ROADBLOCKS
Experts say this $85 million contract has likely impeded law enforcement’s ability to investigate shootings at a time when gun violence is surging.
EXIT PLAN
Internal documents show the Brewer firm developed the NRA’s plan to declare bankruptcy and reincorporate outside New York—a strategy some insiders view with skepticism.
URBAN VIOLENCE
Recent mass shootings have Congress searching for solutions to gun violence. America’s hardest-hit communities say what they need is funding for programs already saving lives.
HISTORY
New research contends that a surge in handgun production and possession propelled murder rates in American cites—until new restrictions on firearms reversed the trendlines.
BIG TROUBLE
A new study published in the Journal of Urban Health also finds that people who own guns primarily for protection are less likely to store them securely.
THE KNOWLEDGE GAP
A $5 million grant is bringing together a team of researchers from across the country to develop ways to prevent and reduce firearm injuries and deaths in kids.
ROUNDS
The 19-year-old gunman who killed more than a dozen people at a Florida high school was armed with a rifle.
BUSINESS OF GUNS
Bump stocks are hard to find, but retailers are selling plenty of other devices that skirt the edges of federal law.
UNITED STATES OF VIOLENCE
Four or more people are shot in the U.S. almost every day, and almost none of the incidents make news.