gun control laws

Highlights of the bipartisan gun violence bill the Senate approved Thursday and the House is expected to pass Friday

‘March For Our Lives’ rallies are expected across the country calling for stricter gun laws following mass shootings.

Partisan positions were clear at the House Judiciary Committee hearing on the “Protecting Our Kids Act,” an omnibus gun control bill backed by Democrats that Republicans largely oppose.

The House Judiciary Committee has advanced legislation that would raise the age limit for purchasing a semi-automatic rifle from 18 to 21. The bill would also make it a federal offense to manufacture or possess large-capacity magazines, and would create a grant program to buy back such magazines. Democrats are working quickly to put their stamp on gun legislation in...

The nation’s governors are diverging over how to respond to mass shootings such as the one that killed 19 students and two teachers at a Texas elementary school.

Democrats and Republicans say they hope to find consensus on legislation that could help reduce the number of mass shootings in the United States.

Mass shootings are not unique to the United States, with gun violence impacting almost every Western country. Here’s how lawmakers around the world have responded to mass shootings.

One day after the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, President Joe Biden spoke out Wednesday in favor of “common sense” gun control and demanded confirmation of his nominee to lead the ATF. “Where’s the backbone? Where’s the courage to stand up to a very powerful lobby?”

Former congressman and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke confronted Gov. Greg Abbott during a press conference Wednesday about the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, calling the shooting “totally predictable when you choose not to do anything.”

After speaking with gun safety experts, state and local leaders on Wednesday, President Joe Biden announced his five-part strategy to curb the spike in gun violence, including bolstering background check protocols, investing in community violence interventions and cracking down on gun dealers who skirt gun laws. “If you willfully sell a gun to someone who’s prohibited from possessing it, if...

On Thursday, President Joe Biden announced a series of executive actions that would both limit self-assembled “ghost guns” and make it easier to flag people who shouldn’t be allowed to purchase a firearm.

The suspects in the most recent shooting rampages found it relatively easy to get their guns