Guns Archives - Flux https://flux.community/tag/guns/ A platform for change Tue, 23 May 2023 17:36:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Why some mass shootings and their victims go uncounted https://flux.community/rod-mccullom/2023/05/why-some-mass-shootings-and-their-victims-go-uncounted/ Tue, 23 May 2023 17:35:27 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=13529 Early in the evening of Feb. 23, seven people were shot outside a grade school in northwest Philadelphia. Three men arrived on the scene in a gray Hyundai, and according to several reports, emerged from the vehicle and opened fire, striking five teenage boys, a 31-year-old woman, and her 2-year-old daughter. The injured were rushed […]

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]]> How easy access to guns at home contributes to America’s youth suicide problem https://flux.community/matthew-miller-and-deborah-azrael/2022/08/how-easy-access-to-guns-at-home-contributes-to-americas-youth-suicide-problem/ Thu, 18 Aug 2022 18:00:35 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=12093 School shootings in the U.S. are national tragedies, and the toll they take in lives cut short and traumatized distinguishes the U.S. from other high-income countries. But there is another way that guns are killing American children, and in far greater numbers: suicide. Between 2011 and 2020, the most recent decade for which data is available, 14,763 children ages 5-17 […]

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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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]]> Texas GOP activist says Second Amendment gives right to own nuclear weapons https://flux.community/kyle-mantyla/2021/12/texas-gop-activist-says-second-amendment-gives-right-own/ Mon, 06 Dec 2021 20:57:10 +0000 https://flux.community/2021/12/texas-gop-activist-says-second-amendment-gives-right-own/ The post Texas GOP activist says Second Amendment gives right to own nuclear weapons appeared first on Flux.

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