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gun control
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Sweden to tighten gun control laws after deadly shooting
Read more: Sweden to tighten gun control laws after deadly shootingThe government will introduce more rigorous vetting procedures for firearms licences and restrict access to semi-automatic weapons. Sweden plans to toughen controls on gun ownership after its deadliest mass shooting in at least a century. A gunman with legitimate licences…
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Mile-long bus museum honoring children killed by gun violence heads to Ted Cruz’s Texas home
Read more: Mile-long bus museum honoring children killed by gun violence heads to Ted Cruz’s Texas homeArticle written by Katy Barber: A mile-long procession of school buses are headed to Sen. Ted Cruz’s home in Houston on Thursday, July 14. Thursday’s roll-out is the official start of The Yellow Bus Project and Cruz’s house is the…
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Trayvon Martin’s Flight Suit Will Be Displayed At This New Smithsonian Exhibit
Read more: Trayvon Martin’s Flight Suit Will Be Displayed At This New Smithsonian ExhibitA new exhibition titled “Afrofuturism: A History of Black Futures” will debut at the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) to examine Afrofuturist expression and culture as it relates to music, activism, art, and more. “From the…
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Postcards for Gun Control
Read more: Postcards for Gun ControlThe installation consists on providing postcards to gallery visitors that they can use to mail their Elected Officials to advocate for gun control. The front of the postcard shows the photograph “Mommy, what is this?” (2018), which is the hand…
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Activists lay thousands of shoes outside Capitol for children killed by gun violence
Read more: Activists lay thousands of shoes outside Capitol for children killed by gun violenceWASHINGTON — Thousands of shoes were laid outside the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday to represent children who have been killed by gun violence. Avaaz, an international advocacy group, planned the demonstration to honor victims killed since the massacre…
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Palas Por Pistolas, or “Shovels for Guns”
Read more: Palas Por Pistolas, or “Shovels for Guns”An artist in Culiacan, Mexico—which has the highest rate of gun deaths in the country—has found a way to transform the agents of death into seeds of life. In 2008, artist Pedro Reyes started running television ads urging locals to…