What we’re reading: Week 3

Posted June 12, 2014

By Jessica Boehm

Firearms company blames Obama gun policy for layoffs (Taylor Dobbs, 6/07, VPR) A firearms company based in Florida cut 41 jobs at its Fairfax facility and blamed the White House for the cuts.

T.S.A. charts a rise in guns at checkpoints (Joe Sharkey, 6/09, The New York Times) The Transportation Security Administration has seen a 19 percent jump in the number of guns found in carry-on bags at security points in the last year, when compared to the year before.

Gun-mounted flashlights linked to accidental shootings (David Olinger and Christopher N. Osher, 6/08, The Denver Post) At least four people in the United States have been accidently shot by police officers trying to use a flashlight mounted on a gun since 2009.

Opening soon: Gun range with a bar (Aaron Smith, 6/09, CNN Money) A gun range opening in July will be the only range in Oklahoma with a liquor license.

Harry Reid: Pass background checks for guns (Burgess Everett, 6/09, Politico) After a shooting that left five dead in Nevada, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid called on the Senate to pass background checks.

The Las Vegas shooter tried to obtain a rifle on Facebook (Mike Hayes, 6/09, Buzzfeed) A month before a mass shooting that left five dead in Nevada, one of the accused shooters tried to obtain a rifle via Facebook.

Jessica Boehm is a News21 Hearst Fellow.