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Data
A forthcoming Harvard survey suggest that more Americans own a sizable stockpile of firearms than there are residents of Denmark.
City Limits
Accounts from the front lines of urban gun violence. This week: Stories from Houston, Texas, where a rash of brutal shootings and a rising homicide rate have left residents and officials with more questions than answers.
Accounts from the front lines of urban gun violence. This week: Stories from St. Louis, Missouri, where kids plan their funerals and families live in fear.
Chicago
Accounts from the front lines of urban gun violence. This week: Two prominent Chicago activists on what it's like to lose a loved one to a fatal shooting after fighting so hard to stop them.
Culture
The big-box retailer was slammed by some gun owners for its decision to nix the popular rifle from its stock. But one industry veteran says it’s no surprise.
Accounts from the front lines of urban gun violence. This week: Stories from a capital city where murders have already matched last year's total, and shootings are spilling outside the hardest-bitten neighborhoods.
Law Enforcement
The symbolism also might matter. Lessons from a misunderstood post-Ferguson reform bid.
Hassan Shibly on sticking out at the range, pork-laced bullets, and double standards.
In Memoriam
Marcus Weaver lived through the Aurora shooting. Here's what it felt like for him to watch history grimly repeat itself.
Community Violence
Most gun buyback initiatives turn up old or broken weapons — and cost police departments thousands of dollars in the process.
The Business of Guns
How the retail giant set the industry standard for safe gun sales.
