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# Gun Control

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Follow Gun Control  


## Gun Control


* ![Flags fly at half mast over a prayer vigil at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5348b40755e0f413/698a0ac1011682cc0f97f09b/odessa-texas-hr-8-gun-control.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 27, 2020  
## [Senate Sits on Gun Reform](https://time.com/5791708/mcconnell-gun-reform-americans-die/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Shannon Watts
* ![Fred Guttenberg](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7f5090401fb6437f/698a09d5457a522e63d63813/fred-guttenberg-sotu-removal.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 5, 2020  
## [Father of Parkland Shooting Victim Escorted From State of the Union After Protest](https://time.com/5778312/fred-guttenberg-state-of-the-union-protest/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Mahita Gajanan
* ![US-POLITICS-WEAPONS](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt470eec8d9375a984/698a0947656a3fcab8bd9935/trump-admin-3d-printed-guns-lawsuit.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 24, 2020  
## [21 States File Lawsuit Against Trump Administration Over 'Dangerous' Changes to Federal Firearm Regulations](https://time.com/5770589/21-states-lawsuit-trump-printed-guns/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Josiah Bates
* ![Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Students Unveil "17 For Change" Gun Control Initiative](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt96e435a5847e41de/698a043e86f68e33706edb66/gettyimages-939301376.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 18, 2019  
## [These Businesses Say They've Got What You Need to Survive a Mass Shooting](https://time.com/5698423/bulletproof-backpacks-school-shootings/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Melissa Chan
* ![Walmart Limits Ammunition Sales In Wake Of Mass Shootings](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc6f6d37da61ee03d/698a028ae76ad20d3d6366b2/walmart-gun-rule.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 6, 2019  
## [U.S. Stores Are Asking Customers To Stop Openly Carrying Weapons—But Can They Actually Enforce a Restriction on Guns?](https://time.com/5670809/walmart-kroger-cvs-open-carry-gun-ban/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Mahita Gajanan  
* ![GOP Send Gun Control Mailer Over Mark Kelly](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2f86a9540b5e5aa1/698a028197cdffb3b76b97db/mark-kelly-arizona-gop-kelli-ward.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 6, 2019  
## [In Fundraiser Email, State GOP Chief Says She Wants to Stop Arizona Senate Candidate 'Dead in His Tracks'](https://time.com/5671083/arizona-gop-mailer-mark-kelly-gun-control/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Bloomberg
* ![Kroger Changes Gun Policy](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb97e4eb831652c34/698a0261db29876cec2641b8/kroger-supermarket-no-guns.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 4, 2019  
## [Kroger Joins Walmart in Asking Customers to Stop Openly Carrying Guns in Stores After Mass Shootings](https://time.com/5668355/kroger-open-carry-gun-policy/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Katie Reilly
* ![US-CRIME-SHOOTING-POLITICS](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3a53509591de0b6a/698a0195929fad9473bf4c7d/active-shooter-class.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 19, 2019  
## [What It’s Like to Attend an Active-Shooter Training After the El Paso and Dayton Attacks](https://time.com/5654982/active-shooter-trainings/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Abby Vesoulis
* ![Memorial Service Held In El Paso For Walmart Mass Shooting Victim](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt277c0b1b0f705292/698a012d929faded8bbf4bcf/el-paso-memorial.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 10, 2019  
## [Background Checks Won't Stop Shootings, But Are Needed](https://time.com/5648987/mass-shootings-background-checks/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Tara Law
* ![Donald Trump with Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley and Sherrod Brown](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltabfc94d9e90ee3c4/698a011686f68e76b66ed5e9/whaley-meets-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 7, 2019  
## [Picking Twitter Fights](https://time.com/5646318/donald-trump-el-paso-dayton-visits/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Tara Law  
* ![22 Dead And 26 Injured In Mass Shooting At Shopping Center In El Paso](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9774e1075313cc42/698a00f386f68e43c46ed5a5/el-paso-shooting-javier-amir-rodriguez-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 7, 2019  
## ['May I Give You a Hug?'](https://time.com/5645823/el-paso-shooting-victims-community-support/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Lissandra Villa
* ![Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley updating the media on Aug. 5, 2019 mass shooting](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9f03ed32bee1a3c4/698a00fe096a948b886a6c59/nan-whaley-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 6, 2019  
## [Dayton Mayor Criticizes Trump Ahead of Presidential Visit](https://time.com/5645736/dayton-trump-gun-control-unhelpful/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Tara Law
* ![Barack Obama Mass Shooting Statement](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaa8899c88e4f0cdc/698a00e3e76ad2c1626363da/obama-mass-shooting-statement.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 5, 2019  
## [Obama Responds to El Paso, Dayton Shootings](https://time.com/5644593/obama-statement-mass-shootings-texas-dayton/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Josiah Bates
* ![US-POLITICS-TRUMP-SHOOTING](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3f0b2e034fcda953/698a00e9096a9400066a6c2c/trump-speaks-shootings.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 5, 2019  
## [Trump Blames Everything But Guns](https://time.com/5644120/donald-trump-el-paso-shooting-speech/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Tessa Berenson Rogers
* ![US Capitol Building](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3436bc6299d89515/6989460d4ee26224b33141c2/house-gun-control-review-period.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 14, 2019  
## [Our Republican Colleagues in the Senate Must Act to Break the Cycle of Gun Deaths](https://time.com/5606786/senate-republicans-act-on-gun-safety-reforms/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Chris Murphy and Dianne Feinstein

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