Lab Report: Cities Sue Defense Department Over Gun Checks

Cities vs. DOD: New York City, Philadelphia, and San Francisco have teamed up for a lawsuit against the Defense Department, alleging that many service members disqualified from gun ownership weren’t reported to the national background check system. The case responds to the Texas church massacre last month, which involved a former Air Force member. AP reports:

Safer AND more dangerous: An Associated Press analysis using ten years of crime data shows a growing contradiction in large cities like Chicago—soaring homicide rates are increasingly concentrated in small areas, while the rest of the city grows safer. Researchers link the disparity to job loss, segregation, and the widening wealth gap.