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President Biden says he will try again, somehow, to ban the sale of assault weapons, but there does not appear to be an appetite in Congress to help him at this time. Congress approved gun control measures earlier this year, including increased background checks and encouraging states to adopt red-flag laws. But states that adopted red flag, or extreme risk, laws have been slow to use them to take weapons away from dangerous people. States that do use red flag laws are seeing a reduction in gun-related suicides. However, It is harder to prove that red flag laws reduce homicides.

One reason it is so difficult to make conclusive statements about violent crime is that states are doing a miserable job reporting their crime data. Ten states, including some of the most heavily populated, have about 50% or fewer of their local police agencies reporting crime data to the federal database.

Congress has a lot of work to complete and little time to do it. High on the list is The Respect for Marriage Act, which, while not requiring any state to allow same-sex couples to marry, would require that marriages legally performed in one state be considered valid in all states. The legislation has a surprising amount of bipartisan support in both the House and Senate.

Why do Japanese fans pick up their trash after World Cup matches? The world is noticing Japanese World Cup soccer fans who, moments after a loud celebration of their team winning, the fans broke out trash bags and began picking up the debris scattered around the seats. Fans offered simple reasons including: “It’s a sign of respect for a place,” and “This place is not ours, so we should clean up if we use it. And even if it is not our garbage, it’s still dirty, so we should clean it up.”
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