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A police officer guards the area as investigators comb the site where more than a dozen people were believed to have been gunned down by armed men on Sunday, in San Jose de Gracia, head of the municipality of Marcos Castellanos, in Michoacan state, Mexico
Critical State
Troubled geography: Part II
a 3D printed gun
Commentary
From gun kits to 3D printable guns, a short history of rogue gun-makers
Before the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, five states had "red flag" statutes called gun violence restraining orders. Recently, Florida became the six state to add the statute.
Culture
Researchers still struggle to get funding to study gun violence
Arts, Culture & Media
Design for the Real World: Government Model .45
AR-15 rifles are displayed for sale at the Guntoberfest gun show in Oaks, Pennsylvania, Oct. 6, 2017.
Commentary
How the firearms industry influences US gun culture, in 6 charts
AR-15 rifles are displayed for sale at the Guntoberfest gun show in Oaks, Pennsylvania, October 6, 2017.
Conflict
I worked at the CDC and if it really wanted to, it could study gun violence
Angelina Lazo (C), an 18-year-old senior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, lost two friends in the shooting at her school. She joined other gun control proponents with placards at a street corner in Coral Springs, Florida, on Feb. 16, 2018.
Global Politics
Busloads of Florida students travel to state capital demanding action on guns
Some of about 4,000 guns seized by Brazil's Federal Police or delivered by residents during a public disarmament campaign, are pictured before being destroyed in Rio de Janeiro on June 2, 2017.
Economics
Gun violence hits all citizens with a heavy financial toll
Salesman Ryan Martinez clears the chamber of an AR-15 at the "Ready Gunner" gun store In Provo, Utah, U.S. in Provo, Utah, U.S., June 21, 2016.
Conflict
When it comes to guns, the US is an outlier
Ole Martin Juul Slyngstadli on Utoya Island five years after the Norway shootings. He says the biggest victory for survivors of the attack like him is that the summer camp remains open and a new crop of kids is arriving next month.
Justice
Your answer to mass shootings is to get bigger guns. To me that’s really strange.
Attendees line up to meet musician Ted Nugent at a book signing event during the National Rifle Association's annual meeting in Houston, Texas, on May 5, 2013.
Global Politics
Gun owners face much higher murder risks, researchers said. Then the NRA silenced them.
Global Politics
As push for gun reform wanes, financial costs continuing to build
‘Gun Guys’ Challenges the Stereotypes about Firearms and Those Who Love Them
What It Means to Be a Woman with a Gun
A Liberal’s Case for Guns
Conflict & Justice
Gun Culture in Israel
Your take: gun control
Guns in southern Philippines