Everytown for Gun Safety stirs controversy with move into firearms training
When the advocacy group Everytown for Gun Safety announced it would introduce a new array of firearms training classes, it caught some longtime supporters off guard.
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When the advocacy group Everytown for Gun Safety announced it would introduce a new array of firearms training classes, it caught some longtime supporters off guard.
Everytown for Gun Safety rose to prominence after the Sandy Hook school shooting - campaigning to restrict gun sales and expand background checks. Now, it's offering a new firearms training program to take aim at safer gun ownership. The effort has divided some of the organization's supporters. Nicole Valdes reports.
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Trymaine Lee joins "CBS Mornings Plus" to discuss his book "A Thousand Ways to Die: The True Cost of Violence on Black Life," which explores the history of African Americans and guns, his reporting on gun violence, and his personal journey.
Firearms are the leading cause of death among children and teenagers in the United States, and new research found that Florida adolescents carrying handguns increased by 65% from 2002 to 2022.
An effort by some states to protect children from gun violence has hit roadblocks. The new laws require gun owners to lock up their firearms at home or face prosecution. However, implementing the law has presented its own set of challenges. CBS News' Scott MacFarlane reports.
The Trump administration has removed a memorial honoring victims of gun violence from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. A spokesperson for the Justice Department said the decision to remove the memorial was not political and the administration is working on other ways to honor the victims. One of the people featured in the memorial was Alison Parker, a reporter with CBS' Roanoke, Virginia, station WDBJ. Her father Andy Parker joins "The Daily Report" to discuss his daughter and the memorial removal.
We explore stories of resilience and community, starting with a look at a nonprofit in Philadelphia working to advance teacher diversity. Then we visit an eco-minded community building homes with extreme sustainability. We also sit down with parents pleading for strong gun safety laws and a doctor seeking to cure America's gun violence epidemic. Watch these stories and more on "Eye on America" with host Michelle Miller.
Products like AI surveillance monitoring and collapsible safe rooms have hefty price tags for schools, while bulletproof backpacks and school supplies are marketed to fearful parents.
Over the last year, the number of school districts in Ohio that allow staff to be armed quadrupled, with 14% of the state's districts now participating.
Throughout the battleground states, gun safety advocates and pro-gun rights groups are both increasing efforts to turn out voters. CBS News correspondent Natalie Brand spoke to volunteers on both sides and has the details.
More than half of all U.S. gun deaths are suicides — and suicide by gun is even more frequent among veterans.
Advocates for these initiatives say they can save lives through safely storing firearms for people at risk of suicide.
In 2022, a record 50,000 people died by suicide nationwide, and more than half used a firearm. For "Eye on America," Nicole Sganga goes to Lafayette, Louisiana, where one veteran's offer to hold onto his friend's guns is now powering a movement.
In the past three years, about half of all homicide cases went unsolved, according to FBI data. The National Tracing Center of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives traces the background of a gun recovered at a crime scene, but employees say the system is outdated. CBS Minnesota senior investigative reporter Jennifer Mayerle reports on the effects of the process.
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The ammo vending machines have been placed in grocery stores in three states as the U.S. battles what the surgeon general calls a public health crisis of gun violence.
After a slew of gun-related incidents in the past few years, Mall of America is stepping up their security measures by adding facial recognition technology to their arsenal.
There are about 30 million children across the country living in homes with guns, according to the CDC.
The American Academy of Pediatrics urges doctors to discuss firearm safety with parents, but it's a touchy subject that has medical professionals learning more about how to have those conversations. Nikki Battiste has more.
President Biden spoke at the Everytown for Gun Safety's "Gun Sense University" Tuesday in Washington, D.C., calling for an assault weapons ban, universal background checks and safe storage laws. Mr. Biden did not mention the conviction of his son, Hunter Biden, in Delaware on federal gun-related charges. CBS News' Ed O'Keefe and Weijia Jiang report.
Hunter Biden's ex-girlfriend Hallie Biden, who is also the widow of his brother Beau, delivered emotional testimony Thursday in Biden's federal gun trial. She talked about how she discovered the weapon in his truck in October 2018 and then "panicked" and threw it away at a Delaware grocery store parking lot, because she "didn't want him to hurt himself or the kids to find it and hurt themselves." Scott MacFarlane has details.
The Biden administration unveiled a new federal rule Thursday to expand background checks for gun purchases. Steven Dettelbach, director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, joins CBS News to discuss the new policy.
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms director Steven Dettelbach talks with "Face the Nation" moderator Margaret Brennan about guns in America — and why new technology might require new solutions.
At least one person was killed and several more wounded in a shooting Wednesday near the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl victory parade. Tiffany Null, who was at the parade, joins CBS News to discuss what she saw. Then, CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane reports on how lawmakers are responding.