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Low homicide clearance rates help perpetuate gun violence. Legislation under consideration in Sacramento would help more families reopen cold cases. Too many California parents don't know who ...
WASHINGTON — Last summer, the California Department of Justice accidentally published the personal information of roughly 192,000 firearm owners to the open internet. Gun owners protested; Atty ...
Because of gun violence prevention techniques innovated by our state, California has 43 percent fewer gun deaths on a per-capita basis than the rest of the country. Last month, however, the ...
“The gun violence restraining order law is working to prevent cases of firearm suicide and mass shootings,” said lead author Veronica A. Pear, an assistant professor at the Violence Prevention ...
California’s Department of Justice can continue to share firearm data with researchers studying the causes of gun violence, per a new court order made in the state.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta speaks on Friday, April 23, 2021. Bonta on Tuesday announced that, despite objections from gun rights groups, his team had secured judicial approval to ...
A customer checks out a hand gun that is for sale and on display at SP firearms in Hempstead, New York in 2022.Last year, Human Options won a $100,000 grant to inform key people about gun violence ...
In the wake of the shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that left 19 children and two teachers dead, legislators in Washington, D.C., and across the country are debating “red flag” laws or extreme risk ...
A 2021 study by the Violence Prevention Research Program at the University of California, Davis, found that although gun violence restraining orders had been available in California for five years ...
“The gun violence restraining order law is working to prevent cases of firearm suicide and mass shootings,” said lead author Veronica A. Pear, an assistant professor at the Violence Prevention ...