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Background Checks
For leaders of the Republican party and the NRA, there’s no clear way to advocate for no compromises on homeland security and the Second Amendment at the same time.
In this 2011 video, California-raised Adam Gadahn makes it clear that Islamic extremists are aware of America's gun sale loopholes.
Gun Policy
Unregulated private firearms transactions can lack the safety measures followed at licensed stores.
Commentary
How Hawaii manages to be home to both a rising number of firearms and rock-bottom rates of gun violence.
Domestic Violence
The New Jersey governor and Republican presidential candidate says a bipartisan bill tightening gun surrender laws for abusers is redundant. But is it?
Community Violence
Local leaders say they know the drawbacks of harsh prison sentences, but can't wait for federal action to reduce shootings.
The new National Defense Authorization Act also affirms the value of background checks for surplus military pistols.
Hillary Clinton's gun platform would treat such high-volume sellers as "engaged in the business" — and use an executive action to make them part of the background check system.
Campus Carry
Members of the University of Texas community met Monday to discuss the implementation of a new law allowing guns on campus.
A new report by the national lawyers group finds that self-defense laws are racially-biased and provide "a low-cost license to kill."
The Florida bill comes just as the American Bar Association is about to release a report suggesting that such laws should be scaled back.
A state preemption statute was supposed to thwart strong local gun ordinances, but its language might just let Missoula get its way.
Raymond Fryberg is on trial for hiding his abusive past when buying the gun his son later used to kill four classmates at Marysville Pilchuck High School. The lack of a system for reporting tribal court records to NICS was another culprit.
Americans a) support universal background checks and b) doubt that they work. How can both be true?
One 2016 presidential candidate has vowed to do that — and one researcher says it's possible. But only if Washington has the will to make the number drop.
