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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.
The New Jersey governor and Republican presidential candidate says a bipartisan bill tightening gun surrender laws for abusers is redundant. But is it?
Federal law bars convicted batterers from buying firearms, but often little is done to separate them from any weapons they already own.
City Limits
Accounts from the front lines of urban gun violence. This week: Stories from Houston, Texas, where a rash of brutal shootings and a rising homicide rate have left residents and officials with more questions than answers.
A state lauded for its lack of gun restrictions also has an ugly and often lethal history with domestic violence involving firearms.
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.
Gun Policy
WDBJ shooting puts the focus on measures that go beyond background checks.
A brutal murder in a small Louisiana town reignites debate about women, guns, and self-defense. Here's the story the data tells.
A grisly domestic murder claimed the lives of eight people in Harris County this weekend. For several years, more women were murdered in domestic situations in Harris County than in any other county in the state.
The Zero Tolerance for Domestic Abusers Act mimics legislation in South Carolina.