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Gun control reforms make little progress in Missouri legislature, despite violence in state

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Despite a growing sense of urgency to address gun violence in the state’s two largest cities and a mass shooting at a high school last fall, the Missouri General Assembly has been slow to pursue any gun reforms.

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'No one is safe anywhere': Mother of Michigan State shooting survivor pleads for gun control reforms

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan State University student Troy Forbush called his mother on the night of Feb. 13 at 8:18 p.m. from Berkey Hall and told her that he had been shot.

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Biden to spotlight gun control in Monterey Park and meet UK, Australia leaders in San Diego

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will travel to California on Monday for a multi-day visit that will include meetings with the leaders of Australia and the United Kingdom in San Diego and a stop in Monterey Park, the site of one of two mass shootings that rocked California in January.

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Biden's Attack on 'Ghost Guns' Fits a Pattern of Lawless Firearm Regulation

The president and his predecessor both tried to impose gun control by executive fiat.

Reason

MSU professor to lawmakers: Pass gun laws to stop 'senseless killings'

LANSING, Mich. — Marco Diaz-Munoz, an assistant professor at Michigan State University whose classroom was attacked by a gunman, encouraged Michigan lawmakers Thursday to do the "right thing" and the "humane thing" by enacting new gun control measures.

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New poll shows most California voters fear gun violence, but Democrats and Republicans are divided

Following two high-profile mass shootings in California, the majority of voters surveyed in a new statewide poll said they worry that gun violence will affect them or someone close to them.

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Michigan State shooter's father wants strict firearm controls: 'Change the gun laws'

DETROIT — The father of the man who police say killed three Michigan State University students and wounded five others before taking his own life said he doesn't know his son's motive, but he is praying for change, including stricter gun control laws, so people can't get guns as easily…

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Turmoil in courts on gun laws in wake of justices' ruling

A landmark Supreme Court decision on the Second Amendment is upending gun laws across the country, dividing judges and sowing confusion over what firearm restrictions can remain on the books

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'They were stolen from us': Grieving Michigan State students continue push for gun control measures

LANSING, Mich. — For the second time since their campus became the scene of a deadly mass shooting this week, students from Michigan State University gathered Friday evening at the Michigan Capitol to call on legislators to pass gun control laws that may prevent others from experiencing similar tragedies.

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Commentary: California gun control isn’t the cure for what ails us. It isn’t even the cure for California

After every high-profile mass shooting, gun control advocates reflexively demand that we “just do something” about the problem. Invariably, that “something” means a very specific set of things, which can be summarized as a singular effort to impose California’s restrictive gun laws at the federal level.

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Michigan State professor's class became deadly shooting zone. He reveals what occurred inside

LANSING, Mich. — The gunfire inside Marco Diaz-Munoz's Michigan State University classroom on Monday night felt like it lasted an eternity.

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Democrats control Michigan for the first time in 40 years. They want gun control

Having been blocked by Republican legislatures on regulation in the past, Michigan Democrats are forging ahead on tighter gun restrictions after the shooting at Michigan State.

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Michigan Senate will be 'taking action soon' on gun legislation after MSU shooting, majority leader says

LANSING, Mich. — Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks said the Michigan Senate will be "taking action soon" on gun control measures that include, at a minimum, safe storage laws, tougher universal background checks and red flag laws.

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Gun Rights in Joe Biden's America: Live With Jacob Sullum, Amy Swearer, and Nick Gillespie

Join Reason on YouTube and Facebook on Thursday at 1 p.m. Eastern for a discussion about the Second Amendment, gun control, and mass shootings.

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Biden calls for assault weapon ban – but does focus on military-style guns and mass shootings undermine his message?

Among those attending the State of Union address on Feb. 7, 2022, was Brandon Tsay. Invited by President Joe Biden, the 26-year-old has been hailed as a hero for disarming a gunman who killed 11 people in a mass shooting in Monterey Park, California.

Los Angeles Times

Brandon Tsay, still grieving, gets the ‘hero’ treatment in Washington

WASHINGTON — Brandon Tsay, the 26-year-old who made worldwide headlines for disarming the Monterey Park gunman last month, stood and waved to the crowd of lawmakers as President Joe Biden labeled him a “hero” and called for new gun control measures in Tuesday night’s State of the Union address.

Los Angeles Times

LA County passes gun control measures after mass shootings

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously passed a series of gun control measures Tuesday on the heels of last month's mass shooting in Monterey Park, just 8 miles away from the boardroom.

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Digested week: Alec Baldwin on gun control? Silence would be preferable

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Court blocks domestic violence gun ban

"The 5th Circuit's decision is going to lead to more abusers murdering their wives," said one gun control advocate

Los Angeles Times

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

California Democrats try again to rewrite concealed-carry gun law

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Five months after a high-profile gun control bill died amid Democratic infighting in Sacramento, California lawmakers are trying to revive the legislation to strengthen the state’s restrictions on who can carry loaded firearms in public.

Los Angeles Times

George Skelton: How do you win voters over on gun control? Meet them where they are — in front of the TV

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — It is very rare that anything monumental gets done in America's political system without strong public support. That's certainly the case with gun control.

Salon

"Constitutional sheriffs" ignore gun law

In Illinois, approximately 80 of the state’s 102 sheriffs oppose the new Protect Illinois Communities Act

The Conversation

Sheriffs who see themselves as ultimate defenders of the Constitution are especially worried about gun rights

A gun control law signed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker of Illinois in January 2023 immediately faced opposition from a group key to the law’s enforcement: sheriffs. They are county-level, locally elected public officials who run jails, provide courthouse security, and, in many counties, are the primary providers of law enforcement…

Los Angeles Times

California already has nation's strictest gun laws. Mass shootings could spur push to go further

After a deadly wave of mass shootings in the United States last year — including one in Buffalo, New York, and another at a school in Uvalde, Texas — that collectively killed 31, California's Democratic-controlled Legislature responded by quickly passing more than a dozen laws meant to prevent gun violence…

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