Regulatory efforts to define what constitutes a finished, regulated frame or receiver have evolved, but ghost guns continue to pose a challenge to gun control and public safety. On a late afternoon in August 2019, California Highway Patrol officer Andre Moye, Jr., 34, pulled over a pickup ...
Improving such communication requires understanding the complex valences that guns accrue for people and communities when these guns are not shooting bullets or causing mortal wounds; in other words, focusing not just on death data, but on life data as well. For instance, how do people in gun-...
This article briefly summarizes the place of guns in British society and culture in the long eighteenth century. My approach is that of a historical anthropologist, examining the meaning of guns from the way they were used and depicted. I examine the way guns were used and understood in civili...
In San Jose, California, three people were charged after a ghost gun factory was uncovered inside a home in February. Officers found a ghost gun build room and discovered eight assault rifles, handguns, central parts of assault rifles, partially completed machine pistols, ammunition, 3D printers...
most effective way to ensure that guns do not fall into the hands of teens in crisis. Many states have implemented laws holding adults accountable when their firearms are accessed by minors. For the purposes of thatlaw in Wisconsin, a child is defined as someone 14 or younger. The shooter ...
Potential buyers of machine guns also need to be aware of specific state laws. These vary across states and different firearms regulations. For example, it is not possible to legally possess, manufacture, buy or sell a machine gun in California (there’s a surprise!), Illinois, or New Jerse...
“POLITICO asked seven top gun control groups how they are navigating the verdict and likely appeal. Several advocates were asked directly if they believe — as the president’s son argues — that it is unconstitutional to ban drug users from possessing guns. Not a single one commented on the...
Jared Diamond is an American writer and current professor at the University of California Los Angeles. Diamond has written a number of popular books, including Guns, Germs, and Steel.Answer and Explanation: The theory Jared Diamond proposes in Guns, Germs and Steel is that the human race...
guns or other firearms, and cleaning chemicals. Providing any of these, while knowing that they would be used for a criminal venture, can make you liable for being an aider and abettor in that offense. Example: Bill tells Trey to provide a car for his crew to use when they rob a bank...
I couldn’t help but think as I tried to fall asleep the night of the election last week, after we were assaulted with the news that Trump had somehow won — Trump who wailed for four years that the 2020 election was “Rigged!”“Stolen!” and claiming