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Alarm Over Growing Use of Weapons at Rallies
by Guardian, via GunPolicy.org on August 27, 2021 at 12:00 am
A gunfight in Portland, Oregon, last week is intensifying concerns over escalating violence during contentious rallies in the city, as far-right demonstrators and anti-fascist counter-protesters have repeatedly faced off. The Portland police bureau charged a 65-year-old man from Gresham, Oregon, over a gunfight in the city's downtown during violent clashes on Sunday. Authorities say Dennis Anderson drew a concealed handgun and shot at a group of anti-fascists who were... [Guardian, via GunPolicy.org]
Mexico Sues US Gunmakers to Stop Weapons Crossing Border
by Guardian, via GunPolicy.org on August 4, 2021 at 12:00 am
The Mexican government has launched legal action against US gunmakers in an unprecedented attempt to halt the flow of guns across the border, where US-made weapons are routinely used in cartel gun-battles, terror attacks on civilians – and increasingly to challenge the state itself. The Mexican government is suing six gunmakers in a Massachusetts court, alleging negligence in their failure to control their distributors and that the illegal market in Mexico "has been... [Guardian, via GunPolicy.org]
Pandemic gun violence surge was not linked to rise in gun sales, study finds
by Guardian, via GunPolicy.org on July 9, 2021 at 12:00 am
Gun homicides surged across the United States during the coronavirus pandemic, in the same year that Americans bought a record-breaking number of guns. But some of America's leading gun violence researchers have concluded that what might seem like an obvious cause-and-effect – a surge in gun buying leads to a surge in gun violence – is not supported by the data. Through July of last year, there was no clear association between the increase in firearm purchases and... [Guardian, via GunPolicy.org]
New York Defines Illegal Firearms Use as a 'Public Nuisance'
by Conversation, via GunPolicy.org on July 7, 2021 at 12:00 am
Could calling the illegal use of firearms a "public nuisance" bring an end to the gun industry's immunity from civil lawsuits? New York will soon test that notion. State lawmakers recently amended New York's public nuisance statute to specifically include marketing and sales practices that contribute to gun crimes. Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the bill on July 6, 2021, after declaring gun violence a "disaster emergency." I've been researching lawsuits against the gun... [Conversation, via GunPolicy.org]
How Bad is the Rise in US Homicides?
by Guardian, via GunPolicy.org on June 30, 2021 at 12:00 am
There's been a wave of media coverage this summer about an increase in homicides across the United States, with attention often focused on the same political question: will Americans still want to defund or even reform the police if "violent crime" is on the rise? Anxiety about violent crime is often used to win elections. Police and politicians routinely share misleading, out-of-context crime statistics to advance their agendas. Fearmongering about rising crime has... [Guardian, via GunPolicy.org]

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Medical examiner: Baldwin shooting ruled "an accident"
on August 16, 2022 at 12:51 pm
<![CDATA[Yesterday, we discussed the vague report from the FBI which concluded that actor Alec Baldwin "must have" pulled the trigger when he shot and killed Halyna Hutchins on the set of his now canceled movie "Rust." The publicly released details of the report left a number of important questions unanswered. But last night, the Office of the Medical Investigator which has been investigating the incident followed up with their own report. They have concluded that the shooting was accidental in nature and they also included additional details that were missing from the earlier update. One of the key items was the fact that the FBI had indeed tested the same weapon that Baldwin used in the shooting and found that it was fully functional until it broke during the extensive testing process. (Associated Press)]]>
Hmmm: FBI returns Trump passports that never appeared on search inventory
on August 16, 2022 at 12:24 pm
<![CDATA[A curious development indeed, especially after yesterday's pas de deux over whether the FBI took Donald Trump's passports -- and why. Trump claimed that FBI agents "stole my three Passports," while the Department of Justice remained silent about it until late in the day.]]>
Iran submits "written response" to nuclear deal
on August 16, 2022 at 11:58 am
<![CDATA[Yesterday was the latest "deadline" in the negotiations over the stalled Iran nuclear deal. It's not as if anyone has paid any serious attention to all of these deadlines, but the European Union has been hosting the negotiations so they wanted to make it look official. Iran apparently took the idea seriously enough to provide a "written response" to the package that is allegedly on the table at this point. But as the Associated Press points out, the written response was really no response at all. Iran agreed to nothing and made vague references to the United States needing to be more "realistic" in its expectations, while still demanding that sanctions against their country be lifted. Now we're waiting to see if the Biden administration will cave entirely and give Iran anything it wants in exchange for chalking up another political "win."]]>
Elon Musk: It's strange the Biden border crisis receives "very little attention in the media"
on August 16, 2022 at 2:01 am
<![CDATA[Yes, it is strange, Elon. There is only one cable news network that covers the Biden border crisis on a day-to-day basis and that is Fox News Channel (FNC). A viewer can watch CNN and MSNBC all day long and never once hear any mention of the humanitarian crisis, much less live coverage of the illegal migrants wading across the Rio Grande River or walking across the terrain.]]>
WSJ: AG Garland deliberated over search warrant for weeks
on August 16, 2022 at 1:20 am
<![CDATA[As Ed pointed out earlier, there's something of a consensus on the right that AG Garland needs to demonstrate that his approach to the Trump search warrant at Mar-a-Lago is going to be consistent with the handling over other, similar cases. In particular, the handling of Hillary's private server suggested that the DOJ was not eager to go after high ranking officials for something as pedestrian as "gross negligence."]]>

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