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Jones' texts point to depressing life

Thousands of texts have been published, and Jones' reputation as a conservative, family man has been challenged

Salon

George Skelton: Newsom is pushing for more gun control restrictions. Polling shows Californians overwhelmingly support them

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democratic lawmakers are launching a new effort to restrict who can carry concealed loaded guns — and where — as fresh polling data show that California voters have their backs.

Los Angeles Times

Supreme Court appeal means Zachary Rolfe will not be called to Kumanjayi Walker inquest this month

The Northern Territory police officer who fatally shot Kumanjayi Walker in 2019 will likely not give evidence when the inquest into the death resumes later this month, the ABC understands.

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Son of murdered retiree 'can't trust the world anymore'

The son of a bludgeoned retired solicitor says his father's death has left him scared to leave home, as Narelle Smith awaits sentencing for his murder.

AAP

Gavin Newsom is ‘arrogant and defensive.’ Fresno DA doubles down against California governor after shooting of California officer

FRESNO, Calif. — The war of words between California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Fresno County District Attorney Lisa A. Smittcamp was renewed Thursday with the local prosecutor using words like “arrogant” and “defensive” to describe the governor.

Tribune News Service

Domestic abusers have gun rights too, US appeals court rules

The decades-old U.S. law barring Americans who commit domestic-violence from possessing guns contradicts the nation’s “historical tradition” of access to firearms even for people who aren’t “model citizens,” a federal appeals court ruled.

Tribune News Service

Recording: Wife told police mentally ill husband had gun

Police in Culver City, California, on Thursday released body camera footage showing events before officers shot an unarmed man diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia in the back last year in the Los Angeles suburb

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Parole Board due to release serial rapist despite opposition from Justice Secretary

Andrew Barlow committed a catalogue of crimes in the 1980s against women and has served two prison sentences, but he could be freed soon

Wales Online

Suspect in standoff with Oregon police, most lockdowns ended

Police in Oregon say gunshots broke out as officers responded to a call at a home in the scenic vacation town of Hood River, Oregon

The Independent UK

Ohio man shot dead by police while cleaning out late grandmother’s home

Joe Frasure, 28, was fatally shot by officers in the city of Wyoming on 30 January

The Independent UK

How Orlando’s gay community, after Pulse, helped spur proposed changes to blood donor rules

ORLANDO, Fla. — In the days after the 2016 Pulse gay nightclub shooting ―the second-deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history — gay and bisexual men were turned away from donating blood unless they had been celibate for a year.

Orlando Sentinel

Fifth Circuit Holds People Can't Be Disarmed Just Based on Civil Restraining Order

Judge James Ho concurs, adding "I write separately to point out that our Founders firmly believed in the fundamental role of government in protecting citizens against violence, as well as the individual right to keep and bear arms—and that these two principles are not inconsistent but entirely compatible with one…

Reason

Execution of man convicted in killing of 3 in Texas delayed

A judge has delayed next week’s scheduled execution of a man convicted of killing three teenagers while they slept in a Texas Panhandle home more than 25 years ago

The Independent UK

Police ministers to work on national gun register

National cabinet has agreed to the need for an increase in information sharing about guns across states and territories after a fatal Queensland shootout.

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Teen arrested after entering Texas school following shooting

Authorities say a teenager who had been involved in a shooting with Houston police fled into a nearby high school, resulting in a lockdown of the campus and his arrest

Miami Herald

New Florida legislation would let judges impose death penalties if juries don’t

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida could soon be the only state where a judge could override a jury’s recommendation for a life sentence and give the death penalty instead, under proposed legislation to re-craft Florida’s capital punishment system.

Chicago Sun-Times

Whose cry of ‘enough is enough’ should carry more weight — gun owners or victims of gun violence?

The true victims in “the path of destruction” are not gun owners, but the innocent kids who have had their lives cut short because of the easy availability of weapons meant for battlefields

Chicago Sun-Times

Honor Tyre Nichols with real policing reform

His death should not be possible in a well-ordered society. One problem is the power of police unions to limit accountability for police misconduct.

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Anthony Lowe: Family brings lawsuit for ‘unacceptable’ LA police killing of double amputee

The family is accusing the city of Huntington Park of failing to train officers and discrimination based off of disability status

Los Angeles Times

‘He’s trying to reload the gun’: Voices of terror from Monterey Park shooting 911 calls

LOS ANGELES — The voice on the 911 tape was quiet but terrified.

The Canberra Times

'Devastated' family grieves after woman allegedly beaten to death by partner

The alleged killer is accused of using a weapon to inflict some of the woman's "extensive injuries".

The Independent UK

Democrats say Republicans - including George Santos - wearing assault weapon pins ‘isn’t the flex you think it is’

AOC also had a confrontation with the chairman of the Natural Resources Committee about bringing firearms to the committee

The Independent UK

Memphis library shooting leaves one dead and police officer injured a day after Tyre Nichols funeral

The shooting comes as the city’s police department is facing heavy criticism over the death of Tyre Nichols

The Independent UK

LA police prevent possible mass shooting and seize weapons cache in apartment raid

LAPD found high-powered rifles, shotguns and handguns at high-rise apartment facing public park in Hollywood

Tribune News Service

Virginia elementary school's principal wasn’t told of reports 6-year-old had gun, attorney says

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — The lawyer for the former principal of Richneck Elementary School said Thursday that her client was never told the 6-year-old who shot his first-grade teacher may have had a gun at school that day.

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