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‘License to kill’: How ‘Stand Your Ground’ gun laws are fuelling random shootings and racism across the US

Josh Marcus reports on a growing body of laws making it easier to ‘shoot first and ask questions later’

The Independent UK

Wrong-place shootings put 'stand your ground' laws in the spotlight

They were shot after pulling into the wrong driveway, ringing the wrong doorbell, getting into the wrong car in a parking lot.

Los Angeles Times

Ralph Yarl shooting: Can a doorbell ring justify a ‘stand your ground’ shooting?

A Missouri law allowing people to defend themselves in their homes could come into play in the shooting of a Black 16-year-old in Kansas City

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Can a doorbell ring justify a 'stand your ground' shooting?

A Missouri law allowing people to defend themselves in their homes could come into play in the shooting of a Black 16-year-old in Kansas City

The Independent UK

2 shootings at mistaken addresses have renewed the focus on 'stand your ground' laws

Stand your ground laws have proliferated in the years since the shooting of Trayvon Martin, the Black teenager killed in 2012. Research shows the laws have led to an increase in firearm homicides.

WEKU

Colorado becomes testing ground for gun reform in the West

DENVER — Colorado lawmakers’ latest suite of gun reform bills bolster the state’s position at the vanguard of the national firearm debate, advocates and critics say, while marking it as a proving ground for how step-by-step reforms can coexist within the West’s distinct regional identity.

The Denver Post

Advancing Michigan bill would repeal legal protections for gun industry

LANSING, Mich. — Before approving an 11-bill package Thursday aimed at combating gun violence, a Michigan Senate committee changed one of the proposals to remove from current state law legal protections for firearm dealers and manufacturers.

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States look to remove legal protections for gun industry

Lawmakers in Colorado and at least five other states are proposing bills to roll back legal protections for gun manufacturers and dealers

The Independent UK

California gun laws can’t stop mass shootings without federal support

The Golden State will struggle to stop mass shootings and protect citizens until uniform federal laws on firearms are signed

The Guardian - US

California already has nation's strictest gun laws. Mass shootings could spur push to go further

After a deadly wave of mass shootings in the United States last year — including one in Buffalo, New York, and another at a school in Uvalde, Texas — that collectively killed 31, California's Democratic-controlled Legislature responded by quickly passing more than a dozen laws meant to prevent gun violence…

Los Angeles Times

El Paso lawmaker aids Uvalde shooting investigation three years after massacre in his city

State Rep. Joe Moody rushed to the site of a mass shooting in his city in 2019, then warned House colleagues that it would happen again as they passed a permitless carry bill. Now he’s at the center of the investigation into the Uvalde massacre.

The Texas Tribune

Supreme Court ruling triggers new gun laws, legal challenges

They wasted no time. Just days after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down New York restrictions on carrying guns in public, gun rights supporters cited the high court’s decision in lawsuits over California’s assault weapons ban and a San Jose law requiring firearm owners to buy insurance, among others.

Tribune News Service

Study: California ‘red flag’ law may have stopped 58 gun massacres

With Congress poised to expand red flag laws nationally in response to outrage over deadly mass shootings, a new study reveals how California’s six-year-old law is making an impact: It disarmed 58 people who were threatening a gun massacre.

Tribune News Service

Texas leads nation in mass shootings, and gun statistics point to why

DALLAS — When a disturbed teenager in Uvalde sought a high-powered rifle that could fire numerous rounds, he didn’t have far to go. Texas has more licensed gun dealers and manufacturers than any other state, according to a Dallas Morning News analysis of federal gun licensing data.

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Michael Hiltzik: California's tough gun laws have made the state safer than the rest of the country

The most predictable response by the gun lobby and its political mouthpieces to calls for stricter gun laws in the wake of mass shootings is that tough laws don't work.

Salon

TX slashed mental health money, gun laws

The Lone Star State has declared itself a "Second Amendment sanctuary"

The Guardian - US

‘Never tried before’: California lawmakers use Texas tactics in bid to tackle ‘ghost guns’

Measure would let people sue weapons traffickers but faces skepticism from Democrats and gun policy groups

The Independent UK

California may empower citizens to sue over illegal firearms

California may try an innovative new way to deter illegal weapons, spurred most recently by a mass shooting near the state Capitol

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