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The Trajectory
For Senator Raphael Warnock, voting rights protections and gun reform “are part and parcel of the same project.”
Campus Carry
A reminder that a policy promoted as necessary for personal security can lead to public safety risks.
The Business of Guns
Unlike other tech giants, Facebook allows licensed gun dealers to use its platforms to peddle firearms. But that’s no guarantee that those dealers will always operate lawfully.
Proponents of arming college students bent legislative rules to keep this year's bill alive. Republican Nathan Deal now has seven days to decide whether he'll repeat his 2016 veto, or give gun rights advocates a win.
Data
“But our hands are tied,” one council member says.
Police data shows thefts of firearms from vehicles are rising in many large cities. One gun swiped from a truck in Atlanta was used in three crimes, including a murder.
Nathan Deal says the right to bring firearms on public university grounds is “not guaranteed by the Second Amendment."
The self-proclaimed “lifetime defender” of the Second Amendment urges lawmakers to amend a controversial bill.
Law Enforcement
The symbolism also might matter. Lessons from a misunderstood post-Ferguson reform bid.