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Public Health
A new study examines how trauma, relationships, and hometown affect firearms ownership among veterans.
The Trajectory
Libraries have always sought to build stronger, more resilient communities. These days, they’re also furthering public safety.
Longform
It took a second for the gun to accidentally go off, weeks for Florida to pass a law to keep guns out of children’s hands, and a lifetime for Sean Smith to forgive himself.
Safe Storage
A practice that the NRA backs in principle runs into opposition when it collides with self-defense fervor.