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NRATV Correspondent Says Detention Centers for Migrant Children Are ‘Too Nice’

Hello, Bulletin readers. As outcry over the Trump administration’s treatment of child migrants continues, the NRA’s media arm is working to keep members of the gun group from joining the bipartisan backlash. Those developments and more, below. Receive this daily news…

Bulletin

New Details on Red Flag Laws, in Action

Good morning, Bulletin readers. Before the Parkland shooting, red flag laws were both rare and rarely used in the handful of states that had them. As legislatures have moved swiftly to pass or consider the measures, they have also…

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NRA Reps Dined With Russian Officials in Moscow During 2016 Campaign

Hello, readers. The latest on the investigation into whether Russians used the National Rifle Association to help finance Donald Trump’s candidacy: representatives from the gun group dined with Russian officials in Moscow during the 2016 campaign. In other news, students…

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Thousands of Gun Dealers Violate Federal Law, But Few Are Ever Shut Down

Hello, readers. We’ve reported on how few of the nation’s federally licensed gun dealers the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives manages to inspect. A nice scoop from the New York Times reveals another layer to the problem: Among…

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Sheriff Asks Armed Parents to Not ‘Self-Deploy’ to School Lockdowns

Hello, readers. After another week that ended with still another school shooting, the issue continues to reverberate within sometimes unexpected corners of corporate America, while reformers keep up the pressure and contemplate a bold new action. Those themes and more round…

Data

Roughly 4.6 Million American Kids Live in Homes With Unlocked, Loaded Guns

A country where one in three households owns guns is a country where a lot of children grow up alongside deadly weapons. New calculations indicate just how many of those kids live in homes where adults fail to safely store…

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The Latest Developments on the Texas School Shooting

In today's briefing: We bring you up to speed on developments in Friday's school shooting in Texas – plus an incident in Mississippi that is just the latest reminder that so much gun violence goes unnoticed.

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Why Wasn’t the Congressional Baseball Shooting a Much Bigger Deal?

Fact checkers call out Jeff Sessions for another misleading claim about Chicago gun violence. Remarks by Apple's CEO tacitly add to the corporate endorsement of gun reform.

Bulletin

Sessions Cracks Down on Guns, GOP Officials Chastise Citigroup

Good guys with guns" have accidentally shot them in more than two dozen schools. GOP officials turn up the heat on banks that impose conditions on gun clients. Plus, the results of Jeff Sessions's crackdown on gun crime come into focus.

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President Trump Will Again Speak at the NRA Convention

In today's bulletin: One state is taking steps to stop gun traffickers. Credit card companies are rumored to consider their own means for cutting gun crime. A murmur over the weekend has been confirmed: President Trump is headed back to the NRA convention, even as scrutiny of the group's Russia ties increases.

Gun Policy

The Parkland Kids’ Gun Reform Platform, Explained

In an online petition, op-eds, and in testimony by one of their leaders to a shadow Congressional hearing organized by Democrats in Washington, the Stoneman Douglas students galvanizing the new teen movement…

Data

More People are Pulling Guns During Road-Rage Incidents

There have been at least 325 road-rage gun incidents so far this year.

The NRA and Me

The NRA Annoyed Me Into Quitting — But I Get Why Some Gun Owners See It as a ‘Necessary Evil’

"I have 30 emails from Wayne LaPierre that I never asked for."

Law

Supreme Court Declines to Hear Case on Concealed Gun Restrictions

The constitutionality of carrying guns in public remains undecided by the high court.

Law

Peruta v. California: The Supreme Court’s Next Big Gun Case?

The Justices are deciding whether to hear a case that could determine whether there's a constitutional right to carry concealed guns in public spaces.