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Gun Policy
Cedric Ford was a convicted felon who was served a protective order 90 minutes before he began his rampage.
Active Shooting
A laid-back Saturday night at Bilbo's in Kalamazoo gets taken over by a terrible American routine.
Mass Shooting
A neighbor to Jason Dalton remembers times when gunfire would erupt for hours from behind Dalton's house: "It almost sounded like a gang of 10 or 12 people shooting"
Data
California, Florida, Alabama, and Missouri each experienced incidents of gun violence with four or more victims.
In Memoriam
Hailey and Maximus Blunk belong to a growing group of American kids enduring what one childhood trauma expert calls a "particularly difficult struggle."
A tenured professor at Florida Atlantic University, Tracy has maintained for years that the Sandy Hook massacre never took place, and harassed the families of victims. Now he's paying for his views.
City Limits
While investigators gathered evidence at the Inland Regional Center in the hours after the December 2 attack, longterm residents shared stories of one of the most overlooked strains of gun violence.
For some members of the campus community, this weekend's highly publicized demonstration was a dramatic reminder of the damage a real gunman can do.
Law
A 2014 Supreme Court case illustrates how a single vote could have meant a different outcome for the man who bought guns for the San Bernardino shooters.
Sandy Hook father Lenny Pozner is one of too many parents painfully familiar with the answer. Dogged by a relentless conspiracy theorist, he's spent the past three years fighting to protect the honor of his murdered son.
After the Newtown massacre, Cerberus Capital Management pledged to sell off the Freedom Group. But some of the firm's executives never got out of the gun business.
Community Violence
The deadliest incidents understandably generate the most intense interest. Meanwhile, the everyday gun violence that plagues some communities goes overlooked.
The latest news on the victims, suspects and weapons used in the massacre that killed 14 and injured 21.
Commentary
Seven indelible images of people evacuating the scenes of shooting rampages.
The AR-15s used by Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik had been illegally modified.
