Highest Rates in States with Higher Gun Ownership Rates, Weaker Gun Violence Prevention Laws Washington, DC — States with lower rates of gun ownership and stronger gun violence prevention laws have the lowest overall suicide rates in the nation according to a new Violence Policy Center (VPC) analysis of 2020 data (the most recent year […]
President Donald Trump has told the head of the National Rifle Association that strengthening background checks for gun buyers is “off the table,” the Atlantic magazine reports. “He was cementing his stance that we already have background checks and that he’s not waffling on this anymore,” Atlantic quotes a top White House official who […]
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]n Anchorage man was determined to have made three false calls into APD within a span of three and a half hours early Sunday morning and was arrested following response and investigation of the third call, APD announced. The first call, at 1:55 am by Richard Joe, age 37, reported that there was a […]
Anchorage police report that the homicide investigation opened after two individuals were found dead from gunshot wounds on the 2800-block of West 29th Avenue on Sunday evening has determined that the two men shot each other and both died from their injuries. APD responded to the location at 5:10 pm on Sunday evening after receiving […]