Guns

This averages out to about 10 such attacks a week.

Republicans and Democrats seldom see eye to eye on gun laws. A law professor explains Vermont's new gun control law, which goes into effect in July, and how it is a rare example of bipartisan discussions and compromise.

Gov. Phil Scott vetoed legislation Tuesday that would’ve closed the so-called “Charleston Loophole” in Vermont, banned the possession of firearms in hospitals and given police the authority to seize guns from alleged domestic abusers. But Scott simultaneously offered lawmakers a “path forward” that could result in most of the provisions in the bill eventually passing into law.

One of the country's top gun control groups is now actively recruiting candidates who have experienced the effects of gun violence to run for local, state and national offices.

The lawsuit says "multiple concerned parents" alerted school officials to violent threats two weeks before the shooting at the Michigan high school, only to be told there was no reason to worry.

The Trace reviewed orders in Arizona, Michigan, New Hampshire, and South Dakota — and found that firearms restrictions were unevenly granted.

The time long awaited by gun-rights advocates has come, as the conservative court examines how far a state may go in regulating an individual's right to carry a gun outside the home.

We don't know the full impact of nonfatal firearms-related injuries. Unreliable data and political pressure have obscured the picture for researchers, the media and the public. That may soon change.

The Biden administration is trying to make it easier for states to make laws that temporarily remove guns from people deemed to be a danger to themselves or others.

Data from the FBI's firearms background check database shows six days in March of this year were among the top 10 highest days of firearms background checks since 1998.