The CDC Injury Center has released a new dashboard that visualizes firearm deaths by census tracts using provisional death data received from states. The dashboard has information on suicide and homicide deaths from any cause, but helpfully, you can look at firearm suicides and firearm homicides separately because firearms are used in more than half of all
The handgun police say Luigi Mangione used to fatally shoot UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson is nearly as recognizable as the now-famous alleged shooter himself—and shows just how common and lethal these weapons have become. The community devoted to 3D-printed firearms quickly identified the suspected murder weapon as a particular model of printable ‘ghost gun‘—a homemade weapon with
Colorado Congresswoman/good-judgment poster girl Lauren Boebert (R-CO4) introduced a bill to abolish the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives last week. Boebert, long an agency critic, says the ATF stands in the way of Americans buying more guns, and that ‘gun free zones’ are the most dangerous places in the country. “We don’t
El Paso Matters After a suicide attempt in March 2020, Army Pvt. Richard Halliday of Fort Bliss (Texas) was committed to a psychiatric center for 72 hours and declared unfit to carry a weapon on duty. But he was able to legally purchase a 9mm handgun at an El Paso gun store. Soon after, and
https://leg.colorado.gov/legislators/jamie-jacksonThe 2025 Colorado General Assembly began Jan. 8, and four bills related to the regulation of firearms were immediately introduced. SB25-003, Semiautomatic Firearms and Rapid Fire Devices, prohibits knowingly manufacturing, distributing, transferring, selling, or purchasing specified semiautomatic firearms. ‘A specified semiautomatic firearm’ is defined in the bill as “a semiautomatic rifle or semiautomatic shotgun with a detachable magazine
Hart Van Denburg/CPR News Trump Election Leaves Questions for ATF After pursuing an aggressive gun control agenda under President Biden, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives faces an uncertain future under Donald Trump. The New York Times reported that Trump is likely to choose a gun rights proponent as ATF director, or simply
Alleged CEO Shooter Possessed ‘Untraceable’ Gun DENVER, DECEMBER 11, 2024 — Colorado Ceasefire, Colorado’s oldest grassroots gun violence prevention organization, today called on federal leaders to ban so-called ‘ghost guns’ after it was revealed that Luigi Mangione, the alleged killer of United Health Care CEO Brian Thompson, was apprehended with such a weapon in his
December 14 marks the 12th anniversary of the tragic Sandy Hook grade school shooting that was a turning point for so many of us. Colorado Faith Communities United to Prevent Gun Violence (CFCU) congregations have planned events around this date and invite anyone who would like to participate. All events are listed by date and there is
DPD/Instagram 2024 Sees Big Drop in Denver Gun Violence, Police Say Denver has seen a 12% decrease in overall gun violence versus 2023, including a 30% drop in the number of fatal shootings and a 28% drop in non-fatal shootings, Denver Police told the Denver City Council last month. The big decline in shootings was
Federal judge strikes down Illinois assault weapons ban A federal judge in Illinois on Nov. 8 struck down the state’s assault weapons ban as unconstitutional. Judge Stephen McGlynn, a Trump appointee, also issued an order barring the state from enforcing the ban. Illinois attorney general, Kwame Raoul, quickly filed a notice of appeal, the Associated
