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  • Sweden Moves to Tighten Gun Laws Following Deadly School Shooting

    Sweden Moves to Tighten Gun Laws Following Deadly School Shooting

    Sweden’s government is planning to strengthen gun regulations after a mass shooting at an adult education center in Örebro left ten people dead, making it one of the deadliest attacks in the country’s history. The shooting occurred on Tuesday at Campus Risbergska, where a 35-year-old Swedish man, identified by local media as Rickard Andersson, allegedly…

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  • Nashville School Shooter Purchased Guns Legally Despite Mental Issues

    Nashville School Shooter Purchased Guns Legally Despite Mental Issues

    The horrifying Nashville school shooting that shook the nation’s core involved a 28-year-old transgender artist, Audrey Hale, who had previously attended the school and legally acquired seven firearms from five different local gun stores, unbeknownst to her family. The purchases were made despite severe emotional issues, necessitating medical attention. During a news briefing on Tuesday,…

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  • Senate Votes In Favor Of Bipartisan Gun Bill, Everything You Need To Know

    Senate Votes In Favor Of Bipartisan Gun Bill, Everything You Need To Know

    All 50 Democratic members and 14 Republicans in the Senate voted to advance a new bipartisan gun bill on Tuesday, with the intention of getting it passed before July 4. The 80-page bill, called the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, was approved by the Senate following a series of mass shootings, including tragic shootings in New…

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  • Uvalde School Gunman Legally Bought Two AR-Style Rifles Days Before Deadly Shooting

    The 18-year-old that shot and killed 19 people in the deadliest school shooting in Texas history bought the firearms he used a few days before the horrific incident. The gunman, identified as Uvalde High School student Salvador Ramos, bought two AR-style rifles after his 18th birthday. Ramos assaulted the Robb Elementary School in Uvalde and…

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  • Texas Halloween Party Shooting Leaves 1 Dead And 9 Injured

    A shooting incident in Texas has left one man dead and nine others injured. Police said gunfire erupted at a Halloween party on Saturday night. Police said it received calls of shots being fired at a party being held at the Octavia Event Center in Texarkana. The center is located just 180 miles east of…

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  • Mass Shooting Surge: First Atlanta Spas Now A Grocery Store In Colorado

    The deadly shooting inside a grocery store in Boulder, Colorado is the second mass shooting incident in less than a week. The incident in Colorado that killed 10 people – including a police officer – happened just a few days after a 21-year-old gunman shot and killed eight people in Atlanta, Georgia. Prior to the…

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  • FBI Arrests Two Homegrown Terrorists in Ohio for Plotting Separate Terror Attacks

    The FBI announced at a press conference Monday morning that they have arrested two potential terrorist suspects. The Bureau arrested a male and a female, both residents of Toledo, Ohio. The two unrelated suspects were reportedly planning separate terror attacks in the area. The woman allegedly wanted to attack a bar, while the man wanted…

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  • Judge dismissing 16 lawsuits against FBI NICS criticizes agency for poor policies

    A total of 16 lawsuits that were filed by the family members and the survivors of the mass shooting inside a church in Charleston, South Carolina were all dismissed by a federal judge. Despite clearing the Federal Bureau of Investigation from any legal obligation in allowing the shooter, Dylann Roof, to purchase a handgun despite…

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  • Youth groups now calling for action and gun control following Parkland shooting

    Several youth groups, including those formed by students at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, have started to rally in different locations across the country in an effort to stress the importance of gun control. A group called Teens for Gun Reform, which was organized by students through Facebook staged a “lie-in” rally outside the…

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