Innocent Man Freed Amid “A Legacy of Disgrace”….LA Times Pushes for...
A CASE OF INNOCENCE, TEENAGERS MAKING FALSE CONFESSIONS AND “A LEGACY OF DISGRACE” On Wednesday, David McCallum, a 45-year-old Brooklyn man, was freed after spending 29 years locked up for a kidnapping...
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US DISTRICT JUDGE OKAYS LA COUNTY SETTLEMENT OVER NONCOMPLIANCE WITH AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT On Monday, U.S. District Court Judge Dean Pregerson gave the final approval for an LA Sheriff’s...
View ArticleCalifornia Funds Gun Research, LASD Mental Health Crisis Efforts, a...
FIVE MILLION ALLOCATED FOR GUN VIOLENCE RESEARCH CENTER AT A UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA A pot of $5 million dollars for a gun violence research center at a University of California campus was included in...
View ArticleThe Need for Conversations After the Alexandria Shooting
On Thursday afternoon, the news about Congressman Steve Scalise remained frighteningly uncertain, even after two surgeries and many units of transfused blood. But, by Thursday night, the news had...
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So Cal Law Enforcement Among the Wounded in Horrific Mass Shooting in Las...
As everyone knows by now, a gunman with a stash of high-powered rifles, killed at least 59 people, wounding more than 520, at a country music festival on the Las Vegas strip. Law enforcement officers...
View ArticleAfter the Massacre: Thoughts on Guns, History, and Country Music
As we struggle to come to terms with Sunday night’s horrific events in Las Vegas, here are some worthwhile stories you might have missed, each of which provide small pieces of a very large and tragic...
View ArticleDeadly Mass Shooting Inside Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, TX
Police announced that the man who opened fire inside a Baptist church in the small town of Sutherland Springs, Texas, has been killed. A witness said the man, whom we now know as Devin P. Kelley, 26,...
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According to Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel, 17 people, both kids and adults, have now been confirmed dead in the mass shooting on Wednesday, Valentine’s Day, at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High...
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Head of Nation’s Biggest Teachers’ Union Says Arming School Teachers is “Insane”
On Wednesday, President Donald Trump hosted another meeting pertaining to the frightening and tragic issue of school shootings, and what the nation ought to be doing to prevent them. The president has...
View ArticleLA County Supes Aim at Gun Violence With Call for Stricter County Firearm...
On Tuesday March 13, LA County Supervisors Mark Ridley-Thomas and Sheila Kuehl will ask their fellow board members to move toward imposing stricter gun regulations throughout LA County. Specifically,...
View ArticleWill Saturday’s March For Our Lives Events Lead to a Change in Public Policy?...
The young speakers who took the stage, one after the other, at Saturday’s #MarchForOurLives rally held in Washington D.C.—the largest of the 800 plus sister events held around the world—were...
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NOT AGAIN: An Ordinary School Morning in Santa Fe, TX, Is Shattered by Deadly...
On Friday night, May 18, Santa Fe High School’s varsity baseball team was scheduled to play in the regional quarterfinals. The school’s sports teams have an enthusiastic fan base in the town of Santa...
View ArticleArnold Foundation Announces New National Collaborative on Gun Violence Research
The Laura and John Arnold Foundation has announced $20 million in funding for a collaborative gun violence research project. The foundation is seeking an additional $30 million from other philanthropic...
View ArticleAs U.S. Mass Shootings Surpass 245 Incidents in 2019, Collaborative Infuses...
On Sunday evening, at 5:41 p.m., a man began shooting into a crowd of people at the Gilroy Garlic Festival, killing three people–6-year-old Stephen Romero, 13-year-old Keyla Salazar, and 25-year-old...
View ArticleVisitor Brings Hidden Cache of Weapons to Stockton Youth Detention Facility
On Saturday, August 10, a 24-year-old man was arrested after attempting to visit one of California’s state-run juvenile facilities with an alarming cache of weapons and ammunition. He was intercepted...
View ArticleConcealed Carry Murders: Permit-Holders Killed More Than 1,300 People in Last...
Individuals with approved concealed carry permits have killed at least 1,335 people — not in self-defense — since 2007, according to a report from the Violence Policy Center. The center has compiled...
View Article$25 Million for Federal Gun Violence Research in Congress’s $1.4 Billion...
By Michael Ollove, Stateline Buried in the $1.4 trillion spending plan Congress unveiled Monday is one expenditure that is relatively small in amount but represents a major shift in federal gun policy....
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No Permit, No Problem: Still More States Allow Residents to Carry a Hidden Gun.
by Matt Vasilogambros of Stateline Six more states no longer require residents to hold a permit to carry a concealed firearm. Arkansas, Iowa, Montana, Tennessee, Texas and Utah this year enacted what...
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San Jose, CA, Enacts Nation’s 1st Firearm Insurance Requirement
by Matt Vasilogambros, Staff Writer, Stateline San Jose, California, has become the first city in the country to require gun owners to have liability insurance coverage and to pay an annual fee. The...
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Some governors push new gun restrictions in wake of devastating massacres,...
by Barbara Barrett, Managing Editor of Stateline, an initiative of The Pew Charitable Trusts In recent days, several governors and state lawmakers have proposed additional restrictions on gun...
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