gun violence

Biden’s executive actions include directing the DOJ to craft a rule addressing the spread of “ghost guns” and publish model red-flag legislation for states.

On Thursday, President Joe Biden noted that gun violence kills 106 people every day in this country and costs the nation $280 billion a year.

On Thursday, President Joe Biden announced a series of executive actions that would both limit self-assembled “ghost guns” and make it easier to flag people who shouldn’t be allowed to purchase a firearm.

After mass shootings in Atlanta, Georgia and Boulder, Colorado, people claimed shootings had “slowed” during the pandemic. Why were spikes in homicides and gun injuries overlooked?

The gunman who killed four people and wounded a fifth at an office complex knew all the victims either through business or personally, Southern California police said Thursday.

Authorities say police have arrested a man who walked into an Atlanta grocery store with five guns and body armor, just days after the mass shooting at a Colorado supermarket.

There were no widely covered mass shootings that occurred in public during the pandemic, then suddenly, mass-casualty incidents in Atlanta, GA and Boulder, CO this month. Shannon Watts of Moms Demand Action tells LX News she’s worried about violence when more schools reopen.

A Fort Worth jury finds a five-time felon and suspected shooter guilty of a gun crime from the shooting that occurred in an Arlington neighborhood in March of last year.

Mass shootings in the Atlanta area and Boulder, Colorado, have renewed the once-ongoing national conversation sidelined by the coronavirus pandemic: How do we end gun violence?

In less than a week, two mass shootings have overshadowed President Joe Biden’s “Help is Here” tour, during which he planned to herald the ways his administration is helping Americans recover from the pandemic

President Joe Biden urged members of Congress to “once again” pass legislation banning assault weapons and closing background check loopholes after a shooting in Boulder, Colo., killed 10 people.

This week’s deadly spa shootings and Congressional hearing have put a new focus on a recent rise in anti-Asian hate crimes.

The House recently passed legislation that would require background checks for gun purchases, a signature Democratic issue for decades

Jury selection began Tuesday in the murder trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer seen in cell phone video with his knee across George Floyd’s neck in the minutes before his death.

Police say the boy opened fire on two intruders, killing one, after they forced their way into a North Carolina apartment and demanded money, shooting his grandmother.

Homicides rose sharply across the country, in cities big and small, in 2020, NBC News reports.

New York City is closing the books on its bloodiest year after a long time of being known as the safest big city in America

A group of gun violence victims in Brooklyn are teaching kids how to avoid going down the same path that left them wheelchair-bound. Yusuf Omar of Hashtag Our Stories introduces us to the inspiring men behind Wheelchairs Against Guns and learns why they are choosing to use their second chance at life to help others.

The gunman who opened fire on the steps of a Manhattan cathedral before being shot by police detailed his apparent attack plans in writing, claiming his goal was to take hostages — and never expected to return home. A senior law enforcement official told NBC New York that Luis Vasquez wrote in a note found in his pocket that he…

What started as a peaceful Christmas concert on the steps of a historic New York City church quickly erupted into chaos late Sunday after a lone gunman opened fire outside the cathedral. Police say gunshots were first reported around 3:45 p.m. Sunday on the front steps of the Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine immediately following the annual concert…