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Published
July 14, 2023

U.S. sets grim milestone with record for deadliest 6 months of mass killings

From Jan. 1 to June 30, the nation endured 28 mass killings, all but one of which involved guns.
Published
July 12, 2023

Teens are ordering, assembling – and shooting – ‘ghost guns’ bought online

The families of 2 slain Virginia teens are suing the distributor and manufacturer of the gun used to kill them, alleging gross negligence.
Published
July 7, 2023

Baltimore police arrest 17-year-old in block party shooting that killed 2

The gun violence that flared this week left more than a dozen dead and more than 60 wounded – including children as young as 2 years old.
Published
July 7, 2023

Racist Texas gunman who killed 23 people gets 90 consecutive life sentences

Patrick Crusius, 24, pleaded guilty earlier this year to nearly 50 federal hate crime charges in the 2019 mass shooting in El Paso, making it one of the U.S. government’s largest hate crime cases.
Published
July 7, 2023

Maine Voices: The times have changed. Our gun laws must change with them.

As a teenager, I willingly handed over a firearm I’d created for fun when I found out that owning it was a federal offense. Why can’t we restrict the most deadly weapon of our own era?

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Published
July 5, 2023

Mass shootings claim lives at gatherings over the July Fourth holiday

Gun violence that flared in Washington, D.C, Louisiana, Florida, Philadelphia, Texas and Baltimore left more than a dozen dead and almost 60 wounded – including children as young as 2 years old.
Published
June 30, 2023

Supreme Court to decide if some judges have gone too far in striking down gun restrictions

Lower courts are also considering challenges to states’ bans on the sale of so-called assault weapons and large-capacity magazines.
Published
June 18, 2023

1 killed, 19 wounded in shooting at parking lot party in suburban Chicago

Authorities say one person is dead and at least 19 more are wounded in suburban Chicago after a shooting early Sunday during a gathering in a parking lot
Published
June 12, 2023

Mother of child who shot teacher pleads guilty to using marijuana while having a firearm

Deja Taylor is accused of lying about her marijuana use on a form when she bought the gun, which her son later used to shoot Abby Zwerner in her classroom in Newport News, Virginia.
Published
June 8, 2023

Maine Voices: Learned helplessness won’t stop gun slaughter

Bills before the Maine Legislature would keep firearms out of criminals’ hands, help reduce the rate of gun suicides and ban devices that turn guns into automatic weapons.