Austin City Council approves resolution to encourage raising minimum age for purchasing AR-15 style weapons | #citycouncil
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CNN — The city council in Texas’ capital approved a resolution to explore raising the age for purchasing AR-15-style rifles and other semi-automatic weapons from 18 to 21 during a meeting Thursday. The resolution directs Austin City Manager Spencer Cronk to “explore every option” to would allow the city to restrict the sale of such […]
Read MoreChattanooga shooting: Mayor vows to treat gun violence ‘like the crisis it is’ after the city’s second mass shooting within 8 days
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CNN — The mayor of Chattanooga, Tennessee, vowed to treat gun violence “like the crisis that it is” after the city saw its second mass shooting in just over a week early Sunday. Three people were killed and at least 14 others were injured after gunfire erupted at a nightclub just before 2:45 a.m., with […]
Read MoreArkansas GOP governor says state’s near-total abortion ban should be ‘revisited’ if Roe is reversed
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Washington CNN — Arkansas’ near-total abortion ban should be “revisited” to provide exceptions for instances of rape or incest should the Supreme Court overturn Roe v. Wade, the state’s Republican governor said Sunday. “While it’s still life in the womb, life of the unborn, the conception was under criminal circumstances, either incest or rape. And […]
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