Senators committed to gun regulation make their case from an ignored angle: suicide prevention

It’s no secret that owning firearms increases the risk of suicide, and lawmakers are now proposing a measure to tackle that ...
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Ghost Guns Are Linked to an Increase in Suicide Rates

People who attempt suicide, nine out of 10 times, will survive — if they don’t use a gun. But suicide attempts with a firearm are almost always fatal: nine in 10 attempts end in death. For years, ...
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The Supreme Court’s next major gun case could hinge on one federal statute

The Supreme Court’s next big fight over guns is not just about the Second Amendment in the abstract. It is about how one dense federal statute, 18 U.S.C. § 922, will shape what kinds of people and ...

The ATF Created a Backdoor Gun Registry. Lawmakers Want an Explanation.

Members of Congress want answers about a gun registry database that could threaten the liberty and privacy of firearms owners ...

Here’s a Timeline of the Major Gun Control Laws in America

The first piece of national gun control legislation was passed on June 26, 1934. The National Firearms Act (NFA) — part of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s “ New Deal for Crime “— was meant to ...