Sep 10 Newtown limits recreational shooting with new firearms ordinance Photo: George Frey/Getty Images The Legislative Council of Newtown, Conn., unanimously approved a new firearms ordinance that sets limits on recreational shooting, nine months after the deadly shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Continue reading
Sep 09 Watch Fight Over Gun Control in Colorado Draws National Attention to Recall Elections Fight Over Gun Control in Colorado Draws National Attention to Recall Elections… Continue watching
Jul 30 Silicon Valley Takes on Gun Violence, Funding Innovative Technologies Ron Conway of SV Angel speaks onstage at a TechCrunch conference in New York City on May 1, 2013. Photo by Brian Ach/Getty Images for TechCrunch. Silicon Valley luminary Ron Conway -- a successful investor in high tech companies,… Continue reading
Jul 25 NewsHour Live Twitter Chat: Stopping Gun Violence The PBS NewsHour holds live Twitter chats on Thursdays. This week: stopping gun violence. Join us @newshour. Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images Bring up the topic of guns and there's likely to be no shortage of opinions. Mass shootings in… Continue reading
Jul 24 Watch San Quentin Prisoners Learn to Find Peace and Power Through Personal Exploration San Quentin Prisoners Learn to Find Peace and Power Through Personal Exploration… Continue watching
Jul 23 Watch California Takes Back Legally Purchased Guns Held by Now-Prohibited Owners California Takes Back Legally Purchased Guns Held by Now-Prohibited Owners… Continue watching
Jul 22 Watch Gang ‘Killing Fields’ Become Site of Safe Parties for Families in Los Angeles Gang 'Killing Fields' Become Site of Safe Parties for Families in Los Angeles… Continue watching
Jun 14 Watch Six Months After Newtown, Battle Over Gun Control Continues Twenty-six seconds of silence were observed in honor of the victims killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School at a memorial organized to mark six months since the massacre. Margaret Warner reports on how lawmakers and activists are engaged in the… Continue watching
May 15 Photographer Jon Lowenstein Explores ‘Chicago’s Bloody Year’ By Tom LeGro For the past 10 years photographer Jon Lowenstein has turned his lens to the slow-moving forces shaping daily life for the people of Chicago's South Side, chronicling the demolition of some of the nation's largest housing projects, the closure of… Continue reading
May 06 NRA, Biden Push Guns Back Into Political Spotlight An young attendee inspects a rifle Saturday during the 2013 NRA Annual Meetings and Exhibits in Houston. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images. If there is one thing supporters and opponents of tougher gun laws can agree on, it's… Continue reading