Gun Violence
A record number of mass shootings in the US has sparked a passionate new call for gun control reform.
Justice Neil Gorsuch’s “ghost guns” opinion is extremely narrow, but it is correct.
The justices are likely to give gun companies a win, but they aren’t sure how they will do it yet.
Good luck trying to win a suit against the gun industry in this Supreme Court.
Luigi Mangione was charged with murdering a health care CEO. The internet responded with a flood of support.
The killing of the UnitedHealthcare CEO may be the first time a “ghost gun” was used in a high-profile shooting.
The justices appear skeptical of “ghost guns.”
The Court considers legalizing “ghost guns,” untraceable weapons that evade laws intended to keep guns away from criminals.
The justices return to Washington after an unforgivable betrayal.
The factors that lead to tragedies like the Birmingham shooting are deeply ingrained in US politics, culture, and law.
Thomas Abt’s Bleeding Out has become foundational in tackling urban violence across the US.
First Jennifer and James Crumbley were charged; now it’s Colin Gray, father of the Apalachee school shooting suspect.
Apalachee High School in Georgia is the latest in a long list of school shootings. Here’s what experts say can help.
The Supreme Court’s Bruen decision will keep on creating chaos until it is overruled.
It is important to hang onto grudges against the Supreme Court.
We are living through an inflection point in America’s relationship with guns. There may be no going back.
The Trump assassination attempt and many other public crimes in America are committed by isolated young men.
While we can’t always predict public political violence, Vox spoke to four experts who can help us understand it.
Republicans have been essential to gun safety legislation before. They could do it again.
The attempt on Donald Trump is the latest in a wave of political violence.
In 1981, Ronald Reagan was shot by John Hinckley Jr. and, like Trump, survived.
Charges of involuntary manslaughter against the actor have been dismissed, and cannot be refiled. Here’s what happened.
Violent crime is falling. But understanding why it surged during the pandemic is still important.
US v. Rahimi is completely incoherent, and it faults lower courts for the justices’ own incompetence.
But they’re right that something has changed in American cities.
On a party line vote, the Court legalized “bump stocks,” which convert semiautomatic guns into fully automatic ones.
Even truly repulsive speakers have First Amendment rights.
This is what happens after four years under an insurrectionist president. It will get much worse if he gets eight.
Last year, Detroit saw its fewest homicides since 1966. Here’s how it did it — and how other cities can do the same.
The fight over “ghost guns” is back before the justices.
The Michigan school shooter begged for help. His parents laughed it off.
Simmering tensions between traditionalist Republican judges and MAGA judges are starting to boil over.
As the National Guard heads into subways, new research examines how the city is faring with gun violence.
Most of the justices appeared uncomfortable with “bump stocks,” devices that allow semiautomatic weapons to fire automatically.
Garland v. Cargill asks whether gun makers can evade the ban on machine guns with a device called a bump stock.
The Kansas City mayor captures the US’s singular problem with guns, in one quote.
Gun deaths among children have risen to their highest level in more than 20 years. A pediatric trauma surgeon describes the physical toll.
What experts and advocates say can make a difference in the face of unrelenting gun violence.
Some conservatives have seized on the shooting to frame trans people as threats.
Reason and basic human decency seemed to prevail at the Supreme Court’s big argument about whether domestic abusers should be armed.
Democrats need to be smarter while the GOP controls the Supreme Court.
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