gun control
Posted May 12, 2022, 2:23 pm
Chuck Wexler
/Police Executive Research Forum
It’s not a stretch to think so-called “permitless carry” will alter the nature of gun violence in states where residents no longer need permits, background checks, or training to carry concealed handguns in public, and law enforcement officials are concerned.... Read more»
Posted Mar 23, 2022, 9:41 am
Jerod MacDonald-Evoy
/Arizona Mirror
A Republican bill sponsored by Rep. Quang Nguyen that would require a National Rifle Association gun safety course for Arizona middle and high school students is now one vote away from Gov. Doug Ducey’s desk. ... Read more»
Posted Mar 2, 2022, 10:13 am
Eugene Kiely, Brooks Jackson, Robert Farley, D'Angelo Gore, Jessica McDonald, Catalina Jaramillo, Cecelia Vieira & Lucía Osses/Factcheck.org
In his first State of the Union address, President Joe Biden focused on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, before turning to his accomplishments and agenda for the coming year - but some of his statements didn’t square with the facts.... Read more»
Posted Feb 25, 2022, 4:32 pm
Blake Morlock
/TucsonSentinel.com
Local governments are wading into dicey political territory with potentially unpopular agenda items on water rate hikes, raises for elected leaders and payouts of unused COVID leave.... Read more»
Posted Feb 24, 2022, 2:41 pm
Bennito L. Kelty
/TucsonSentinel.com
A bill in the Arizona Senate that would drastically limit a city’s ability to create affordable housing alarmed the Tucson City Council during their meeting on Wednesday.... Read more»
Posted Feb 15, 2022, 1:32 pm
Daniel Jackson
/Courthouse News Service
Insurers for the bankrupt Remington Arms Company and its subsidiaries have agreed to pay the Sandy Hook Elementrary School families the maximum amount of funds available to them, $73 million... Read more»
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Posted Feb 15, 2022, 9:29 am
Jerod MacDonald-Evoy
/Arizona Mirror
A Republican bill that would require a National Rifle Association gun safety course - deemed largely ineffective in real-world scenarios by the American Academy of Pediatrics - for Arizona middle- and high school students passed out of committee Monday evening. ... Read more»
Posted Feb 10, 2022, 7:24 am
Matt Vasilogambros
/Stateline
With a rise in homicides in more than a dozen major U.S. cities, local leaders and gun safety experts are renewing their efforts to strike a balance between relying on law enforcement and engaging others, such as social workers, to reduce violence in at-risk communities.... Read more»
Posted Dec 29, 2021, 10:13 am
Clay Jones
/Claytoonz
You may think it was bad timing for Rep. Lauren Boebert to issue a gun-themed Christmas card right before there was a mass shooting in her state of Colorado. You would be right except there have been several mass shootings in Colorado. Boebert knows better but she doesn’t care. ... Read more»
Posted Dec 21, 2021, 10:03 am
Clay Jones
/Claytoonz
America’s Little Shooter Boy is aiming (pun intended) for a great Christmas…for himself. Kyle Rittenhouse is being wined and dined by what used to be the Republican establishment. Today, it’s a cult.... Read more»
Posted Dec 13, 2021, 11:54 am
James Barragán & Cassandra Pollock/The Texas Tribune
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision allowing Texas’ abortion law to remain intact creates a roadmap for states that may seek to limit other constitutionally protected rights, legal experts warn.... Read more»
Posted Dec 6, 2021, 8:39 am
Matt Vasilogambros
/Stateline
21 states now no longer require residents to hold a permit to carry a concealed firearm, eliminating the previous requirements for gun owners to take gun safety and training classes and undergo a background check.... Read more»
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Posted Oct 18, 2021, 12:22 am
Matt Vasilogambros
/Stateline
Most of the 19 states that have red flag laws adopted them after the 2018 school shooting in Parkland, Florida—a tragedy that could have been prevented if the state had a red flag law, but that momentum has petered out as national pressure for gun restrictions has waned. ... Read more»
Posted Apr 15, 2021, 12:35 pm
Ethan Kispert
/Cronkite News
Arizona has some of the least restrictive gun laws in the nation, built on a pioneer, conservative ethos of Second Amendment rights. That has meant most Arizona adults can openly carry weapons into many public and private spaces. Arizona also is the hub of a national gun-reform group, the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, named after U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords, who was gravely injured in a mass shooting outside a Tucson grocery store in 2011. At least five gun bills introduced in the Legislature show the tension between the poles of conservative and progressive viewpoints. ... Read more»
Posted Apr 7, 2021, 8:28 am
Jerod MacDonald-Evoy
/Arizona Mirror
Gov. Ducey signed a bill Tuesday evening that makes Arizona a “2nd Amendment sanctuary” and bars law enforcement agencies from enforcing federal gun control measures, ignoring a last-minute plea from gun control groups urging him to veto it.... Read more»
Posted Mar 24, 2021, 6:09 pm
Ariana Figueroa
/Arizona Mirror
President Joe Biden on Tuesday urged the U.S. Senate to immediately pass legislation to close loopholes on background checks for guns and to ban assault weapons, following a mass shooting that killed 10 at a Colorado supermarket. “This should not be a partisan issue,” Biden said. “This is an American issue.” He added that it was wrong “to wait another minute, let alone an hour, to take common-sense steps that will save lives in the future.”... Read more»