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How We Fix This
In a promising approach to curbing gun violence, some cities ask specialized judges to choose social programs over prison time for firearms offenders.
Open Carry
Gun rights activists have adopted a rigorous campaign to police the state's strict regulations over signs barring guns in private establishments.
Data
Just last week, the agency broke its record for firearms confiscated in a seven day period.
Gun Theft
A small-town Connecticut police force tries a tough-love twist to secure firearms storage.
City Limits
Accounts from the front lines of urban gun violence. This week: A turbulent Miami neighborhood where pushers sell guns and illegal concealed carry licenses at swap meets.
Gun Policy
Raymond Fryberg is on trial for hiding his abusive past when buying the gun his son later used to kill four classmates at Marysville Pilchuck High School. The lack of a system for reporting tribal court records to NICS was another culprit.
Politics
A very close reading of "Donald J. Trump on the Right to Keep and Bear Arms"
Safe Storage
Since the start of the school year, more than two dozen kids have been caught bringing firearms to class. A sociologist helps to understand the phenomenon.
Q & A
'In movies you always die quickly from a gunshot wound. But not in real life.'
Even in an election cycle marked by hot-button antics, the group's positions and rhetoric are notably high-proof.