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Senators announce bipartisan framework for gun legislation in wake of mass shootings

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of senators on Sunday announced it had reached a framework for enacting modest gun restrictions, such as closing loopholes and increasing background checks for gun purchases by people between 18 and 21, in response to a recent spate of mass shootings that included a massacre…

Los Angeles Times

Senators announce bipartisan framework on gun legislation in wake of mass shootings

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of senators on Sunday announced it had reached a framework for enacting modest gun restrictions while beefing up school security and enhancing mental health treatment in response to a recent spate of mass shootings that included a massacre at a Texas elementary school.

Los Angeles Times

Senators announce deal on gun reform, mental health funding and school security

Legislation will still require votes of 10 Republicans to pass Senate

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Ulvade, Matthew McConaughey and the battle for stronger gun control

A country in mourning, desperate gun control negotiations and the tearful plea of a Hollywood star. Guns are at the front of the agenda, but will anything change this time and what does the divisive issue mean for Biden’s presidency? Oliver Wiseman reports

Evening Standard

Cornyn calls Uvalde killer ‘ticking time bomb,’ sees progress on Senate gun deal

WASHINGTON — Sen. John Cornyn said Thursday the 18-year-old responsible for the Uvalde school massacre fit an all-too-common profile of mass shooters: alienated young men with mental health issues.

Tribune News Service

Analysis: Rare sense of ‘anxiety and urgency’ drives bipartisan talks on gun safety in Congress

WASHINGTON — It didn’t happen after 13 people were killed at Columbine in 1999, when 26 were gunned down in Newtown in 2012 or when 17 people were murdered at Parkland in 2018.

Los Angeles Times

Analysis: Rare sense of ‘anxiety and urgency’ drives bipartisan talks on gun safety in Congress

WASHINGTON — It didn’t happen after 13 people were killed at Columbine in 1999, when 26 were gunned down in Newtown in 2012 or when 17 people were murdered at Parkland in 2018.

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Why a California Democrat’s ‘red flag’ gun proposal might become law

WASHINGTON — The House on Wednesday advanced a comprehensive package of gun reforms that would, among other things, raise the age required to legally purchase semiautomatic rifles, restrict high-capacity ammunition magazines and create stiff gun storage requirements.

Los Angeles Times

Pressure mounts on Senate to act on gun safety amid Republican resistance

Relatives of victims urge action while group of over 220 CEOS send joint letter pushing Senate to address gun violence

The Guardian - US

Dog walker who died after spraining ankle 'could have been saved'

The inquest was held into the death of Callum Jones

Liverpool Echo

‘I don’t want it to happen again,’ Uvalde student says as gun laws debated in Congress

WASHINGTON — Miah Cerrillo gave lawmakers a horrifying first-hand account of last month's school massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde as she described covering herself in her friend’s blood to play dead while the shooter gunned down her classmates.

Tribune News Service

Uvalde survivor, 11, tells House hearing she smeared herself with friend’s blood

Miah Cerrillo speaks before House passes gun control bill that is all but doomed in Senate

The Guardian - US

Uvalde student, other witnesses testify as Congress weighs changes to gun laws

WASHINGTON — Miah Cerrillo gave lawmakers a horrifying first-hand account of the school massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, as she described covering herself in her friend’s blood to play dead while the shooter gunned down her classmates.

Tribune News Service

‘I don’t want it to happen again,’ Uvalde student says as gun laws debated

WASHINGTON — Miah Cerrillo gave lawmakers a horrifying firsthand account of the school massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde as she described covering herself in her friend’s blood to play dead while the shooter gunned down her classmates.

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Man, 27, with sprained ankle dies from blood clot after GP phone assessment

Callum Jones had been out walking his dog with his family when he slipped on a wooden footbridge and injured his ankle, it would cause to a blood clot which killed the "gentle boy, kind and loving"

McClatchy Washington Bureau

North Carolina’s Sen. Thom Tillis works to change gun laws following mass shootings

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis is one of four senators leading the charge on examining the country’s gun laws following two high-profile mass shootings last month that left 31 people dead.

Wales Online

'Kind and loving' man dies from blood clot after spraining his ankle

Callum Jones' condition may have been spotted if he was given an in-person GP appointment instead of a telephone consultation, a coroner has said

The Independent UK

‘Shoot cans and stuff’: GOP senators with gun control in their hands reveal whether they own or have shot an AR-15

The Independent contacted multiple Republican senators to ask whether they own or have shot an AR-15. Here’s what they told Eric Garcia

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The Independent UK

Former Rep. Giffords tells Congress 'be bold' on gun reform

Eleven years after her own life was massively altered by gun violence, former congresswoman Gabby Giffords stood in front of the Washington monument and once again lobbied for stricter gun laws after yet another string of mass shootings in America

WEKU

Senate gun law negotiators working toward a deal by the end of the week

Negotiations have narrowed proposals to address school safety, standards for safe gun storage, federal support for mental health programs and incentives for states to create red flag laws.

The Independent UK

Son of Buffalo victim pushes Congress: 'What are you doing?'

The son of an 86-year-old woman killed in the racist Buffalo mass shooting is calling on Congress to act against domestic terrorism

Axios

Schumer tells Democrats to "keep talking" to GOP about gun legislation

"We know we're not going to get everything we want," Schumer said.

Al Jazeera

US Congress mulls action on gun control following mass shootings

Senators report progress in bipartisan talks on potential reforms, but Republican opposition may prove insurmountable.

The Guardian - US

Nearly half of Republicans think US has to live with mass shootings, poll finds

CBS and YouGov poll returned familiar results, including 62% support for a nationwide ban on semi-automatic rifles

Tribune News Service

After Uvalde massacre Cruz digs in on gun rights, Cornyn mulls modest changes

WASHINGTON – Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz both cast themselves as staunch Second Amendment supporters. Both enjoy A+ ratings from the NRA.

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