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Mass Shooting

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Analysis
Yes, It’s Getting Worse: New Data Shows Mass Shootings Are More Frequent
The massacre in Lewiston, Maine, last week was the seventh mass shooting of 2023. There were seven in total last year.
Five people in the foreground of a photo gather outdoors, holding candles. In the background, more people hold candles in front of an event center.
A group of two men and two women hug in a courtroom full of people.
Death Sentences October 31, 2022
Would a Death Sentence Help The Parkland Families Heal?
Outrage around the school shooter’s sentence reveals tensions between what some victims’ families want and the justice system’s limits.
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A man with light-toned skin and a woman with light-toned skin carried orange signs reading "We can end gun violence" as people behind them follow during a protest.
Closing Argument August 27, 2022
How Gun Policy Is Scrambling to Keep Up With Gun Culture
Legislators are cracking down on gun advertisements, “ghost guns” and more. Can these efforts spur real change on gun violence?
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A man with gray hair, wearing a plum-colored t-shirt, has his arm around a woman with reddish-brown hair, wearing a blue t-shirt. She is holding hands with a woman with blonde hair, wearing a red t-shirt. They all stand in front of police tape, looking down the street.
Analysis July 6, 2022
What You Need to Know About the Rise in U.S. Mass Shootings
A high-profile mass shooting at a Chicago suburb’s July 4 parade was the nation’s fourth in recent weeks.
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People left flowers at a memorial to shooting victims outside Santa Fe High School, in Santa Fe, Texas, in May.
News July 17, 2018
Less Than Zero Tolerance
After Parkland, Sante Fe shootings, policies meant to protect schools may lead to some misguided arrests
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Students at Roosevelt High School take part in a protest in Seattle against gun violence, following the Parkland, Fla., school shooting that killed more than a dozen teenagers.
Commentary April 2, 2018
I Was Too Young to Own a Gun
“I take full responsibility for my actions. I killed a man. Still, I can’t help but wonder what would have happened if we’d met just a few years later...if I didn’t have a gun.”
Investigators work at a festival ground across the street from the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, where Stephen Paddock opened fire on an outdoor music concert.
Commentary October 5, 2017
What's Terrorism? Depends on Who, and When, You Ask
The definition of terrorism varies by jurisdiction and has morphed over time.
President Barack Obama announced “executive actions” he will take on gun laws in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Jan. 5, 2016.
News January 5, 2016
Why Do Obama’s Gun Initiatives Sound Kind of Familiar?
Perhaps because he’s been here before.
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News December 4, 2015
What it’s Like to be a Cop Involved in a Mass Shooting
“It keeps replaying on a loop: you smell it and see it and hear it.”
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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signs the Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement (SAFE) Act into law at the Capitol in Albany on Jan. 15, 2013.
Commentary December 2, 2015
New York Disarms the ‘Mentally Ill’
Why mental health experts are up in arms.
By James B. Jacobs and Zoe Fuhr
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