Judge Orders Liquidation of Infowars to Pay Sandy Hook Families

The order comes after a series of legal setbacks for the families of Sandy Hook victims as they tried to collect money owed to them by the conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.

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An Office Tower Shooting Shocks New York

The city’s strict gun laws could not prevent someone driving across the country with an assault rifle.

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Gunman in NYC Shooting Legally Purchased a Gun Despite Record of Mental Health Problems

The man who shot and killed four people in Manhattan had legally purchased a firearm in Nevada, where he lived, despite a record of mental health problems.

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N.Y.C. Mass Shooting Was Nearly Impossible to Prevent, Experts Say

New York City has some of the toughest gun laws in the nation. But Monday’s mass shooting showed their limits, security experts said.

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N.C. Republicans Push Through Contested Agenda on ‘Veto Override Day’

The divided state’s new Democratic governor vetoed 14 bills this session, on guns, immigration, trans rights and more. Republicans are trying to enact them all anyway.

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Shooting in Midtown Was New York’s Deadliest in 25 Years

The last killing of such a scale in the city was during a fast-food restaurant robbery in Queens in 2000. Mass murders of strangers are rare.

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Gunman Fatally Shoots Officer and 3 Others in Midtown Office Tower

The gunman, armed with an assault rifle, walked into the lobby and killed a police officer and two others. He killed another person on the 33rd floor before turning his gun on himself.

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A Grim Anniversary in Canada’s Fight Against Guns

Firearms smuggled in from the United States are flooding Canada’s streets, but the topic is largely absent from border security discussions amid the U.S. trade war.

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Appeals Court Blocks California’s Background Checks for Ammunition Buyers

The law violates the Second Amendment, a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled in a 2-1 decision.

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Carolyn McCarthy, Who Turned a Gunfire Massacre Into a Crusade, Dies at 81

After her husband was killed and her son wounded on a Long Island commuter train in 1993, she went to Congress on a mission to curb gun violence.

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