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Opinion | Semi-automatic weapons are instruments of mass killing
By Livia LaMarca, Assistant Opinions Editor
• November 14, 2023
![Community members gather Thursday, Nov. 2, during a candlelight vigil in Auburn, Maine following the Lewiston mass shooting on Oct. 25.](https://pittnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/O_MassShooting_AP-1200x800.jpg)
Opinion | Mass shootings have taken the lives of far too many
By Livia LaMarca, Assistant Opinions Editor
• November 7, 2023
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‘Change must come’: Rally calls for gun control in light of recent mass shootings
By John Blair, Senior Staff Photographer
• June 15, 2022
![Kyle Rittenhouse stands in the courtroom of the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Nov. 18.](https://pittnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/AP21322814860230-900x600.jpg)
Editorial | Self-defense laws need to be clearer
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
• November 29, 2021
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Editorial | Ban assault weapons now
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
• March 25, 2021
![Some worry that Beto O’Rourke’s firm stance on guns endangers future efforts of gun control legislation.](https://pittnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/O_Clifford_SC-900x600.jpg)
Opinion | Democratic calls for rifle bans are misinformed
By Michael Clifford, Staff Columnist
• September 29, 2019
![State Rep. Dan Frankel held a House Democratic Policy Committee hearing on gun violence on Friday morning in the William Pitt Union.](https://pittnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_7628-900x600.jpg)
State Rep. Dan Frankel hosts gun policy hearing in WPU
By Brian Gentry, Senior Staff Writer
• September 14, 2019
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