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Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker signs a gun bill at the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s office on June. 24.

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Inside Story
Families Seek Answers, Solace as St. Louis Police Struggle to Solve Killings
We investigate the impact of the St. Louis police’s failure to solve murders, and rapper G. Dep talks about healing after turning himself in.
A photo of a smiling young Black boy wearing a dark tie and gray vest inside a silver picture frame alongside a photo of him as a young man with the words “We Love You Mario.”
People left flowers at a memorial to shooting victims outside Santa Fe High School, in Santa Fe, Texas, in May.
News July 17, 2018
Less Than Zero Tolerance
After Parkland, Sante Fe shootings, policies meant to protect schools may lead to some misguided arrests
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Al Capone and his bodyguard were arrested in Philadelphia in May 1929 for carrying concealed deadly weapons.
Looking Back May 28, 2018
Defending Al Capone
How the most notorious gangster of all got railroaded in Philadelphia.
By Marc Bookman
Students at Roosevelt High School take part in a protest in Seattle against gun violence, following the Parkland, Fla., school shooting that killed more than a dozen teenagers.
Commentary April 2, 2018
I Was Too Young to Own a Gun
“I take full responsibility for my actions. I killed a man. Still, I can’t help but wonder what would have happened if we’d met just a few years later...if I didn’t have a gun.”
Q&A August 16, 2016
Milwaukee’s Police Chief on Open-Carry Gun Laws
“It’s lunacy in an urban environment.”
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News January 7, 2016
Gun Control is One Thing, But What About Bullets?
Prohibitions exist, but almost no enforcement.
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President Barack Obama announced “executive actions” he will take on gun laws in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Jan. 5, 2016.
News January 5, 2016
Why Do Obama’s Gun Initiatives Sound Kind of Familiar?
Perhaps because he’s been here before.
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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signs the Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement (SAFE) Act into law at the Capitol in Albany on Jan. 15, 2013.
Commentary December 2, 2015
New York Disarms the ‘Mentally Ill’
Why mental health experts are up in arms.
By James B. Jacobs and Zoe Fuhr
Justice Lab October 14, 2015
Politicians Still Say Longer Prison Sentences Prevent Gun Violence — But Do They?
What we know about “gun enhancements.”
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Tom Mauser, father of slain Columbine High School student Daniel Mauser, spoke at an anti-gun protest outside the Colorado State Capitol in Denver on April 30, 1999.
Q&A September 2, 2015
A Columbine Parent Reflects on the Prospects for Gun Control
After Virginia shootings, Tom Mauser reaffirms advocacy “for the long run.”
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