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“Defund the police” has become a topic of extreme debate and misinformation in recent years. The slogan gained mainstream popularity during the George Floyd protests that started in May of 2020....
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The number of reported homicides in the U.S. spiked by 30% in 2020, the largest single-year increase since record keeping began over half a century ago. Though daily life has returned to normal since...
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Gun violence is among the most pressing and enduring problems facing the United States. According to the nonprofit group Gun Violence Archive, there have been nearly twice as many mass shootings as...
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Planning on moving to a new city and worried about finding a safe place to live? If you watch or read the news at all, you’re probably been warned about rising crime rates, dangerous cities, and...
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There is no agreed-upon single definition of what constitutes a mass shooting, which can explain why estimates can vary so much from source to source. The Investigative Assistance for Violent Crimes...
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Outside of Texas, the state of California has the largest prison population in the country, with just under 100,000 people serving time in state-run correctional facilities. That number actually...
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There have been more than over 34,000 deaths from gun violence in the United States in 2023, as of the middle of October. Included in that figure, which comes from data released by the Gun Violence...
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There have been 271 separate shooting incidents at K-12 schools in America so far in 2023, with just under 200 victims. This data comes from the open-source online research project the K-12 School...
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Earlier this year, Washington became the 10th state to impose meaningful restrictions on assault-style firearms. The new law prohibits the sale, manufacture, import, and distribution of certain...
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First patented by Samuel Colt nearly 200 years ago, revolvers remain a popular firearm design in the United States. For much of the 20th century, revolvers were the sidearm of choice for countless...
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