Gun Laws

A recent spate of killings has reignited the conversation about firearm control. What does the evidence say about the kind of policies that work to prevent gun violence?

Another dreadful school massacre in the US raises the question: Will Americans ever get to grips with the ghastly phenomenon?

Improving firearms control legislation is clearly one such needed intervention to prevent the further diversion of legal guns into the hands of criminals

The US president did not receive warm welcomes from the areas of Ohio and Texas where shootings have taken place

Christchurch gunman Brenton Tarrant will face 50 charges of murder and 39 charges of attempted murder

Lawmakers voted 119-1 in favour of the bill, which bans military-style semi-automatic rifles

Secret recordings showed members of the party seeking donations from the NRA apparently in return for trying to loosen Australia’s tight gun laws

Federal officials said 46-year-old Robert Bowers faces 29 separate federal charges, several of them carrying the death penalty

In the wake of the tragedy in Las Vegas, a criminologist reviews recent research to dispel common misconceptions about mass shootings.

The Orlando massacre, the worst mass shooting in modern American history, has seemingly done little to influence lawmakers to clamp down on guns.

It might seem like asking for trouble, but Iowa is not the only US state to allow blind people to carry guns.

When classes at Clarksville High resume, more than 20 teachers and other employees in the US school district will be carrying concealed weapons.

As the NRA celebrates its annual meeting, Alex Hannaford has been commissioned to write a story about US gun culture. So he went out and bought a gun.

Barack Obama has urged Congress to pass measures aimed at reducing gun violence, but also reaffirmed his commitment to the right to bear arms.

Just a day before Barack Obama was due to propose broad anti-gun violence measures, New York has enacted one of the US’s strictest gun control laws.