DeSantis touts Florida agenda with bills on abortion, guns, death penalty, media
The GOP-led Legislature will be considering far-reaching legislation on abortion, the death penalty, guns, defamation lawsuits and sex identity in schools.
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The GOP-led Legislature will be considering far-reaching legislation on abortion, the death penalty, guns, defamation lawsuits and sex identity in schools.
In any given year, suicide accounts for between 60-65% of all gun deaths in the United States (approximately 25,000). So far, three states have passed legislation called Donna's Law, which would allow people who fear that they may become suicidal to place themselves (voluntarily and confidentially) on a "do not sell" list, to block their purchase of a gun. Correspondent Susan Spencer looks at an innovative way to save lives.
Gov. Jim Justice signed a bill allowing people with concealed carry permits to take firearms onto public college and university campuses.
TSA agents found multiple firearms, including an AR-15 style rifle, as well as allegedly fraudulent U.S. Marshals equipment.
In Baltimore, where gun violence claims the lives of hundreds each year, the youth workers behind a program called Roca are teaching alternative ways to handling the stresses of life in a "kill-or-be-killed" environment.
The final findings of a committee formed by the defense secretary included 127 recommendations. Several were deemed "high priority" in relation to accessing firearms.
The number — roughly 18 per day — is sparking concern at a time when more Americans are armed.
Six people were killed in a series of shootings in northwestern Mississippi on Friday, according to authorities. A suspect is in custody. The rampage has shaken the small town of Arkabutla. Omar Villafranca has the latest.
The 3-year-old went into his parents' bedroom and removed a 9mm handgun from the nightstand drawer and shot himself point blank, the sheriff said.
The Justice Department is sending out the money to help states and the District of Columbia administer "red flag" laws and other crisis-intervention programs.
The Supreme Court's expansion of gun rights in June — for the first time in a decade — is testing whether laws aiming to curb gun violence can withstand legal scrutiny.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has released a comprehensive report tracking legally-bought firearms used in crimes, along with the prevalence of ghost guns. ATF Director Steven Dettelbach joined John Dickerson on "Prime Time" to discuss his agency's efforts to crack down on gun crime.
Police submitted almost two million "crime guns" to the ATF to trace since 2017, with a quarter of those guns being used in a crime within a year of purchase, federal data shows.
A man armed with an AR-15 style rifle opened fire in a Target in Omaha, Nebraska, police said. Police shot and killed him, and nobody else was injured.
Pope Francis is decrying the expanding use of guns amid a wave of gun violence in the U.S. The pope told the Associated Press on Tuesday that "instead of making the effort to help us live," people are making "the effort to help us kill." CBS News foreign correspondent Chris Livesay joined Errol Barnett and Lana Zak from Rome to discuss the AP interview and what the pope had to say about homosexuality and China.
Recent shootings in the U.S. are renewing calls for action to reduce gun violence. CBS News spoke with Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker about his state's new ban on high-powered weapons, which is facing legal challenges. CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O'Keefe joined "Red and Blue"with more on their conversation.
Police said the dog was in the back seat of a pickup truck when it stepped on the gun, shooting the hunter in the back.
Americans hold nearly half of all civilian-owned guns worldwide, research shows.
Actor and producer Alec Baldwin is being charged with involuntary manslaughter in the deadly 2021 shooting on the set of the Western film "Rust," prosecutors in New Mexico announced on Thursday. The film's weapons specialist, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, is also facing involuntary manslaughter charges. Kris Van Cleave has the latest from New Mexico.
In addition to banning the sale of assault weapons, the legislation caps sales of high-capacity ammunition magazines, and "switches," extra pieces that convert handguns into assault weapons.
The Transportation Security Administration says its officers recovered over 6,000 guns from passengers at airport security checkpoints in 2022. CBS News reporter Nicole Sganga joins "CBS News Mornings" to break down the latest numbers and explain the consequences.
The North Carolina substation damaged in the apparent gunfire is not far from Moore County, where two other substations were attacked by gunfire in early December.
The TSA reported that a record number of guns were found at U.S. airports last year, and the majority of those were loaded. Caitlin Huey-Burns has the details.
Of those guns taken at airport security checkpoints, 88% were loaded, the agency said.
A toddler was seen holding a handgun while standing alone in a diaper at an apartment complex in Indiana. The Beech Grove Police Department, which participates in "On Patrol: Live," a show that follows officers in real time, arrested the boy's father on live TV.