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One Year After Surviving a Mass Shooting, the Capital Gazette Journalists Refuse to Be Silenced
By Sean Gregory and Paul Moakley
U.S. Stores Are Asking Customers To Stop Openly Carrying Weapons—But Can They Actually Enforce a Restriction on Guns?
By Mahita Gajanan
Just About Everyone But the Gun Maker Gets Sued After a Mass Shooting
By Melissa Chan
How Likely Is the Risk of Being Shot in America? It Depends
By Melissa Chan
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Universal Pictures Cancels Release of
The Hunt
Following Mass Shootings and Criticism From President Trump
On Friday, President Trump tweeted that the movie is designed to "inflame and cause chaos"
By Nadia Suleman
August 9, 2019
Two Paths on Shooting Response
Leaving the White House for a trip to Dayton and El Paso Wednesday, President Donald Trump couldn't resist a detour to politics, lambasting critics of his response to two mass shootings as "political people" who...
By Lissandra Villa / El Paso, TX , Philip Elliott and Tessa Berenson
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
Crowds Flee Times Square After Shooting False Alarm
The sound of backfiring motorcycles prompted mass panic and stampedes in Times Square
By Mahita Gajanan
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
'Your Heart Is Bleeding in Every New Shooting.' Once Again, Families of Mass Shooting Victims Relive the Grief
One of the first things Tom Mauser did when he learned that two mass shootings had killed more than 30 people within 24 hours was warn his wife not to turn on the television. News...
By Melissa Chan
August 6, 2019
Obama Responds to El Paso, Dayton Shootings
'No other developed nation tolerates the levels of gun violence that we do'
By Josiah Bates
August 5, 2019
Trump's Own Words Undermine His Case After El Paso Shooting
President Donald Trump condemned racism and white supremacy in the wake of two mass shootings that left more than 30 people dead. But experts in presidential rhetoric say his message was undermined by his own...
By Tessa Berenson
August 5, 2019
Democrats Blame Trump in Blunt Language for Mass Shooting in El Paso
In August of 2016, then-Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton condemned Donald Trump for "taking hate groups mainstream," arguing that he would promote prejudice and paranoia if he were elected. Three years later, the candidates vying...
By Lissandra Villa and Philip Elliott
August 5, 2019
Trump Blames Everything But Guns
"Mental illness and hatred pulls the trigger, not the gun."
By Tessa Berenson
August 5, 2019
Police Officer Fired After He 'Froze' During Shooter Response
Body camera footage shows Officer Cordell Hendrex paused in a hotel hallway for minutes while a mass shooter attacked from the floor above.
By Jasmine Aguilera
July 5, 2019
Concerns Surround Pulse Nightclub Memorial Construction Three Years After Massacre
Three years after 49 people were shot and killed at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, efforts headed by the OnePULSE Foundation are underway to build a memorial and museum to commemorate the victims. But the...
By Jasmine Aguilera and Madeline Fitzgerald
June 12, 2019
The Victims of Virginia Beach
Here's what we know about the 12 people who were killed
By Megan McCluskey
June 1, 2019
They Survived Mass Shootings. Years Later, The Bullets Are Still Trying to Kill Them
Colin Goddard lay in a pool of his own blood, hoping his racing heart would not tip off the approaching gunman that he was still alive. The shooter hovered over Goddard, paused and fired two...
By Melissa Chan
May 31, 2019
Erdogan Uses New Zealand Shooting Footage in Campaign
The footage was apparently used to galvanize his base ahead of local elections
By Baris Balci / Bloomberg
March 17, 2019
Chelsea Clinton Confronted at Mosque Shooting Victims Vigil
"This right here is the result of a massacre stoked by people like you"
By Megan McCluskey
March 16, 2019
President Trump Stays Hostile Even as Synagogue Mourns
When President Donald Trump visits Pittsburgh Tuesday, he'll be faced with the tough task of balancing the traditional presidential duty to comfort and unite the country following the deadly synagogue shooting with his instinct to...
By Brian Bennett
October 29, 2018
Parkland Student: Kindness Won't Stop School Shootings
'Students should not be expected to cure the ills of our genuinely troubled classmates'
By Jamie Ducharme
March 28, 2018
Minority Students Saw Massive School Walkouts as a Chance to Add Their Voice
"Gun control for someone who is white is different than gun control for someone who is black"
By Charlotte Alter
March 14, 2018
Here's Where President Trump Stands on 5 Gun Control Ideas
President Donald Trump started the week reminding America where he stands on gun control proposals. In two Monday morning tweets, Trump listed various potential actions on guns, saying he's moving forward on some and pulling...
By Tessa Berenson
March 12, 2018
Membership in Gun Groups Is Spiking After the Florida Shooting
"The NRA better be 15 million strong soon, or this is only going to get worse"
By Alana Abramson
March 2, 2018
Scientists Are Struggling to Understand When Adolescence Begins
These are today's best ideas
By The Aspen Institute
February 23, 2018
Becoming Numb to School Shootings Won’t Save Anyone
After yesterday’s shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, which killed at least 17 people and injured 14 others, many of us are again outraged. But where was our collective outrage at...
By Joan Cook
February 15, 2018
Donald Trump Blamed the Florida School Shooting on Mental Illness. Here's What He's Done on the Issue
President Donald Trump appeared to blame the Florida school shooting Wednesday on mental illness and promised to take action, although he did not give specifics. In remarks from the White House, Trump said that he...
By Justin Worland
February 15, 2018
How Much the NRA Has Given to Florida Lawmakers
The NRA donated over $800,000 to Florida lawmakers in the 2016 election
By Alana Abramson
February 15, 2018
Read President Trump's Reaction to Deadly Florida School Shooting
President Trump offered comforting words but no policy prescriptions when he addressed a grieving nation the day after a deadly school shooting in Florida. "To every parent, teacher, and child who is hurting so badly,...
By Tessa Berenson
February 15, 2018
'We Must Confront This Problem.' Read Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Florida School Shooting
Jeff Sessions said that the Justice Department will make responding to school shootings a priority. Speaking to the Major County Sheriffs' Association Thursday, the attorney general said that the U.S. "must reverse these trends" and...
By Ryan Teague Beckwith
February 15, 2018
My Son Was Killed at Sandy Hook. I Can’t Go Back in Time, But I Can Try to Change the Future
I can’t go back in time but I can try to change the future
December 14, 2017
President Trump Was in Asia for 12 Days. Here's What He Missed at Home
When President Trump returned from a week and a half in Asia, his longest foreign policy trip to date, he arrived back to a series of domestic issues that festered while he was gone. As...
By Tessa Berenson
November 15, 2017
Evangelical Pastor: The Church Should Help Keep Guns From Abusers
The motive of the shooter who took 26 lives, injured 20 more and devastated a community by spraying semi-automatic gunfire into a small church sanctuary seemed baffling. We were told by experts that we may...
By Rob Schenck
November 9, 2017
Error That Let Texas Shooter Buy Gun Is Widespread
The U.S. military has launched a review into whether there are widespread failures to properly report military criminal history information to the FBI, after the Air Force mishandled the records of the Texas church killer....
By W.J. Hennigan
November 7, 2017
Domestic Violence is the 'Canary in the Coal Mine' for Mass Shootings
54% of recent mass shootings involved domestic or family violence
By Charlotte Alter
November 6, 2017
These Numbers Show Just How Devastating the Texas Church Shooting Was
Eight members of one family were killed in the attack
By Katie Reilly
November 6, 2017
Gun-Related Deaths in America Keep Going Up
Officials called the trend "concerning"
By Maya Rhodan
November 6, 2017
'The Pain Won't Go Away.' Sister of Charleston Shooting Victim Reacts to Texas Attack
"But you can live through it"
By Maya Rhodan
November 6, 2017
How President Trump's Response to the Texas Church Shooting Compares to Past Attacks
His reaction was similar to the shooting in Las Vegas
By Alana Abramson
November 6, 2017
Trump May Ramp Up Security Training for Houses of Worship
"We are going to be a whole lot busier when it comes to safety and security for houses of worship"
By Elizabeth Dias
November 5, 2017
This Is the Deadliest Year for Mass Shootings in Modern U.S. History
The church shooting in Sutherland Springs, Texas brings this year's toll to at least 112
By Chris Wilson
November 5, 2017
Vegas Shooting Doesn't Sway NRA Grassroots
If anything, they said they feel more strongly preserving their gun rights
By Alana Abramson
October 6, 2017
The NRA Is Finally Backing a Gun Restriction. Here's Why It's a Ploy
Breaking with years of intransigence, the nation’s largest gun-rights group on Thursday announced a rare but limited concession to those who would put in place new limits on firearms. On its own, the face-saving move...
By Philip Elliott
October 6, 2017
The Las Vegas Shooting and Our Age of Anger
Rage plus guns is a terrible combination, TIME's Jeffrey Kluger writes
By Jeffrey Kluger
October 4, 2017
Nobel Prizes in Science are Absurd
These are today's best ideas
By The Aspen Institute
October 4, 2017
Victims Watched a Familiar Horror Unfold in Las Vegas
The sound of an assault-style semi-automatic rifle unloading from 32 floors up and four football fields away doesn’t sound like you’d imagine. It’s louder, crisper. A shattering pop-pa-pop-pop of unique explosions that blend into each...
By Haley Sweetland Edwards / Las Vegas
October 3, 2017
Gaming Makes People Better Learners
These are today's best ideas
By The Aspen Institute
October 3, 2017
Congress Could Still Make It Easier to Buy a Silencer
The U.S. House of Representatives has not yet scheduled a vote for a bill that would loosen regulations on silencers, but Speaker Paul Ryan did not rule out a vote in the future. In the...
By Alana Abramson
October 3, 2017
41 Years of Mass Shootings in the U.S. in One Chart
Hundreds of people have been killed in mass shootings since 1982
By Chris Wilson
October 2, 2017
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