Update Background Check Laws

Updating federal and state laws to require background checks on all gun sales is a common-sense way to keep guns out of the wrong hands.

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Armed COVID-19 Protests Exploit Open Carry Loophole

Lawmakers should close the open carry loophole and regulate open carry, particularly at demonstrations held on capitol grounds.

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Extreme Risk Protection Orders during COVID-19

Extreme Risk Protection Orders should be classified as essential court proceedings during the pandemic.

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Keeping Our Schools Safe: A Plan for Preventing Mass Shootings and Ending All Gun Violence in American Schools

The failure of our leaders to address the root causes of school gun violence is having lasting consequences for millions of children.

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Untraceable: The Rising Specter of Ghost Guns

Ghost guns are do-it-yourself, homemade guns made from easy-to-get, unregulated building blocks.

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What Search Data Shows About Americans and Guns During the COVID-19 Crisis

Search data for guns shows a 40 percent increase amid the COVID-19 pandemic, which is more than the surges after Sandy Hook and Parkland.

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NRA in Crisis: 2020

Our exclusive report investigates the allegations of extortion, corruption, and a failed coup attempt in the NRA in 2020.

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Extreme Risk Laws Save Lives

Extreme Risk laws, or “red flag” laws, empower family or police to intervene and temporarily prevent someone in crisis from accessing guns.

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Examples of How Extreme Risk Laws Save Lives

These stories illustrate the importance of Extreme Risk legislation in removing firearms from dangerous situations.

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Extreme Risk Laws Save Lives – Extreme Risk Laws By State

Learn which states have Extreme Risk Laws and how they work.

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How COVID-19 Has Made a Federal Background Check Loophole Even Deadlier

More background checks were run in March 2020 than at any other time since the creation of the background check system.

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Permitless Carry: Carrying a Concealed Gun in Public with No Permit and No Training

Permitless carry legislation is part of the NRA’s broader agenda to weaken and repeal important gun safety measures.

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A Fund for Healing: VOCA Grants for Violence Reduction

The Needs Of Gun Violence Victims In America America’s gun homicide rate is tragic and unique—it is 26 times higher than…

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Domestic Violence and Firearm Surrender in Rhode Island

Since the law was enacted, there has been a seven-fold increase in the number of domestic abusers who were ordered to surrender their guns.

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Appendix: Domestic Violence and Firearm Surrender in Rhode Island

View the original report Domestic Violence and Firearm Surrender in Rhode Island Appendix A: Legal Analysis The Protect Rhode Island…

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Those Who Serve: Addressing Firearm Suicide Among Military Veterans

Our country’s veterans are at a heightened risk of suicide, and firearms are the prevailing method of suicide among veterans.

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Guns and Violence Against Women: America’s Uniquely Lethal Intimate Partner Violence Problem

Laws keeping guns out of the hands of abusers are associated with lower rates of violence against women and intimate partner homicides.

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City Gun Violence Reduction Insight Portal

CityGRIP is an online clearinghouse of data-informed gun violence reduction strategies.

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Unload, Lock, and Separate: Secure Gun Storage Practices to Reduce Violence

Secure gun storage practices should include unloading the ammunition, locking the gun, and storing it and ammunition in separate locations.

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Firearm Suicide in the United States

Firearm suicide is preventable, and addressing it is an essential element of any strategy to reduce gun violence in America.

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The Impact of Gun Violence on Children and Teens

Children's exposure to gun violence has far reaching effects: An estimated three million children witness a shooting each year.

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Disarm Hate: the Deadly Intersection of Guns and Hate-Motivated Violence

Easy access to firearms gives a hate-filled individual the means to shatter numerous lives and whole communities.

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Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design

Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design involves work to change the built environment to reduce crime and increase community safety.

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The Impact of Local Violence Intervention Programs

There are nearly 13,000 gun homicides in the U.S. every year There are nearly 13,000 gun homicides in the U.S. every…

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Assault Weapons and High-Capacity Magazines

Many of the deadliest mass shootings in the United States have been carried out with assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.

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Stolen Guns Pose a Tremendous Risk to Public Safety

Thousands of guns are stolen every year and often wind up at crime scenes. Stolen guns pose a tremendous risk to public safety.

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“Concealed Carry Reciprocity” Would Force States to Rely On Concealed Carry Permits Issued By States with Ineffective Systems

Some states have such poorly administered permitting systems that many prohibited individuals end up receiving permits to carry.

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Five Ways to Enhance the Gun Violence Prevention Strategy in Your City

Cities that have sustained success preventing gun violence have deployed multi-disciplinary, community-involved approaches to response and prevention. Below are five steps that you can take…

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State-by-State Danger of Overriding Concealed Carry Laws

While all 50 states allow the concealed carry of firearms, standards for carrying vary dramatically across the country.

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Fatal Gaps

Progress Toward a Stronger Background Check System More than ten years after the Virginia Tech shooting, progress in closing the gaps in state mental…

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