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Culture
Road rage incidents involving firearms have more than doubled since 2014, our analysis shows.
Shooting
Nearly once a month, fear-driven gun ownership has tragic consequences for an American family.
City Limits
In a city with a homicide rate higher than Chicago’s, residents say they feel left behind. “We have lost just about everything,” says one.
Gun violence again marred the annual pre-dawn Brooklyn street party, despite aggressive security measures implemented following the murder of a governor's aide last year.
Seven unsolved homicides by the same mysterious gunman have left the Maryvale section of Phoenix deeply unsettled. “It’s like you’re a sitting duck."
For the second time in two weeks, multiple police officers were shot and killed.
Four years ago, Dexter Mercurius moved his family to Brooklyn from Guyana for a better life. Now he’s burying his oldest child.
Open Carry
An investigation into whether the Denver Broncos player illegally carried a firearm into a club underscores that new open carry legislation has limits.
"So you think we’re doomed?” asks one mother living in a city where more than 100 people have been shot already this year.
Law Enforcement
One police officer killed. Six injured. In a state that bans the sale or transfer of gun magazines holding more than 15 rounds. For investigators, it all adds up to a few big questions.
Private medical records of Chris Kyle's killer reveal the true story behind the "American Sniper" murder.
Gun Policy
Unregulated private firearms transactions can lack the safety measures followed at licensed stores.
Armed With Reason
Separate studies have found that unarmed bystanders are better at stopping active shooters than would-be heroes with guns — and that firearms provide no advantage in everyday self-defense.
Mass shootings, public misperceptions, and what the research really says.