Gun ownership

Despite calls to ban sales of so-called assault weapons in the U.S., these kinds of firearms are prevalent in civilian society and elsewhere.

Researchers have published a study investigating the prevalence of firearms in California, the types and numbers of weapons people owned, and their reasons for having them.

The U.S. was the only country in the world found to have more guns than people, possessing more civilian firearms than the next 25 nations combined.

"In comparison to other developed countries around the world, the U.S. has a very unique problem with gun violence."

An average 630 firearms a day were collected as part of the three-month initiative to rid the country of unregistered weapons.

A Harvard-led study found that gun injuries fell by about 20 percent during NRA conventions.

Texas's defiance and love of firepower lives on.

Some males find moral and emotional solace in their firearms.

The political gap between gun owners and non-owners gets larger in nearly every election cycle, researchers have found.

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

The Navy named the combat ship after the former Arizona representative who was shot in the head as she met constituents in 2011.

American adolescents aged 12 to 19 comprise 90 percent of the yearly emergency room visits.

For the first time, long-term trends in the enactment of gun safety laws can be compared between states. The evidence suggests firearm laws are becoming better at protecting the gun industry from liability rather than protecting the lives of innocent civilians from guns.

Germany has some of the strictest gun control laws in Europe, but multiple attacks increase calls to loosen laws.

Trump is taking existing Republican rhetoric and deploying it at sharper pitches, before larger audiences.

Since 2001, lone-wolf terrorists have increasingly turned to high-powered guns as their weapon of choice.

Gun violence has been a major American issue for more than 70 years,

Generational neglect, demonization and the stigma that American society has attached to blackness go a lot deeper.

Sales may be up, but according to a new survey, the number of American households with at least one gun is at a low point.