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Domestic Violence
Lawmakers and gun-rights advocates have called for arming abuse victims, but few battered women are mentally and emotionally prepared to pull the trigger.
Gun Policy
State senators hope the governor and Republican presidential candidate will make time to read the new bill after he said he was too busy to consider their last effort.
The governor's office said he wasn't given enough time to evaluate the bill. Supporters of the measure say that excuse is weak.
Politics
The legislation would have updated a controversial law widely seen as a detriment to the technology.
The key positions, policy proposals, talking points, and flip flops of the Democratic and Republican hopefuls.
Background Checks
What to know about the push to require everyone “engaged in the business” of gun selling to register as a firearms dealer.
A guide to the dueling approaches for regulating gun sales to persons on the terror watch list.
As Democrats press their advantage on the issue, the GOP seeks a politically viable position.
The New Jersey governor and Republican presidential candidate says a bipartisan bill tightening gun surrender laws for abusers is redundant. But is it?
Commentary
What it means when would-be presidents tout their rights to shoot another American in self-defense.