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A new study found that there is a direct correlation with states that have weak gun laws and high rates of deaths due to guns. Hawaii has the lowest gun death rates in the country and the second most strictest gun laws, while California has the strictest gun laws. Mississippi has the weakest gun…

California has very tough gun laws, but there is no point of them because they are not being enforced in this state. Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta states that most of the violence crimes are due to guns, and especially currently the rise of ghost guns. These guns are impossible to track to the owner because…

San Jose is in development of a liability insurance that would require gun owners to pay an annual fee for suicide prevention and other safety programs. This law is intended to reduce gun violence. There was an overwhelming favor for this gun-ownership ordinance. If the measure is passed after the…

Eric Adams, mayor of New York City, develops a new public safety prevention plan, releasing a "Blueprint to End Gun Violence." He mentions that the root of the cause should be targeted, which would begin with the youth and allow for "a better path long before they pick up a gun." The blueprint…

Personalized smart guns can only be fired by verified users. This will allow unauthorized people from firing guns, which will inhibit children and convicted criminals from using the smart guns. There are two ways to verify users, first, radio frequency identification (RFID) tokens, which are…

The increase in ghost guns, as well as a lack of care in securing guns in homes away from children, has led to a surge in tragic gun deaths of children in recent times. Oftentimes, kids find guns thinking they are toys, leading to tragic, preventable deaths. Experts attribute this rise in gun…

Ghost guns refer to firearms that are put together from different parts that can be ordered online without a trace. Access to these types of weapons is only getting easier in California. This is because California has more strict gun laws, so people seeking to get weapons go a different route,…

Arguments over the extent of the Second Amendment have been going on for quite a while now. A New York law that proposes that people would have to have 'proper cause' to open carry in the state is looking like it will not pass, as justices suggest it is restricting rights ensured by this Amendment.…

This article demonstrates how there is a large population of families and victims who feel that their attention after a mass shooting is disregarded and the media's attention instantly moves elsewhere. In fact, some mass shootings aren't even shown in the national news, and victim families fear…

The article follows Christian Rich, a 15-year old student who has suffered through multiple gun shootings experienced at school. The author explains that the lack of funding in low-funded Missouri schools encourages a continuous cycle of gun violence and poor educational outcomes. A star analysis…

By every measure, gun violence deaths are at its worst within just the first seven months of 2021. According to the Gun Violence Archive, there have been more than 120 gun violence deaths with just this past weekend alone. In fact, there is an increase of 14 more deaths per day in average compared…

Researcher Maeve Wallace just received a large amount of funding to look into how gun policies affect homicide rates. Although it is one of the leading causes of death in America, gun violence research is one of the least funded areas. After the high school shooting back in February of 2018,…

Researchers have found that malnutrition is linked to harmful child development, that can cause dangerous handling in extreme stress, dealing with peers, and managing authority. These are all factors in those that that initiate gun violence. Almost 70% of the homicides in St. Louis occurred in low…

The federal appeals court ruled a federal law that would ban the selling of handguns to Americans under 21 years old unconstitutional. They stated that no other amendment is made an exception to Americans between 18-21 years of age, so there should be no exception for the second amendment. They…