Gun-rights advocates scored a notable win last week when a judge blocked the enforcement of a Chicago suburb's new ban on semiautomatic rifles and high-capacity ammunition magazines, saying the village of Deerfield went further than state law allows.
The British royal family sparked criticism this week after 4-year-old Prince George was photographed playing with a toy gun at a polo match in Gloucestershire.
With frustration mounting over lawmakers' inaction on gun control, the American Medical Association on Tuesday pressed for a ban on assault weapons and came out against arming teachers as a way to fight what it calls a public health crisis.
Tuesday marks the second anniversary of the deadly shooting at Pulse nightclub in Florida.
Florida Gov. Rick Scott, a Republican, is not backing down in his support for gun rights as he tries to unseat longtime Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson, who is signaling plans to make guns an issue.
A Maryland high school student scolded federal officials conducting a "listening session" on school safety Wednesday, saying they must look at guns as the primary issue behind school shootings.
David Hogg might not want to hold his breath while waiting for that $1 million donation from Publix. Two weeks after the 18-year-old student activist called on Publix to atone for supporting a pro-National Rifle Association candidate by sending $1 million to the Parkland victims' fund, the grocery chain has shown no indication that it plans to do so.
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos revealed on Tuesday that the president's school safety commission will not consider the impact of guns in gun violence.
A "swatting" prankster hit the family of gun control activist David Hogg on Tuesday, falsely telling the police a hostage situation was brewing at their home in Parkland, Florida.
Tens of thousands of people banned from buying guns try to buy them each year. Some are successful, and few are prosecuted.
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach says the outrage over his appearance in a parade atop a Jeep with a giant replica gun mounted on the back is "the left trying to attack guns" and the Second Amendment.
The family of a girl critically wounded during a shooting at her Indiana middle school says she was shot seven times, including in her face, neck and upper chest.
Students who survived the Parkland, Florida, school shooting announced plans Monday to tour the country over the summer, registering voters and confronting politicians who have ties to the National Rifle Association.
Scot Peterson, the police deputy at Florida's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School where 17 people were gunned down earlier this year, said he's dissected that tragic day over and over, and doesn't understand how people are claiming he did nothing.
The senior class from the Florida high school where a gunman killed 17 people in February received diplomas Sunday and heard from commencement speaker Jimmy Fallon, who urged graduates to move forward and "don't let anything stop you."
Thousands of demonstrators have marched across New York's Brooklyn Bridge in a protest against gun violence.
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Multiple events are scheduled this weekend in Maryland for National Gun Violence Awareness Day, including one at a school where a student was shot to death.
One of the Parkland, Florida, school shooting survivors campaigning for gun controls has suggested he plans a protest against FedEx.
President Trump met privately Thursday with families of the victims of the May 18 Santa Fe High School shooting in Texas to offer his condolences and support, while the administration awarded a $1 million grant to the school district to help recovery efforts.
NOFX, a popular punk band, is facing backlash after its members made light of last year's deadly Route 91 Harvest Festival mass shooting during an outdoor performance in Las Vegas over the weekend, mere miles from the site of the massacre.
