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An AR-15 ammunition factory built to supply the military shifted to commercial sales and is now tied to more than a dozen mass shootings
An ammo factory originally built for the US military in WWII is now tied to a dozen mass shootings …
Kenneth Niemeyer
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Shooter who 'hated black people' had swastika painted on his AR-15 rifle, killed 3 at Dollar General store in Florida
A racially-motivated white gunman killed three black people at Dollar General store in Jacksonville…
Rebecca Rommen
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The Uvalde school shooter's teenage cousin tried to illegally get an AR-15 and threatened to 'do the same thing' as his cousin, his mother and police say
The 17-year-old's mother told police that her son threatened to shoot his sister in the head and sh…
Grace Eliza Goodwin
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Elizabeth Warren says she could get on board with a proposed 1,000% tax on AR-15-style weapons
The proposed House bill is meant to bypass GOP opposition in a Democrat-only spending plan and seve…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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The 'JR-15,' an AR-15 rifle for kids, is being marketed again weeks after a 6-year-old shot a teacher
The JR-15 is a .22 long rifle geared toward "smaller enthusiasts," according to Wee 1 Tactical, the…
Alia Shoaib
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Texas mass shooting suspect who killed 5 people with an AR-15 style rifle 'execution style' could be anywhere, sheriff says
Police widened the search to as far as 20 miles from the scene of the "execution style" shooting in…
Associated Press,Lloyd Lee
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A GOP candidate is running a campaign to 'make rifles great again,' complete with a video of him toting a rifle to scare off people dressed in KKK outfits
In the video, Jerone Davison, a GOP candidate running in Arizona, baselessly touts the need for gun…
Cheryl Teh
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A federal jury awarded $21 million to the family of a pregnant teen shot and killed by a police officer
John Burris, the plaintiff's attorney, described the killing as "a botched covert arrest operation".
Pocharapon Neammanee
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A federal jury awarded $21 million to the family of a pregnant teen shot and killed by a police officer
John Burris, the plaintiff's attorney, described the killing as "a botched covert arrest operation".
Pocharapon Neammanee
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This is why some members of Congress have been seen wearing lapel pins resembling miniature AR-15 rifles
Georgia Rep. Andrew Clyde, who owns a gun store, has taken responsibility for handing out lapel pin…
Alia Shoaib
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37 House Democrats roll out a bill to hit AR-15-style weapons with a 1,000% tax that could pass Congress without Republican support
"Congress must take action to stem the flood of weapons of war into American communities," Rep. Don…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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A House Democrat is proposing a 1,000% tax on AR-15 style rifles. It's not the first time Democrats tried taxing guns to prevent shootings.
Others who favored such taxes in the past include Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who once proposed a tax on…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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Republican senator claims South Dakotans need AR-15s to 'shoot prairie dogs'
Sen. John Thune's comments on AR-15s being needed for prairie dog hunting come weeks after Sen. Bil…
Cheryl Teh
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A man had his AR-15-style rifle stolen at gunpoint. He then used a second gun to open fire on the robber, police say.
A Missouri man who had his AR-15-style rifle stolen at gunpoint retrieved a second gun from his car…
Joshua Zitser
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Days before the Texas school shooting, Texas gubernatorial candidate Beto O'Rourke campaigned to remove AR-15s and other 'weapons of war' from civilian life
O'Rourke said AR-15s and AK-47s are "designed to kill humans," and that those who currently own suc…
Cheryl Teh
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The parents of a child killed in the Uvalde school shooting rejected a meeting with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott over his stance on gun control
The parents of Alexandra Rubio, 10, said that their daughter would not have wanted them to meet Abb…
Tom Porter
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America has 20 million AR-15 style rifles in circulation, and more guns than people in the country
There are 393 million civilian-owned firearms in the US, enough for each person in the country to o…
Matthew Loh
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GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger says it's a 'no brainer' to raise age requirement to purchase guns after Buffalo and Uvalde shootings
"If you look at the Parkland shooting, you look at Buffalo, you look at this shooting; these are pe…
Taylor Ardrey
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Texas shooter's grandfather says he wasn't aware his grandson had purchased AR-15 rifles: 'If I had known, I would've reported him'
"I don't like weapons. I cannot be around weapons," said Rolando Reyes, 72. "I hate when I see all …
Cheryl Teh
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The Louisville gunman's parents say he shouldn't have been able to buy the AR-15 he got 'in 40 minutes' days before the shooting
Police said the 25-year-old purchased the gun legally at a local dealership. Anyone over the age of…