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City Limits
In a city with a homicide rate higher than Chicago’s, residents say they feel left behind. “We have lost just about everything,” says one.
Election 2016
The NRA spent record sums to get its desired White House and Senate outcomes, but was bested by gun violence prevention groups in the cycle's most expensive ballot initiative fight.
At Top Guns in Terre Haute, Indiana, customers are “purchasing items they’re hoping will be grandfathered in,” the store’s manager said.
Community Violence
Data does not support a talking point that’s become popular during the 2016 campaign.
Here’s one to get things started: Which side will emerge claiming the advantage with swing voters?
Voting with the NRA on background checks has not given Kelly Ayotte safe harbor.
With 60 days to go before the election, the group has begun to pour money into races in Indiana and Wisconsin.
The gun group has spent $1.7 million to defeat Ted Strickland — more than it has on all other congressional races combined.