Gun Violence Shootings Archive
Archives for March 2021
A guide to the jurors, charges, and defense strategy in the trial of the former officer charged with killing George Floyd.
Murders surged in 2020. Here’s what we know.
A majority of voters support universal background checks and an assault weapons ban.
We still don’t know why murders in the US rose so much. Here’s what we do know.
The House recently passed universal background checks, but the bill faces long odds in the Senate.
Senate Democrats don’t yet have the votes for reform, but they appear to be agonizingly close.
Racism, misogyny, and anti-sex work stigma all intersect in the shootings that killed eight people, including six women of Asian descent.
Six of the victims at the three businesses were Asian women.
Gun control is likely doomed in the Senate. But there are other options.
The bill would extend the waiting period for a background check to be returned — if the Senate is interested in adopting it.
The bill, like all gun control legislation over the past several years, will likely fail in the Senate.