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  1. gun violence
    Northam Calls Special Session for Gun-Safety Bills After Virginia Beach MassacreVirginia Democrats are challenging Republicans to back off alliance with gun lobby after state’s second massacre in 12 years.
    By Ed Kilgore
  2. mass shootings
    Everything We Know About the Virginia Beach ShootingIt’s still not clear what motivated the gunman to indiscriminately murder his co-workers.
    By Chas Danner
  3. violence against women act
    NRA Rallies to Preserve the Gun Rights of Convicted Stalkers, Abusive BoyfriendsThe new Violence Against Women Act would prohibit abusive partners or stalkers from owning firearms. The NRA calls that tyranny.
    By Eric Levitz
  4. politics
    Sheriff’s Department Shot Teachers With Pellets During School-Shooting DrillA nation that refuses to prevent gun violence can only rehearse it, over and over.
    By Sarah Jones
  5. christchurch massacre
    New Zealand Bans Assault Weapons Less Than a Week After ChristchurchPrime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced the ban of military-style weapons and high-capacity magazines, and a buyback plan to get them off the streets.
    By Matt Stieb
  6. gun violence
    Connecticut Supreme Court Rules to Allow Sandy Hook Relatives to Sue GunmakersThe U.S. Supreme Court may step in and stop the Connecticut suit, but it could expose the strategies by which gunmakers market their deadly wares.
    By Ed Kilgore
  7. 2020 presidential election
    Bloomberg Won’t Run for President in 2020The former New York mayor will spend his time and money on issue advocacy, while possibly backing another candidate.
    By Ed Kilgore
  8. shootings
    At Least 12 Killed in California Bar ShootingThe bar and dance hall in Thousand Oaks was hosting an event for college students. The gunman was found dead at the scene.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  9. explainer
    What to Know About the Tallahassee Yoga Studio AttackThe gunman, who shot six women, killing two, had a history of harassing young women and had expressed violently misogynistic and racist views online.
    By Chas Danner
  10. pittsburgh synagogue shooting
    What to Know About the Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting11 people are dead and six injured after a shooter attacked the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh during Saturday morning services.
    By Chas Danner and Adam K. Raymond
  11. jacksonville shooting
    2 Dead After Shooter Opens Fire During Florida Video Game TournamentTwo people were killed and 11 were injured when the shooter, who took his own life, opened fire at a livestreamed Madden competition.
    By Benjamin Hart
  12. profile
    Parkland Activist David Hogg Is Taking His Gap Year at the BarricadesFurious and unflinching, an NRA enemy, an accused “crisis actor,” and a high-school grad trying to figure out what’s next.
    By Lisa Miller
  13. 73 People Were Shot in Chicago Over the WeekendThe violence-plagued city has seen some progress in 2018, but this was a big step back.
    By Benjamin Hart
  14. Mass Shooting at Trenton Arts Festival Leaves 22 InjuredOne suspect was killed, and another is in custody.
    By Benjamin Hart
  15. Texas Lieutenant Governor: Teachers Are Part of ‘Well-Run Militia’Meanwhile, the NRA’s new president put some of the blame for Friday’s school shootings on … Ritalin.
    By Benjamin Hart
  16. Witnesses: Las Vegas Shooter Ranted About a Government Plot to Seize GunsNewly released witness interviews this week shed new light on the motives of Stephen Paddock, who also ranted about FEMA, Waco, and Ruby Ridge.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  17. Gun Giant Remington Declares BankruptcyThough the company has long experienced financial problems, its decline points to something bigger.
    By Benjamin Hart
  18. Rick Santorum Suggests Kids Stop Marching, Start Taking CPR ClassesA comment that represents a fatalistic view of American life.
    By Benjamin Hart
  19. march for our lives
    ‘This One’s Different’The mother of a Parkland victim explains the power of the March for Our Lives.
    By Olivia Nuzzi
  20. Politicians React to March for Our LivesMany Democrats joined the protests, while President Trump said nothing.
    By Benjamin Hart
  21. Paul McCartney Invokes John Lennon at March for Our Lives‘One of my best friends was killed by gun violence …’
    By Benjamin Hart
  22. gun control
    Justice Department to Create New Rule Banning Bump StocksThe Trump administration is going to try to ban the devices without Congress, but may ultimately lose in court.
    By Chas Danner
  23. Study: When NRA Members Meet for Their Convention, Gun Injuries FallA new study finds that when the “good guys with guns” hole up for their annual get-together, America becomes significantly safer.
    By Eric Levitz
  24. Don’t Worry, Trump’s Relationship With the NRA Is Still ‘Good (Great)’A day after Trump embraced Democratic gun policies, he and an NRA lobbyist exchanged tweets suggesting he’s reverted to GOP orthodoxy.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  25. the national circus
    Frank Rich: A Hopeful New Path for Gun Politics in AmericaIt’s a very good sign that even Trump — in his crude way — is trying to attach himself to gun control.
    By Frank Rich
  26. 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
  27. 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
  28. 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
  29. 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
  30. 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
  31. 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
  32. 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
  33. 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
  34. 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
  35. At Least 17 Dead in Florida School ShootingThe suspect, reported to be a former student, is in police custody.
  36. 17 Dead in Florida School Shooting, Former Student in Police CustodyThe suspect, a former student, is in police custody.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  37. 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
  38. 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
  39. 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
  40. 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
  41. Senator’s Strategy to Combat Gun Violence: ‘Get Small’It’s just common sense.
    By Benjamin Hart
  42. 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
  43. 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
  44. 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
  45. 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
  46. 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
  47. Chicago on Pace to Have the Highest Murder Rate in Nearly 20 YearsThe city hit its 700th murder this week.
    By Jen Kirby
  48. 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
  49. 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
  50. One Dead, Two Injured in West Texas School ShootingThe shooter shot another student and then herself.
    By Adam K. Raymond
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