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Community Violence
Funneling more gun criminals to federal prison won't lead to fewer gun homicides. To understand why, just look at St. Louis.
Chicago
Last year was the city's bloodiest in decades. But others continue to record higher homicide rates — and the hardest hit neighborhoods are what really merit attention.
The Gunfighters
A child is gunned down for stealing change in heavily armed St. Louis, and Missouri gets a taste of what justice looks like when the NRA calls the shots.
More than a dozen cities have higher rates of shootings and homicides.
St. Louis has a murder rate three times higher than Chicago's. “We need to declare a state of emergency,” says one resident.
Gun Rights
Activists are pushing animal parks to take down their "no-guns" signs. But what's the larger message?
City Limits
Accounts from the front lines of urban gun violence. This week: Stories from St. Louis, Missouri, where kids plan their funerals and families live in fear.
Gun Policy
An amendment to the state constitution creating an "unalienable" right to firearms is keeping them in dangerous hands.