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More than 500 people have been charged with federal crimes under the gun safety law Biden signed

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Amanda Smith

WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 500 people — some linked to transnational cartels and organized crime rings — have been charged with ...

President Joe Biden Remembers Uvalde In Campaign Ad

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Amanda Smith

A new Biden campaign ad has been released honoring the victims of the Uvalde, Texas, mass shooting in 2022 while criticizing former ...

Trump to address NRA after threatening to roll back gun control laws if elected

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Amanda Smith

Amid fears that he would reverse gains made by gun control activists if elected to a second presidency this fall, Donald Trump ...

Biden administration seeks to close the ‘gun show loophole’ to buy firearms

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Amanda Smith

WASHINGTON — In what could be the biggest expansion of federal background checks in decades, the Biden administration is moving to end ...

US will require background checks for gun shows and online firearm sales

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Amanda Smith

The sale of firearms on the internet and at gun shows in the US will in future be subject to mandatory background ...

Biden administration moves to force thousands more gun dealers to run background checks

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Amanda Smith

WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands more firearms dealers across the U.S. will have to run background checks on buyers when selling at gun ...

A stack of gun laws are headed to Youngkin’s desk, dozens of vetoes are expected

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Amanda Smith

Dozens of gun control bills are slated to head to Governor Glenn Youngkin’s desk, but opponents and advocates alike expect few to ...

Judge voids California laws requiring background checks to buy ammunition

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Amanda Smith

(Reuters) -A federal judge has blocked California from enforcing state laws requiring people to undergo background checks when they buy ammunition, calling ...

After Shooting, Maine Senators in the Spotlight on Guns

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Amanda Smith

The mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine, coupled with a conservative Democratic congressman’s reversal on an assault weapons ban, has turned the spotlight ...

Maine shooting changes Congress member’s mind on ‘assault rifle’ ban, but not the math in Washington

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Amanda Smith

By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The latest mass shooting in the United States, which killed 18 people in Maine, prompted U.S. ...