Are firearms injuries rising, falling or holding steady in the U.S.? It’s hard to tell, and that’s an enormous obstacle to understanding and preventing them. There is no reliable national database for firearm injuries. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention collect data from multiple sources. But they rely significantly on a system designed to […]
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Betsy DeVos considers allowing schools to use federal funds to buy guns
WASHINGTON — Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is considering allowing states to use federal grant money to buy guns for schools, people familiar with the matter said. Two people said the question has been raised inside the department as to whether states are allowed to use money available through Student Support and Academic Enrichment grants to […]
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The First Amendment protects plans for 3D guns
The prospect of ordinary people making guns at home on their 3D printers seems scary. Even President Donald Trump, a strong Second Amendment supporter, has tweeted that it “doesn’t seem to make much sense.” Attorneys general in eight states and the District of Columbia agreed, and sued to stop the website of Defense Distributed from […]
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From gun kits to 3D printable guns, a short history of rogue gun makers
Gun rights activist Cody Wilson got a green light from the Trump administration in June to publish digital blueprints on the internet that will enable anyone with a 3D printer to make a plastic gun. A federal judge blocked distribution of those blueprints. But thousands of people have already downloaded them. Designs include handguns and […]
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Golden supports retailers' right to sell assault-style rifles
Democratic congressional candidate Jared Golden declined Tuesday to endorse efforts to pressure the Kittery Trading Post to stop selling assault-style rifles. Calling the store “an iconic Maine business,” Golden said retailers in the state “should be able to sell firearms to those who can legally possess them.” The Lewiston state representative’s comments came in reaction […]
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Democratic lawmakers ask Kittery Trading Post to stop selling ‘assault-style rifles’
KITTERY (AP) – Three Maine lawmakers are asking a Kittery store to stop selling assault-style rifles. The Democratic lawmakers wrote a letter to Kittery Trading Post, asking the store to restrict gun sales and to discontinue sales of what the lawmakers said are assault-style rifles. The letter was written by Deane Rykerson, Lydia Blume, and […]
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NRA gives ‘A’ to all Republicans, flunks all Democrats in Maine governor’s race
The National Rifle Association has given all seven Democratic candidates in the race to be Maine’s next governor an F grade on their election year scorecard, while awarding all four Republicans in the race an A grade. Only one Republican, state Sen. Garrett Mason of Lisbon Falls, received the national pro-gun group’s top grade of […]
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NRA gives ‘A’ grades to Republicans in Maine governor’s race; Guess what the Democrats got
The National Rifle Association has given all seven Democratic candidates in the race to be Maine’s next governor an F grade on their election year scorecard, while awarding all four Republicans in the race an A grade. Only one Republican, state Sen. Garrett Mason of Lisbon Falls, received the national pro-gun group’s top grade of […]
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NRA to choose Oliver North as president
Retired Marine Lt. Col. Oliver North, a central figure of the Iran-contra affair in the 1980s, has been named president of the National Rifle Association. The NRA’s board of directors chose North to be the organization’s president Monday morning, after NRA president Pete Brownell decided not to seek a second term. “This is the most […]
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Largest maker of bump stocks will stop accepting orders
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The largest manufacturer of bump stocks, which allow semi-automatic weapons to fire rapidly like automatic firearms, announced Wednesday that it will stop taking orders and shut down its website next month. The announcement comes about a month after President Donald Trump said his administration would “ban” bump stocks, which he said […]