Gun Laws

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.

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.

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

"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.

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.

Lawmakers outraged by the protections for gun makers recently launched a new effort to repeal them.

"It's really sold in the context of 'There's a threat around every corner, dear mostly-white NRA member,' and that threat is either a black man or a brown man or some other kind of person of color," Guns Down director Igor Volsky told CBS News.

Blaming bump stocks for gun crime is like "blaming McDonald’s for heart disease,” says Michael Williams.

Kellyanne Conway's blame on the Obama administration comes as President Donald Trump is criticized for rolling back gun regulations and offering no policy solution in light of one of the deadliest mass shootings in American history.

The NRA has benefited financially from past mass shootings, and gun stocks were already on the rise Monday.

Gun share prices rise after mass shootings with the perception that tighter gun control rules will follow and that people need to better protect themselves.

Emanuel Kidega Samson, 25, is accused of killing one person and wounding six in a shooting in a church Sunday.

The number of people charged with unlawful possession of a firearm rose by about 23 percent in the second quarter of 2017 compared with the same period last year.

In one noteworthy case, officials found a loaded gun with 15 rounds concealed inside a wheelchair cushion.

Nearly half of Americans who live in a household with a gun share the same sentiment.

A Stanford scholar found that states with concealed carry laws actually experience increases in violent crime.

The mayors call on Congress to oppose legislation that would force states to recognize concealed carry weapon permits from other states.

New research challenges other findings that improvements in trauma care have dramatically improved the survival rate of gunshot victims.

Both Democrats and Republicans largely agree that Congress is unlikely to pass gun control measures, according to a Morning Consult/Politico poll.

People are buying larger-caliber handguns, and they're not for hunting or recreation.

The legislation is a direct response to last week’s shooting in Alexandria, Virginia, at a congressional baseball game practice.

First hearing on legislation to make it easier to buy silencers is delayed after the shooting at a congressional baseball practice in Alexandria, Va.