How off-site gun storage can save lives — a veteran's story
More than half of all U.S. gun deaths are suicides — and suicide by gun is even more frequent among veterans.
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More than half of all U.S. gun deaths are suicides — and suicide by gun is even more frequent among veterans.
From 2003 to 2021, 1,262 unintentional gun deaths of children were reported in the U.S.
America's gun epidemic has become deadlier than ever for children since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, and firearm-related injuries are driving children to emergency rooms at significantly higher rates than before.
Almost 900 children 5 and under have managed to find a gun and unintentionally shoot themselves or someone else from 2015 to 2022.
People of color were more likely to have experienced gun violence, according to the study.
The meeting was part of an annual Advocacy Day organized by the groups Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, calling for a push for the passage of safety measures.
A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that the government can't stop people who have domestic violence restraining orders against them from owning guns — the latest domino to fall after the U.S. Supreme Court's conservative majority set new standards for reviewing the nation's gun laws.
Of those guns taken at airport security checkpoints, 88% were loaded, the agency said.
Visa said it would adopt the International Organization for Standardization's new merchant code for gun sales, which was announced on Friday.
Unserialized ghost guns will effectively be banned on Aug. 24, and retailers are scrambling to sell them.
CDC data showed firearm homicides rose 35% during the first year of the pandemic to the highest rate since 1994.
