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So many guns, so little data: An economist on US gun violence

August 16, 2019 via The Christian Science Monitor – From President Donald Trump to presidential candidates, the air is thick with policy proposals to prevent the next…

Hard Data

FiveThirtyEight – This interactive graphic is part of our project exploring the more than 33,000 annual gun deaths in America and what it would taketo bring that…

What Congress Might Do on Gun Control

August 9, 2019 via National Review – Since last weekend’s massacres in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio left 31 people dead, a growing number of Republicans…

Lindsey Graham’s Dishonest Defense of ‘Red Flag’ Laws

August 14, 2019 via Reason – Sen. Lindsey Graham (R–S.C.), who plans to introduce a bill that would provide grants to encourage the passage and enforcement of…

The Law in Your State

Gifford Law Center – Find out if your state has a red flag law and exactly what it does.

Americans of both parties overwhelmingly support ‘red flag’ laws, expanded background checks for gun buyers, Washington Post-ABC News poll finds

September 9, 2019 via The Washington Post – Americans across party and demographic lines overwhelmingly support expanded background checks for gun buyers and allowing law enforcement to temporarily…

To fix our gun crisis, we should revert to ’60s gun laws

September 1, 2019 via The Washington Post – As a hunter who has owned firearms since adolescence without breaking any laws or feeling under-gunned, I think I…

‘The mayor of Dayton should matter’: How Nan Whaley became a national voice for gun control

August 25, 2019 via The Washington Post – A shooter had just torn through a Walmart more than 1,300 miles away, and Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley was…

Suburban women want Congress to act on gun control, Republican poll finds

August 20, 2019 via Vox – Suburban women in some swing House districts overwhelmingly want tighter gun laws, a new poll conducted by a Republican firm has…