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Active Shooting
The desire to keep kids safe has spawned a multibillion-dollar industry promising to turn schools into fortresses. Oxford High School is a prime example of that effort.
Mass Shooting
Looking for a second career, Mark Bryant sold several revolvers to fund the launch of the Gun Violence Archive.
ATF
The Boulder gunman had recently purchased an AR-556 with a stabilizing brace, an accessory that allows a category of firearms to evade strict federal regulations.
High-casualty shootings didn’t disappear during the pandemic — they nearly doubled.
Gun Policy
The mass shooting at King Soopers supermarket has added fuel to efforts to let cities regulate guns.
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.”
May 2020 was marked by the news of the 100,000th American casualty of the coronavirus, the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer, and widespread protests leading to violent crackdowns by law enforcement. It’s now…
The Wisconsin rampage was the deadliest mass shooting in America this year.
The company points to 18 incidents as proof that its controversial methods save lives. The record is a lot more complicated.
Living through the era of school shootings, one drill at a time.
The ALICE Training Institute was an early proponent of having teachers and students confront gunmen. There’s little evidence its approach works.
Ghost Guns
The perpetrator’s handgun was assembled from parts available for purchase without a background check.
Longform
Las Vegas's death investigators witnessed the atrocities of the Route 91 shooting, then had to grapple with the difficult task of healing themselves.
The background check system once stopped some shooters from getting a gun. But in Texas, like 29 other states, private sellers don’t have to vet their customers.
Announcements
America’s news organizations must acknowledge the negative impact our reporting can have — and pledge to change course.