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After a period of soaring firearm purchases in the United States brought on by the turbulence during the pandemic years, gun sales in many states have declined, based on data from the FBI. ...
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Nearly 18 million firearm background checks were conducted in the United States this year through July, according to data compiled by the FBI. That figure is more or less in line with the same period...
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, a time of great uncertainty, Americans bought guns at a rate not seen before. An estimated 60 million firearms were purchased in the United States from 2020 through...
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After surging to exceptional levels in 2020 and 2021, U.S. demand for handguns, shotguns, and rifles began settling toward pre-pandemic levels in 2022. Now, government data suggests firearm sales...
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Last November, Oregon’s voters passed measure 114, which banned the use of firearm magazines of more than 10 bullets among other regulations that would add safeguards to who can buy and operate a...
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After a surge in U.S. firearms sales during the COVID-19 pandemic, demand for handguns, shotguns, and rifles began this year to decline toward pre-pandemic levels. Nationwide, the number of adjusted...
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Violent crime spiked in urban areas of the United States during the coronavirus pandemic, spurring a demand for legal gun purchases — in many cases by first-time gun owners. Other factors also...
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A recent report estimated that Americans bought close to 60 million guns during the pandemic. In the three years beginning in 2020, at least 30 million gun-related background checks were conducted in...
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A federal judge in Washington state refused this week a request to overturn a new law that bans the manufacturing or selling of assault-style semi-automatic rifles. The law is one of three signed...
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A serial killer is someone known to have murdered two or more people (some definitions say three or more), usually for some kind of abnormal psychological gratification. The crimes may take place...
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America received a sorrowful reminder of its gun problem this past March. Aubrey Hale, 28, shot and killed three students and three adults at the Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee, before she...
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One of the primary obligations of the federal government is to protect American citizens and keep the country safe from threats, both foreign and domestic. In service of this function, thousands of...
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When most Americans make a mistake at work, it is rarely a matter of life and death. When law enforcement workers have a lapse in judgment, however, it can have serious consequences, particularly at...
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The surge in gun sales during the pandemic has waned in 2022. Unadjusted firearm background checks – a rough proxy of gun sales – surged from 28.4 million in 2019 to 39.7 million in 2020 (and...
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Some U.S. cities became increasingly more dangerous during the pandemic as the violent victimization rate rose in urban areas from 2020 to 2021, according to Department of Justice data. Against the...
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