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How We Fix This
The gun background check system is only as good as the records it contains. How one affable bureaucrat helped Louisiana set the standard for flagging people banned from owning firearms.
Domestic Violence
Police officer Valerie Martinez put her small department at the vanguard. Her inventive policies are spreading.
Ricochet
Marilyn Thompson left the Little Rock Police after less than two years. She believes policing would be more compassionate — and effective — if police departments reflected their communities.
Kelli Dunaway was part of an all-female voting bloc that made it illegal for abusers to carry concealed weapons in St. Louis County.
"Looking back, I can’t believe how easily the abuse kind of became normal for me," says Michelle Jankowski.
The shooting of a friend forced Marco Vargas to acknowledge his own gun-related trauma — and to start training other young activists in South Central LA.
Michael Lynn Jr. made national news when he guarded Michigan state Representative Sarah Anthony during shutdown protests. At home in Lansing, he questions the double standard applied to Black gun owners.
Only 15 people turned over their firearms, according to a watchdog report, despite a state law that requires them to be disarmed.
The coronavirus pandemic has inspired grassroots efforts to promote safe gun storage.
Chicago
Brian Williams relocated to Chicago to focus his work on gun violence victims. Now he spends half his time treating coronavirus patients, while grappling with the role that race plays in both crises.
Coronavirus & Guns
In many cities, gun violence is dealing a double blow to black communities already ravaged by the pandemic. Community outreach workers are struggling to keep up.
The surge in firearm sales has posed new challenges for Michael Cargill, a gun store owner and safety advocate who tries to screen each new buyer.
Widespread economic strain, a surge in firearm sales, and social distancing could have grave consequences for victims of intimate partner abuse, experts warn.
Even in small-town Ohio, keeping students safe requires constant vigilance — and special attention to the risks posed by firearms.
How a survivor of domestic violence, now working as a cop in the bayou, made her small community a model for the rest of the country.
“There’s just so much less forethought to pulling a trigger.”
