Armed men at polling places. Post-election violence. These are not scenes typically associated with American democracy. But that鈥檚 exactly what extremism鈥�

On Oct. 21, the District of Columbia hit a grim milestone for the year 鈥� 10 assaults with a firearm in one day. Data from the Metropolitan Police鈥�

Jack Sinclair first started donating to groups that support stricter gun regulations in 2013 鈥� after the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School. 鈥淎fter鈥�

Marion Bailey lost her grandson Javaun D. Graves five years ago. He was murdered in Durham, North Carolina.鈥淚 felt like I had a hole in my stomach,鈥濃��

A new study shows rural congressional districts have far higher suicide rates than urban ones and that firearms are a major factor.The study from gun鈥�

Attorneys general from three swing states are vowing to fight voter intimidation after comments from the president raised worries of armed confrontations鈥�

Utah state Rep. Steve Eliason had a jarring wake-up call to the suicide crisis in his state in 2012. Several of his son鈥檚 middle school classmates died by鈥�

The small town of Craig, Colorado, sits on a winding river in a wide valley in the rural northwest corner of the state. Wild horses roam the wide open鈥�

Drifters Western Bar And Grill is a no-nonsense diner in a red wooden building just past the sign that welcomes you to Emida, Idaho. Elk and deer mounts鈥�

The death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has set the stage for a historic shift in the court鈥檚 makeup and could significantly change how the鈥�

This article is part of the Guns & America explainer series. You can read other entries here.Recent surveys find that about 40% of adult Americans own a鈥�

Firearms sales have surged this year. That has led to a corresponding backlog of background checks, which gun regulation advocates worry will lead to more鈥�