New Jersey’s attorney general said the shooting violated state policy. The young man, now unable to walk, was fleeing but did not pose a threat, officials said.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms created a statistical portrait that law enforcement agencies can use to address new threats, which include untraceable “ghost guns.”
Prosecutors filed charges accusing Mr. Baldwin and the film’s armorer of involuntary manslaughter after its cinematographer was fatally shot on set with a gun loaded with a live round.
A 2011 mass shooting left Gabrielle Giffords, then a Democratic congresswoman, partly paralyzed and unable to speak fluently. She has since built a powerful advocacy group.
A 2011 mass shooting left Gabrielle Giffords, then a Democratic congresswoman, partly paralyzed and unable to speak fluently. She has since built a powerful advocacy group.
The state is still reeling from back-to-back attacks that left at least 19 people dead. The killings have spurred lawmakers to call for more regulations.
Images of the weapon used in the attack on the Star Ballroom Dance Studio showed modifications the authorities said the gunman most likely made himself.
Civilians, armed or not, have put their bodies on the line to stop gunmen. But in a nation trained to “Run, Hide, Fight,” many say it should never have come to that.
After enactment of a compromise bill last year, Congress is once again stalemated on gun control, with Republicans seeking to protect the free flow of guns and Democrats calling for more limits.