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La Porte ISD Student Charged after Allegedly Displaying Gun in Parking Lot
Posted on · 17-year-old Daunte Scott is facing a charge of Exhibition of a Firearm, which is a third-degree felony
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Guns Chill Free Speech, UT-Austin Professors Will Argue At Federal Appeals Court
Posted on · Three UT-Austin professors sued to end a state law mandating campus carry in Texas. Though a federal judge dismissed the suit, the fight isn't over as the case goes to a federal appeals court.
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Smart Guns Exist; Why Aren’t They On The Market?
Posted on · “They should be made as safe as possible, just like we make cars, toys, blenders, hair dryers and everything else as safe as possible,” Daniel Webster said
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Houston Students Participate In Multitudinous Walkout To Demand Stricter Gun Laws
Posted on · Organizers say the event went "smoothly" and note the speakers were "inspirational"
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Most Still Favor Stricter Gun Laws, But It’s Fading As A 2018 Voting Issue
Posted on · The number of voters in an NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll who say a candidate's position on gun policy will be a major factor in deciding whom to vote for has dropped 13 points since February
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Houston Police Get Ballistics Van From Feds
Posted on · ATF imaging equipment is expected to link gun crimes quicker
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UPDATE: HPD Says Shooting That Killed 8 Year-Old Boy Is Gang Related
Posted on · Mayor Turner and Chief Acevedo ask again for help from the public with the investigation
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UPDATE: Florida’s Governor Signs Compromise School Safety Bill
Posted on · It raises the minimum age to buy rifles from 18 to 21 and creates a waiting period on sales of the weapons
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Student Arrested, Found With Gun At Pearland High School
Posted on · At this time there is no threat to the school or students on campus and there are no reports of injuries
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Cities Sue Defense Department Over Gun-Check System Failures
Posted on · Three cities filed a federal lawsuit against the Defense Department, saying many service members who are disqualified from gun ownership weren't reported to the national background check system
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Despite Broad Support, John Cornyn’s Bipartisan Gun Bill Could Be In Danger
Posted on · The bill to improve background checks was expected to sail through Congress, but now it’s facing some bumps
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HPD Chief Art Acevedo Expresses Discontent On Concealed-Carry Gun Rights
Posted on · Opponents said the bill could endanger public safety by overriding state laws that place strict limits on guns
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What Influences Attitudes Toward Gun Control Reform?
Posted on · A paper published in June in the journal 'Social Science Quarterly' suggests that one reason gun regulation is so contentious is precisely because people differ in how they make sense of mass shootings
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Las Vegas Gunman’s Girlfriend Returns To US For Questioning
Posted on · Danley’s sisters in Australia said in a TV interview there that they believe she couldn’t have known about Paddock’s murderous plans, and that he must have sent her away so she wouldn’t interfere.
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Is Gun Violence in Houston Getting Worse?
Posted on · Saturday marked the one year anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. Twenty children and six adults were killed. A year later, on this edition of Houston Matters, we consider gun violence here in Houston. Does Houston have more or fewer incidents of gun violence than other major U.S. cities? Is it getting […]