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Election 2020
Widespread concern about voter intimidation has state officials girding for the worst, even as experts say that fears are likely overblown.
Coronavirus & Guns
2020 is on pace to have the most mass shootings since the nonprofit Gun Violence Archive started tracking them. In their wake, anti-violence activists say the lack of public outpouring feels familiar: “Nobody cares about us.”
Politics
Lawyers Mark and Patricia McCloskey won hundreds of thousands of dollars for clients injured by faulty handguns.
How We Fix This
Birmingham has one of the country’s highest rates of fatal shootings. The defund movement has reinvigorated grassroots efforts to drive down violence.
Law Enforcement
New research on officers killed and injured in shootings shows a dangerous profession — but not one that’s getting riskier.
Law
Expansive self-defense statutes create a tangled web of rules that make it increasingly difficult to prosecute people for flashing guns.
