Gun laws

The boy attempted to flee as the school entered lockdown, but he was soon subdued by police from multiple agencies.

Neither the president nor the newly nominated ATF director want to take your guns away and there is no such thing as a gun registry.

In a disturbing new trend, children and teens in America are getting their hands on ghost guns and bringing them to school—with deadly consequences.

We live in a country where extremists have near-unfettered access to deadly weapons—a country where hate-fueled gun violence is enabled by our politicians.

Police believe that the shooting was likely an accident and that the father didn't know the toddler had the gun.

I fight for stronger gun laws because I know the stakes are so painfully high.

The California city's council has overwhelmingly approved a measure requiring gun owners to buy liability insurance and pay an annual fee estimated at $25.

The proposed laws would impose liability insurance and yearly fees on gun-owning households.

It's quite rare for parents to face criminal charges when their children commit crimes using their firearms.

Wolf called the bill "dangerous" after surpassing former governors for the most vetoes signed.

"The disappointing verdict is sure to embolden militant people who seek to take the law into their own hands," the Wisconsin State Journal's editorial board wrote.

According to the poll, 91 percent of Democrats support stricter gun laws, while only 24 percent of Republicans agree.

The "heroic" actions of a pastor and parishioners potentially prevented any blood from being shed at a North Nashville church over the weekend.

Ira Beavers, of Glendale, was arrested after border officials found the gun he forgot to remove before the drive to Mexico.

Let the preventable death of Halyna Hutchins serve to prevent future deaths on movie sets.

An FBI report showed homicides among people ages 19 and younger rose more than 21 percent in 2020.

Randy Fry told Newsweek his daughter's videos "show the world that some children are capable of a lot more than we expect."

In New York state, someone dies from gun violence every 11 hours and gun violence is the third leading cause of death for children.

The new Texas gun legislation, signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott in June, goes into effect on September 1.

The bill would allow Texans "permitless carry" of handguns in their home state as long as they are not banned from owning a gun by a separate state or federal law. This is what gun rights activists call "constitutional carry," citing the original context of the Second Amendment.

The legislation declares federal gun restrictions that violate the Second Amendment, enacted on or after January 1, 2021 invalid in the state. According to the Associated Press, the bill was approved in the Arkansas Senate and was voted 79-20 along party lines in the House.

Brandon Scott Hole, who allegedly shot and killed eight people at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis, never underwent a "red flag" gun law hearing, despite a call from his mother to police last year warning of his suicide risk.

"H.R. 8 and say it's not the intention of it to create criminals, but it's exactly what it does," the Oklahoma congressman argued.

Representatives Jan Schakowsky and Kelly Armstrong agreed that gun laws should move away from targeting those with mental health issues, but they differed on red flag laws that allow police or family members from temporarily removing firearms from individuals.

"Will Democrats take note of that, please?" she tweeted in the wake of Friday's deadly incident.

"Another gun fetishist weighing in on the tragedy is Colorado representative and H.R. supervisor for John Wick, Lauren Boebert," Colbert said on Tuesday night.

The suspect purchased a gun from Big Woods Goods in Cherokee County on Tuesday prior to the shootings, an attorney for the store confirmed to Newsweek.

Violence that happens in Black communities every day almost never makes the news.

This was not just a protest or a riot, but an armed insurrection—and this is no coincidence. Many of the participants were motivated by an extreme gun rights worldview that sees armed rebellion as the very reason to own guns.

If New York Attorney General Letitia James is successful in dissolving the NRA, who will fill the vacuum the organization leaves behind?