and boot users with violent criminal pasts
Being able to access information about someone's criminal history gives people the power to make mo…