In spite of years of journalistic and public attention and debate, the United States has instituted few changes in firearms policy over the past century. Opposition diluted a brief push by the Roosevelt administration in the 1930s and resulted in two minimalist federal statutes. A second effort ...
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states over 26 years. Featured Videos Neither study showed that certain gun laws cause homicide rates to go down, but both revealed associations that point in the same direction: There are fewer gun-related deaths in places where it’s harder for high-risk individuals to buy guns. “Using ...
Current Political Issues in the United States The United States and Global Political Issues Lesson Summary Frequently Asked Questions What are some public policy issues? Public policy relates to the administration of government and the maintenance of the rights of citizens. Public policies include fina...
Because that night there was a northern lights display that lit up the night sky up and down the eastern part of the United States. My brother was camping in Vermont that same night, and he saw it too. The kids thought it was very cool, though I don’t think they understood how spec...
Softwood lumber trading has always been an issue between Canada and the United States.The Biden/ Harris government has recently nearly doubled import duties on Canadian softwood lumber exports into the US. A president Harris is unlikely to backtrack on that decision to which she was a party –...
Forty-four percent (44%) believe the United States needs stricter gun control laws, but that’s the lowest support for increased gun control since July 2012, just after the mass shooting in a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado. Just 33% believe it’s at ...
Letcher County [Kentucky] Sheriff Shawn “Mickey” Stines…walked into the chambers of Judge Kevin Mullins, closed the door and…murder[ed him with a gun]…then walked out of the chambers with his hands up and surrendered without incident…Stines had been a bailiff in Mullins’ courtroom for...
The Baton Rouge native was a passenger in a vehicle that fired gunshots which resulted in a man's death, according to his lawyer.
When looking back over the past 15 years, the number of children killed or injured in conflict jumps to more than 100,000. [ii] The average class size in public primary school in the United States is 26.2. More here. From UNICEF “At least 453 children have been killed and at least ...