Walmart and the AR-15
George Zornick, Washington reporter for The Nation, talks about his latest article, “How Walmart Helped Make the Newtown Shooter's AR-15 the Most Popular Assault Weapon in America.” It’s a look at how...
View ArticleOver 1,600 Gun-Related Deaths Since Newtown
Every few months, the media reports on a shooting so tragic that it causes the nation to pause. Last year, shootings in Aurora, Colorado and Oak Creek, Wisconsin became horrific preludes to the mass...
View ArticleUnderstanding the Brains of Mass Killers
Since the elemntary school shooting massacre in Newtown, Connecticut in December, politicians and policymakers have been debating how to make gun policies -- and society at large -- safer. Part of the...
View ArticleBlumenthal: Gun Control Fight a Marathon, Not a Sprint
A federal ban on assault weapons is not in the cards. The provision has been pulled from a gun control bill that Democratic leaders in the U.S. Senate plan to bring to a vote next month. Majority...
View ArticleWarrants Released in Sandy Hook Shooting Investigation
Warrants that investigators used to search the home and car of the man who shot and killed 26 people inside a Newtown elementary school were released Thursday morning, as well as information about the...
View ArticleNJ Panel Call For Tougher Gun Regulations, Penalties
A blue ribbon panel appointed by Governor Chris Christie after the Newtown school shooting massacre wants the state to tighten its gun regulations and the access minors have to violent video games....
View ArticleGun Bill Defeat
Yesterday, the senate voted down a plan to expand background checks on firearm sales, as well as several other amendments gun control advocates said would help prevent gun violence. Glenn Thrush,...
View ArticleCovering the Anniversary of the Newtown Shooting
Next weekend marks the anniversary of the shootings at Sandy Hook elementary, and the town of Newtown has asked that the press stay away out of respect for the grieving families and community. Brooke...
View ArticleNewtown Shooting Probe Yields 1,000-Page Report, But Few Answers
The state investigation into the mass shooting at a Newtown, Conn. elementary school last year has officially come to a close, with thousands of pages of police documents finally released to the...
View ArticleThe Untold Story of Guns
We’ve become accustomed in the past 20 years to seeing the issue of guns in America broken down into two camps: gun control advocates — led by police chiefs and Sarah Brady — and the all-powerful...
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