The six police officers each received the Medal of Valor, established in 2001 as the nation’s highest public safety award.
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NRA spars with Texas lieutenant governor on gun control
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick tells a Dallas newspaper that the state should limit private gun sales between strangers.
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View from Away: Walmart acts on gun violence
Seth Ator, the 36-year-old man who authorities say went on a rampage in west Texas over the weekend (seven dead, two dozen injured), sought to buy a firearm from a federally licensed gun dealer five years ago but was rejected when a background check turned up a mental health issue that barred him from owning […]
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Recent mass shootings add pressure to fund research on gun violence
Research on gun violence would help fill a knowledge gap about policies that are most effective at reducing injuries and death.
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Walmart to stop selling handgun ammunition, ask customers not to open carry
The announcement comes days after a mass shooting in Odessa, Texas and two other back-to-back shootings last month, one of them at a Walmart.
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Neighbor: Texas gunman was ‘violent, aggressive person’
A neighbor of the gunman who killed seven people in West Texas described him as “a violent, aggressive person” who fired his guns at all hours of the night.
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Texas gunman ‘was on a long spiral of going down,’ FBI says
Authorities say the gunman in a spate of violence after a routine traffic stop in West Texas had been fired from his job and called both police and the FBI before the shooting began
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Maine Voices: We have created a culture of fear that needs to change
Lockdown drills won’t save children from bullets any more than the ‘duck and cover’ drills of the 1950s would have saved them from nuclear war.
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Parkland shooting survivors issue sweeping gun control plan after Trump backtracks
The proposal also calls for a national licensing and registry system centered on responsible gun ownership and a ban on assault weapons.
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Truck driver threatened mass shooting at Memphis church, FBI says
Federal agents say a truck driver was arrested after saying he would commit a mass shooting.