Gun laws

"Australia has strict gun laws and they still own guns AND the country is safe from unnecessary gun violence. See how that works?"

U.S. social media users have deployed hashtags such as #NRA to criticize changes in New Zealand gun laws, analysis finds.

"As a New Zealander, I can't imagine a country that is less likely to ignore this and do nothing as the United States has done after Columbine, Sandy Hook and all the others," said gun control expert Philip Alpers, a researcher at the University of Sydney and founding director of GunPolicy.org, which tracks gun laws around the world.

It should've been a carefree night of dancing, laughing and celebrating life.

Former Education Secretary Arne Duncan proposed that parents hold a nationwide boycott of schools until U.S. gun laws are changed to protect students.

America doesn't have a gun problem. It's enduring a crisis of inappropriately treated mental illness that began decades ago but has worsened in recent years.

Campaign groups identify 10 states where pro-gun lawmakers could be forced out.

Out-of-state residents can apply for a nonresident concealed carry permit in Virginia without ever stepping foot in the state, or placing a finger on a trigger.

Since the Parkland, Florida, shooting, we've seen a surge of support for prevention of gun violence.

Retail giant Walmart announced it would be raising the age for firearms buyers to 21 and will ban items resembling assault-style rifles

Many social issues divide Americans by age. Gun control is not one of them.

Police say that the Florida high school student showed poor judgement but is not a threat.

The gun rights group has its own lobbying arm and employs in-house lobbyists.

Around 7,000 people attended the gun show in Tampa on Saturday.

The poll also shows rising support for stricter gun laws.

National walkouts have been called over gun control following the Florida shooting.

"Parents have the right to send their kids to school in the mornings and see them home alive at the end of the day," organizers of the walkout wrote on a Facebook page.

"Prayers won't fix this. But control will prevent it from happening again," the student wrote to the president.

The military has moved quickly to add a backlog of thousands of names to the list after the mass shooting by an ex-serviceman.

Italy High School has been locked down.

"If we were to make an apology, that would suggest that we have done something wrong," the company said.

There's reason to be optimistic about the gun control debate.

State-level gun laws passed this year to prevent domestic abusers from owning guns, to prevent people convicted with hate crimes from owning guns, and more.

"While they ignorantly partied and remained uninformed on an issue that kills thousands of Americans every year, I was crying myself to sleep," the grieving mother wrote.

Texas's defiance and love of firepower lives on.

Concealed Carry Reciprocity passed in the House.

House Republicans want to expand gun rights despite recent events.

Babies are mastering crawling, talking and now, preparing for hunting season. 

Some males find moral and emotional solace in their firearms.

The former Congresswoman who was shot in 2011 spoke with Newsweek about the small steps she's made in both recovery and gun reform.