The House Judiciary Committee advanced the Assault Weapons Ban Act of 2021 on 7/20, sponsored by Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI), that would ban the sale, import, manufacture or transfer of certain semi-automatic weapons…
The United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary plans to meet Tuesday, July 26th for a hearing titled: Law Enforcement Officer Safety: Protecting Those who Protect and Serve…
Protesters allied and marched on Capitol Hill last week for a federal ban on assault weapons…
A Texas House committee released a 77-page report on 7/17 on the Uvalde school shooting, concluding that “systemic failures” allowed an 18-year-old gunman to enter Robb Elementary School on 5/24 and kill 19 children and two teachers…
Safety anxieties in the wake of recent mass shootings are fueling a multibillion-dollar industry of school security products…
The federal government must create a new “clearinghouse” of school safety practices backed by research as part of the gun reform legislation President Biden signed into law last month…
Leaders at Washington D.C.-area colleges and universities say they will spend the next several months researching solutions to reduce gun violence — an effort that comes as gun-related crimes rise throughout the region, mass shooters claim lives and campus leaders contend with a mental health crisis…
Bellwether Education Partners examined juvenile justice education policies in all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico and found that only about a third of states have policies for programs for incarcerated youth that underperform…
San Jose Unified School District board has extended more than two dozen contracts with San Jose Police Department officers, allowing principals and school staff to use the officers at its middle and high schools through at least June 2023…
A new report asserts that ordering juvenile offenders to pay compensation to their victims often derails their lives, and victims’ rights groups see shortcomings as well…
Since 2017, approximately 600 people have been killed by police after being stopped for a minor infraction…
People experiencing a mental health crisis can now call or text the numbers 9-8-8 to receive help…
More than 230 San Diego police officers left the department in FY 21-22 — a 52 percent increase from the year before…
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is expected to sign a controversial gun control bill modeled after Texas’ vigilante abortion law on Friday, teeing up a legal battle with a U.S. Supreme Court friendly to 2nd Amendment groups and firearm owners…