gun reform

Police say the 19-year-old gunman who shot and killed two people at a St. Louis high school purchased the AR-15-style rifle from a private seller after an FBI background check stopped him from buying a weapon from a licensed dealer.

Californians affected by gun violence will soon be able to sue firearm manufacturers and sellers for the harm done by those weapons, after Gov. Newsom signed AB 1594 into law.

He related the personal stories of a number of the victims of the shooting in his hometown, displaying the artwork of one girl and the trademark green tennis shoes worn by another.

Ben & Jerry’s has called on its 8 million Facebook fans and 515,000 Twitter followers to lobby lawmakers for stronger gun safety laws.

Miah Cerrillo, a fourth-grader who covered herself in her dead classmate’s blood and played dead to survive the shooting rampage at her Texas elementary school, is among those who will testify.

President Joe Biden delivered an impassioned address to the nation Thursday night, imploring Congress to take action against gun violence after mass shootings he said had turned schools, supermarkets and other everyday places into “killing fields.”

The suit alleges that Nevada-based Polymer80 intentionally undermines firearms laws by designing, manufacturing, and providing kits and parts without serial numbers to buyers who do not undergo background checks.

It’s been nearly 10 years since 20 children and six teachers were murdered inside their classrooms in Newtown, Connecticut, and for longer than that, gun reform has been a topic of heated debate in California and across the country.