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GOP misogyny already sabotages gun deal

The Senate gun bill could ban abusers from buying guns, but Republicans are unwilling to penalize girlfriend-beaters

Salon

Tentative Senate gun deal has surprises, and loose ends

The outline of a bipartisan Senate agreement on reining in gun violence has no game-changing steps banning the deadliest firearms

The Independent UK

Four Sandy Hook survivors tell of being ‘retriggered’ by school shootings like Uvalde

Student suvivors spoke out publicly for first time in aftermath of last month’s shooting in Texas

The Independent UK

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Breaking down the provisions in the tentative gun legislation deal emerging in the Senate

WASHINGTON — The group of senators led by Texas Republican John Cornyn and Connecticut Democrat Chris Murphy describe the bipartisan federal gun proposals they released Sunday following the Uvalde school shooting in Texas as “commonsense” measures.

Tribune News Service

Senators announce bipartisan framework for gun legislation in wake of mass shootings

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of senators on Sunday announced it had reached a framework for enacting modest gun restrictions, such as closing loopholes and increasing background checks for gun purchases by people between 18 and 21, in response to a recent spate of mass shootings that included a massacre…

Los Angeles Times

What's next for the Senate's bipartisan gun deal

How the bill is ultimately written will be crucial.

Axios

Senators announce bipartisan framework for gun legislation in wake of mass shootings

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Senators announce bipartisan framework on gun legislation in wake of mass shootings

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of senators on Sunday announced it had reached a framework for enacting modest gun restrictions while beefing up school security and enhancing mental health treatment in response to a recent spate of mass shootings that included a massacre at a Texas elementary school.

Los Angeles Times

Senators announce deal on gun reform, mental health funding and school security

Legislation will still require votes of 10 Republicans to pass Senate

The Independent UK

Ulvade, Matthew McConaughey and the battle for stronger gun control

A country in mourning, desperate gun control negotiations and the tearful plea of a Hollywood star. Guns are at the front of the agenda, but will anything change this time and what does the divisive issue mean for Biden’s presidency? Oliver Wiseman reports

Evening Standard

Cornyn calls Uvalde killer ‘ticking time bomb,’ sees progress on Senate gun deal

WASHINGTON — Sen. John Cornyn said Thursday the 18-year-old responsible for the Uvalde school massacre fit an all-too-common profile of mass shooters: alienated young men with mental health issues.

Tribune News Service

Analysis: Rare sense of ‘anxiety and urgency’ drives bipartisan talks on gun safety in Congress

WASHINGTON — It didn’t happen after 13 people were killed at Columbine in 1999, when 26 were gunned down in Newtown in 2012 or when 17 people were murdered at Parkland in 2018.

Los Angeles Times

Analysis: Rare sense of ‘anxiety and urgency’ drives bipartisan talks on gun safety in Congress

WASHINGTON — It didn’t happen after 13 people were killed at Columbine in 1999, when 26 were gunned down in Newtown in 2012 or when 17 people were murdered at Parkland in 2018.

Los Angeles Times

Why a California Democrat’s ‘red flag’ gun proposal might become law

WASHINGTON — The House on Wednesday advanced a comprehensive package of gun reforms that would, among other things, raise the age required to legally purchase semiautomatic rifles, restrict high-capacity ammunition magazines and create stiff gun storage requirements.

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The Guardian - US

Pressure mounts on Senate to act on gun safety amid Republican resistance

Relatives of victims urge action while group of over 220 CEOS send joint letter pushing Senate to address gun violence

Liverpool Echo

Dog walker who died after spraining ankle 'could have been saved'

The inquest was held into the death of Callum Jones

Tribune News Service

‘I don’t want it to happen again,’ Uvalde student says as gun laws debated in Congress

WASHINGTON — Miah Cerrillo gave lawmakers a horrifying first-hand account of last month's school massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde as she described covering herself in her friend’s blood to play dead while the shooter gunned down her classmates.

The Guardian - US

Uvalde survivor, 11, tells House hearing she smeared herself with friend’s blood

Miah Cerrillo speaks before House passes gun control bill that is all but doomed in Senate

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Uvalde student, other witnesses testify as Congress weighs changes to gun laws

WASHINGTON — Miah Cerrillo gave lawmakers a horrifying first-hand account of the school massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, as she described covering herself in her friend’s blood to play dead while the shooter gunned down her classmates.

Tribune News Service

‘I don’t want it to happen again,’ Uvalde student says as gun laws debated

WASHINGTON — Miah Cerrillo gave lawmakers a horrifying firsthand account of the school massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde as she described covering herself in her friend’s blood to play dead while the shooter gunned down her classmates.

Daily Mirror

Man, 27, with sprained ankle dies from blood clot after GP phone assessment

Callum Jones had been out walking his dog with his family when he slipped on a wooden footbridge and injured his ankle, it would cause to a blood clot which killed the "gentle boy, kind and loving"

McClatchy Washington Bureau

North Carolina’s Sen. Thom Tillis works to change gun laws following mass shootings

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis is one of four senators leading the charge on examining the country’s gun laws following two high-profile mass shootings last month that left 31 people dead.

Wales Online

'Kind and loving' man dies from blood clot after spraining his ankle

Callum Jones' condition may have been spotted if he was given an in-person GP appointment instead of a telephone consultation, a coroner has said

The Independent UK

‘Shoot cans and stuff’: GOP senators with gun control in their hands reveal whether they own or have shot an AR-15

The Independent contacted multiple Republican senators to ask whether they own or have shot an AR-15. Here’s what they told Eric Garcia

The Independent UK

Former Rep. Giffords tells Congress 'be bold' on gun reform

Eleven years after her own life was massively altered by gun violence, former congresswoman Gabby Giffords stood in front of the Washington monument and once again lobbied for stricter gun laws after yet another string of mass shootings in America

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