Gun Violence
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Gun Violence
Why are so many black children in St. Louis being killed by guns?
As gun-related deaths continue to devastate communities across the nation, families and lawmakers in St. Louis are looking for answers.
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Gun Violence
Enough is enough.
This weekend offered a shocking and shameful example of American exceptionalism at its worst: two mass shootings within a span of 24 hours.
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Gun Violence
“He will be forever 3 years old”
“He will be forever 3 years old.” These were the words of Arika Williams shortly after her 3-year-old son Aiden accidentally shot and killed himself last year in South Carolina.
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Extreme Risk Laws: Preventing Tragedies Before They Occur
“I’m going to be a professional school shooter.” This was the chilling comment made by the Parkland shooter in a video posted online in September 2017—more than a year before he took the lives of 17 classmates and injured 17 others at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Shamefully, this was just one of many early warning signs.
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Gun Violence
House Passes Universal Background Checks in Historic Vote
Today, in an historic vote, the House of Representatives passed the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019 (H.R. 8), life-saving legislation to strengthen background checks and keep guns out of the hands of those who would use them to harm our children and communities.
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