A Virginia Senate committee approved several gun control measures Monday, marking the first legislative progress on these issues after years of vetoes by former Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin.

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Democratic lawmakers, including the two top congressional Democrats, are calling for gun control in the wake of a deadly shooting at a Minneapolis school on Wednesday. "I’m horrified by the shooting ...

Gov. Tim Walz confirmed Tuesday that he wants a special session to vote on a gun control package which will include an assault weapons ban. But a narrowly divided legislature will make any sweeping ...

The gun-control debate is perhaps the most misrepresented – and therefore misunderstood – issue in American politics. Many casual observers see the disagreement as a simple matter of one side ...

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September is Suicide Prevention Month. What many people don’t realize is that firearms are the leading cause of suicide in the United States. More than half of all gun deaths each year are suicides.