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  1. Every Gun Policy President Trump Has ProposedSince Parkland, Trump has been musing about various policies to combat gun violence. Here’s every idea he’s endorsed, and what he might actually do.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  2. Trump’s Minor Gun Actions Are Probably All Congress Will AllowThe White House is rolling out tweaks to existing laws, but Republicans in Congress appear resistant to even the mildest gun-control measures.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  3. Activists Seek to Keep Gun-Safety Movement Student-LedGun-control groups and celebrities are offering assistance, but trying not to taint the teens’ grassroots campaign.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  4. Every Brutal Marco Rubio Exchange From the CNN Town Hall on Gun ViolenceWhile they gave him credit for showing up, Parkland survivors took apart his talking points on banning assault weapons and accepting NRA money.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  5. Why ‘Red Flag Laws’ Are Gaining Bipartisan Support After ParklandGun-violence restraining orders offer a way to temporarily disarm the mentally ill, based on the concerns of family members and law enforcement.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  6. Could Trump Actually Shift the Gun Debate?He may be uniquely positioned to do so, but his erratic response to the Parkland shooting suggests gun-control advocates should focus elsewhere.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  7. As Florida Shooting Survivors Beg for Action, Trump Opts to Lie LowAs with the Rob Porter scandal, it appears his goal is to stay out of the spotlight and wait until the controversy blows over.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  8. People Reported the Florida Shooter, Like Trump Asked. He Still Got a Gun.School officials, police, and even the FBI received repeated warnings about Nikolas Cruz, but they couldn’t legally prevent him from buying firearms.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  9. Every Attempt to Change Gun Laws Under TrumpTrump and other GOP lawmakers have worked to loosen gun restrictions, and the few bipartisan efforts to address mass shootings have stalled.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  10. At Least 17 Dead in Florida School ShootingThe suspect, reported to be a former student, is in police custody.
  11. 17 Dead in Florida School Shooting, Former Student in Police CustodyThe suspect, a former student, is in police custody.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  12. The White and Black Murder Rates Are Both Rising, But for Different ReasonsA prominent criminologist believes in the “Ferguson effect” — just not the one you’ve probably heard of.
    By Jesse Singal
  13. At Least 4 Dead in Northern California Shooting RampageA gunman drove around a quiet country neighborhood shooting strangers at random, and firing into an elementary school.
    By Eric Levitz and Margaret Hartmann
  14. gun violence
    Congress Can’t Agree on Guns, But They Can Do More to Keep Firearms From AbusersBipartisan efforts to address the mistake that let the Texas shooter buy guns are encouraging, but they only scratch the surface of the problem.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  15. Politics Group-Chat: What We Talk About When We Talk About Gun ControlThree New York writers try to make sense of the gun-control debate.
    By Jonathan Chait, Ed Kilgore, and Eric Levitz
  16. Senator’s Strategy to Combat Gun Violence: ‘Get Small’It’s just common sense.
    By Benjamin Hart
  17. Gun Control Is More Like Abortion Than Gay MarriageMillennials don’t necessarily have a more liberal view of it than older generations.
    By Benjamin Hart
  18. Massacre Comes Amid Soaring Gun-Violence Rates in Las VegasA mass killing is new for the city, but gun carnage is not.
    By Benjamin Hart
  19. Trump Blames Undocumented Immigrants for Gang Violence in ChicagoApparently, we don’t need to fight poverty or restrict gun sales to reduce urban homicides — we just need to cut funding to sanctuary cities!
    By Eric Levitz
  20. House GOP Blocks Measure to Prevent Mentally Ill People From Getting FirearmsThe Obama regulation would have required the Social Security Administration to give names of people with severe mental illness to the FBI.
    By Jen Kirby
  21. gun violence
    Can a Gun Victim and a Gun Advocate Change Each Other’s Minds?What happens when 16 strangers on both sides of America’s most contentious divide are asked to take on someone else’s story? An experiment in empathy.
    By Lisa Miller
  22. Chicago on Pace to Have the Highest Murder Rate in Nearly 20 YearsThe city hit its 700th murder this week.
    By Jen Kirby
  23. guns
    A Secretive Billionaire’s Dreams of Creating America’s Foremost Guns EmpireThere had been Big Pharma, and Big Oil, but never Big Gun. Stephen Feinberg’s Cerberus Capital set out to create it.
    By Stephen Witt
  24. 17 People Were Shot Dead in Chicago Last WeekendIt was the deadliest weekend of the most violent year the city has seen in decades.
    By Eric Levitz
  25. One Dead, Two Injured in West Texas School ShootingThe shooter shot another student and then herself.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  26. Woman Reportedly Killed at J’Ouvert After Asking Man to Stop Grinding on HerThe NYPD has arrested one person as officials say the annual festival won’t be cancelled.
    By Jen Kirby
  27. law and order
    Brothers Charged in Shooting of Innocent Bystander, NBA Star’s CousinThe brothers were both “documented gang members.”
    By Charley Lanyon
  28. awful things
    Trump Uses the Death of Chicago Mother to Celebrate HimselfTrump has never met a tragedy that didn’t prove him right somehow, but this may be a new low, even for him.
    By Chas Danner
  29. Democrats Are Staging a Sit-in on the House Floor Over Gun ControlLed by Democratic representative John Lewis of Georgia.
    By Jen Kirby
  30. The Murder Rate in Chicago Is Up 84 Percent This YearThe number of shootings has nearly doubled. 
    By Samuel Lieberman
  31. The 2016 Gun-Violence Statistics Out of Chicago Are HorrificThree times as many people were shot as this time last year. 
    By Samuel Lieberman
  32. gun violence
    Person Arrested After Shooting Threat in ChicagoThe suspect allegedly mentioned Laquan McDonald in the online threat.
    By Jaime Fuller
  33. gun violence
    Gun Store Ordered to Pay Nearly $6 Million to Wounded Officers “Will it change the way things are done around the country? Time will tell.”
    By Jaime Fuller
  34. shootings
    As Obama Heads to Oregon, Two Campus Shootings Happen in Two Different StatesMany protesters are waiting to greet the president.
    By Jaime Fuller
  35. guns and kids
    11-Year-Old Boy Shoots 8-Year-Old Girl Dead Over PuppyHe’d been bullying her for a while, her mother reports.
    By Eric Levitz
  36. gun control
    How Australia and Britain Tackled Gun ViolencePresident Obama cited the two nations in his call for stricter gun laws — but would the same strategies work here?
    By Margaret Hartmann
  37. gun violence
    Weekend Shootings Leave 7 Dead, 4 Injured in New York City“The madness has to stop and has to stop in Washington,” said Governor Cuomo.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  38. gun violence
    Houston Deputy Sheriff ‘Assassinated’ While Pumping GasA suspect has now been charged, and though a motive is not yet clear, one police official is linking the murder to the Black Lives Matter movement.
    By Chas Danner
  39. the schumers
    Amy and Chuck Schumer Want the U.S. to Do Something About Gun Violence The cousins are teaming up. 
    By Jaime Fuller
  40. shootings
    Shootings in New York This Weekend Left 2 Dead and 19 WoundedShootings are up 12 percent from last year.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  41. crimes and misdemeanors
    Chicago’s Bloody Weekend Starts a Nervous SummerForty-five shot, seven killed.
    By Adam Martin
  42. crimes and misdemeanors
    More Cops, More Cameras After Weekend’s ViolenceNYPD steps up patrols and surveillance.
    By Adam Martin
  43. scary things
    Crown Heights Teen Shooting Victim Drags His Friend to SafetyHeroism under fire in Brooklyn.
    By Adam Martin
  44. gun violence
    Man Shoots Himself at NRA-Sponsored NASCAR RaceIronic, but not funny.
    By Adam Martin
  45. shootings
    New Mexico Teen Arrested for Shooting Family, Said He Planned to Kill MoreAccording to sources, he was headed for Walmart.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  46. shootings
    Fifteen-Year-Old Boy Charged With Fatally Shooting Five People in New MexicoIt’s believed that the victims were the boy’s family members.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  47. aurora shooting
    Aurora Victims Push for Questions on Gun Control During Presidential Debate“When you watch the presidential debates, ask yourself who has a plan to stop gun violence.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  48. guns
    Queens Teacher Uses Robbers and Guns to Instruct Spelling R-O-B-B-E-R.
    By Brett Smiley