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Coronavirus & Guns
With shootings on the rise, a promising model for preventing retaliatory gun violence has been disrupted by pandemic precautions.
How We Fix This
Evidence suggests that a less aggressive approach can reduce police shootings, so cities are experimenting with new models.
2020 is on pace to have the most mass shootings since the nonprofit Gun Violence Archive started tracking them. In their wake, anti-violence activists say the lack of public outpouring feels familiar: “Nobody cares about us.”
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Receive this daily news briefing by email every morning. Sign up here. WHAT TO KNOW TODAY New police shootings stoke protests. Police officers responding to reports of a man with a knife in Lafayette, Louisiana,…
Receive this daily news briefing by email every morning. Sign up here. WHAT TO KNOW TODAY To win the suburbs, Democrats lean into gun control. This week’s Democratic National Convention included a seeming paradox: Its primetime speakers included…
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Receive this daily news briefing by email every morning. Sign up here. WHAT TO KNOW TODAY A former NRA executive has written an exposé about the gun group, calling it “rife with fraud and corruption.” Josh Powell, once…
Receive this daily news briefing by email every morning. Sign up here. WHAT TO KNOW TODAY 7 things to know about the NRA’s web of financial misconduct. New York Attorney General Letitia James announced earlier this month that…
Receive this daily news briefing by email every morning. Sign up here. WHAT TO KNOW TODAY Cincinnati joins the 2020 list of cities with multiple mass shootings in a single day. In all, during a 90-minute span early…
Receive this daily news briefing by email every morning. Sign up here. WHAT TO KNOW TODAY Congressional Dems probe role of ex-gun industry lobbyist in repeal of silencer sales ban. Earlier this month, the Trump administration…
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Receive this daily news briefing by email every morning. Sign up here. WHAT TO KNOW TODAY A behind-the-scenes peek at Chief Justice John Roberts — and why he could prove a roadblock for gun rights activists. Last…
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Law Enforcement
New research on officers killed and injured in shootings shows a dangerous profession — but not one that’s getting riskier.
Receive this daily news briefing by email every morning. Sign up here. WHAT TO KNOW TODAY St. Louis couple charged for pointing guns at protesters. Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner told the Associated Press…
