Gun Violence

facing the consequences

Kentucky man charged after shootout that left 3 cops dead

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Briefing

Hollywood's gun conundrum

Church members gathering for prayer circle.

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not again

Death toll hits 3 in Alabama church shooting

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Briefing

Mass shooters' favorite gun

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Briefing

The state of America's gun legislation negotiations

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Speed Reads

Mass shooting in Philadelphia kills 3 and wounds at least a dozen

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Feature

7 toons about America's gun crisis

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Feature

Gunmakers: An industry sheds rules and norms

President Biden delivers a speech on gun control.

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'just do something'

Biden calls on Congress to ban assault weapons, high-capacity magazines

A gun rights protest outside the NRA annual meeting in Houston, Texas

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'Stop the Killing'

At least 7 killed in mass shootings over Memorial Day weekend

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'bigger than baseball'

Yankees, Rays share gun violence facts instead of game updates

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'an epidemic we can control'

Matthew McConaughey reacts to shooting in his hometown of Uvalde

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horrible, horrible, horrible

Uvalde victims were all in same 4th-grade classroom

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Briefing

'Why are we willing to live with this carnage?'

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William Falk

The NRA's ideal world

Emergency responders at the site of the Brooklyn subway shooting

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Daily briefing

10 things you need to know today: April 13, 2022

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Damon Linker

The disappointing truth about the Sandy Hook settlement

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make it stop

Biden details new steps to combat gun violence

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gun violence

San Jose approves 1st U.S. law requiring liability insurance for gun owners

Stephen Paddock's home in Mesquite, Nevada.

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Briefing

Mass shooters and misogyny

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packin' around the christmas tree

Congressman under fire for gun-packing Christmas pic

A vigil for Oxford High School shooting victims

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Daily briefing

10 things you need to know today: December 1, 2021

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gun violence

Biden laments 'unimaginable grief' of families affected by Michigan school shooting

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David Faris

Republicans' alarming reaction to Rittenhouse

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Rittenhouse riots

Riot in Portland after Rittenhouse verdict

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Joel Mathis

Hollywood's gun problem — and ours

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Mass shootings

Memphis-area Kroger shooting leaves 1 victim dead, 12 wounded

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TMI

Remington subpoenaed school records of slain Sandy Hook children

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'a little frustrating'

With Houston hospitals filled by COVID patients, man shot 6 times 10 days ago is still waiting for surgery

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mass shootings

6 killed in 'shocking' mass shooting in Plymouth, England

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William Falk

Weapons of mass destruction

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Law and Order

Grocery store cashier shot dead after argument over face masks

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gun violence

Following San Jose shooting, Newsom asks: 'What the hell is wrong with us?'

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Parenting advice

The week's best parenting advice: May 18, 2021

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Gun Violence

America has too many guns to avoid outsize gun violence, research suggests