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Gun Violence
Posted inLaw and Justice
Suspicious Gun Purchases Can Finally Be Tracked
A new merchant code for firearm and ammunition sales may sound like an unremarkable change, but it could save lives, advocates say.
Posted inPolitics
Battling to a Win in 2022
Democrats have a path to victory, according to recent polling.
Posted inLaw and Justice
A Bloody Fourth of July Follows ‘Bruen’
The mayor of Philadelphia got grief for his Independence Day remarks about gun violence. But on the Supreme Court’s gun ruling, he is not wrong.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Nightmare Ouroboros of School Shootings and the Educational Bond Market
Texas reactionaries use the temptation of school investments to force banks to keep financing school shootings.
Posted inTAP
Will This Week’s Events Rouse the Electorate?
Today on TAP: The right is at odds with public opinion—on abortion rights, gun violence, and democracy itself. Do voters care more about the price of gas?
Posted inPolitics
Schools. Teachers. Kids. Guns. Carnage.
The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act will not stop gun violence in schools or anywhere else.
Posted inTAP
Take the Constitution Back From the Supreme Court
Today on TAP: A new ruling striking down most blue-state gun regulation is utter nonsense.
Posted inPolitics
The Gun Deal Misdirection
Every day waiting for a bipartisan agreement is a day further away from reconciliation.
Posted inLaw and Justice
An Armed Society Is a Mass Shooting Society
In Philadelphia, police apathy and incompetence have flooded the streets with guns, and the results are bloody.