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Can You Sue a Gun Company?
The Trace and The Washington Post published a joint investigation earlier this year into the gun manufacturer SIG Sauer’s controversial P320 handgun: More than 100 people claim their P320s fired on them when they hadn’t pulled the trigger, resulting in at least 80 debilitating bullet wounds. The anecdotes...
Biden’s Enhanced Background Checks Appear to Be Working
It’s a tragic reality: Many of America’s mass shooters are young adults. According to the Violence Project, from 1966 to the present, the median age of perpetrators of shootings at K-12 schools is 18. And The New York Times reports that six of the country’s nine deadliest mass shootings between 2018 and June 2022 were carried out by people younger than 21.
Gun Deaths Dropped Slightly in 2022 — But Were Still High
Gun deaths fell slightly in the United States in 2022, with homicides leading the decrease, according to provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The figures suggest that while overall deaths have declined, they remain significantly higher than pre-pandemic levels. A total of 48,117 people died of...
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