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More Than a Tragedy: The Community of Newtown

By Meagan Kelly December 16, 2012

I don’t know much about Columbine, Col, or Aurora, Col., or Oak Creek, Wisc., or Tuscon, Ariz., or even the Virginia Tech community. All I know about these places are the images and the numbers: the...

Shooting Down the Gun Law

By The Editorial Board March 1, 2011

Texas has long been a breeding ground for gun rights debates — and its college campuses have become the latest focus of the conversation. More than half the members of the Texas House of Representatives...

DC Handgun Numbers Spike

By Kelly Church February 15, 2011

The number of handguns owned in the District's affluent communities, including Georgetown, has jumped in the last two and a half years. Since the Supreme Court repealed the ban on handguns in D.C. in...

Most D.C. Guns Imported

By David Schuler October 1, 2010

Almost all of the guns used in crimes in D.C. are imported from other states, a new report says, with Maryland and Virginia as the chief exporters. The report, published on Sept. 27 by Mayors Against...

D.C. Voting Rights Act Delayed by Handgun Laws

By Mary Kathryn James January 29, 2010

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) revealed Tuesday that the D.C. House Voting Rights Act has not been brought to the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives for a vote because of a contested...

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