Tagged - Guns
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Gun Control Worked
In my state, California, we have some of the toughest gun regulations as well as an assault rifle ban, effective from earlier this year, that prevents the sale of assault rifles. Did our state legislation fail us?
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Conference seeks to understand guns and their culture
Mariner hoped the conference would add more nuance to the conversation around guns in America and “deepen our understanding beyond right and left, white and black, innocent and guilty.”
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A sober look at mass shootings
Gun control has been in the news for the last few weeks because of the Parkland shooting, but there’s been a lack of critical analysis on what gun control would and wouldn’t accomplish, and what would really need to be done to stop mass shootings.
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GOP says: Ban schools
This past Friday, GOP lawmakers announced a party-wide initiative to end school shootings by banning schools.
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Gun control debate finds common ground
Despite the differences between the two sides, the teams were able to find common ground on several issues, including a ban on bump stocks, funding more studies into the effectiveness of gun control, and improving background checks.
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Lessons from the DPS gun decision: Listen to minority students
University President Joel Seligman’s decision to arm 42 Department of Public Safety (DPS) officers is a disappointing one.
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Review board considers body cameras for armed officers
Seligman accepted in full the UR Security Commission’s recommendation to arm officers two Thursdays ago.
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Reject the gun recommendation
Seligman should certainly not accept the recommendation as it now stands, and it must be subjected to careful fact-checking if he is to consider it at all.
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Security Commission recommends arming select DPS officers
University President Joel Seligman stressed in a Thursday email to all students, faculty, and staff that no decision would be made without community input.
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Commission makes preliminary recommendation for limited guns at Med Center
A University commission has made a preliminary recommendation to arm a handful of Public Safety officers at the Medical Center, though it will neither be considered nor publicized by UR until the fall semester.