The Pima County Board of Supervisors passed a resolution Tuesday to assess its options in challenging a state statute that preempts local gun control laws.
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A vigil was held in Aurora, Colorado, early Wednesday to mark the 10th anniversary of a shooting inside a movie theater that killed 12 people.…
On the last day of public school in Seattle, local community groups threw a block party for kids in the Rainier Beach neighborhood. The goal w…
Greenwood, Indiana, Mall Shooting , Leaves 3 Dead. ABC News reports that on July 17, a man with a rifle opened fire at the food court in the G…
OPINION: "Those wanting to eliminate guns should feel proud enough that they shouldn’t hesitate to put signs in front of their houses stating “No Guns Here.” I’ll hold my breath to see that occur," writes Tucsonan Robert Clayton.
After the U.S. Supreme Court allowed more people to carry concealed weapons, California lawmakers are moving to limit where firearms may be ca…
A new wave of anger swept through Uvalde on Tuesday over surveillance footage of police officers in body armor milling in the hallway of Robb …
President Joe Biden welcomed a crowd to the White House lawn Monday to showcase a new law meant to reduce gun violence, saying the measure rep…
After a mass shooting 25 years ago in Dunblane, Scotland, the U.K. responded immediately with extremely strict gun laws. Meanwhile, the United…
A scholar of gun culture looks at the roots of Americans’ love affair with firearms – and their willingness to accept gun violence as a price of freedom.
New York would require people applying for a handgun license to turn over a list of their social media accounts so officials could verify thei…
The Pima County Sheriff’s Departments School Resource Unit put on an active shooter training at Pima College North Campus for educators and st…
Despite calls for cancelation after the recent elementary school shooting in Uvalda, Texas, the NRA went ahead with its annual convention in H…
A new study says concealed carry laws boost crime 29%-32%. Veuer’s Elizabeth Keatinge has more.
OPINION: "I am not a fanatic about guns and know guns can be safely stored in a home with children. Sadly, there are still many young children whose parents do not lock up guns," writes Marilyn Heins, MD.
The House sent President Joe Biden the most wide-ranging gun violence bill Congress has passed in decades on Friday, a measured compromise tha…
OPINION: "We should give consideration to gun restrictions in American history when discussing going forward with legitimate gun violence legislation. And for many, the Old West is a beginning reference point. People should do more reading research about this. They would find the Old West had stricter gun laws than we have today," writes Tucsonan Frank Thompson.
OPINION: "Sam and I disagree on many issues, but if we weren’t talking, it would be very easy to let those disagreements morph into disgust, and have us turn each other into caricatures of 'our side.' I don’t want that to happen, even if people on the extremes encourage that very thing," writes regular Star contributor Renée Schafer Horton.
OPINION: "If we want to project national toughness, why not select the nail as our object of worship? No one ever says this or that guy is “tough as guns.” Sure, it’s crazy to honor the nail this way but if we’re in the market for a tough-as-nails national symbol, there it is! “You can have my nails when you pry them from my cold, dead hands,” writes Oro Valley resident Mike Cohen.
OPINION: "Contrary to our shared public values, the gun lobby stomps its feet like spoiled brats while our children are forced to grow up too quickly; participating in active shooter drills and learning how to apply tourniquets to their classmates and teachers," writes Dana Allmond, a Democratic candidate for the Arizona State House of Representatives in Legislative District 17.
People at todays rally demanded change to prevent gun violence, at times speaking directly to Congress. Some say theyre hopeful this time is …
New York City Mayor Eric Adams Wednesday called on Congress to "end gun violence and protect the lives of Americans" during his testimony to m…
New Yorkers under age 21 will be prohibited from buying semiautomatic rifles under a new law signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul. The Democrat signed …
OPINION: "Gone are the Saturday matinees with the cowboy heroes. Gone are the pretend reenactments of those movies. Gone are the days when a young boy’s innocence did not give a second thought to pretending to shoot a gun at someone else because it was all make-believe," writes Tucsonan Robert Nordmeyer.
In the aftermath of a mass shooting on a New York City subway train, the mayor floated a high-tech idea: deploy scanners that can spot someone…
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