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February 14, 2018
One map that puts America's gun violence epidemic in perspective
The US has nearly twice as many guns as Yemen, the country with the next-highest gun ownership rate in the world.
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June 14, 2017
After Sandy Hook we said never again. And then we let 1,399 mass shootings happen.
In December 2012, a gunman walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, and killed 20 children, six adults, and himself. Since then, there have been at least 1,069 mass shootings, with at least 1,206 people killed and 4,226 woundIn December 2012, a gunman walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, and killed 20 children, six adults, and himself. Since then, there have been at least 1,399 mass shootings, with at least 1,564 people killed and 5,515 wounded.
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November 28, 2016
America's unique gun violence problem, explained in 17 maps and charts
America is an exceptional country when it comes to guns.
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September 9, 2016
Most terrorist attacks in the US are committed by Americans — not foreigners
Americans have committed 80 percent of terrorist attacks in the US since September 11, 2001.
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August 10, 2016
Hillary Clinton doesn't want to abolish the 2nd Amendment. Here's what she DOES want to do
Her rhetoric on guns has shifted a lot.
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July 27, 2016
Watch the arresting, emotional speech an Orlando shooting victim's mother gave at the DNC
"It was in his DNA that love always trumps hate."
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June 29, 2016
Watch: 49 celebrities honor the 49 victims of the Orlando shooting
An incredible, beautiful tribute.
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June 23, 2016
America is a haven for gay immigrants like me. Don’t let Orlando change that.
Donald Trump wants to use the shooting as an excuse to restrict immigration. He's so, so wrong.
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June 22, 2016
A man claiming to be Omar Mateen’s lover says Mateen specifically targeted gay Latinos
The man claims Mateen felt "rejected" and "used" by gay Latino men at Pulse in particular.
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June 21, 2016
Muslims do report extremist threats. In fact, this Muslim man reported Omar Mateen.
Omar Mateen, the shooter who killed 49 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando, was turned in to the FBI by a man who attended his mosque.
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June 20, 2016
How America built itself on guns, then couldn't let go
There was a time in our history when limiting the possession of guns meant limiting our liberty. But now?
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June 19, 2016
Trauma doctors are learning battlefield techniques. And they're saving victims of mass shootings.
"The only beneficiary of war is medicine."
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June 17, 2016
Banning assault weapons won't solve America's gun problem
We can't just focus on the scary-looking guns.
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June 17, 2016
This is the gun bill Senate Democrats spent 15 hours filibustering to bring to a vote
Democrats want to close the "terror gap" gun loophole. Republicans aren't quite on board.
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June 16, 2016
Watch: Samantha Bee’s blistering, angry response to the Orlando shooting
"Love does not win until we start loving each other enough to fix our fucking problems."
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June 16, 2016
As a gay woman, I don’t feel safe in America right now. So I bought a gun.
It was easier than getting birth control or antidepressants.
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June 16, 2016
How a 15-hour Senate filibuster forced Republicans to agree to a gun control vote
"We will have a vote on closing the terror gap & universal background checks."
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June 15, 2016
Senate Democrats’s filibuster on gun violence stretches into 10th hour
It began at 11:20 am and is still going.
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June 15, 2016
In a moving, tearful speech, Utah's lieutenant governor apologized for past homophobia
"I’m here because those 49 people were gay. I’m here because it shouldn’t matter. But I’m here because it does."
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June 15, 2016
The biggest questions that researchers still have about gun violence in America
Here's what researchers want to know about gun violence — if Congress would let them study it.
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June 15, 2016
Try to scroll through this graphic and you’ll understand America’s gun problem
These are the names of the 1,065 people who’ve died in mass shootings between Sandy Hook and Orlando. Don’t forget them.
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June 15, 2016
We politicize everything else in the lives of LGBTQ people. Why not Orlando?
For many LGBTQ people whose lives are constantly politicized, calls to avoid politicizing the attack on the local community probably come as quite a surprise.
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June 15, 2016
What happens after a mass shooting? Americans buy more guns.
In the words of one firearms executive, mass shootings are "lucrative."
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June 15, 2016
LGBTQ religion activist: it's time to talk about America's faith-based homophobia problem
"You cannot preach this and wash your hands of the deadly effects."