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‘It’s our turn’: gun-safety advocates are riding a ‘seismic’ wave to US legislatures

A once-toxic topic is helping survivors and relatives of victims get elected to enact the laws they helped draft

The Guardian - US

Shannon Watts wants women to ask: 'What do I want?'

Shannon Watts' new book is "Fired Up."

Fortune

What is the No 1 killer of college-age people in US? Data says gun violence

Firearms are the leading cause of death for US young people aged 18 to 25, surpassing drug poisoning and other causes.

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Democratic activists call on party to fight Trump takeover

ANALYSIS: Analysis: Democratic activists have been annoyed with lawmakers’ lack of action against Donald Trump, says Eric Garcia. Now, they’re starting to step up

The Independent UK

Harris warns of ‘what’s at stake’ for US as vice-president appears to win debate with Trump – as it happened

Candidates clashed on January 6, abortion, immigration, Gaza and Ukraine; first reactions to debate suggest Harris emerged as winner

The Guardian - US

Trump To Address NRA Convention Amid Gun Control Controversy

The event, which features a range of workshops and seminars, has sparked significant attention and controversy.

International Business Times

Abigail Spanberger flexes her political power in a battleground state: ‘I could see her as president’

The centrist congresswoman is boosting Virginia Democrats for election day, and perhaps even eyeing the governor’s mansion for 2026

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Wooing Gen Z: Behind the scenes, how VP Kamala Harris is pushing to turn out the youth vote

When Harris is in Chicago Friday to keynote Everytown for Gun Safety’s conference, she will hold a private meeting with young gun violence prevention activists.

Chicago Sun-Times

Harris tries out 2024 messaging ahead of events with advocates

NEW YORK — Vice President Kamala Harris has been workshopping some new material for the 2024 campaign trail.

Tribune News Service

Harris tries out 2024 messaging ahead of events with advocates - Roll Call

With President Biden in Europe, Vice President Harris was seemingly everywhere this week, and has more travel planned as campaign heats up.

Roll Call

Connecticut is epicenter of gun violence prevention movement. Advocates ‘are at the forefront because we had to be’

HARTFORD, Conn. — Among the many that gathered at the University of Hartford for the National Safer Communities Summit last week were dozens of activists whose work to bring about federal gun reform legislation is rooted right here in Connecticut.

Tribune News Service

Moms Demand Action asking Kentuckians to wear orange next weekend

Kentucky’s chapter of the anti-gun violence group Moms Demand Action is promoting “Wear Orange Weekend” with events in Frankfort, Lexington and Louisville Thursday and Saturday.

WEKU

Do gun violence prevention groups have a race problem?

Gun violence disproportionately affects Black and brown people, but some activists from those communities report being marginalized by peers

The Guardian - US

As the NRA meets in gun-friendly Indiana, new Illinois and federal laws aim to restrict weapons sales

But the next step must involve strengthening gun laws from coast to coast.

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Tennessee is among half of US states with a permitless concealed carry law. GOP lawmakers want to expand it

State lawmakers are pushing legislation to expand the state’s ‘constitutional carry’ law while under scrutiny for a surge in gun deaths over the last decade

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Tennessee is among half of US states with a permitless concealed carry law. GOP lawmakers want to expand it

State lawmakers are pushing legislation to expand the state’s ‘constitutional carry’ law while under scrutiny for a surge in gun deaths over the last decade

The Independent UK

Tennessee is among half of US states with a permitless concealed carry law. GOP lawmakers want to expand it

State lawmakers are pushing legislation to expand the state’s ‘constitutional carry’ law while under scrutiny for a surge in gun deaths over the last decade

Tribune News Service

Heidi Stevens: 'We don’t have to live this way and our children shouldn’t die this way.' Sorrow, reckoning in the wake of yet another mass shooting

Brenda Mitchell’s son, Kenneth, was shot and killed trying to break up a fight outside a Matteson, Illinois, bar in 2005.

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Walmart has faced calls to ban gun sales for years. Will Chesapeake change that?

By nature of its enormous size, with thousands of stores across the US, the nation’s largest retailer is at the centre of debate over retail gun sales and a familiar place for American violence, Alex Woodward reports

The Independent UK

Walmart has faced calls to ban gun sales for years. Will Chesapeake change that?

Tribune News Service

Tribune News Service column correction

EDITORS: The column MALL-SHOOTER-COUNTERPOINT:MCT (Edwards), which moved last week via Tribune News Service, has now moved with a correction. The column should not have stated that Moms Demand Action founder Shannon Watts called for Indiana mall shooter Elisjsha Dicken to be arrested.

Chicago Sun-Times

Converting ‘pain into purpose’ in wake of massacre, gun violence activists meet in Highland Park

Brittany Wroblewski, near the epicenter of the massacre said, after the first shots were fired, “I will never forget the suspicious, hazy hush that swept over the crowd for those first couple of pops.”

The Independent UK

Meghan Markle sends ‘delicious’ snacks, personal note to women campaigning for safe gun laws

‘Thank you for the work you are doing to keep our kids, families, and communities safe,’ Markle wrote in her letter.

WEKU

In Texas, Moms Demand Action got more than 20,000 new supporters after Uvalde

"My own historically Republican mother told me she looked up her senators and called them for the first time in her life," Liz Hanks, who leads the Texas chapter of Moms Demand Action, told NPR.

The Independent UK

Pro-gun group calls for ‘battle’ at Capitol complex hours before Jan 6 hearing

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