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Gun Rights
The 2008 Heller decision left lots of room for gun regulation. For its namesake, that meant the war had just begun.
Community Violence
It took a gruesome mass shooting to draw attention to the city's bordering towns, but Vanessa German has been trying to help kids in the gun violence-riddled area for years.
National Rifle Association
When it comes to judicial nominations, the gun group’s punishments are inconsistent.
Election 2016
His newest foreign policy advisor, Frank Gaffney, is a key player in the effort to remove Grover Norquist from the organization's board.
In Memoriam
Caval Haylett Jr. spent his final game dunking for the Poughkeepsie Pioneers. A few hours later, a stray bullet stole his life.
Data
Researchers found FBI and CDC databases drastically undercounted the number of fatal police shootings.
The gun-rights group mines the histories of the president's judicial nominees for anything that resembles a stance on firearms, and finds a way to use it against them.
Prominent legal scholar says controversial vote may just be evidence of Supreme Court nominee's respect for precedent.
The city has one of the highest murder rates in the country. State cost-cutting measures, like the one that poisoned the Flint River, exacerbate the problem.
Campus Carry
The self-proclaimed “lifetime defender” of the Second Amendment urges lawmakers to amend a controversial bill.