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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
Posted on · 17-year-old Daunte Scott is facing a charge of Exhibition of a Firearm, which is a third-degree felony
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.
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
Posted on · Organizers say the event went "smoothly" and note the speakers were "inspirational"
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
Posted on · ATF imaging equipment is expected to link gun crimes quicker
Posted on · Mayor Turner and Chief Acevedo ask again for help from the public with the investigation
Posted on · It raises the minimum age to buy rifles from 18 to 21 and creates a waiting period on sales of the weapons
Posted on · At this time there is no threat to the school or students on campus and there are no reports of injuries
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
Posted on · The bill to improve background checks was expected to sail through Congress, but now it’s facing some bumps
Posted on · Opponents said the bill could endanger public safety by overriding state laws that place strict limits on guns
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
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.
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 […]