At least 26 people have been killed, and approximately 20 others injured, at a mass shooting at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas. The shooter, 26-year-old Devin Patrick Kelley, shot himself following a car pursuit by a local resident.
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July 30, 2018
I went to a huge conference on school safety. No one wanted to talk about gun control.
The most obvious solution to school shootings is the one nobody wanted to discuss.
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February 15, 2018
9 faith leaders on “thoughts and prayers” — and action — after tragedy
Some say "God is not a cosmic vending machine," while others champion the power of prayer.
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November 10, 2017
It’s been 5 days since the mass shooting in Texas. And America is already moving on.
The US is still very unusual when it comes to guns. But nothing changes.
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November 7, 2017
How an Air Force blunder let the Texas church shooter buy a gun
Bureaucratic mistakes have consequences.
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November 7, 2017
A Texas Republican will introduce a bill that would strengthen America’s gun laws. Really.
The bill would strengthen the federal background check system.
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November 7, 2017
A top Trump Pentagon nominee thinks it’s “insane” that civilians can buy assault rifles
Weirdly, he disagrees with the person trying to give him a job.
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November 7, 2017
America’s poor enforcement of its gun laws keeps contributing to mass shootings
It’s not just the military. America’s gun laws are poorly enforced in general — and it’s a problem.
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November 6, 2017
Ted Cruz accidentally explained America’s gun problem in one sentence
He made the case for gun control while trying to argue against it.
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November 6, 2017
Congress will likely do the same thing after the Texas massacre it did after Las Vegas: nothing
The gun debate is another culture war, argues former conservative talk radio host Charlie Sykes.
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November 6, 2017
America’s domestic violence problem is a big part of its gun problem
The Texas church shooting exposes the link between both issues.
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November 6, 2017
The Sutherland Springs, Texas, shooting killed 4 percent of the town’s population
The ages of the deceased range from 18 months to 77 years.
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November 6, 2017
Watch: Samantha Bee on why “abused women are the canary in the coal mine for mass shootings”
Bee explains how "the boyfriend loophole" keeps domestic abusers armed and dangerous.
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November 6, 2017
Sutherland Springs, Texas, church shooting: what we know
At least 26 people were killed in a shooting at the First Baptist Church on Sunday morning.
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November 6, 2017
The Texas shooting shows why “a good guy with a gun” isn’t enough
America should look to its laws, not armed civilians, to address gun violence.
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November 6, 2017
Sen. Chris Murphy: Congress is choosing “fealty to weapons-makers” over human lives
Murphy argued that "[n]o one is safe" from gun violence as long as Congress doesn’t act.
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November 6, 2017
The link between domestic violence and mass shootings, explained by a gun policy expert
Devin Patrick Kelley had a history of domestic violence. So did Omar Mateen and many, many others. What’s going on?
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November 6, 2017
A huge international study of gun control finds strong evidence that it actually works
It looked at 130 studies from 10 different countries.