Gun Violence

A man lights candles at a vigil on December 13th, 2018, in memory of the victims of an attack near the Christmas market of Strasbourg in France.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

In the wake of the recent mass shooting, college students in Ventura County attempt to call for action without alienating a conservative community.

• By Francie Diep

A quick look at the regulations and numbers doesn't necessarily suggest the state's laws are useless.

• By Francie Diep

Federal Bureau of Investigation agents monitor the scene near the Borderline Bar & Grill, where a mass shooting occurred, on November 8th, 2018, in Thousand Oaks, California.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

After the mass shooting in Thousand Oaks, California, here's what research can tell us about the tragedy's effects on mental health.

• By Emily Moon

New research finds that the rate of such tragedies, which had been declining, has returned to the level of 12 years ago.

• By Tom Jacobs

Everytown for Gun Safety is playing into the NRA's hands with its Minnesota campaign.

• By David M. Perry

Retired carpenter Greg Zanis, who installed 58 crosses last year—one for each person killed—set up the memorial again with new crosses for the massacre's anniversary.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

The CDC analysis recorded 14,415 gun-related homicides in 2016.

• By Emily Moon

Maryland resident Jarrod Ramos opened fire in the Capital Gazette newspaper offices in Annapolis, shooting and killing five employees.

• By Varun Nayar

A lone gunman burst into the offices of the Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland, on Thursday, shooting and killing five newspaper employees and "gravely injuring" several more.

• By Jack Denton

The American Medical Association came out in support of a slew of progressive proposals to curb gun violence on Tuesday.

• By Kate Wheeling

From 1999 through 2016, suicide rates increased in nearly every state, according to a new report.

• By Jack Denton

Charlie Mirsky, and Alfonso Calderon, students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, take part in a Gun Violence Prevention Forum at the House Visitor Center.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Students march the last leg of a 50-mile journey into the hometown of House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) to call attention to gun violence on March 28th, 2018, in Janesville, Wisconsin

• By Pacific Standard Staff

And more follow-up coverage since the shooting in Parkland, Florida, from Pacific Standard.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

And how we might better prevent their deaths.

• By Francie Diep

Post-tragedy talk of gun control spurred many Americans to buy new weapons. Some died as a result.

• By Tom Jacobs

How does sensible gun control come about when the American government is one of the gun industry's biggest benefactors?

• By Brian DeLay

Perhaps the ubiquity of firearms has made us less vigilant to the threats that lax protections pose.

• By Jared Keller

Authorities believe the accused shooter, 64-year-old Stephen Paddock, killed himself.

• By Kate Wheeling

"We saw it coming," said a Virginia officer, but they couldn't stop it. Still, law enforcement experts say measures can be taken—even when protestors are armed.

• By Robert Faturechi

Will simply explaining current law more clearly help save lives?

• By Lois Beckett

It glosses over the broader reality of who is most at risk of being murdered with guns.

• By Lois Beckett