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This is a list of US states by gun deaths and rates of violence. In 2021, there were 26,000 gun suicides and 21,000 gun homicides, together making up a sixth of deaths from external causes. Gun deaths make up about half of all suicides, but over 80% of homicides. [5] Gun deaths in 2021 rose to levels not seen since the 1990s, but remained below ...
The National Gun Victims Action Council (NGVAC) is an American organization which advocates against gun violence [1] and for gun control.The NGVAC uses targeted boycotts of various businesses and organizations in an attempt to persuade those organizations into changing their gun policies, or advocate for increased gun control.
Maryland also continues to follow common law principles on the issue of when one may use deadly force in self-defense. In the case of State v.Faulkner, 301 Md. 482, 485, 483 A.2d 759, 761 (1984), the Court of Appeals of Maryland summarized those principles, and stated that a homicide, other than felony murder, is justified on the ground of self-defense if the following criteria are satisfied:
This year alone, more than 38,400 people have been killed by gun violence in a nation that has seen 612 mass shootings, per the Gun Violence Archive. Under the Maryland law, an applicant for a ...
Dr. Tyreese McAllister, with MOMS Demand Action Prince George’s County, an organization that aims to curb gun violence, lost her 18-year-old daughter Ayana to gun violence in 2017.
Vice President Kamala Harris said Friday that more must be done at the federal level to prevent gun violence during a campaign stop in Maryland to support Angela Alsobrooks, a Democrat whose U.S ...
GIFFORDS Law Center and its affiliated organization, GIFFORDS, was a key player in the Biden administration’s efforts against gun violence, providing research and policy suggestions that contributed to 2022’s Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, the administration’s numerous executive actions on guns, and the formation of the White House ...
Victims of gun violence and their families pleaded with lawmakers for stronger gun control laws in gripping testimony on Capitol Hill on Wednesday morning. Among those testifying was Miah Cerrillo ...