Five people were killed and one person was moderately injured in a shooting incident in the northern town of Basmat Tabun.
"Please know that we at the US embassy are not intimidated by this incident, and our security protocols are very strong and our partnerships are ironclad," US Ambassador Dorothy Shea said.
Gun violence has been the number one cause of death for children in the United States since 2020.
The faith groups argue that preventing convicted domestic abusers from accessing firearms is not only consistent with the Second Amendment, but also a matter of religious urgency.
The soldiers arrested one of the armed terrorists who had been injured in the exchange. The weapon he used to fire at the IDF soldiers, an M-16, was confiscated.
The police spokesperson said that this meant that they had seized almost 8.6 firearms per day, since the beginning of the year.
The state's high court rejected arguments that the ban violated the Illinois Constitution by not applying the law equally to all citizens.
To apply for firearms, Israeli citizens must meet a threshold of eligibility, which factors in military experience, profession, and residency.
It’s not clear why the jury wanted to see the weapons, but in weighing a death sentence, one of the statutory aggravating factors jurors must consider is the risk the gunman’s attack posed to others.
America's child firearm mortality rate doubled from 1.8 deaths per 100,000 in 2013 to 3.7 in 2021 and included suicide, assaults and attacks for undetermined reasons.
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