Gun violence

What these numbers tell us about the gun debate in 2019

By Gretchen Frazee

Gun violence is on top of Congress’ agenda when it returns to session next week, but data can help reveal why making significant reforms has been an uphill battle, politically speaking.

McConnell says he's waiting on Trump to chart path on guns

By Matthew Daly, Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says if President Donald Trump favors background-checks legislation and McConnell knows "we will pass it and it'll become law."…

Walmart to stop selling handgun ammunition following mass shootings

By Anne D'Innocenzio, Associated Press

The announcement comes just days after a mass shooting claimed seven lives in Odessa, Texas and follows two other back-to-back shootings last month, one of them at a Walmart store.

How New Zealand's gun buyback program is faring 6 weeks in

By Nick Perry, Associated Press

So far, owners have turned in more than 15,000 newly banned guns as well as 64,000 parts and accessories. In return, the government has handed them $20 million.

AP fact check: Trump's bluster on hurricanes, guns, economy

By Hope Yen, Seth Borenstein, Darlene Superville, Associated Press

Facing another deadly mass shooting, President Donald Trump is deflecting on gun control.

Trump softens talk on background checks for gun purchases

By Jill Colvin, Associated Press

A gradual rhetorical softening by Trump has taken place in the more than two weeks since gunmen opened fire in El Paso, Texas, then in Dayton, Ohio, leaving more than 30 people dead.

Experts reject Trump's call for mental hospitals to fight gun violence

By Courtney Vinopal

In the days following shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio this month, the president spoke about background checks as a way of preventing more violence. But he quickly turned his attention toward mental illness and now, mental hospitals…

Gunman wounds 6 Philadelphia police officers, standoff continues

By Christina Paciolla, Claudia Lauer, Associated Press

Around 9:30 p.m., police said, a SWAT team freed the two other officers who had been trapped inside, along with three people identified as prisoners, but the gunman remained barricaded.

WATCH: Democrats press Trump, McConnell to address gun violence

By Alan Fram, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats pressed President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday to approve House-passed legislation expanding background checks and to take other steps curbing guns, in an offensive fueled by public outrage over this month's…

WATCH: Trump touts relationship with NRA in the midst of gun policy debate

President Donald Trump said Friday he believes he has influence to rally Republicans around stronger federal background check laws as Congress and the White House work on a response to last weekend's mass shootings in Texas and Ohio.