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Elections
With gun reforms stalled in Congress, several states are looking to tighten their gun laws through ballot initiatives this November.
Law
It’s not the way President Trump suggested.
Domestic Violence
“It’s a matter of life and death," says one survivor.
Gun Theft
Most dealers located near a recent burglary did not recall being contacted.
In Memoriam
Reverend Sharon Risher lost her mother and two cousins in the Emanuel AME Church in June. She wants the world to know she’s still angry.
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.
Economists on the left and right alike embrace the theory behind the levy the city council president wants to implement. But the political realities are where things get sticky.