Nearly 20,000 people died of gun violence last year, and another 24,000 died by suicide. Adam Winkler of… Virginia has become ground zero in the nation's raging debate over gun control and mass ...

Fresh off a resounding reelection victory, Florida Sen. Rick Scott jumped into a hotly contested, three-way bid for the ...

Last year, on a beautiful fall day in the North Maine Woods, I sat next to my father’s friend—really, my friend, by this ...

Attention paid to gun violence prevention has had to compete and, at times, has been overshadowed by other hot-button campaign topics.

As a former attorney general—the top law enforcement job in the state—in California, Harris acquired a gun some years ago for self-protection, but putting a stop to gun violence remains a central part ...

The debate over gun rights in the US has become a defining political issue in recent election cycles. On one side, there are staunch defenders of the Second Amendment of the US Constitution ...

In this August 2012 photo, three variations of the AR-15 assault rifle are displayed at the California Department of Justice ...

Illinois' assault weapons ban was ruled unconstitutional by a U.S. District Judge, a decision that will be appealed by the ...

Ellie Joyce analyses American gun culture and discusses how it might impact the upcoming presidential election.

While she supported more restrictive measures on handguns as San Francisco District Attorney, including a ban on ...

“It’s an important balance,” DePasquale said during the debate of passing gun legislation. “You have to protect the rights of Pennsylvanians, but at the same time, do that in a way that ...