News in Brief Cory Booker’s Gun Control Plan: An Essential Reading List Booker's proposal includes a gun licensing program, an assault weapons ban, and more support for victims and communities of gun violence. Leah Dunlevy
Social Justice Democrats Used to Disagree About Gun Control. The 2020 Candidates Don’t. The current crop of frontrunners in the 2020 Democratic primary show the homogenization of the left's views on combating gun violence. Seth Masket
News in Brief A Federal Judge Dismisses a Challenge to Massachusetts’ Assault Weapons Ban In a Friday ruling, the judge upheld Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey's crackdown on copycat assault weapons. Kate Wheeling
News in Brief The Florida Senate Votes Against a Ban on Assault Weapons State senators voted largely along party lines to pass a measure to arm and train teachers. Kate Wheeling
News in Brief Here’s More Evidence That an Assault Weapons Ban Would Decrease School-Shooting Deaths Research suggests other forms of gun control constitute an ineffective response. Tom Jacobs