Support for Universal Background Checks for Gun Purchases Hits All-Time High
A collection of hand guns on display at the NOVA Armory, a gun shop in Arlington, Virginia. Rex Features/AP A new Quinniapac University opinion poll shows that support for universal background checks has reached an all-time high. The study, released Wednesday, found that 95 percent of American voters favor uniform background checks for gun purchases, including 94 percent…
White Supremacists Share Bomb-Making Materials in Online Chats
Neo-Nazi and White Supremacist groups gather in Shelbyville, Tennessee on October 28, 2017.Wes Bruer/ZUMA This story originally appeared on ProPublica. Right-wing extremists communicating in confidential online chats in recent months have shared scores of documents detailing the manufacture and use of bombs, grenades, mines and other incendiary devices. The documents, which range from instructions on…