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It’s Halloween and whether you’re heading out trick-or-treating with your own kids or may have some coming to your door, we have some safety information...

Guns were collected on Saturday as part of the Keep Kids Safe Connecticut Statewide Gun Buyback & Gun Safe Giveaway. Owners had many reasons to want to turn...

Gun control advocates, law enforcement officials and health care providers gathered Thursday at the Connecticut State Capitol to announce the state's third annual gun buyback program

The latest mass shooting that left 19 schoolchildren and two of their teachers dead in a small Hispanic community outside of San Antonio has renewed calls for Congress to take action. Gov. Gregg Abbott, speaking at a Wednesday news conference, said little is known about the motive of the gunman, who appears to have posted about his intentions online just 30 minutes before the shooting occurred. ...

This weeks school shooting in Texas has evoked feelings of hopelessness in the public sphere about avoiding future tragedies in the U.S. But gun reform advocates in Iowa feel lawmakers reluctant to approve changes shouldnt be able to shrug off the mounting frustration. Tuesdays mass shooting that left nearly 20 elementary school students dead, comes a decade after the Sandy Hook massacre. ...

Illinois has a new law banning the sale and possession of "ghost guns," essentially untraceable firearms that are sold in kit-form online or at gun shows and then assembled at home. According to the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, the kits lack a serial number and can therefore skirt traditional gun-tracing methods used by law enforcement. At a news conference yesterday, Gov J.B. ...

With firearm deaths in Connecticut and across the country on the rise, a new initiative in Hartford aims to interrupt gun violence through a partnership between community organizations and hospitals. Through the collaboration, Saint Francis Hospital, Connecticut Childrens and Hartford Hospital will work with community organizations to provide mental-health and other services to hospitalized individuals and families impacted by gun violence. Andrew Woods is the executive director of Hartford ...

The city of Hartford is partnering with three hospital networks as well as local civic organizations for a new, hospital-based violence intervention program (HVIP) to help break the corrosive cycle of gun violence, officials announced at a press conference at City Hall on Thursday afternoon.

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