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Lawmakers toughened penalties after a Trace analysis revealed that the state led the country in gun violence on the road.
Extremism A Running List of Gun Arrests Tied to the U.S. Capitol Attack Civilians didn't open fire on January 6, but that doesn’t mean the Trump supporters who congregated at the Capitol weren’t armed ...
Coronavirus & Guns Will a Gun Keep Your Family Safe? Here’s What the Evidence Says The pandemic has inspired a surge in gun sales, but research shows that having a firearm in the house won’t ...
In early February, the City Council of San Jose, California, approved a first-of-its-kind ordinance requiring gun owners to carry liability insurance. One of our readers wrote to us around the same ...
Chicago A Promising Violence Prevention Program in Chicago Faces a Massive Budget Setback READI addresses shootings by tackling joblessness, but without public funding, its future is in doubt.
The Politics of Post-Tragedy Conspiracies For people in power, conspiracy can be useful in the wake of disaster.
Different Types of Gun Violence Contribute to Bloodshed on Independence Day The trend of more shootings during the Fourth of July weekend is changing. How are various firings contributing to this ...
‘These Firefighters Didn’t Have a Chance’ The attack on firefighters in Idaho is part of a rare but disturbing pattern.
In Charleston, Constant Reminders of What Remains Unchanged Fairriona Magee reports on where the city stands 10 years after the racist mass shooting at the AME church.
Chicago On Patrol With Chicago’s Last Violence Interrupters Cure Violence has shown promise in reducing violent crime. But with its funding slashed in its home city, a few remaining foot soldiers are ...
Suicide 10 Essential Facts About Guns and Suicide More than two-thirds of all gun deaths are self-inflicted.
Coronavirus & Guns Mass Shootings Are Soaring, With Black Neighborhoods Hit Hardest 2020 is on pace to have the most mass shootings since the nonprofit Gun Violence Archive started tracking them. In ...