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GOP sticks gun measure into funding bill

This "could result in 20,000 new seriously mentally ill individuals being able to buy guns each year," Dem says

Salon · Mar 7, 2024

Gun rider injects a bit of uncertainty into spending bill vote - Roll Call

Concern among House Democrats about a gun-related policy rider in the major fiscal 2024 spending package set to hit the floor is growing.

Roll Call · Mar 6, 2024

New Zealand Keeps Doxxing Registered Gun Owners

The events expose an underappreciated downside to government registries: In addition to civil liberties concerns, so much information in a concentrated database is a potential privacy nightmare.

Reason · Aug 3, 2023

Michigan Senate OKs 'history-making' gun control bills after deadly mass shootings

LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan Senate responded Thursday to last month's deadly shooting at Michigan State University by approving bills that would expand background check requirements for firearm purchases and allow guns to be taken from those deemed a risk to themselves or others.

Tribune News Service · Mar 17, 2023

Michigan leaders promise quick action to combat gun violence: 'Now is the time'

LANSING, Mich. — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Michigan's other Democratic leaders promised supporters of measures aimed at combating gun violence they would take action "in short order" Wednesday during a rally outside the state Capitol.

Tribune News Service · Mar 15, 2023

Advancing Michigan bill would repeal legal protections for gun industry

LANSING, Mich. — Before approving an 11-bill package Thursday aimed at combating gun violence, a Michigan Senate committee changed one of the proposals to remove from current state law legal protections for firearm dealers and manufacturers.

Tribune News Service · Mar 10, 2023

‘Cancer touches all of us’: In San Diego, first lady highlights cancer screening, military families

SAN DIEGO — On a visit to San Diego to highlight the administration’s “cancer moonshot” and initiatives for military families, first lady Jill Biden toured a Logan Heights health clinic Friday to discuss a $100,000 cancer screening grant, before greeting crew members of the USS Gabrielle Giffords warship based at…

Tribune News Service · Feb 4, 2023

How a new Tucson memorial found a way to mourn mass-shooting victims

TUCSON, Ariz. — If you were to hover over El Presidio Plaza in downtown Tucson, you might catch sight of an earthen form resembling a point of impact, as if some object from the heavens came careening to earth and displaced several tons of vegetation and rock. Within this crater…

Los Angeles Times · Jan 27, 2023

Rose Bowl Official Calls Arizona Senator By Wrong Name

Not the smoothest of starts for the game’s officiating crew.

Sports Illustrated · Jan 2, 2023

Rose Parade sees enthusiastic crowd despite rise in COVID, RSV and flu cases

PASADENA, Calif. — Just before 6 a.m., Kelly and Nathan Alexander warmed themselves beside a roaring propane fire pit outside Total Wines & More on Colorado Boulevard as they waited for the Rose Parade to begin.

Los Angeles Times · Jan 2, 2023