Australia, Gun and Shooting
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Warriors coach Steve Kerr once again called for change after a mass shooting a t Brown University in Rhode Island left two dead and several more injured on early Sunday morning. Before Golden State’s game in Portland on Sunday evening, Kerr went on a three-minute monologue, pleading for change after the latest shooting to rock the nation.
A gunman shot and killed 26 people at Sandy Hook 13 years ago, marking the deadliest mass shooting at a U.S. elementary school.
Rhode Island is known to have some of the tougher gun laws in the country, even though the law passed this year banning the sale of assault-style rifles has not yet gone into effect. Regulations on firearms purchases and possession have been added to the law piece by piece over the decades and can be read here.
Australia’s world-leading gun laws are under significant pressure after investigators confirmed that one of the two shooters involved at the Bondi Beach terror attack was a licenced firearm owner for at least a decade.
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New laws: Gun storage, police background check changes take effect in 2026
House Bill 2602 removes the 25-year window for victims of involuntary servitude, involuntary sexual servitude of a minor, or trafficking to pursue charges from crimes that happened while they were a minor. They will now be allowed to bring charges at any time.
Father and son who carried out the Bondi terror attack were legally licensed to own six firearms, revealing a dangerous loophole in Australia's otherwise strict gun laws.
Two pieces of legislation signed in by IL Governor J.B. Pritzker earlier this year seek to improve gun safety in the state by increasing efforts to enforce safe storage and
The annual report from GIFFORDS Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence said Alabama had the fourth highest gun death rate in the country.