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Criminal Justice
William DeHayes was arrested for firing his shotgun into the air, but not for killing Katherine Hoover while showing off a YouTube trick. Donna Bryan wants to know why.
Chicago
Camiella Williams bought her first gun in sixth grade. She mourned her first dead friend in high school. Now, she is fighting to save other Chicago kids, however long the odds.
Data
That's more than one per school day.
In Memoriam
At a funeral for victims of a backyard massacre, young children give gut-wrenching tributes to their slain parents.
Gun Rights
The landmark Heller decision is on safer ground than the NRA says.
The rate at which women are buying firearms has remained mostly unchanged for decades.
Election 2016
“The NRA is more forgiving than we are," says GOA’s executive director Larry Pratt.
“It’s really just ... something you shouldn’t have to hear.”
Ken Cuccinelli’s practice is part of a growing number of law firms offering the controversial service.
The 2008 Heller decision left lots of room for gun regulation. For its namesake, that meant the war had just begun.