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    More than 30,000 people a year are killed by gun violence, including 50 killed near the Los Vegas strip last month where this makeshift memorial stands.
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    What If We Treated Gun Violence Like A Public Health Crisis?

    Nov 15, 2017
    The law restricts a major government public health agency's research into gun violence, which kills or injures more people than many other infectious diseases.
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    The Two-Way
    A bump stock device (left) can be fitted to a semi-automatic rifle to increase firing speed.
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    Massachusetts Becomes 1st State To Ban Bump Stocks After Las Vegas Massacre

    Nov 04, 2017
    The restriction was added to a budget bill Thursday and was signed into law with minimal dissent on Friday.
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    All We Have

    Nov 01, 2017

    Serious gun law reform is unlikely in the wake of the Route 91 shooting. What else can we do? There are only imperfect choices.

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    Poll Shows Las Vegas Shooting Didn't Change Opinions On Gun Laws

    Oct 20, 2017

    A new poll has found that the slaying of 58 people at the Route 91 Harvest music festival October 1 did little to change American opinion about gun laws.

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    Truth, Politics and Power: Gun Rights and Gun Control

    Oct 13, 2017
    Truth Politics and PowerFriday October 13 at 9 p.m.
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    Politics
    Shop owner Jeff Binkley displays an AR-15 "Sport" rifle at Sarge's Sidearms on Sept. 29, 2016 near Benson, Ariz.
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    Poll: Majorities Of Both Parties Favor Increased Gun Restrictions

    Oct 13, 2017
    A new poll finds bipartisan support for tougher gun laws, but big partisan gaps on the intensity of that support — not to mention sizable gaps in knowledge about gun facts.
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    Around the Nation
    A small group prays at a makeshift memorial for victims of the Las Vegas massacre.
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    Why Finding A Motive After The Las Vegas Shooting Matters

    Oct 10, 2017
    More than a week after the Las Vegas massacre, investigators are still without a motive. "What survivors really need sometimes is to get closure," one psychologist says.
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    Politics
    Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisc., seen at a Senate hearing earlier this year, said he has "no problem" banning bump stocks.
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    NRA Backs Regulation Of Bump Stocks, As Some Republicans Support A Ban

    Oct 05, 2017
    The devices that can modify guns to be fired like automatic weapons were possessed by the mass shooter in Las Vegas. Democrats have introduced two bills this week to make them illegal.
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    The Two-Way
    Rep. Mo Brooks with reporters in Alexandria, Va., following the June 14 shooting by a rifle-wielding gunman at a congressional baseball practice.
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    New Senate Campaign Ad For Mo Brooks Features Baseball Practice Shooting

    Jul 24, 2017
    "This makes my stomach turn," said an aide to Rep. Steve Scalise of a fellow Republican's ad. The video opens with sound from last month's shooting that left Scalise seriously injured.
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    A First Nations rally participant in Toronto, Canada, December 2012.
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    Opinion: My First-Nations Identity Feels More Like An Absence

    May 30, 2017
    Indigenous stories are ongoing, not simply legends from the past. I don't want my students to have the distorted idea that First Nations people have vanished or are not "modern."
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    Then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at the National Rifle Association's 2016 convention in Louisville, Ky.
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    Trump To Be First Sitting President Since Reagan To Address NRA

    Apr 28, 2017
    During his campaign, Trump spoke about the recent rash of mass shootings in the U.S. and suggested that restrictive gun laws had left the victims unable to return fire and defend themselves.
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    Clayton Violand says he was the only student to walk out of his French class in Norris Hall physically unharmed.
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    The Uninjured Victims Of The Virginia Tech Shootings

    Apr 14, 2017
    Sunday marks the 10th anniversary of the deadliest campus shooting in U.S. history, which killed 32 people and wounded many others. Those who survived with no injuries carry emotional scars.
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    The Two-Way
    Workers with the Living United for Change in Arizona organization canvas a south Phoenix neighborhood in October to advocate for the passage of Proposition 206, which would increase the state's minimum wage. The measure was approved on Tuesday.
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    4 States Opt To Raise Minimum Wage; 7 Loosen Marijuana Laws

    Nov 08, 2016
    California and Washington passed stricter gun control measures, Nebraska and Oklahoma both passed measures backing the death penalty, and Colorado became the sixth state to legalize assisted suicide.
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    Politics
    A new ballot measure in Washington will determine if courts can take away guns from people deemed to be dangerous to themselves or others. The initiative is well-funded and comes two years after the state passed a different initiative for background chec
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    Gun Control Groups Aim Their Money At States — And The Ballot

    Nov 02, 2016
    Borrowing tactics from campaigns to legalize same sex marriage and marijuana, gun control groups are shifting to a national strategy of tightening gun laws via state ballot initiatives.
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    Politics
    Members of the Secret Service stand guard near Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in August as she speaks at a rally at International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 357 Hall in Las Vegas.
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    Trump's Second Amendment Rhetoric Again Veers Into Threatening Territory

    Sep 16, 2016
    In going after Hillary Clinton on gun rights, Trump suggests her Secret Service detail disarm and "see what happens." It recalls an earlier statement that "Second Amendment people" could stop Clinton.
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    The Politics Of The Proposed Stadium, Voting Rights and Gun Control

    Sep 09, 2016

    It’s the question dominating Nevada politics: Will elected officials ultimately side with developers and an NFL team owner to put $750 million in taxpayer dollars into a stadium?

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    Ralston And Sebelius On The Election, NV Energy And More

    Aug 19, 2016

    Amid low poll numbers, Donald Trump made some major changes to his campaign staff this week.

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    Gun Question: Should Gun Sales Only Go Through Licensed Dealers?

    Aug 18, 2016

    We’ve all become too used to mass shootings in the United States.

    We’ve also gotten used to calls for gun control, with little support by politicians.

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    Nevada Attorney General Opposing Background Check Measure

    Aug 18, 2016

    LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada state Attorney General Adam Laxalt says he's opposing a background check initiative supported by gun control advocates on the November ballot.

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    Most Nevada Sheriffs Against Gun Background Check Initiative

    Aug 01, 2016

    LAS VEGAS (AP) — Sheriffs in most Nevada counties have come out against a background check initiative that gun control advocates are supporting on the November ballot.

    But Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo says this one's a vote for the people, and he'll remain neutral.

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    The Two-Way
    Gov. Jerry Brown signed six new bills into law Friday, nearly seven months after a mass shooting in San Bernardino, Calif. Two of the new laws restrict ammunition. In this photo from last summer, a man enters a gun store in Los Angeles.
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    6 New Gun Control Laws Enacted In California, As Gov. Brown Signs Bills

    Jul 01, 2016
    The capacity of guns' magazines will now be limited to 10 bullets, and background checks will be required to buy ammunition. The new laws also target "straw purchasing" guns for other people.
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    U.S.
    A marksman sights in on a target during a class for an Illinois concealed carry permit on February 2014.
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    Handguns In America And The Rise Of The 'Concealed-Carry Lifestyle'

    Jun 23, 2016
    "Something really profound has changed in the way that we use guns," journalist Evan Osnos says. He estimates that 13 million people are licensed to carry a concealed gun in America.
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    Rep. Titus Backs Colleagues Calls For Gun Control

    Jun 23, 2016

    Whether it was a publicity stunt or a call for action, the House Democrats' decision to hold a sit-in on the floor of the House of Representatives was unprecedented.

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    The Two-Way
    Supporters of House Democrats taking part in a sit-in in the House Chamber shout encouragement from outside the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday night.
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    Almost 26 Hours Later, House Democrats End Gun Control Sit-In

    Jun 23, 2016

    Representatives stayed on the floor overnight, chanting and singing as they called for votes on gun control. They remained even after Republicans held an unrelated vote and adjourned the House.

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    All Tech Considered
    This photo provided by Rep. John Yarmuth, D-Ky., shows Democrat members of Congress, including Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., (center) and Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Conn., (left) participating in a sit-down protest seeking a vote on gun control measures, Wednesday o
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    When TV Cameras Shut Down, House Democrats Live-Stream Their Sit-In

    Jun 23, 2016
    Despite cameras on the House floor going dark, a band of Democrats staging a sit-in to insist on a vote on gun control streamed the event, and conducted interviews with media, through smartphones.

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