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Philadelphia
Guns are everywhere in my neighborhood. I want my community to know what bullets can do — and how they can exercise their rights.
Gun Policy
As fatal shootings soar in the District, conservative lawmakers look to roll back its firearms restrictions.
Politics
Direct quotes from the Democratic nominee on gun control, the Second Amendment, and the NRA.
Project Exile was largely abandoned, but strict sentencing laws modeled after it are back in fashion.
Shooting
Seven unsolved homicides by the same mysterious gunman have left the Maryvale section of Phoenix deeply unsettled. “It’s like you’re a sitting duck."
Data
More than 130,000 sellers weren’t visited at all.
Criminal Justice
Leading criminologist David Weisburd says researchers found strong evidence that some policing strategies can lower crime.
Law Enforcement
A review of evidence-based strategies for addressing America’s violent crime epidemic can help cities move past knee-jerk responses — and focus on proven solutions.
Law
Duke constitutional law professor Darrell Miller explains "insurrectionist theory."
Rabies cases, by comparison, are far more rare than shootings, yet the disease receives exponentially more research awards from the National Institutes of Health.