Advocates said it is no longer necessary after significant updates to the national background check system.
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Students and parents converged on Tennessee's State Capitol as lawmakers held their first session following Monday's deadly school shooting.
In 1986, Congress passed a ban on the ATF ever having a so-called federal gun registry or any kind of electronic database of firearms.
Tennessee Congressman Tim Burchett says gun laws aren't the answer after a shooter killed six at a school in his state.
After a shooter killed six at a Nashville school, some lawmakers promoted current gun safety legislation, with others urging an assault weapons ban.
Tennessee authorities said there were multiple deaths after a Nashville school shooting, with victims as young as 9.
A 17-year-old suspect fled after two administrators at a Denver high school were shot. Armed officers were deployed to schools.
For the first time, first grade teacher Abigail Zwerner is speaking out about the day she was shot by her 6-year-old student at Richneck Elementary.
A Scripps News investigation found children are increasingly bringing guns to schools. Now Congress wants to do more about it.
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Biden has been emboldened by the midterms after his regular talk of gun control didn't result in massive losses, and he's expected to push further.
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Visa indicated that legal pushback was partially the reason they have paused their decision to start categorizing all purchases made at gun shops.
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The bill strictly prohibits the open carry of a firearm on campus. It also prohibits guns in areas with a capacity of more than 1,000 people.
With the exception of 2020, the number of weapons intercepted at airport checkpoints has climbed every year since 2010.
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The killings stunned residents of Arkabutla, home to 285 people and located about 30 miles south of Memphis, Tennessee.
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An exclusive Scripps News investigation found increasing numbers of guns at schools. Cases involved teens and kids as young as five.
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The funding is part of the landmark bipartisan gun legislation passed by Congress over the summer.
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Michigan State University students who were near the MSU Union share what went through their heads as a gunman opened fire on campus.
Investigators still were sorting out why Anthony McRae fired inside an academic building and the student union shortly before 8:30 p.m. Monday.
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A Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives report found an alarming link between legal guns being sold to someone who can't buy one.
A sea of flowers and candles has formed in front of the Star Ballroom Dance Studio after one of several recent mass shootings across the country.
Attorneys for gun dealers argued that their clients are "risking everything to try to stay in business" amid new laws for safety requirements.
The agency reported that it confiscated 6,542 firearms in 2022. That's an increase of 570 firearms over 2021.
There’s still a lot more that needs to be looked at and perfected before introducing smart guns to the world.
The artificial intelligence program can alert schools immediately when a weapon is detected.
Illinois' state ban on semiautomatic weapons is only a few days old. Legal challenges are in the works.
The ban covers dozens of types of rifles and handguns, .50-caliber guns and attachments, and it puts limits on rounds rifles and handguns can hold.
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A new report found New York City taxpayers have paid nearly $40 million to treat gunshot wounds in the city's hospitals.
2022 saw a record number of people under 18 years old killed, but some cities have reported a drop in homicides.
Those arrested are two 18-year-olds and three 17-year-olds, all male.
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Newsy's Sam Eaton visited the memorial to those killed at Sandy Hook Elementary and helps share how and why it came to be.
The law requires a permit, background check, fingerprinting and hands-on training for new firearms buyers. It also bans magazines over 10 rounds.
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Over half of voters say they want to see nationwide gun policy made stricter, according to an Associated Press survey.
Newsy found Colorado's red flag law was not applied to the Club Q shooting suspect, even after he made an earlier bomb threat.
Ethan Crumbley's lawyers believe he can be rehabilitated in prison, while prosecutors say life in prison is "appropriate in this case."
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