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- Status of legislation: Passed House- Date passed or failed: March 2021The House passed the "Charleston loophole" that allowed Dylann Roof, the gunman who killed nine churchgoers in Charleston, South Carolina, in 2015, to make a handgun purchase that should…

- Status of legislation: Passed House- Date passed or failed: July 2022The Assault Weapons Ban of 2022 passed the House by a four-vote margin, with several Democrats and Republicans crossing party lines both against and in favor of the measure.…

- Status of legislation: Passed House- Date passed or failed: June 2022The Protecting Our Kids Act also passed the House on the heels of the Uvalde and Buffalo mass shootings, though with considerably less Republican support than the Bipartisan Safer…

- Status of legislation: Failed- Date passed or failed: October 2017The "smart gun" legislation would have required that within two years of its enactment, all newly manufactured handguns be personalized so that only authorized users could operate them. The technology…

- Status of legislation: Failed- Date passed or failed: September 2016Proposed by former Democratic Rep. Steve Israel of New York, the bill would have prohibited violent juvenile offenders from possessing a firearm. Israel argued at the time that young people…

- Status of legislation: Failed- Date passed or failed: September 2017The bill called for providing the U.S. Department of Justice with a two-year $360 million grant to distribute debit cards to state and local governments, as well as to gun…

- Status of legislation: Failed- Date passed or failed: March 2017The bill would have required that background checks be conducted for all gun sales and transfers at gun shows, that gun show operators register with the attorney general, and that…

- Status of legislation: Failed- Date passed or failed: July 2016The legislation would have made it illegal for children under the age of 16 to handle assault weapons. It grew out of a tragedy at a shooting range in Arizona…

- Status of legislation: Failed- Date passed or failed: June 2014Named after a 32-year-old mother shot to death by her estranged husband in Connecticut, the proposed law would have prohibited those under a temporary restraining order from buying or possessing…

- Status of legislation: Failed- Date passed or failed: April 2013The expanded background checks were a key segment of President Barack Obama's attempt to tighten gun control after the massacre of 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary…

- Status of legislation: Failed- Date passed or failed: June 2016The shooting at Orlando's Pulse nightclub renewed debate over regulating gun purchases for those on national terrorist watchlists. Republican Sen. John Cornyn of Texas proposed a 72-hour delay for anyone…

- Status of legislation: Failed- Date passed or failed: June 2016Republicans and Democrats introduced competing legislation. Republicans would have improved the existing background check system and defined what it meant to be found "mentally incompetent," a barrier to buying a…

- Status of legislation: Failed- Date passed or failed: December 2015The bill would have made firearms trafficking a federal crime and increased penalties for "straw purchasers" who buy guns for those prohibited from purchasing them. It followed a report from…

- Status of legislation: Failed- Date passed or failed: December 2015Introduced by Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, the bill would have prohibited people on a federal terrorism watchlist from buying guns. Critics noted the flaws in the watchlist, including…

- Status of legislation: Failed- Date passed or failed: September 2014The legislation would have required serial numbers for homemade firearms. Democrats argued that the legislation was needed because 3D printer technology allowed many more people to build firearms at home.…

- Status of legislation: Failed- Date passed or failed: July 2014The legislation proposed by Sen. Richard Blumenthal would have authorized the Department of Justice to issue grants to states to help keep firearms away from people legally prohibited from having…

- Status of legislation: Failed- Date passed or failed: October 2017A bill would have banned the sale of bump stocks and other devices that enable semi-automatic weapons to be easily modified to fire faster, the way an automatic weapon would.…

- Status of legislation: Failed- Date passed or failed: October 2017The bill would have prohibited a licensed gun dealer from concluding a sale if a background check had not been completed. Currently, a gun sale can proceed if the check…

- Status of legislation: Passed- Date passed or failed: 2008The landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling found that individuals have a constitutional right to own a firearm and rejected the argument that the Second Amendment applies only to those in a…

- Status of legislation: Passed- Date passed or failed: October 2005This law shields licensed gun manufacturers, dealers, and sellers from civil lawsuits "resulting from the criminal or unlawful misuse" of a firearm or ammunition. The law, which includes some exceptions,…

- Status of legislation: Passed- Date passed or failed: 2003Named for a former Kansas Republican congressman, the amendment has been part of U.S. Department of Justice spending bills since 2003 though some restrictions have been loosened. Passed under pressure from…

Few issues spark more passion in the United States than gun control.Proponents argue the country must impose stricter regulations to address the horrifying number of gun-related deaths—nearly 49,000 in 2021 despite the coronavirus pandemic—according to the Centers for Disease Control…

Extending Knowledge and Changing Lives in Linn and Benton Counties

OLBG compiled a list of countries likely to supply the most club players to national teams in the 2022 World Cup, using rosters collected on the Internet Archive.

- Number of World Cup players from English clubs since 2006: 458- Share of all World Cup players since 2006: 15.6%- Top-flight league: Premier League- Most prolific club: Chelsea (51 players sent to the World Cup since 2006)It's only fitting…