The strategy is complicated by the sheer number of guns in American homes—nearly half of the total number of firearms worldwide.
A new study finds that older Americans with risk factors for harming themselves or others don't seem to be any less likely to have access to firearms than anyone else their age.
New research finds several state-level statutes are linked to homicide rates, including universal background checks.
Domestic firearm production increased dramatically beginning in 2005.
Why are Uber and iPhone security more important than solving our national gun problem?
Will 2016 be the year America enacts gun control? It should be.
Will simply explaining current law more clearly help save lives?
Assuming an armed person is harmless when he is, in fact, dangerous, could well be the last mistake someone ever makes. But the default setting for gun laws in the United States assumes just that.
The National Rifle Association and other anti-gun-control groups are formidable, but political trends may be loosening their grip on lawmakers.
Yes, America has a strong gun culture, but laws can be changed nonetheless.
A new meta-study synthesizes recent research, and finds unconscious racial bias influences snap decisions to pull the trigger.
Examining the personality characteristics of America's gun owners.
The latest survey of American gun-owners looks at the culture they live in.
In a 5-4 decision, the SCOTUS blocked a conservative effort to overturn a law that makes it illegal to buy a gun for someone else. While the ruling maintains the status quo by preserving long-standing legislation, it opens the door for stricter limits on gun ownership.
Shunned by peers and bummed by the NRA: What it’s like to be left-leaning and gun-toting in America.
In the wake of the recent Isla Vista shooting, we’ve laid out the most revealing reporting about guns.
New legislation would increase CDC funding for gun violence research from zero dollars to $10 million. The NRA calls the push “unethical” and an “abuse of taxpayer funds.”
Has non-fatal gun violence increased or decreased over the past 10 years? No one really knows.
Since Congress pressured the CDC to stop funding research on gun violence, Dr. Garen Wintemute has donated more than $1.1 million of his own money to keep his research going.
The means—prescription drugs, access to firearms, bridges without prevention methods—play a much bigger role than any emotions or thought processes.
Journalists are misrepresenting a new study about the number of children killed every year by firearms.
Survey polled 1,601 gun dealers, pawnshops, and gunsmiths in 43 states.