Democrat to try solving Chicago gun violence with sentencing
By IVAN MORENO The refrain is heard almost as often as the fatal gunshots: The way to reduce Chicago’s gun violence is tougher prison sentences for repeat gun offenders, keeping…
Gun politics
Divided America: Diverse millennials are no voting monolith
GILLIAN FLACCUS, TAMARA LUSH and MARTHA IRVINE The oldest millennials — nearing 20 when airplanes slammed into New York City’s Twin Towers — are old enough to remember the relative…
DIVIDED AMERICA: Images of Americans dealing with the issues
By The Associated Press A woman sleeps in her car, waiting to receive free dental care at a clinic in rural Virginia. Another peers though a fence at the Mexican…
Friend or foe? Open-carry law poses challenge to police
By LISA MARIE PANE Gun-rights activists, some of them wearing camouflage and military-style gear and openly toting rifles and handguns, marched alongside the hundreds of people who flocked to downtown…
Rebellious Democrats disrupt House, stage protest
Rebellious Democrats shut down the House’s legislative work on Wednesday, staging a sit-in on the House floor and refusing to leave until they secured a vote on gun control measures.…
Senate to vote on gun control, prospects dim for change
By MARY CLARE JALONICK Democrats get their long-sought votes on gun control a week after the massacre in Orlando, Florida, but election-year politics and the powerful National Rifle Association dim…
Online auction halted for gun used to kill Trayvon Martin
By FREIDA FRISARO An online auction was halted without explanation Thursday for the pistol that former Florida neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman used to kill unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin.…
Attorney General defends executive actions on guns as legal
By ALAN FRAM Attorney General Loretta Lynch defended President Barack Obama’s executive actions curbing guns, telling lawmakers Wednesday that the president took lawful, common-sense steps to stem firearms violence that…