The gunman was issued a firearm owners' ID card after a background check failed to show a 1995 aggravated assault conviction
House Democrats said they will push for "sensible" gun safety laws the public is demanding
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The U.S. Supreme Court will take up its first guns rights case in nine years
Washington joined a handful of other states to ban anyone under 21 from buying semi-automatic rifles
Homicides dropped by 15 percent, shootings by 18 percent; that continues a trend from 2016, when violence reached levels not seen since the 1990s
The village of Deerfield, Illinois recently banned the possession, sale and manufacture of so-called "assault weapons" and large capacity magazines by public ordinance
The sign in part reads: “Our citizens have concealed weapons. If you kill someone, we might kill you back”
Four firearms and 267 rounds of ammunition were ordered removed from a 56-year-old man who experts determined was a potential risk to himself or others
The parties agreed to sign a pledge to improve community-police relations and advocate for the ban of “bump stocks” and other “common sense” gun legislation
The proposal would reduce the penalties for concealed-carry permit holders who don't tell police they have a weapon when detained
How statistics on gun ownership, police presence and mental illness providers correlate to the total number of gun deaths in the nation
While seemingly modest, the proposals came under fire from some police groups and gun rights organizations
Many years can pass between the initial sale and the time police encounter the weapon
Police say rifles offer more firepower, longer range and greater accuracy than handguns
Police Commander Keith Caddy has been around guns since childhood, now he's doing outreach for the Gun Shop Project
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