(The U.S. Flag and Constitution, semi-automatic guns, a shooter with AR-15, and a human hand held in the air to block or stop the action. (Photo credit: Markkula Center staff via Canva for Education)) ...

Mass shootings, a depressingly common occurrence in the United States, have generally led to greater support for more restrictive gun laws. Twice this century — after the Sandy Hook Elementary School ...

Nick Buttrick receives funding from the National Science Foundation and the Wisconsin Department of Justice. Gun ownership in the United States is widespread and cuts across all sorts of cultural ...

The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in its first major case of the term Tuesday with a dispute concerning “ghost guns,” firearms that are typically assembled at home and cannot be traced, as ...

This story first appeared in NPR's live blog of the presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. See how the night unfolded. Vice President Harris cited the fact she is a gun owner in ...

In a nation where firearm ownership is a deeply ingrained part of the culture, a new map sheds light on the most gun-loving states, showing intriguing patterns and regional differences. Given its ...

THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Every year, on Easter Sunday, Irish republicans commemorate their martyrs, remembering lives lost during the 1916 ...

Earlier this week, the U.S. surgeon general declared gun violence a public health crisis, issuing a 39 page advisory on initiatives to prevent firearm deaths. The advisory said the rate of ...

U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy on Tuesday issued an advisory declaring that gun violence is a public health crisis. His announcement comes as dozens of people were left wounded and several people ...

The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the federallaw making it a crime for anyone subject to a domestic violence court order to possess a gun. The 8-to-1 decision was the first since the court in 2022 ...

The Supreme Court clarified on Friday how it analyzes whether a gun control law is constitutional, in a decision that upheld a federal ban on firearms possession for people subject to certain domestic ...

YouTube is updating its policy on firearm videos to keep potentially dangerous content from reaching underage users. The video-sharing platform, which is owned by Google, announced this week it will ...