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Oregon Republican boycott threatens key bills on abortion and gun control

Walkout lasting more than a week has thrown statehouse into disarray and jeopardized Democrats’ legislative agenda

The Guardian - US

GOP boycott in Oregon threatens abortion, transgender bills and protesters' own political careers

A boycott by Republican state senators in Oregon threatens to derail dozens of bills, including on gun control and abortion rights, as a deadline looms that could also upend the protesters’ political futures

The Independent UK

Despite cracks in Republican gun-rights wall, differences between states widen

There have been a few cracks in the predictable pattern of Republican-controlled states loosening gun laws while Democratic states tighten them in recent weeks

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How a US Supreme Court ruling is transforming gun control

As mass killings stoke calls for reform, legal fights over the historical basis for gun rights have gone into overdrive.

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US on track to set record in 2023 for mass killings after series of shootings

Country is seeing an average of more than one mass killing weekly – amid little political prospect of meaningful gun control

The Guardian - US

Massacres and guns, from the US to Serbia

Here's how to sound wise when writing a story about mass killings and gun control. Last week saw two such massacres in Serbia (eight deaths and nine deaths, respectively) and only one in the United States (eight killed in a mall in Allen, Texas).

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Tennessee governor schedules special session to address guns

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has announced that he will call lawmakers back on August 21 for a special session after the Republican-led Legislature adjourned earlier this year without taking on gun control

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Fox confronts Abbott with gun poll

The Texas governor rejected calls for gun control after the latest mass shooting, blaming mental health

Salon

First Thing: Ted Cruz faces backlash after deadly Texas mall shooting

Senator Ted Cruz ‘should advocate for gun controls rather than invoking prayer after mass shootings’. Plus, King Charles ‘moans’

The Guardian - UK

‘Spare us your prayers’: Ted Cruz faces backlash after Texas mall shooting kills eight

Critics say the Republican senator should advocate for meaningful gun control rather than invoke prayer after mass, deadly violence

The Guardian - US

Factbox-How countries have legislated after mass shootings

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has proposed new gun control measures after two mass shootings in which 17 people were killed, including at least eight children.

Reuters

Oregon GOP boycott: most bills have high reading score

Republicans blocking bills about abortion, gun control and gender-affirming healthcare in Oregon this week are basing their boycott on an obscure, 44-year-old state law that requires bill summaries to be written at the reading level of an 8th- or 9th-grader

The Independent UK

Hard to read? Oregon GOP boycott comes down to reading level

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Lula's gun control push starts with counting Brazil's guns

President Jair Bolsonaro tried to convert a country with few weapons into one where firearm ownership and lack of regulation meant personal freedom

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Oregon Republicans stay home ahead of abortion, guns votes

Republican state senators in Oregon haven't shown up to work, denying the Democrats who control the chamber a quorum and casting doubt on planned votes later this week on legislation pertaining to gun control, abortion rights and gender-affirming health care

Reuters

Factbox-Serbia school shooting: what are the country’s gun laws?

Serbia, where a schoolboy opened fire on his classmates on Wednesday, has an entrenched gun culture, especially in rural areas, but also strict gun control laws.

Salon

Why red states have far more gun deaths

A comprehensive new study breaks down how firearm deaths correlate to pro- or anti-gun control politics

The Guardian - US

Colorado passes four gun control bills as state reckons with gun violence history

The measures signed into law by the governor aim at quelling suicide rates, youth violence and mass shootings

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Colorado governor signs 4 gun control bills after massacre

Colorado’s governor has signed four gun control bills five months after a mass shooting at an LGBTQ nightclub

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Louisville bank shooter’s parents demand gun reform in first TV interview: ‘This didn’t have to happen’

Todd and Lisa Sturgeon spoke to NBC’s Today Show on Thursday morning, in what marks their first TV interview since their son killed five colleagues in a horror rampage at Old National Bank

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Biden hails Tennessee lawmakers attacked by GOP over gun control push: ‘You’re standing up for our kids’

Lawmakers’ expulsion for support of gun control protesters led to national outrage

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Tennessee lawmakers who faced expulsion to visit White House

President Joe Biden on Monday plans to welcome to the White House the three Tennessee lawmakers who faced expulsion for participating in gun control protests at their statehouse

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In the Folds of a Major Gun Control Law, Mental Health Hope for California Youth

Can California make the most of a rare health care win?

Chicago Tribune

Editorial: Why ‘Second Amendment people’ should be at the forefront of gun control solutions

Former U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger, who served Illinois’ 11th Congressional District and later the 16th from 2011 to early this year, is one of the Republican Party’s most significant truth tellers. Kinzinger is now a political commentator. In his blistering farewell address to Congress in December, Kinzinger said: “Where Republicans…

The Independent UK

Colorado gun control bills progress; semi-auto ban unlikely

Colorado lawmakers have pushed forward a slew of aggressive gun control bills that are nearing the governor’s desk for signatures

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