In new gun law, a quiet breakthrough for victims of abuse
2 years, 4 months ago

In new gun law, a quiet breakthrough for victims of abuse

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The package included tougher background checks for the youngest gun buyers and help for states to put in place “red flag” laws that make it easier for authorities to take weapons from people adjudged dangerous. “We have so many women killed — one every 14 hours, from domestic partners with guns in this country,” Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., a longtime advocate for the proposal, said before passage of the bill in June. “Sadly, half of those involve dating partners, people who aren’t married to someone, but they are in a romantic relationship with them in some way.” Federal law has long barred people convicted of domestic violence or subject to a domestic violence restraining order from being able to buy a gun. The legislation only partially closes the loophole because dating partners subject to a domestic violence restraining order, as in Thomas' case, are still able to buy and maintain access to firearms.

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U.S. Supreme Court upholds a gun control law intended to protect domestic violence victims
6 months, 3 weeks ago

U.S. Supreme Court upholds a gun control law intended to protect domestic violence victims

The Hindu  

The U.S. Supreme Court on June 21 upheld a federal gun control law that is intended to protect victims of domestic violence. At arguments in November, some justices voiced concern that a ruling for Rahimi could also jeopardize the background check system that the Biden administration said has stopped more than 75,000 gun sales in the past 25 years based …

US president signs first major gun reform law in decades
2 years, 6 months ago

US president signs first major gun reform law in decades

Al Jazeera  

The law is the most impactful firearms measure produced by Congress since the enactment of the assault weapons ban in 1993. US President Joe Biden has signed the first major federal gun reform in three decades, a bipartisan compromise that comes in light of a recent series of mass shootings, including the massacre of 19 students and two teachers at …

‘Lives will be saved’: Biden signs first landmark US gun control bill; first significant law in decades
2 years, 6 months ago

‘Lives will be saved’: Biden signs first landmark US gun control bill; first significant law in decades

India TV News  

Highlights US President Joe Biden signed the most sweeping gun violence bill in decades Citing families of shooting victims, he said, “Their msg to us was to do something. He said the Bidens will host an event on July 11 for lawmakers and families affected by gun violence US President Joe Biden on Saturday signed the most sweeping gun violence …

US Senate passes bipartisan gun safety bill, first in decades
2 years, 6 months ago

US Senate passes bipartisan gun safety bill, first in decades

Al Jazeera  

Senate bill is the first significant gun control legislation to pass in three decades and comes in the wake of mass shootings that killed more than 30 people in Texas and New York. The Senate bill, approved in a 65-33 vote, is the first significant gun control legislation to pass in three decades, in a country with the highest gun …

Senators reach bipartisan compromise on gun violence bill
2 years, 6 months ago

Senators reach bipartisan compromise on gun violence bill

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Senate bargainers reached agreement Tuesday on a bipartisan gun violence bill, potentially teeing up final passage by week’s end on an incremental but landmark package that would stand as Congress’ response to mass shootings in Texas and New York that shook the nation. Murphy said that after Buffalo and Uvalde, “I saw a level of fear on the …

Here’s what’s in the bipartisan gun safety bill
2 years, 6 months ago

Here’s what’s in the bipartisan gun safety bill

CNN  

Washington CNN — Congress passed compromise legislation this week on gun safety that is now waiting to be signed into law by President Joe Biden. It includes money for school safety, mental health, state crisis intervention programs and incentives for states to include juvenile records in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, which would provide a more comprehensive background …

The Case For Supporting A Teeny Tiny Deal On Guns
2 years, 7 months ago

The Case For Supporting A Teeny Tiny Deal On Guns

Huff Post  

This article is part of HuffPost’s biweekly politics newsletter. But this past week, the two reacted very differently to news of an emerging bipartisan compromise that includes a series of incremental steps — like federal support for state “red flag” laws and funding for mental health services — assembled and agreed to in the wake of last month’s elementary school …

Column: The pathetic Senate gun deal is better than nothing — barely
2 years, 7 months ago

Column: The pathetic Senate gun deal is better than nothing — barely

LA Times  

Twenty U.S. senators spent much of Sunday and Monday praising themselves for reaching what they called “a commonsense, bipartisan proposal” on federal gun legislation. The news media and gun safety groups fell into line, observing that the proposal, if enacted by Congress, would be “the most significant national response in decades to acts of mass gun violence,” said John Feinblatt, …

Unrelinquished: Why do so many domestic abusers have guns?
3 years, 2 months ago

Unrelinquished: Why do so many domestic abusers have guns?

Al Jazeera  

On Thursday, October 21 at 19:30 GMT: Every month in the United States, an estimated 57 women are shot and killed by their intimate partner. Between 2017 and 2020 individuals, who possessed guns they never should have had in the first place, killed at least 110 intimate partners, family, and friends. And in a country where gun violence disproportionately impacts …

Lawmakers Aim To End ‘Boyfriend Loophole,’ Keep Guns From Abusers
3 years, 10 months ago

Lawmakers Aim To End ‘Boyfriend Loophole,’ Keep Guns From Abusers

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Democratic lawmakers are renewing their push for a bill that would prevent convicted stalkers and abusers from buying or owning guns, closing the so-called “boyfriend loophole” that leaves many victims of domestic abuse vulnerable to further violence from current or former partners. “As a former prosecutor, I have seen firsthand the serious emotional and physical toll domestic …

Parkland student: When a book drops or a siren wails, we remember that day (Opinion)
5 years, 11 months ago

Parkland student: When a book drops or a siren wails, we remember that day (Opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Sari Kaufman is a junior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and a volunteer leader with Students Demand Action. One state legislator told me that we were “naive to think that a gun reform bill would ever pass in Florida.” Not even a month later, our Legislature passed the state’s first piece of proactive gun safety legislation in …

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