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US staggers into 2025 buffeted by week of attacks and looming political violence

Just eight weeks ago, the country had heaved a sigh of relied after the presidential election went peaceably

The Guardian - US

California can share gun owners' personal information with researchers, appeals court rules

A state appeals court has ruled that California can share personal information of gun owners with researchers to study gun violence

The Independent UK

How a divided America, including the 15% who are 'MAGA Republicans,' splits on QAnon, racism and armed patrols at polling places

There is much talk about political violence in America these days. Garen Wintemute, a University of California, Davis, scholar who researches firearm violence, has recently led a nationwide survey research project on political violence. The Conversation U.S. asked him for a portrait of what Americans think about political violence as…

The Conversation

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Jackie Calmes: GOP, spare us the bothsides-ism when it comes to the Pelosi attack

LOL, GOP? Really?

Los Angeles Times

George Skelton: 'Eye-popping' new survey on Americans' acceptance of political violence should be a wake-up call to leaders

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Roughly 5 million Americans would be willing to kill someone to achieve a political purpose, according to a new UC Davis study.

Los Angeles Times

Shooting death of 7-year-old reminds us how easily gun violence can invade our homes

Akeem Briscoe isn’t the only child in Chicago, or in the United States, whose life was cut short in a presumably safe space — at home — by someone engaged in a gunfight outside.

Chicago Sun-Times

Commentary: Instead of protecting kids from guns, Texas would rather fingerprint their dead bodies

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — When I was in about fifth grade, my elementary school held an event where the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office came and talked to us about … something. I’m sure it was crime- and safety-related. There may have been a grown man sweating inside a McGruff the Crime…

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California just banned gun shows on state property. Will other states follow?

Last month, California became the first state to prohibit the sale of firearms and ammunition on state property, a move that will put an end to gun shows on county fairgrounds, where they are often held. Gun safety activists have long argued that the shows perpetuate gun violence and lead…

Tribune News Service

US political violence is surging, but talk of a civil war is exaggerated – isn’t it?

The FBI’s search of Mar-a-Lago unleashed the latest barrage of threats of violence, on top of a wave of threats against election workers and rising weapons sales

The Guardian - US

Survey finds 'alarming' trend toward political violence among American population

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — One in five Americans believes that political violence is at least sometimes justifiable, and over half believe that the country is headed toward civil war.

Tribune News Service

Steve Lopez: He surveyed 8,600 Americans about political violence. The results are beyond scary

When UC Davis violence researcher Dr. Garen Wintemute queried Americans on political violence, race and threats to democracy, he didn't know exactly how scary the results would be.

Chicago Tribune

George Skelton: The Senate gun safety deal may seem like small potatoes — but it's not

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Politicizing is paying off. And hopefully we're headed for the slippery slope that gun lobbies long have dreaded.

Los Angeles Times

Michael Hiltzik: The pathetic Senate gun deal is better than nothing — barely

Twenty U.S. senators spent much of Sunday and Monday praising themselves for reaching what they called "a commonsense, bipartisan proposal" on federal gun legislation.

Los Angeles Times

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.

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Guns overtake cars as leading cause of death for US youth. ‘I just didn’t think it would occur so quickly’

For decades, the biggest threat kids faced growing up came from the automobiles they happily hopped into every day for a trip to school, the store or soccer practice.

Los Angeles Times

George Skelton: America's gun violence problem won't be solved until firearm owners finally understand it must be

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — I've owned guns since age 13 and for many years was an avid hunter. I get the attraction and why they're enjoyed. But there's something I've never gotten.

Los Angeles Times

Steve Lopez: Don't look away from the Texas school shooting. Don't wait in silence until the next massacre

Think about those innocent children in Texas, and don't let them out of your mind.

Reason

The New York Times Uses a CDC Report on Homicides As an Excuse To Attack Private Gun Ownership

The paper blames a "gun-buying spree" during the pandemic for the 2020 jump in murders.

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Los Angeles Times

Sacramento massacre shows rising dangers of handguns converted into automatic weapons

As state and federal authorities continue to piece together how so many people were killed and wounded in Sunday’s shooting in downtown Sacramento, their attention has turned to a small, seemingly innocuous culprit: A gun accessory that quickly and cheaply turns many handguns into weapons capable of spraying dozens of…

Tribune News Service

Mass shootings are becoming 'white noise.' Will Sacramento's horror change anything?

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Eleven people were wounded and one killed after a concert in Dallas. Five more people were hurt when they were shot on a rural road in South Carolina.

The Conversation

An expert on trends in gun sales and gun violence in pandemic America

Gun sales have risen in recent years, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. On Feb. 28, 2022, SciLine interviewed Garen Wintemute – an emergency medicine physician at the University of California, Davis, Medical Center and director of the California Firearm Violence Research Center – about what’s driving this change and what…

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