gun violence Archives - Flux https://flux.community/tag/gun-violence/ A platform for change Fri, 07 Apr 2023 16:27:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Expelled Tennessee lawmakers expect to be reinstated in special election https://flux.community/david-nir/2023/04/expelled-tennessee-lawmakers-expect-to-be-reinstated-in-special-election/ Fri, 07 Apr 2023 16:27:23 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=13119 Tennessee’s Republican-dominated state House voted to expel two Democratic lawmakers on Thursday for participating in a protest in favor of gun safety legislation on the chamber floor, though a third legislator was unexpectedly spared the same fate. It’s likely, however, the two ejected members won’t be gone very long. On nearly party-line votes, Republicans removed Reps. Justin […]

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]]> Uvalde school district suspends its entire police department, and superintendent announces retirement plans https://flux.community/alejandro-serrano-and-uriel-garcia/2022/10/uvalde-school-district-suspends-its-entire-police-department-and-superintendent-announces-retirement-plans/ Mon, 10 Oct 2022 13:00:32 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=12543 Uvalde school officials on Friday suspended all of the district police department’s activities following the firing of a recently hired district officer who was revealed to have been among the first state troopers to respond to the deadly school shooting in May. Lt. Miguel Hernandez and Ken Mueller were placed on leave, and other officers employed with […]

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]]> A Mexican farmworker crossed the border dreaming of building his family a home, but days later, he was fatally shot in West Texas https://flux.community/uriel-garcia/2022/10/a-mexican-farmworker-crossed-the-border-dreaming-of-building-his-family-a-home-but-days-later-he-was-fatally-shot-in-west-texas/ Thu, 06 Oct 2022 13:00:17 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=12520 On Sept. 14, after a day of picking melons in a small ranching town in Durango, Mexico, with his father, Jesús Iván Sepúlveda Martínez packed a small duffel bag with some clothes and a blanket. Sepúlveda Martínez approached his common-law wife and their 6-month-old daughter and told them goodbye. Sepúlveda Martínez, who sometimes went by […]

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]]> Not so fast: Greg Abbott, Texas Republicans face a complex election landscape after abortion ruling, Uvalde shooting https://flux.community/patrick-svitek/2022/09/not-so-fast-greg-abbott-texas-republicans-face-a-complex-election-landscape-after-abortion-ruling-uvalde-shooting/ Wed, 07 Sep 2022 13:00:28 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=12238 Last year, Texas Republicans were pumping out red-meat laws in a marathon of special legislative sessions, preparing to lock in their dominance for another decade with redistricting and salivating at a midterm environment that historically should have favored them. Things have gotten a little more complicated since then. While the environment in Texas still favors […]

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]]> After House passes assault weapons ban, advocates say Senate opponents must be forced to vote https://flux.community/julia-conley/2022/08/after-house-passes-assault-weapons-ban-advocates-say-senate-opponents-must-be-forced-to-vote/ Mon, 01 Aug 2022 13:00:49 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=11905 With little hope that the evenly divided U.S. Senate will approve the historic, long-awaited assault weapons ban that passed in the House Friday, gun control advocates called on Democratic leaders to hold a vote on the legislation and on filibuster reform, a move one campaigner said would force opponents to go on the record as […]

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]]> ‘The gun industry can no longer hide:’ California law to hold gun makers accountable https://flux.community/aysha-qamar/2022/07/the-gun-industry-can-no-longer-hide-california-law-to-hold-gun-makers-accountable/ Thu, 14 Jul 2022 13:00:03 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=11681 Some state officials are acting quickly as country-wide debates on whether the U.S. needs stricter gun laws continue. California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law an effort to limit the availability of “abnormally dangerous” guns in the state on Tuesday. According to The Los Angeles Times, the bill will also allow victims of gun violence and others to sue […]

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]]> Slamming their profits from ‘weapons of war,’ House panel asks gun CEOs to testify https://flux.community/jake-johnson/2022/07/slamming-their-profits-from-weapons-of-war-house-panel-asks-gun-ceos-to-testify/ Fri, 08 Jul 2022 18:00:55 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=11617 The Democratic chair of the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday invited the CEOs of several major U.S. gun manufacturers to testify at a hearing later this month as the nation reels from a string of horrific mass shootings. In letters to the chief executives of Daniel Defense, Smith & Wesson Brands, and Sturm, Ruger, and Company, Rep. […]

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