/guns-america Guns & America is a groundbreaking new national reporting collaborative in which 10 public media newsrooms, including şŁ˝ÇĆĆ˝â°ć, will train their attention on a singular issue: the role of guns in American life. Over the course of two years, the stations will report on how guns impact us as Americans, from the cultural significance of hunting and sport shooting, to the role guns play in suicide, homicide, mass shootings and beyond. Follow our reporting at gunsandamerica.org. en-US Copyright Wed, 04 Nov 2020 20:10:00 GMT /2020-11-04/bodycams-havent-stopped-police-shootings-releasing-the-footage-may-be-a-start According to the national database Fatal Encounters, an average of 1,500 people have been killed annual during interactions with police since 2000. And… Wed, 04 Nov 2020 20:10:00 GMT /2020-11-04/bodycams-havent-stopped-police-shootings-releasing-the-footage-may-be-a-start Hady Mawajdeh /2020-11-02/changed-forever-healing-after-gun-violence Serenity Capers, 37, walked the few blocks from her North Portland home to Woodlawn High School. It was two weeks into Oregon’s statewide coronavirus… Tue, 03 Nov 2020 01:16:00 GMT /2020-11-02/changed-forever-healing-after-gun-violence Jonathan Levinson /2020-10-30/far-right-groups-loom-as-a-threat-on-election-day-and-beyond Armed men at polling places. Post-election violence. These are not scenes typically associated with American democracy. But that’s exactly what extremism… Fri, 30 Oct 2020 19:44:00 GMT /2020-10-30/far-right-groups-loom-as-a-threat-on-election-day-and-beyond Heath Druzin /2020-10-28/we-dont-know-enough-about-gun-injuries-thats-hurting-local-economies On Oct. 21, the District of Columbia hit a grim milestone for the year — 10 assaults with a firearm in one day. Data from the Metropolitan Police… Wed, 28 Oct 2020 21:40:00 GMT /2020-10-28/we-dont-know-enough-about-gun-injuries-thats-hurting-local-economies Victoria Chamberlin /2020-10-22/with-the-nra-under-fire-gun-control-groups-flex-campaign-muscles Jack Sinclair first started donating to groups that support stricter gun regulations in 2013 — after the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School. “After… Fri, 23 Oct 2020 00:38:00 GMT /2020-10-22/with-the-nra-under-fire-gun-control-groups-flex-campaign-muscles Jason deBruyn /2020-10-12/grieving-murdered-children-during-a-pandemic Marion Bailey lost her grandson Javaun D. Graves five years ago. He was murdered in Durham, North Carolina.“I felt like I had a hole in my stomach,”… Mon, 12 Oct 2020 18:11:00 GMT /2020-10-12/grieving-murdered-children-during-a-pandemic Jason deBruyn /2020-10-07/new-study-underscores-rural-urban-divide-in-gun-suicide A new study shows rural congressional districts have far higher suicide rates than urban ones and that firearms are a major factor.The study from gun… Thu, 08 Oct 2020 02:21:00 GMT /2020-10-07/new-study-underscores-rural-urban-divide-in-gun-suicide Heath Druzin /2020-10-06/swing-state-attorneys-general-vow-to-fight-armed-voter-intimidation-after-trump-comments Attorneys general from three swing states are vowing to fight voter intimidation after comments from the president raised worries of armed confrontations… Wed, 07 Oct 2020 03:09:00 GMT /2020-10-06/swing-state-attorneys-general-vow-to-fight-armed-voter-intimidation-after-trump-comments Heath Druzin /2020-09-29/utah-changed-its-approach-to-suicide-prevention-it-may-be-a-model-for-other-states-in-the-suicide-belt Utah state Rep. Steve Eliason had a jarring wake-up call to the suicide crisis in his state in 2012. Several of his son’s middle school classmates died by… Tue, 29 Sep 2020 16:04:00 GMT /2020-09-29/utah-changed-its-approach-to-suicide-prevention-it-may-be-a-model-for-other-states-in-the-suicide-belt Heath Druzin /2020-09-29/how-do-you-get-gun-owners-to-give-up-their-guns-during-a-crisis-ask The small town of Craig, Colorado, sits on a winding river in a wide valley in the rural northwest corner of the state. Wild horses roam the wide open… Tue, 29 Sep 2020 16:03:00 GMT /2020-09-29/how-do-you-get-gun-owners-to-give-up-their-guns-during-a-crisis-ask Leigh Paterson