According to a 2014 United Nations report, Germany's murder rate of 0.8 killings per 100,000 inhabitants was identical to Luxembourg, where the law prohibits civilian ownership of handguns and gun ownership is rare [source: UNODOC, Kates and Mauser]. The U.S., though, in many ways is a...
So when I think about this country and guns, and the lack of laws protecting us from mass shootings, I know we can do more. I walked into the convention center on Saturday and saw tables filled with everything from handguns small enough to fit inside my handbag to semi-automatic rifles....
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-...
a popular YouTube channel with more than 11.6 million subscribers that regularly posts videos that show creator Matt Carriker firing off handguns and assault rifles at targets that include human mannequins and vehicles.Carriker
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: ...
I have seen way too much hand-waving about this and it doesn’t do this community any credit to eschew politics as mind-killing. I get why we do that, because the naivete and ideological Turing test incompetence around here is often staggering, but that means this is an area where we ...
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: ...
Two unknown individual entered the premises and produced handguns and approached the teller. The male/female suspects proceeded to rob the bank. The tellers complied and the suspects fled on foot in an undetermined direction. The Wethersfield Police are investigating. There currently is a $1,...
In Michigan, they protested outside Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson’s private home, with some carrying guns and shouting obscenities. A few months before, FBI agents had successfully stopped a violent plot by Trump-backing militia members to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whit...