Kansas Lawsuit Settlement Sets Standard For Gun Seller Liability
The state's high court ruled that gun dealers must exercise the "highest stand of reasonable care" to keep weapons away from felons.
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Bernie Sanders Walks A Fine Line On Gun Control
"I think that urban America has got to respect what rural America is about, where 99 percent of the people in my state who hunt are law-abiding people," the 2016 hopeful told NPR's David Greene.
Obama Mourns Charleston Victims, But Laments 'Politics' Of Gun Control
After a shooting at a Charleston, S.C., church left nine dead, President Obama noted, "Mass violence does not happen in other advanced countries," but tighter gun controls in the U.S. were unlikely.
Supreme Court Rejects NRA Challenge To San Francisco Gun Rules
The case centered on a law requiring residents to keep handguns under lock and key or to use trigger locks when not carrying their weapons. Another measure bans the sale of hollow-point bullets.
Doctors Join Forces With Lawyers To Reduce Firearms Deaths
More than 32,000 people die each year in the United States in gun-related suicides, violence and accidents. The physicians seek universal background checks and other measures to reduce the toll.
Do Guns On The Premises Make Workplaces Safer?
Private companies used to make their own rules about guns on their property. But a growing number of states have adopted laws allowing workers to keep guns in their cars in the workplace parking lot.
12-Year-Old Boy Carrying Replica Gun Dies After Cleveland Officer Shoots
Police say they asked the boy to put his hands up; instead he reached for his waist-band and one officer shot twice. The boy died at the hospital.
Police Hunt For Armed 'Survivalist' In Pa. Trooper Shooting
Eric Frein, 31, has been identified as a suspect in last week's fatal shooting of one state trooper and the wounding of another.
A New Jersey Law That's Kept Smart Guns Off Shelves Nationwide
The law says that once "personalized" guns are available in the U.S., all handguns sold in New Jersey must be smart guns. So, to avoid triggering the law, vendors aren't selling them — anywhere.
Gun Buy Back Program Attracts Big Crowd
Winston-Salem's gun buyback program drew a big crowd to the city fairgrounds Saturday.