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Police tape lines a crime scene after a shooting at a backyard party on September 19, 2020, in Rochester, New York.

After Its Deployment in Upstate New York, Residents Raise Concerns Over Gun Violence Task Force

The VIPER task force intends to combat a recent surge of gun violence in Ro...

The VIPER task force intends to combat a recent surge of gun violence in Rochester and Buffalo, New York City

Svetlana Kim practices shooting her new handgun while standing next to Tom Nguyen, instructor and founder of L.A. Progressive Shooters, at the Burro Canyon Shooting Park in Azusa, CA on July 18, 2020. Nguyen founded L.A. Progressive Shooters in the hopes of diversifying the population of gun owners.

'I've Never Seen This Level of Fear.' Why Asian Americans Are Joining the Rush to Buy Guns

Anti-Asian hate crimes fueled by false claims Asians brought the COVID-19 p...

Anti-Asian hate crimes fueled by false claims Asians brought the COVID-19 pandemic to the U.S. are spurring people who once shunned guns to become gun-owners

Omarion Swint attends a vigil for his friend since the 3rd grade, 15-year old Terrance Malden, who was shot to death on July 10 in the Jeffrey Manor neighborhood, on July 17, 2020.

LaTanya Gordon Lost Two Sons to Gun Violence in Three Months. A Year Later, Both Cases Remain Unsolved—a Lack of Closure That Haunts Many Fatal Shootings

Historically when it comes to homicides in poor and disenfranchised Black c...

Historically when it comes to homicides in poor and disenfranchised Black communities, many cases are left unsolved

A woman holds the June 29, 2018 edition of the Capital Gazette newspaper during a candlelight vigil to honor the 5 people who were shot and killed at the paper's offices in Annapolis, Maryland a day earlier.

Gunman Found Criminally Responsible For Killing 5 in Capital Gazette Mass Shooting

(ANNAPOLIS, Md.) — A jury on Thursday found the gunman who killed five peop...

(ANNAPOLIS, Md.) — A jury on Thursday found the gunman who killed five people at a Maryland newspaper criminally responsible, rejecting defense attorneys’ mental illness arguments. The jury of eight men and four women found...

The Bushmaster AR-15 was used during a massacre at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut.

A Wrongful Death Suit Filed by Families of Sandy Hook School Shooting Victims Has Taken a Strange Turn

Attorneys say gunmaker Remington dumped pictures of Santa Claus, ice cream ...

Attorneys say gunmaker Remington dumped pictures of Santa Claus, ice cream and other "random" images on plaintiffs to delay a wrongful death lawsuit arising from the Sandy Hook school shooting

A Miami-Dade police officer investigates near shell case evidence markers on the ground where a mass shooting took place outside of a banquet hall on May 30, 2021 in Hialeah, Florida. Halfway through the year, gun violence continues to plague American communities at obscenely high levels.

As Shootings Continue to Surge in 2021, Americans Set to Face a Summer Plagued by Gun Violence

A drastic rise in gun violence apparent in 2020 continues to plague America...

A drastic rise in gun violence apparent in 2020 continues to plague American communities at devastatingly high levels through 2021

The U.S. Supreme Court stands on Sept. 28, 2020, in Washington, D.C.

The Supreme Court Is Taking Up a Case That Could Impact Gun Rights For Millions

The U.S. Supreme Court will take up a high-stakes Second Amendment case tha...

The U.S. Supreme Court will take up a high-stakes Second Amendment case that experts say has the potential to expand gun rights and radically increase the number of firearms on the streets of major cities...