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Mass Shooting
On Wednesday, following a fatal school shooting near Spokane, Washington, local parents were forced to endure a now familiar American ritual: the desperate scramble to find out if their child would return from classes alive. Parents raced to Freeman…
Commentary
Stricken by grief by the July slaying, T.J. Smith, the chief spokesman for the Baltimore Police Department, now feels overwhelmed by the support that has poured in from around the country.
Data
Nearly 20 U.S. children are shot every day.
Domestic Violence
Nevada is the latest state to try to keep guns out of harassers' hands.
'You're not going to die. You’re going to be fine.'
Criminal Justice
Kym Worthy says it is "unconscionable" to leave a loaded firearm within reach of a child.
Community Violence
A Baltimore principal wants her kids to better understand how certain relationships boost the odds that they will be shot.
Your guide to one of the most heated topics in the gun debate.
"Some couples fight and push or hit each other, but we need to differentiate between those situations and chronic, controlling violence."
On the other end of the line was a little girl. Her uncle had a gun.
Suicide
In New Hampshire, twice as many people take their own lives than in Massachusetts.
More than two-thirds of all gun deaths are self-inflicted.
Law Enforcement
Gary Noesner, the former chief of the FBI’s Crisis Negotiation Unit, on the virtues of self-control and active listening.
A statistical guide to firearms, intimate partner abuse, and the children, parents, and police who become victims, too.
A new study on law enforcement deaths found that domestic disputes are more likely than other scenarios to lead to an officer getting shot. One Massachusetts officer isn’t surprised.
