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The Business of Guns
The holiday shopping bonanza defied expectations of a post-election slowdown.
Politics
There is often a big disconnect between a politician’s actual stance on gun legislation and what constituents believe that position to be.
Direct quotes from the Democratic nominee on gun control, the Second Amendment, and the NRA.
Background Checks
A New Hampshire shooting brings the mental health reporting debate to the state's gubernatorial campaign.
Data
Here's how some states are trying to fix that.
Both sides in the contentious Washington state background check fight say that their position is vindicated by newly reported FBI data.
February was the third busiest month on record for the National Instant Criminal Background Check System.
And 100 percent of them are wrong.
The FBI ran more of them last month than in any other January since the system went live.
Gun Policy
From measures to expand background checks to campaigns that would establish (or ban) campus carry, these are the ballot initiative fights poised to shape gun policy in 2016 and beyond.