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“The sixth-grade boy took the loaded handgun from a drawer in his father's bedroom and brought it to school ... The father said he had seen nothing in the boy's

Eight years ago today, I was sitting in the Senate gallery when Manchin-Toomey, a bipartisan bill to require background checks on every gun sale after the Sandy Hook School mass

NEW: Police say the 19-year-old Indianapolis gunman who fatally shot eight people at a FedEx facility - including four members of the Sikh community - browsed White supremacist websites a

The details coming out during this trial are revealing to the entire country, including Congress and NRA members, the depths of its leaders’ corruption. It's clear NRA leaders don’t care

As we get ready for week two of the @NRA's bankruptcy trial, here's a thread recapping what we know and what we don't. One thing is clear: the NRA saw

Six years ago today, an Ohio man who spent the afternoon drinking called 911 to report someone with a gun. The 911 dispatcher failed to mention that he’d said it

Some good gun safety news coming out the post-election reports so far...1) The NRA’s big bet on Trump was a bust. The NRA's spending was down almost half this cycle

There are SO MANY people who worked so hard for this victory, but this morning I’m thinking of my fellow @MomsDemand and #StudentsDemandAction volunteers.You were selfless with your time and

Other people and things Donald Trump has never heard of: David Duke, the KKK, Category 5 hurricanes, Lil Jon, the receptionist he sexually assaulted, the New York Times reporter whose

BREAKING: The top communications official at the Department of Health and Human Services accused career government scientists of plotting against President Trump and told Trump supporters to arm themselves ahead

Our organization just released the results of a first-of-its-kind study with the Georgia Institute of Technology showing that active shooter drills are associated with significant and lasting increases in depression,

This is Kyle Rittenhouse, 17, an Illinois resident who was just charged with first-degree murder of two people last night in Kenosha, Wisconsin. This teen, whose social media history is