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ASU Survey: Arizona Police Shouldn't Investigate Their Own Shootings

By Elias Weiss

Feb 9, 2022

Arizona lawmakers proposed legislation which would create an independent agency to oversee investigations of police misconduct when civilians are shot by law enforcement.

Phoenix Gun Store Owner Says Nazi Imagery in Logo Is an Accident

By Ray Stern

May 5, 2021

One of the newest gun stores in Phoenix has an old image for its logo. Old like "Nazi-era old."

Longshot Federal Gun Registration Bill Would Require Psych Exams

By Erasmus Baxter

Feb 4, 2021

Second Amendment supporters are alarmed.

Maricopa County Board of Supervisors Affirms Gun Rights in Controversial Vote

By Ali Swenson

Feb 26, 2020

"Maricopa County, as you've heard me say, is a family. One big family. And sometimes families disagree."

Phoenix Will Host a Democratic Presidential Debate in March

By Ali Swenson

Feb 14, 2020

Arizona Democratic Party officials say the DNC's decision to schedule the debate in Phoenix "reaffirms our battleground state status."

Arizona BLM Has Known About Lead Problems at Table Mesa for a Decade, OIG Says

By Elizabeth Whitman

Jan 23, 2020

It still hasn't cleaned up the contamination, which comes from target shooting, and according to a federal probe, it never warned the public.

BLM Report Shows Lead Contamination at Table Mesa's Recreational Shooting Sites

By Elizabeth Whitman

Nov 27, 2019

Soil sampling showed excessive levels of arsenic, too.

Arizona Lawmaker Wants Armed Vets in Schools, Slams Funding for Counselors

By Steven Hsieh

Nov 21, 2019

"A veteran on campus, even unarmed, would discourage a bad actor, knowing there is a tough guy available. Even if it is only to break up fights..."

As Tucson Counts Sanctuary City Vote, Mohave County Calls Itself Gun 'Sanctuary'

By Ali Swenson

Nov 5, 2019

Tucson could soon become a sanctuary city for immigrants. Meanwhile, Mohave County has declared itself a "sanctuary county" for an entirely different group: gun owners.

Judge Advances Suit Against Tempe Police Officer Who Shot Unarmed Black Man

By Ali Swenson

Sep 16, 2019

Dalvin Hollins was 19 years old and unarmed when the officer shot him in the back in 2016 following a drug-store robbery.

Arizona Game and Fish Promotes Its Own Hunting Contest While Banning Others

By Ali Swenson

Sep 11, 2019

Hunters and animal activists finally agree on something.

Groups Challenge BLM Decision Allowing Shooting in Protected Sonoran Desert

By Elizabeth Whitman

Aug 30, 2019

The National Rifle Association lobbied hard in Washington, D.C., to persuade the agency to allow target practice in Sonoran Desert National Monument.

Arizona House Dems Want Special Session on Gun Safety; Republicans Balk

By Steven Hsieh

Aug 7, 2019

Don't count on Arizona's legislators to descend onto Phoenix this summer.

Hard to Feel Anything but 'Shitty' at Phoenix's Interfaith Vigil for El Paso and Dayton

By Hannah Critchfield

Aug 5, 2019

Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego and several members of the faith community gathered on Sunday to grieve and call for action after the weekend's shootings.

Three Arrested for Shooting at Piestewa Peak Cactus

By Steven Hsieh and Ray Stern

Mar 13, 2019

One of them had a baby with them.

Ready, Aim, Prison: Scottsdale Shooting Champ Matthew Burkett Sentenced for Fraud

By Ray Stern

Feb 28, 2019

He founded Predator Tactical in 2010 to make high-end, custom tactical pistols and rifles. But as a businessman, he didn't shoot straight.

Arizona Outlaw Bitcoin Trader 'Morpheus Titiania' Sentenced to Prison

By Ray Stern

Aug 3, 2018

A bitcoin trading case concludes with prison time for a Mesa man, and forfeiture for a Tempe brain scientist.

Arizona Activists, Democrats Call for Special Session After Texas School Shooting

By Joseph Flaherty

May 18, 2018

Rep. Rebecca Rios: "Please call us into special session."

Arizona Woman Pleads Guilty To Shooting Chinese Exchange Student

By Antonia Noori Farzan

Apr 2, 2018

Holly Davis shot 19-year-old Yue Jiang in Tempe in January 2016.

Tempe Cops Are Now Packing AR-15s on Their Motorcycles

By Ray Stern

Mar 26, 2018

Police bikes often arrive first at trouble spots because they can maneuver through tight spaces.

Guns

Arizona Republicans Want to Arm Schoolteachers

Arizona's Gosar Takes Wrong Approach to School Shooting

Guns

Arizona Republicans Want to Arm Schoolteachers

Arizona's Gosar Takes Wrong Approach to School Shooting

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