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The Trajectory
The hopefuls are vying to replace longtime Senator Dianne Feinstein, who was central to the gun reform movement.
Politics
As Congress works out a potential package of gun reforms, we separate rhetoric from reality.
Gun Policy
The lack of progress on America's gun violence epidemic on the federal level should not be confused with a lack of proposed solutions.
Legislators and activists cite research that shows low-level offenders are more likely than other groups to commit more serious violent crimes in the future.
Concealed Carry
Amid reports of a rise in backcountry shooting, a look back at the maneuvering that brought more firearms into America's most protected open spaces.
The Mental Health and Safe Communities Act would allow people who have been involuntarily committed to a psychiatric hospital to purchase a gun immediately after their release.
“The establishment gun lobby supports gun control."
National Rifle Association
John Cornyn's legislation incentivizes reporting of mental health records to the federal background check system. Critics say it could also allow some former mental patients to immediately buy firearms.
The NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 was intended to improve lapses in state record keeping that have allowed dangerous people like Dylann Roof to get a gun. Here’s why almost 90 percent of that money has never been spent.