Movies alone don't cause people to misuse firearms—but if they even just contribute, the film industry should take responsibility

Several factors could be behind the increase, officials say

Portland's police chief is lamenting Mayor Ted Wheeler's decision to shut down a gun violence reduction team -- just as the city has seen a dramatic spike in shootings that the police chief described as "very, very alarming."

Javen Bennett was in middle school the first time he saw a shootout. Back then, the sound of gunfire would bring him to tears. He would panic: Was someone he knew hurt?

Tell Congress we need background checks, support gun control in your state, and fight to end abortion bans.

Gun violence: How will researchers spend $25M in gun safety funding?  USA TODAY

One of Gabby Giffords' priorities for 2021 is to forge relationships with writers, producers, celebrities and decision-makers in Hollywood who can leverage their powerful platforms to speak out against gun violence, call for commonsense laws and support local community efforts to raise awareness about gun safety. The 50-year-old former Arizona congresswoman-turned-gun safety activist has started […]

Baltimore's Plague of Gun Violence Continues | RealClearPolitics

Last year, more than 760 people were shot. Canada has tighter gun laws than in the U.S., and officials and gun control advocates are trying to figure out why the surge is happening and how to stop it.

Dante Barksdale, 46, who worked as an outreach coordinator for the city's Safe Streets campaign, was shot in the head early Sunday at the Douglass Homes in southeastern Baltimore.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer called out President Donald Trump's administration Friday for not knowing what's happening in Michigan and the Legislature for refusing to work with her to address gun violence.

The gun-violence prevention organizations March For Our Lives, Brady and Team Enough launched a joint campaign on Wednesday focused on voting rights in an effort to highlight the link between gun violence prevention and democracy.

Demonstrators marched through the frigid streets of Chicago Thursday in memory of victims of gun violence, which rose dramatically in the third-largest US city in 2020.Police in the Windy City recorded 762 homicides in 2020, up 55 percent from 2019, according to a December 27 count. Shootings rose 5...

Despite Congress' refusal to pass gun safety legislation, Obama says, we should not become "complacent and numb" to the problem

Fifty-three people were shot from Friday through Monday. Officials have suggested reasons, but it's difficult to pinpoint one root cause.

Retired NYPD official Robert Boyce said police morale is already low and defunding the police is "counterintuitive."

The latest shooting left an 18-year-old man wounded in Lawndale on the West Side.

At some point during Gov. Mike DeWine's Tuesday briefing on Ohio's fight against the coronavirus, the Republican chief executive will also continue his so-far unsuccessful crusade against gun violence.

The year 2020 ended in Chicago with more homicides than in all but one year in more than two decades

Philadelphia police say a rash of 20 shootings over the weekend left four people dead and eight others wounded, according to a report.