gun violence
The man who killed 4-year old Lilly Garcia in a fit of road rage has confessed to the horrible act.
A News Orleans father is struggling to cope with the reality that his one-year-old daughter was fatally shot on Thursday in a crime infested neighborhood.
Over 100 days after the deadly shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., support for new gun control measures is waning nationwide.
On Tuesday, T.J Lane, the teen being charged with opening fire on his schoolmates at an Ohio high school, wore a T-shirt with the word "killer" on it during his court sentences.
Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein's proposal to ban the sale certain types of military-style assault weapons will not be included in a larger Senate bill aimed at curbing gun violence in America.
On Thursday, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill that would reinstate a federal ban on assault weapons. The bill, which was introduced by Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein (CA), passed in a party line vote.
It's been one year since the death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin rattled the country and pushed the issues of gun violence and racial profiling back into the national discourse.
A 22-year-old California man who barricaded himself in his mother's home and is accused of shooting two police officers was found dead Thursday from a self inflicted gunshot wound, police say.
During an online Facebook town-hall forum hosted by Parents Magazine, Vice President Joe Biden spoke candidly on the issue of gun control urging Americans to buy shotguns rather than military-style assault weapons in order to protect themselves.
On Friday, President Obama spoke at the Hyde Park Career Academy high school in Chicago pleading for lawmakers to pass common sense legislation on gun control. Hours later, the sister of a teen who sat behind Obama during his speech fell victim to the gun violence epidemic in Chicago that killed 65 other children last year.
In a senseless and random act of violence, a 10-year-old was shot dead and the youngster's mother and another woman were wounded Monday by a Minnesota man who opened fire on drivers near St. Paul, the Associate Press reports.
Kim Kardashian sparked a Twitter controversy when she posted an Instagram photo of a diamond-covered designer handgun. After several users strongly protested the photo, Kim quickly took it down.
A 14-year-old student and a teacher were shot Thursday at Price Middle School in southeast Atlanta.
A man shot a school bus driver and kidnapped a six-year-old boy on board on Tuesday near Midland City, Ala. The bus driver died of his wounds and the little boy is reportedly still being held hostage in "an underground bunker."
A second suspect has been arrested in connection with the Texas College shooting that left three people wounded and caused the lock-down of five school campuses in Houston on Tuesday.
