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Culture
The big-box retailer was slammed by some gun owners for its decision to nix the popular rifle from its stock. But one industry veteran says it’s no surprise.
In Memoriam
At least 4,080 people killed by gunfire. More than 9,000 wounded. The real story of the season was not the shootings that drew the most headlines.
Law Enforcement
The public safety (and economic) calculus that determines where law enforcement sidearms go when they retire.
City Limits
Accounts from the front lines of urban gun violence. This week: Stories from a capital city where murders have already matched last year's total, and shootings are spilling outside the hardest-bitten neighborhoods.
Background Checks
Activists say some female perpetrators don't understand "that the guns they’re buying are then passed on and used in crimes."
Politics
How blaming gun violence on the unpredictable actions of the mentally ill can sidetrack a push for more meaningful policy solutions.
ATF
Crime Gun Intelligence Centers seek to make ballistic reports worth their weight in brass when it comes to reducing urban gun violence.
Community Violence
Spot treatments don't work if the larger problem is left unchecked.
Commentary
Only a small percentage of New Orleans's guns were collected by authorities, but that hasn't stopped the group's mythmakers.
Accounts from the front lines of urban gun violence. This week: Roanoke, Virginia, site of last week's on-air murders — and an overlooked spike in fatal shootings.
