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U.S. Representative Warren Davidson threw a new complication into a controversial congressional discussion about the limits of the government’s spy powers.
In recent years, responding to climate disasters has become something of an M.O. for these groups. Now, Rolling Stone reports, they appear to be mobilizing to a new kind of crisis.
Part of the case against the Crumbley parents focused on the purchase of the firearm their son used in the attack, and them leaving it unsecured in their home.
When a child is shot, their family is forever altered. So is their community.
Judge Joel M. Cohen has expressed concerns over some claims brought by the New York Attorney General’s Office.
There’s no easy answer for why violent crime fell last year. But local efforts played a crucial role.
According to The Trace’s firearm sales tracker, Americans purchased nearly 665,000 fewer guns last year.
U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez has a history of ruling against gun regulations.
Lexi Churchill and Lomi Kriel, reporters with the ProPublica-Texas Tribune investigative unit, discuss spending nearly two years probing the response to the Uvalde mass shooting.
The proposals represent a departure from the state’s historically permissive firearm laws.
As of today, Wayne LaPierre is no longer the National Rifle Association’s chief executive.
Scot Peterson, a former sheriff’s deputy, was armed and on campus when a former student opened fire in Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida. Why didn’t he intervene?
In the majority of American homes, an unsecured firearm is more likely to result in an accidental death or suicide than be used in defense against a home invasion.
A federal appeals court resurrected the Mexican government’s groundbreaking challenge this week. Here’s why it matters.
On Wednesday, Ackerman McQueen’s chief financial officer, William Winkler, took the stand.