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Guns
Amid a Continuing Wave of Gun Violence, This U.S. City is Bucking the Trend
By Josiah Bates
Parents of School Shooters Rarely Face Charges. This Case Is Different
By Melissa Chan
How the Rittenhouse Verdict Affects the Work of Activists
By Josiah Bates
Supreme Court Justices Appear Open to Expanding Gun Rights
By Melissa Chan
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Charleston Massacre Victims' Families Settle With the DOJ
The families of the nine victims killed in a 2015 racist attack on a South Carolina church reached an $88 million settlement with the DOJ
By Sanya Mansoor
October 28, 2021
The Complex Dynamic Between 'Violence Interrupters' and Police
Just off a stretch of Eastern Parkway, the highway-like street that goes through many of Brooklyn, New York’s most disenfranchised neighborhoods, is a small office in Crown Heights. What fills this small space is vital...
By Josiah Bates
October 15, 2021
More People Than Ever Are Trying to Carry Guns Onto Planes
So far in 2021, the Transportation Security Administration has seized nearly 4,500 guns at airport security checkpoints, compared with about 4,400 in all of 2019 and 976 in 2009, despite the drop in air travel caused by the pandemic
By Melissa Chan
October 14, 2021
Racism in Medical Care Fuels Black Doubts in the System
Only about 5% of practicing doctors in the U.S. are Black, and more than 56% are white, a situation that enables racism in hospital care and fuels Black mistrust of the system as COVID-19 and gun violence take a disproportionate toll on communities of color
By Melissa Chan
October 13, 2021
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Long Without Leaders
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) remains without a leader after President Joe Biden's selection of David Chipman to lead the organization was pulled on Sept. 9 after weeks of speculation and...
By Josiah Bates
September 16, 2021
Children and Teenagers Are Being Shot in Record Numbers
Already this year, at least 13,000 people have been killed by guns, according to one tally. More than 1,000 of them were children and teenagers.
By Melissa Chan
September 13, 2021
Gun Maker Seeks School Records of Sandy Hook Victims
Remington has filed subpoenas to obtain report cards, attendance lists and other academic records for five of the children who were murdered at Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 14, 2012.
By Melissa Chan
September 2, 2021
Federal Gun Task Force Yields Arrests, Conflict in New York
The VIPER task force intends to combat a recent surge of gun violence in Rochester and Buffalo, New York City
By Josiah Bates
July 28, 2021
Why Asian Americans Are Helping Fuel a U.S. Gun Surge
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
By Melissa Chan
July 20, 2021
The Toll of Unsolved Inner-City Murders in Chicago
Historically when it comes to homicides in poor and disenfranchised Black communities, many cases are left unsolved
By Josiah Bates
July 16, 2021
Sandy Hook Family Lawyers Accuse Gunmaker of Delay Tactics
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
By Melissa Chan
July 9, 2021
U.S. Faces Summer Plagued by Gun Violence
A drastic rise in gun violence apparent in 2020 continues to plague American communities at devastatingly high levels through 2021
By Josiah Bates
June 4, 2021
Supreme Court Could Expand Gun Rights in High-Stakes Case
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...
By Melissa Chan
April 26, 2021
Why So Much of America's Gun Violence Gets Overlooked
We must be conscious of our country's selective reaction to gun violence
By Josiah Bates
March 30, 2021
Sen. Chris Murphy on Gun Control and American Violence
Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy’s new book, The Violence Inside Us: A Brief History of an Ongoing American Tragedy, offers a nuanced exploration of the history of violence in America, the driving forces behind the country's...
By Josiah Bates
September 3, 2020
Report: Police Shootings Continue Unabated Despite COVID-19 Shutdowns
While 2020 has seen a dramatic slowdown in the day-to-day activities and lives of many Americans amid the coronavirus pandemic, fatal police shootings are still occurring at a rate consistent with previous years—and with significant...
By Josiah Bates
August 19, 2020
Gun Safety Issues Helped Democrats Flip Virginia's General Assembly in 2019. Is Texas Next?
'The pandemic has exacerbated this crisis'
By Madeleine Carlisle
August 18, 2020
Inner-City Neighborhoods See Surge in Gun Violence
'We’ve been pressing the snooze button on this issue for too long'
By Josiah Bates
July 27, 2020
Chicago Community Leaders Struggle With 'Polarizing' Deployment of Federal Agents
As gun violence continues to plague Chicago, President Donald Trump has announced that federal agents will be deployed to the city to "help drive down violent crime." But while some community leaders say they welcome...
By Josiah Bates
July 25, 2020
15 People Injured in Shooting Outside Chicago Funeral Home
At least 15 people were injured in a shooting outside a Chicago funeral home on Tuesday, police say, as mourners attended a memorial event for a man who was fatally shot last week. The victims...
By Mahita Gajanan
July 22, 2020
TSA Found a Record Number of Guns at U.S. Airports in 2019
Airports in Atlanta, Dallas/Fort Worth and Denver had the most firearm discoveries
By Amy Gunia
January 16, 2020
1 Officer and 3 Civilians Killed in Jersey City
'Today is a horrific day'
By Jasmine Aguilera
December 10, 2019
Recently Released Video Shows Football Coach Wrestling Gun Away From Student, Then Hugging Him
The incident happened in Portland, Ore., on May 17
By Madeleine Carlisle
October 20, 2019
Colt Will Stop Producing AR-15 Rifles for Civilians
Experts wonder if the company was swayed by mass shootings involving the weapon
By Abby Vesoulis
September 20, 2019
'Hell Yes' Beto Wants to Take Your AR-15
Beto O'Rourke took a strong stand against assault weapons during the third Democratic debate on Thursday night—following a series of mass shootings, including one in his hometown of El Paso, Texas. When asked by ABC...
By Tara Law
September 12, 2019
NRA Is Suing San Francisco Over 'Domestic Terrorist' Label
The NRA filed a lawsuit against San Francisco after lawmakers passed a resolution declaring it a domestic terrorist organization.
By Jasmine Aguilera
September 10, 2019
Kroger Joins Walmart in Asking Customers to Stop Openly Carrying Guns in Stores After Mass Shootings
The store acknowledged those "no longer comfortable with the status quo" on guns
By Katie Reilly
September 4, 2019
Walmart Asks Shoppers to Stop Openly Carrying Guns
The company will also halt sales of handgun and short-barrel rifle ammunition
By Jasmine Aguilera
September 3, 2019
Doctor Who Treated Saddam Hussein Cares For Odessa Victims
Dr. Sudip Bose and his team treated 13 victims of Saturday's mass shooting
By Jasmine Aguilera
September 1, 2019
Odessa Police Not Naming Shooter, Part of Growing Trend
Experts talked to TIME about the strategy and its implications
By Alejandro de la Garza
September 1, 2019
Inside the White House Discussions on Guns
White House staff are drafting narrow proposals for changing gun laws that could be presented to Trump as soon as next week
By Brian Bennett
August 21, 2019
March For Our Lives Proposes Sweeping Gun Restrictions
March For Our Lives, the group founded by Parkland school shooting survivors, introduced an aggressive plan on Wednesday that calls for of sweeping gun restriction across the country. The proposals include raising the minimum age...
By Sanya Mansoor
August 21, 2019
Florida Man Charged With Threatening a Mass Shooting After Allegedly Texting Ex-Girlfriend About 'a Good 100 Kills'
A Florida man has been charged with threatening a mass shooting after his ex-girlfriend alerted authorities to text messages he had sent her. The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement that 25 year-old...
By Ciara Nugent
August 19, 2019
How Likely Is the Risk of Being Shot in America? It Depends
It may depend on many factors
By Melissa Chan
August 13, 2019
My Fellow Republicans Must Stand Against the Alt-Right Virus Infecting America
In the immediate aftermath of the El Paso shooting, a raging argument broke out online and across the airwaves. Given that the suspected shooter used one of Donald Trump's favorite words to describe illegal immigration--invasion--did...
By David French
August 8, 2019
‘We Are Being Eaten From Within’
For decades, U.S. officials ignored the growing threat of domestic extremism. That may finally be changing
By Vera Bergengruen
August 8, 2019
The Story Behind TIME's Gun Violence Cover
This week’s cover lists the locations of 253 mass shootings in America
By Edward Felsenthal
August 7, 2019
Picking Twitter Fights
Just a few hours after President Donald Trump visited with first-responders and people wounded in a shooting that claimed nine lives in Dayton, Ohio, he lashed out at the city’s mayor and Ohio Sen. Sherrod...
By Tara Law
August 7, 2019
'May I Give You a Hug?'
Yvonne Loya sat against a metal railing on a curb overlooking the Walmart. She held her head in her hands as her kids worked on a poster with colored markers on the concrete in front...
By Lissandra Villa / El Paso, Texas
August 6, 2019
Trump Blames Everything But Guns
"Mental illness and hatred pulls the trigger, not the gun."
By Tessa Berenson
August 5, 2019
Searing Photos From 20 Years of Mass Shootings in America
Mass shootings are a grim reality of life in the United States, with at least eight such incidents occurring in 2019 so far. The loss of at least 29 lives in El Paso, Texas and...
By Mahita Gajanan
August 4, 2019
Tougher Gun Laws Mean Fewer American Kids Die, Study Says
States with stricter gun control laws had 4% fewer pediatric deaths
By MICHELLE CORTEZ / BLOOMBERG
July 15, 2019
What to Know About the NRA's Latest Troubles
A web of lawsuits and threats has recently surrounded the group
By Currie Engel
June 26, 2019
NZ Prime Minister Does 'Not Understand' U.S. Gun Laws
"To be honest with you, I do not understand the United States"
By Tara Law
May 14, 2019
Sadness, Not Surprise After Colorado School Shooting
The state has seen a number of attacks in the 20 years since Columbine
By Tara Law
May 8, 2019
A Quick Guide to the Big Ideas in the Democratic Primary
The 2020 Democratic presidential primary is centered on some big ideas. While some of the 20 candidates for the nomination have stayed away from specifics so far, a handful have shared some dramatic and detailed...
By Ryan Teague Beckwith
May 2, 2019
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