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☆ Assault-Weapons Bans Gain Momentum in Democratic-Controlled States
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-14 | by ( Zusha Elinson | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signed a state assault-weapons ban into law last month. Photo: Lindsey Wasson/Associated PressDemocrat Jay Inslee was voted out of Congress in 1994 after he voted in favor of the federal assault-weapons ban, marking the beginning of a long period during which prohibitions on any type of guns were considered to be a third-rail of American electoral politics. Last month, Mr. Inslee, who is now the governor of Washington, signed into law a state assault-weapons ban, illustrating a shift on the issue in Democratic-controlled states following a string of mass shootings—including one earlier this month in a Texas mall.

SAN FRANCISCO—In certain wealthy tech circles it is known as “The Lifestyle,” an underground party scene featuring recreational drug use and casual sex. A successful tech executive named Bob Lee liked to hang out with that crowd, according to people who also participated. So, too, did Khazar Momeni , the wife of a prominent plastic surgeon, these people said.

☆ Gun Group’s Financial Dealings With Founder Spark State Investigation
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-05 | by ( Zusha Elinson | Mark Maremont | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The Second Amendment Foundation, a small but influential organization involved in scores of federal lawsuits to expand gun rights, is being investigated by the Washington state attorney general’s office, with the organization saying investigators have examined transactions involving its founder. The nonprofit, its founder and top executive, Alan Gottlieb , and other related entities this week sued the attorney general’s office, saying the probe is politically motivated. State investigators seem to have shifting legal theories, the lawsuit claimed, among them that Mr. Gottlieb was “unjustly enriching himself.” In the lawsuit, the plaintiffs denied any wrongdoing.

☆ How New York and California Botched Marijuana Legalization
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-28 | by ( Zusha Elinson | Jimmy Vielkind | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

DISCOVERY BAY, Calif.—State agents broke through the doors of a stucco home in a gated community in March shouting “Police! Search warrant!” Inside, they found marijuana growing in bedrooms and the living room, with fertilizer stowed in the Jacuzzi tub. Officers piled the plants on a trailer already overflowing from a morning of busting illegal growers in this quiet Bay Area suburb. An agent jumped up and down on the mound to make more room.

☆ Cash App Founder Bob Lee’s Killing Followed Visit With Accused Killer’s Sister, Prosecutors Say
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-14 | by ( Zusha Elinson | Alyssa Lukpat | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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Bob Lee, Cash App founder and chief product officer at crypto company MobileCoin, was fatally stabbed in San Francisco in early April. A suspect was arrested in connection with the fatal stabbing in San Francisco of Cash App founder Bob Lee, police said, more than a week after the tech executive’s death shocked Silicon Valley. Nima Momeni , 38, was arrested by San Francisco police Thursday morning and booked on a murder charge, said Bill Scott , the San Francisco police chief.

☆ Texas Governor Vows to Pardon Man Convicted of Killing BLM Protester
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-09 | by ( Zusha Elinson | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Greg Abbott in Austin, Texas, last year. The Texas governor says he intends to approve a pardon in the Black Lives Matter case ‘as soon as it hits my desk.’Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said he wants to pardon a man who was convicted Friday of murdering a Black Lives Matter protester. The Republican said on Twitter Saturday that he requested a state pardon board review the case of Daniel Perry, who was found guilty of murder for killing Garrett Foster at a demonstration in the summer of 2020 in Austin, Texas. Mr. Abbott said he would approve a pardon “as soon as it hits my desk.”

☆ San Francisco Residents Seeking Concealed-Carry Permits Endure Long Waits, Fear Scorn
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-10 | by ( Zusha Elinson | Photographs Amy Osborne For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

SAN FRANCISCO—A San Francisco electrician hides his gun case in a backpack and his ammunition in a toolbox when he loads up his van for a day at the shooting range some 20 miles outside the city. Though he shares many of the liberal values of his neighbors—“I am an equality-loving pronoun-checking, hippie, San Francisco guy”—he conceals his status as a gun owner, worried that they would ostracize him if they knew.

MEMPHIS, Tenn.—Surveillance cameras like the one that captured police officers beating Tyre Nichols have proliferated in the U.S. in recent years, even as researchers, civil-liberties advocates and law-enforcement officials debate whether they are effective at combating violent crime. Footage released last week by the city of Memphis from a pole-mounted surveillance camera provided a clearer view than the officers’ body-worn cameras of the Jan. 7 encounter, when Mr. Nichols was punched, kicked and struck with batons. He died in a Memphis hospital three days later.

☆ Homicides Declined in Major Cities Last Year, Reversing Pandemic Rise
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-03 | by ( Zusha Elinson | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Most of the nation’s largest cities—including New York—reported declines in homicides, according to a new report. Homicides fell in many large U.S. cities last year but were still above prepandemic levels, according to recently released data. The number of killings dropped 5% in 70 big cities in 2022 from a year prior, according to a report released Thursday by the Major Cities Chiefs Association, which represents police chiefs from large cities.

☆ New Gun Research Center Funded by Firearms Executives Aims to Diversify Debate
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-29 | by ( Cameron Mcwhirter | Zusha Elinson | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The University of Wyoming’s law school has launched a new center for gun research funded in part by executives from the firearms industry, which its founders say will bring new viewpoints to the field of study. While Second Amendment advocates have funded academic studies and research before, the new Firearms Research Center at the University of Wyoming is the first venture of its kind at an academic institution in recent decades, according to gun researchers.

When homicides surged across America during the pandemic, murders of Black women and girls rose more dramatically than other groups. At the same time, the proportion of those killings solved by police fell faster than other demographics in nearly two dozen cities. Some 2,077 Black women and girls were killed in 2021, a 51% increase over 2019 and the largest jump of any racial or gender group during that period, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Overall, the number of killings nationwide increased 34% during that time frame.

☆ Arizona Attorney General Recount Shows Narrow Victory for Democrat Kris Mayes
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-30 | by ( Zusha Elinson | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Kris Mayes said ‘democracy is truly a team sport’ in a statement thanking voters. Arizona officials released recount results Thursday confirming that Democrat Kris Mayes won the race for state attorney general over Republican Abraham Hamadeh by 280 votes out of some 2.5 million cast. The narrow victory for Ms. Mayes capped a string of victories by Democrats in Arizona over Republican candidates who were backed by former President Donald Trump, including Secretary of State Katie Hobbs’s defeat of former television news anchor Kari Lake in the governor’s race.

☆ Oregon’s New Gun Law Stuck in Limbo
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-09 | by ( Zusha Elinson | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Gun-rights groups say they are confident they will prevail in tossing out the new Oregon gun law. A tough new Oregon law set to go into effect this week has been thrown into legal limbo, leaving residents and gun dealers confused about the future of firearm sales in their state. Passed by voters last month, Measure 114 would require residents to get permits to buy firearms and would prohibit the sale and manufacture of magazines that hold more than 10 rounds. If enacted, it would be one of the most stringent in the country.

The Club Q nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colo., held a drag show before the fatal mass shooting on Saturday night. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—More than 48 hours after a shooting that left five people dead and 19 wounded at a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs, authorities are continuing to search for evidence on what may have motivated suspect Anderson Lee Aldrich . Mr. Aldrich, 22 years old, threatened to harm members of his family in an incident last year that led authorities to seize weapons from him but didn’t result in charges, according to law enforcement.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—Authorities are probing how the alleged gunman in the deadly shooting at an LGBT nightclub in Colorado Springs over the weekend was able to obtain the firearm used in the attack given the man’s troubled history, according to two law-enforcement officials familiar with the matter. The suspect, Anderson Lee Aldrich , was arrested on murder and hate-crime charges, according to court records. Five people were killed and 25 injured when a gunman, identified by police as Mr. Aldrich, opened fire inside the nightclub late Saturday.

☆ Candidates Who Questioned 2020 Election Shut Out in Key Secretary-of-State Races
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-13 | by ( Zusha Elinson | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Votes were scanned in Maricopa, an Arizona county where a secretary of state candidate had previously introduced a resolution to decertify 2020 election results. Candidates who stated without evidence that the 2020 presidential election was rigged have lost secretary-of-state elections in four key battleground states. Voters in Nevada, Arizona, Michigan and Minnesota rejected Republican candidates who said the election was stolen from former President Donald Trump and were also backed by Mr. Trump.

☆ Candidates Who Questioned 2020 Election Factor in Swing-State Races
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( Jim Carlton | Zusha Elinson | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Republicans who stated without evidence that the 2020 presidential election was rigged lost secretary-of-state elections in two key battleground states and remained in tight races with Democrats in two other swing states Wednesday. Candidates who said the election was stolen from former President Donald Trump ran for secretary of state in 12 of 27 states this year, according to an analysis by States United Democracy Center, a bipartisan nonprofit group, turning normally low-key races for offices that oversee elections into closely watched contests.

☆ In California’s Wine Country, Some Towns Ban New Gasoline Stations
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-31 | by ( Zusha Elinson | Photographs Brian L. Frank For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

More communities in California wine country are telling gasoline stations to set up shop somewhere else. Eight cities and towns in Napa and Sonoma counties have banned the construction of new gas stations. The city council in Novato, Calif., located in Marin County, passed a ban in an initial vote last week and is expected to give it final approval in November.

☆ Police Departments Are Dangling Bonuses to Attract New Cops
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-29 | by ( Zusha Elinson | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Seattle’s mayor said the exit of more than 460 officers over the past 2½ years slowed response times and affected investigations. The police chief in Redding, Calif., last year increased signing bonuses to $7,500 from $5,000 to attract new recruits. The plan didn’t work, so this year Chief Bill Schueller raised the offer to $40,000, more than half of an entire year’s starting salary at the agency.

☆ Las Vegas Shooter Who Targeted 2017 Festival Was Angry at Casinos, FBI Documents Show
▼ + stars: | 2017-10-01 | by ( Zusha Elinson | Katherine Sayre | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

New details about the 64-year-old gambler who killed 58 Las Vegas concertgoers and wounded hundreds more on Oct. 1, 2017, were revealed in a trove of documents released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation last week. The documents don’t answer the enduring mystery of Stephen Paddock ’s motive for carrying out the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history. Paddock killed himself before he could be apprehended. The documents include the most detailed accounting of the gunman’s gambling habits and shed new light on what was going on in his mind prior to the attack.

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