America's recurring doomsday is by design: Gun culture is now part of our DNA How the fight against Big Tobacco provides a roadmap to stop the killing sprees ...

If guns have always been part of American society, so have gun laws. This fact might come as a surprise to some gun-rights advocates, who seem to believe that America’s past was one of ...

Gun violence has been a serious epidemic in America for decades. Researchers say the first step to curbing the violence is to dig into the details.

Guns and America were born around the same time and grew up together. Columbus and other early explorers were probably the first Europeans to bring guns to the New World, archaeologists say. And ...

The gun industry’s roots can be traced to the 19th-century era of European imperial expansion. “We were arming imperialism,” says Haag. “The four gun manufacturing titans in the 1800s ...

English North West Trade Gun, c. 1730-1756 When France exited North America in 1763 after the French and Indian War, Britain had to provide firearms to the hunters and fur traders of that immense ...

America’s biggest companies rushed to strengthen their gun safety policies after the mass shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida, in 2018. Dick’s Sporting Goods stopped selling semi ...

The 16 percent of guns that couldn’t be traced back to a country of origin might still have come from America. Most criminal guns in Central America also come from the United States, according ...

America's gun violence problem by the numbers. Gun violence-related deaths rose to nearly 21,000 last year, excluding suicide. By Nadine El-Bawab. Video by Caterina Andreano and Katrina Stapleton .

There have already been 39 mass shootings this year in the U.S., the only country with more guns than people. We take stock of the facts that paint a picture of America's relationship with guns.

More guns in the U.S. mean more deaths. By German Lopez In every country, people get into arguments, hold racist views or suffer from mental health issues. But in the U.S., it is easier for those ...