Gun

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Gun violence is on the rise in D.C. (Axios)

D.C. is also seeing an increase in juvenile perpetrators and victims of violent crime.

Montgomery County schools already [reintroduced school officers](https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/04/26/montgomery-county-schools-police-agreement/)in response to upticks in violence shortly after removing them. NE near Kingman Park, and parts of Southeast near Anacostia have seen the biggest increases in gun violence. Usually, petty crimes precede violent ones. [less violent](https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2023/01/05/violent-crime-stats-dc-2022) than 2021, although the number of homicides exceeded 200 for the second year in a row. Last year, that number increased to 2,203, a 40% jump. involving a gun.

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Georgia Gun Laws Weigh on Atlanta's Bid to Host 2024 Democratic ... (The New York Times)

Boosters of Chicago's bid are raising safety questions about Georgia's lenient concealed-carry laws, jockeying for the upper hand as a decision nears.

Though full adoption of the law is held up in court, its existence is part of an expansive pitch, including a constitutionally enshrined right to unionize and abortion rights protections, that Chicago is more in step with the party’s values. And the organizers said it was [not a coincidence](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/16/business/tesla-buffalo-union.html?action=click&pgtype=Article&state=default&module=styln-labor-movement&variant=show®ion=MAIN_CONTENT_1&block=storyline_top_links_recirc). Then this month, the SweetWater Brewing Company pulled its SweetWater 420 Fest out of Centennial Olympic Park — where the Democratic convention potentially would be — and sharply scaled back the event to hold it on the brewery grounds, a private space, citing the safety of festivalgoers. Union leaders, who had been pressing their case against Atlanta privately, are also speaking up louder, saying that for many state delegations and union officials, staying in unionized hotels and attending events at unionized venues matter. Shipman said, pointing to the narrow twin electoral victories of Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock in 2020, and Mr. A few months later, the Midtown Music Festival canceled its annual event after organizers said they were at a loss on how to protect their expected 50,000 visitors. It’s obviously the home of the civil rights movement but also more recently the home of, you know, wins by Senators Ossoff and Warnock,” Mr. The city also had strong security relationships with federal, state and local law enforcement authorities, he added. Biden narrowly carried in 2020 may supersede logistical and policy hurdles like gun laws, abortion bans and union hotels, Atlanta boosters said. But recent events have brought a new argument: Georgia’s lenient gun laws could make it extremely difficult to keep firearms away from the delegates. Union officials have for weeks pressed President Biden and the Democratic National Committee to pick the more union-friendly city; Chicago has more than 30 unionized hotels while Atlanta has just two, they say. Georgia Democrats have scoffed at the pitch.

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'No consequences' Lt. Gov slams refused gun charges in Lundi Gras ... (WWLTV.com)

The dropped charges come after New Orleans leaders said they were cracking down on illegal gun possession.

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How gun commerce has changed in South Carolina since 2010 (WCBD News 2)

The 1994 federal assault weapons ban was vigorously lobbied against by the National Rifle Association and other gun rights groups, which argued that the ...

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Security Issues of hosting the 2024 Democratic Convention (NNN)

Open-carry gun laws have been an issue with several public events in Atlanta struggling with weapons regulations. The Secret Service may be able to take ...

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China blames US gun policies for global violence, says America ... (Fox News)

China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs argued Thursday that 'loose management' of guns in the US is to blame for rising violence around the world, ...

The U.S. "The U.S. "An African leader once said that the raging weapons" and noted a Center for American Progress study said more than 50,000 guns originating in the U.S. His remarks came several days after a meeting of the United Nations Security Council, at which China said it is worried that U.S. This week, Biden promised another $500 million in weapons and ammunition to Ukraine. have become untraceable and even ended up in the hands of terrorist and extremist groups, posing a grave threat to regional and international peace and stability," he added. "Gun violence has become a recurring nightmare for the American people," Wang said. Wang added that violent elements in Mexico, Pakistan and elsewhere have been "found to use U.S. itself." opposed a Chinese proposal to block transfers of ammunition to non-state actors. He then argued that

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U.S. gun violence could deter int'l students from wanting to come to ... (Xinhua)

Two in five international students were worried about gun violence in the United States, said the report, citing a survey by World Education Services.

Two in five international students were worried about gun violence in the United States, said the report, citing a survey by World Education Services, a nonprofit international-education research company. A quarter of the students surveyed said they were worried about the possibility of gun violence on their campus, the report added. Two in five international students were worried about gun violence in the United States, said the report, citing a survey by World Education Services.

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Tracking the Evolution of Gun Commerce in South Carolina Since ... (NNN)

Since the 1994 federal assault weapons ban expired in 2004 and was not renewed by Congress, gun commerce has been on the rise in the United States.

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Column: The gun problem (The Salem News)

It is not my intention to be inflammatory, but an observation must, at this point, be unequivocally made: The United States has a gun problem.

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More guns equal less crime? Show us the numbers | READER ... (Baltimore Sun)

Anyone who claims that gun control efforts are destined to fail has not looked deeply enough into gun violence in the U.S..

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Man Kicks Himself After Thinking Of Perfect Gun He Could Have ... (The Onion (satire))

AUGUSTA, GA—Lamenting how painfully obvious it was in retrospect, local man Aaron Thompson told reporters Friday he was kicking himself after thinking of ...

“God, I feel so dumb, I just stood there like an idiot when the perfect semiautomatic weapon was staring me in the face the whole time,” said Thompson, adding that he couldn’t stop replaying the dispute with his boss, each time imagining how much better it would have been if he had used an AR-15. “Just 30 seconds after I left the room, I knew exactly how I should have done it, and how I should have shot him dead right then and there. AUGUSTA, GA—Lamenting how painfully obvious it was in retrospect, local man Aaron Thompson told reporters Friday he was kicking himself after thinking of the perfect gun he could have used to win an argument.

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The numbers show that gun laws work | READER COMMENTARY (Baltimore Sun)

Opponents of gun control misrepresent the reality of shooting deaths, in part, by focusing only on mass shootings and not the bigger picture.

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Gun taken in Thursday auto burglary - Daily Leader (Dailyleader)

At approximately 5:40 a.m., officers arrived at the 500 block of Chickasaw Street, where the victim reported no damage to their vehicle, but that a firearm ...

“We are asking if anyone has cameras in the area to please check and see if anyone suspicious had been in the area between the dates and times of Feb. At approximately 5:40 a.m., officers arrived at the 500 block of Chickasaw Street, where the victim reported no damage to their vehicle, but that a firearm was taken from it. Thursday morning, Brookhaven police responded to an early-morning report of an auto burglary.

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