A clear case of self-defense rallies supporters of gun rights
As the national gun debate raged, a mother in Georgia fired shots that echoed across the country.
NRA, arms dealer played key role in growing market for military-style guns
Legislation in the mid-1980s helped make more powerful firearms more readily available to civilians.
For sale at gun shows: Stuff that has nothing to do with guns
The shows have become travelling malls, with jewelry, paintings and camouflage onesies for sale.
Gun control bill will be back, senator says
Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) says on TV that he and Sen. Patrick J. Toomey (R-Pa.) will try again.
Gun bill’s failure a blow to companies with background-check contracts
Accenture, Computer Sciences and others saw prospects for more work dim as the Senate measure died.
Gun-control overhaul is defeated in Senate
Every major proposal President Obama championed fell apart on the Senate floor.
Senate reaches deal on amendments to gun bill
Bipartisan background check plan still lacks sufficient support.
Background check proposal for gun sales still lacks votes in Senate
Debate will focus on bipartisan proposal to expand national gun background check program.
Suburban growth is transforming the gun debate
Especially in the Senate, politicians must give new weight to the views of voters in subdivisions.
States move to restrict gun magazines as federal proposal stalls in Congress
Experts argue limiting the size of magazines could reduce deaths in future mass shootings.
Game creators are in the eye of the video-game storm
The designers often struggle with the violent imagery that they say their industry is moving beyond.
For Md. governor, tough gun-control bill posed political risks
Bill’s passage was driven by the personal touch.
NRA weathers storm in wake of push for new gun laws
Gun-rights group has outmaneuvered its opponents in state capitals and Washington.
U.S. gun deaths shaped by race
Whites are more likely to have committed suicide, African Americans to have been shot by someone else.
Religious leaders call for assault weapons ban, background checks
Religious leaders gathered at National Cathedral also want more attention paid to poverty concerns.
Decades of NRA funding helped transform the debate over gun rights
The culmination of the new debate over gun controls was the Supreme Court’s 2008 Heller decision.
D.C.’s Capitol View neighborhood typifies urban gun violence
Suburban mass shootings spark political debate, but most gun crime occurs in cities.
Senate panel approves gun-trafficking bill
Committee holds off on consideration of other legislation.
Colo. still on fence about gun control
Despite mass shootings at Aurora and Columbine, the state is still starkly divided about gun rights.
Schumer to move ahead on gun background check plan
Democrat will introduce a more ambitious plan opposed by Republicans.
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