State governors receive a letter from the secretaries of education and health on school gun safety and support. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona and Secretary of Health and…
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Supreme Court Leaves Illinois Assault Weapons Ban In Place
Denies request to review lawsuit while legal challenge proceeds. The Supreme Court denied a request to block the enforcement of Illinois’ ban on assault-style weapons, leaving the ban…
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Texas Shooting Victims Reach $144.5 Million Agreement with Justice Department
The Air Force is deemed responsible for not updating shooter’s background check. The Department of Justice settled with survivors of the 2017 mass shooting at First Baptist Church…
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President Calls for Federal Assault Weapons Ban
He asks for Congressional action following the Nashville school shooting President Joe Biden spoke with the press in the wake of the school shooting in Nashville, Tennessee, and…
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Shooting in Nashville Christian School
FBI and ATF are investigating the shooting that killed 6 and left more wounded. Police in Nashville, Tennessee, reported that a shooter entered a private Christian school Monday…
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President Signs Gun Control Executive Order
He calls for universal background checks. While visiting Monterey, California, President Joe Biden signed an executive order the administration says will bring America “as close to universal background…
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El Paso Shooter Pleads Guilty to 90 Hate Crimes
Justice Department not pursuing the death penalty. A man who killed 23 people in a mass shooting in El Paso, Texas, recently pleaded guilty to a 90-count criminal…
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Vice President Harris Visits Monterey Park
She seeks to engage with the community in the wake of the mass shooting. Vice President Kamala Harris visited the Los Angeles neighborhood of Monterey Park on Wednesday,…
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Prosecutors Not Seeking Death Penalty for El Paso Shooter
The federal trial will begin next year for the mass murderer. Federal prosecutors recently announced that the federal trial for Patrick Crusius has been scheduled for early next…
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DHS Holds First Targeted Violence Prevention Symposium
Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships draws 200 representatives to terrorism prevention meetings. The Department of Homeland Security hosted its first Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention Grantee symposium…
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