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The Maine Legislature approved gun safety legislation including background checks on private gun sales, waiting periods for gun purchases and criminalizing gun sales to prohibited people.
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The Justice Department's new rule requires background checks for all gun sales, not just ones sold at gun stores. Attorney General Merrick Garland said it will save lives.
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The more than 68,000 illegally trafficked firearms represents 54% of such weapons in the U.S. between 2017 and 2021, Justice Department officials said.
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Firearms have been the leading cause of domestic violence homicides in Oklahoma since 1998. The state’s anti-red flag law bans any efforts to seize weapons by court order.
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The number of firearms found at airport security checkpoints has reached an all-time high. Agency officials said the No. 1 reason passengers give is that they forgot they were carrying them.
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Homicides last year were the lowest they’ve been in Tulsa in recent history.
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Gun advertising sows seeds of mistrust and the promotes need to carry a gun for self-protection. But protection from whom?
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The president's son agreed to plead guilty to two misdemeanor tax offenses. He's also charged with a felony firearm offense, for which he agreed to enter a pretrial diversion agreement.
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A Kentucky law would force authorities to send the assault rifle used in the attack to auction, over the objections of the Louisville mayor who is pushing for change.
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NPR's Scott Simon looks at just how prevalent guns have become in American society, compared to smartphones and cars.