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-...
Concealed carry laws do vary based on the type of firearm. Interestingly, 70% of states may have different restrictions for handguns versus long guns. You'll find certain states that allow concealed carry for handguns, but not for rifles or shotguns. Additionally, the gun's age, make, mode...
Reports from court watchers seemed positive, with most believing the questions from the Justices during oral arguments showed strong skepticism against New York’s laws and 110-year practice of restricting people from carrying concealed handguns outside the home. Of course, the court watchers I am ...
The bill also banned guns with no sporting purpose; mandated an age restriction of 21 and older for the purchase of handguns; imposed restrictions on gun purchases from felons, the mentally ill, and others; and required all manufactured or imported guns have a serial number. [Pictured: ...
The bill also banned guns with no sporting purpose; mandated an age restriction of 21 and older for the purchase of handguns; imposed restrictions on gun purchases from felons, the mentally ill, and others; and required all manufactured or imported guns have a serial number. [Pictured: ...
Guns and Suicide Often lost in the "guns reduce crime/increase crime" debate is the undisputable fact that gun ownership is associated with ahigher risk for suicide. In California, men who owned handguns were eight times more likely than men who didn't to die of self-inflicted gunshot wou...
Wrigley noted that Barakat had four semi-automatic handguns and three semi-automatic rifles, but only one of them — the one he picked to go on his shooting rampage — had a binary trigger. Here’s a look at the device, regulations around binary triggers and how they differ from bump...
A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out.
Heller (2008), which invalidated the District of Columbia’s ban on privately owned handguns in the nation’s capital. With the Court having become even more conservative since then, new gun-control laws that come before it may well suffer a similar fate, especially if President Donald Trump...
One told Hodges to take off his gear and give it to him to “show solidarity with ‘we the people,’ or we’re going to run over you! Do you think your little pea-shooter guns are going to stop this crowd? No! We’re going in that building!” Another shouted,...