gun violence

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Washington Law Targeting Domestic Abusers Yields Report Of 71 Attempted Gun Buys

4:55pm January 09, 2018

by Bill Chappell

The law is believed to be the first of its kind. It requires licensed gun sellers to report failed background checks; it also alerts people who are living under protective orders.

The NPR Top Political Story of the Year Bracket after Round 2 voting.

NPR Bracket, Round 2 Results: Only 16 Stories Remain

12:15pm December 28, 2017

by Domenico Montanaro

Fallout from sexual harassment, Comey's firing and the Mueller probe are all in strong positions to be the top political stories of 2017. Will there be an upset Thursday?

Kenneth and Irene Hernandez pay their respects as they visit a makeshift memorial with crosses placed near the scene of a shooting at the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs, Texas. A man opened fire inside the church in the small South Texas commu

National

After A Vow To End 'This American Carnage,' A Year Of Deadly Violence

1:33pm December 27, 2017

by Eric Westervelt

Though America saw the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history in 2017, efforts to enact new gun laws, once again, stalled in Congress.

Health & Safety

Mass Shooting Expert Gives Survival Tips For Emergency Situations

3:56pm December 14, 2017

by Beatriz Caldas, WFDD Intern

In early October, Stephen Paddock opened fire on a crowd of thousands of concertgoers who attended the Route 91 Harvest music festival in Las Vegas.

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Five years ago, Avielle Richman, 6, was shot in her first-grade classroom at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.

A Newtown Family's Campaign To Change How We Think About Violence

11:01am December 12, 2017

by Tovia Smith

Avielle Richman was 6 years old when she was killed in her first-grade classroom. Her parents think a possible solution to gun violence is to treat it like a disease.

More than 30,000 people a year are killed by gun violence, including 50 killed near the Los Vegas strip last month where this makeshift memorial stands.

What If We Treated Gun Violence Like A Public Health Crisis?

6:05pm November 15, 2017

by Alison Kodjak

The law restricts a major government public health agency's research into gun violence, which kills or injures more people than many other infectious diseases.

At a press conference in Japan on Monday, President Donald Trump blamed mental illness, not guns, for the Texas massacre.

Texas Shooter's History Raises Questions About Mental Health And Mass Murder

3:54pm November 08, 2017

by Alison Kodjak

President Trump says the Texas shooting shows that mental health is a "problem of the highest order." This comes amid a debate about mental illness, guns, and his own record on mental health programs.

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Law enforcement officials investigate the scene of a shooting at the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs, Texas, earlier this week in which 26 people were killed.

In Texas And Beyond, Mass Shootings Have Roots In Domestic Violence

9:42am November 07, 2017

by April Fulton

The man who police say killed 26 people in a small Texas church on Sunday had a record of domestic violence, making him sadly typical. Many suspects of mass shootings have similar histories.

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Violent gun deaths per 100,000 people in 2016

Gun Violence: Comparing The U.S. With Other Countries

3:36pm November 06, 2017

by Nurith Aizenman

The latest data on deaths by gun violence shows how the U.S. ranks among rich nations and lower income countries.

Fifty-eight white crosses for the victims of the shooting on the Las Vegas Strip earlier this month are arrayed Oct. 6 just south of the Mandalay Bay hotel. The shooter fired down on a crowd of concertgoers from a room in the hotel, and on Thursday its pa

National

Hotel Company: Latest Police Timeline Of Las Vegas Shooting 'Not Accurate'

11:29pm October 12, 2017

by Sarah McCammon

At issue is whether the hotel was delayed in calling police after the shots were first reported by hotel security staff.