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Could any law prevent the next Monterey Park mass shooting?

SANTA ANA, Calif. — California has some of the toughest gun laws in the country, with rules on everything from the types of weapons and ammunition that can be legally owned, to who can and can’t own any weapon, to broad funding for community programs aimed at curbing gun violence.

The Orange County Register

Francis Wilkinson: We already know which gun policies work

Rand Corporation, the think tank with origins in Cold War military planning, recently issued its latest update on gun policy research. Rand has been sifting through gun research, offering generally conservative assessments of its utility and findings, since 2018. As strictures on gun violence research have fallen, and more such…

Tribune News Service

Biological weapons threat evolving, experts say

WASHINGTON — The threat from biological weapons use by nations or terrorists is entering an era of potentially heightened risk, but the dimensions of the danger are not yet clear, a panel of experts said Friday.

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Biological weapons threat evolving, experts say - Roll Call

The dimensions of the danger are unclear but technology advances have lowered the barrier to entry for terrorist groups and hostile nations.

Roll Call

Pentagon plan aims to help avoid civilian deaths in strikes

The Pentagon will set up a new center to help avoid civilian casualties in military operations around the world through better education and training and increased screening before strikes are launched

The Independent UK

Texas’ complex relationship with firearms: Leading America in gun sales, but with a declining gun ownership rate

We examine decades of data on gun ownership and gun violence to show trends across the state. Some of them might surprise you.

The Texas Tribune

Ohio Gov. DeWine says he'll sign a bill arming teachers after 24 hours of training

Experts say such an approach isn't a good idea. The strategy's opponents also include teachers groups and the Fraternal Order of Police of Ohio.

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Politicians should resist rush to ‘do anything’ in response to school shootings

That impulse is understandable, but it can lead to policies that do more harm than good.

Chicago Sun-Times

Politicians Should Resist the Urge To 'Do Anything' in Response to School Shootings

While that impulse is understandable, it can lead to policies that do more harm than good.

Reason

Many homeless people resist group shelters even as LA mayoral candidates push to build more

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles mayoral primary has seen candidates throwing big numbers around concerning how much shelter they’d like to see built for homeless people.

Los Angeles Times

Russia's war crimes — and ours

Americans are rightfully horrified by Mariupol. But most of us don't even know what the U.S. did in Mosul or Raqqa

Salon

Pentagon Report: US Military Could Have Done More To Prevent Civilian Harm In Raqqa

The US military could have done more to reduce civilian harm during the battle to liberate Syria’s Raqqa city from ISIS from June till October 2017, according to a report requested by the US Department of Defense (DOD). The report, prepared by RAND researchers, studies the causes of civilian harm…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Study: US Could Have Done More to Limit Civilian Toll in Raqqa Battle

The US military could have done more to limit civilian casualties and damage during the battle for the Syrian city of Raqqa that marked ISIS’ fall in 2017, according to a report commissioned by the Pentagon. At the end of the nearly five-month battle to free the city from ISIS,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Report: US military must do more to avoid civilian deaths

A new report says the U.S. military needs to adjust its planning, targeting and use of weapons in order to better avoid widespread civilian deaths and damage such as the devastating 2017 battle to liberate the Syrian city of Raqqa from Islamic State militants

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Do Studies Show Gun Control Works? No.

Out of 27,900 research publications on gun laws, only 123 tested their effects rigorously.

The Independent UK

Army eases fitness test standards for women, older troops

The Army has scrapped its move to have a physical fitness test that's gender- and age-neutral, and will now allow women and older soldiers to pass while meeting some reduced standards

Reuters

Study faults U.S. military on civilian casualties; Pentagon plans review

A study by the RAND Corporation think-tank released on Thursday faulted the U.S. military for "considerable weaknesses" and inconsistencies in its review of allegations of civilian casualties, and the Pentagon announced a broad review.

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