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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"
National Rifle Association
How state Senator Miguel Diaz de la Portilla foiled the gun group's open carry and campus carry initiatives.
Election 2016
Seven ways he played the Second Amendment card, to no avail.
Domestic Violence
America has come a long way in treating all domestic violence as serious. To get their firearm rights back, two men from Maine are making an argument which threatens that progress.
Data
California, Florida, Alabama, and Missouri each experienced incidents of gun violence with four or more victims.
Background Checks
It marks the government’s first high profile case against an unlicensed gun seller since President Barack Obama's executive actions.
John Snyder is a colorful and devout powerbroker who once convinced another candidate to support his crusade for a “patron saint of handgunners.”
On the presidential trail, the Texas senator has taken credit for court victories in which he was a marginal player, while staking out no-compromise positions that obscure his former pragmatic streak.
A murder-suicide rocks an Arizona high school, and illustrates what research has found about children’s access to deadly weapons.
For the gun group, more legislative allies than foes face highly competitive reelection fights.