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State police terminate another officer for response to Uvalde mass shooting

Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw accused the suspended Texas Ranger of failing to perform his duty during the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School.

The Texas Tribune

Illinois Senate should pass assault weapons ban

The House and Senate need to come to a last-second agreement to pass a bill before the legislative session runs out.

Chicago Sun-Times

Last year was deadliest year on record for police violence in the US

At least 1,176 people were killed by law enforcement officers in the U.S. last year, the most of any year since at least 2013.

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Teen boy killed, another critically hurt in Lawndale shooting

The teens were getting out of a vehicle about 4 p.m. Friday in the 600 block of South Independence Boulevard when they were shot.

Chicago Sun-Times

Family of slain Utah family says husband took guns from home

A Utah man who fatally shot his five children, mother-in-law and wife and then killed himself had removed guns owned by himself and his wife days before the murder-suicide, leaving the family “vulnerable,” a relative said Friday

The Independent UK

Man charged with shooting pregnant woman who later miscarried

Melvin Richmond, 30, faces charges of attempted murder and aggravated battery with a firearm in the Dec. 26 shooting.

Chicago Sun-Times

Illinois House passes bills banning certain semi-automatic weapons, expanding abortion protections

With Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker seated in the front row of the chamber, the Illinois House early Friday approved a sweeping ban on high-powered firearms about two hours after voting to shore up the state’s already expansive protections for abortion rights.

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Teacher shot by six-year-old in US school classroom

Woman in her 30s suffered life-threatening injuries at Richneck Elementary School

Wales Online

Third Circuit Will Consider En Banc Whether Nonviolent Felons Lose Second Amendment Rights

The panel opinion, which has now been vacated (as is always done when the court agrees to hear a case en banc) is here (Range v. Attorney General); here's a quick summary of the result of that panel opinion: Based on history and tradition, we conclude that "the people" constitutionally…

Reason

Bump Stock Ban Regulation Isn't Authorized by Federal Law, Says Fifth Circuit En Banc

From the majority opinion, by Judge Jennifer Walker Elrod, in Cargill v. Garland: Since the National Firearms Act of 1934, federal law has heavily regulated machineguns. Indeed, as proposed, that law was known to many as "the Anti-Machine Gun Bill." The possession or transfer of a machinegun was eventually banned…

Reason

Mother of Uvalde school shooter arrested and charged with assault

The mother of the young man who shot dead 21 students and adults at Robb Elementary School in Texas, has been arrested by police in Oklahoma.

The Independent UK

US appeals court blocks ban on rapid-fire 'bump stocks'

A federal appeals court has ruled against a Trump administration ban on bump stocks, the devices that enable a shooter to rapidly fire multiple rounds from a semi-automatic weapon after the initial trigger pull

The Independent UK

The University of Idaho murders case

On Dec. 30, police arrested 28-year-old Bryan Kohberger for the fatal Nov. 13 stabbings of four students

Salon

6-year-old student shoots teacher at Virginia elementary school, police say

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — A teacher was injured after being shot by a student Friday afternoon at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, according to police and school officials.

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The Independent UK

Pupil, 6, in custody after allegedly shooting elementary school teacher

Female educator left with ‘life’threatening’ injuries after shocking incident in Newport News

The Independent UK

Police: Teacher shot during altercation with 6-year-old

Police in the Virginia city of Newport News said an elementary school teacher was shot and suffered life-threatening wounds during an altercation with a 6-year-old student who had a handgun inside a first-grade classroom

The Independent UK

Family of slain California deputy calls for judge to resign

The family of a slain Southern California sheriff’s deputy has demanded the resignation of a judge who had previously released the lawman’s shooter despite a violent criminal record

ABC News

Northern Territory police officer Zachary Rolfe appeals judge's decision compelling him to give evidence at Kumanjayi Walker inquest

Northern Territory police officer Zachary Rolfe is seeking a declaration that the territory's coroner "cannot direct or compel" him to answer questions that "would tend to expose the appellant to penalty".

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Twenty-four hours of terror as cartel violence engulfs Mexican city

At least 29 people killed in Culiacán as drug cartel gunmen fight bloody battle to stop transport of El Chapo’s son after arrest

Tribune News Service

Teacher injured in shooting at Virginia elementary school

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — A teacher was injured in a shooting Friday afternoon at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, according to police and school officials.

ABC News

Weapons export permits granted by Defence to send lethal technology to accused human rights violators

The Defence Department grants dozens of permits for weapons exports to nations accused of gross human rights violations and war crimes.

Reason

South Carolina Supreme Court To Decide the Future of the Death Penalty in the State

On Thursday, the South Carolina Supreme Court began hearing arguments in a case that could see the state's attempt to execute inmates by electrocution or firing squad declared unconstitutional.

Al Jazeera

New Mexico police probe gunfire at officials’ offices, homes

US officials in the city of Albuquerque are looking into shootings reported near buildings connected to Democrats.

Reuters

Off-duty Kosovo soldier suspected of wounding two local Serbs

Kosovo police arrested an off-duty soldier suspected of shooting and wounding two young Serbs near the ski resort town of Shterpce on Friday, a case likely to further inflame relations between local Serbs and the government in Pristina.

Belfast Live

Suspected gun recovered near Shaw's Bridge

The suspected gun was found by a member of the public.

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