A Parkland survivor's plan to guide a "new generation" into politics

Parkland student-turned-activist David Hogg is helping launch an organization aimed at ensuring young people have an "inside game" in U.S. politics.

• Aug 9, 2023

Alaska child shoots, kills another child with rifle after playing with toy guns

The children were inside playing with Nerf guns before one of them picked up a rifle and fatally shot the other child, officials in Alaska said.

• Aug 1, 2023

6/8: CBS News Mornings

Actor Matthew McConaughey makes emotional plea for gun reform; Biden heads to LA for Summit of the Americas.

• Jun 8, 2022

Can mandatory liability insurance for gun owners reduce violence?

The city of San Jose in California and the state of New Jersey have passed laws requiring gun owners to purchase liability insurance but have yet to be able to enforce them due to ongoing lawsuits.

• Jun 9, 2023

Police: Girl accidentally shoots herself after dad leaves gun unattended

The girl's father was arrested after he left a loaded gun on the floor of their home, police said.

• May 30, 2023

Gun law changes since Uvalde mass shooting

The mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, reignited calls for comprehensive gun control legislation. Elaine Quijano breaks down what has and hasn't changed in the year since.

• May 24, 2023

Serbia says 3,000 guns handed in for amnesty sparked by mass-shootings

Authorities announced the amnesty as part of a crackdown on gun ownership after 17 people were killed in 2 separate attacks, including a school shooting.

• May 10, 2023

Community mourns Texas mall shooting

The community is mourning and investigators are looking for answers after eight people were killed and others wounded in a mass shooting at a mall in Allen, Texas, on Saturday. Authorities are investigating whether the suspected gunman had affiliations with extremist groups. CBS News correspondent Nikole Killion joins Anne-Marie Green with the latest.

• May 8, 2023

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signs assault weapons ban

Washington becomes the 10th state to ban assault weapons.

• Apr 25, 2023

What do "stand your ground" laws allow for—and which states have them?

About 35 states have enacted some form of "stand your ground" laws — or expanded "castle doctrine" laws — in the decade following Trayvon Martin's shooting death.

• Apr 19, 2023

GOP lawmakers in Tennessee vote to expel one of three Democrats over shooting protest

Lawmakers voted to expel two young Black representatives, but the motion to expel a White legislator failed by one vote.

• Apr 7, 2023

GOP majority could boot 3 Dems from Tennessee house over shooting protest

Democrats all the way up to the White House accuse the Tennessee Republicans of focusing on political retribution over efforts to keep children safe.

• Apr 6, 2023

Bowman and Massie's gun control exchange

After the Nashville school shooting, Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-New York) expressed his anger about laws contributing to gun violence in the U.S. while in the U.S. Capitol hallway. Here's what happened when Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Kentucky) suggested to Bowman that teachers should be allowed to carry guns.

• Mar 30, 2023

2/1: Red and Blue

No classified documents found in FBI search of President Biden's Delaware vacation home; Where gun reform and immigration policy land in the Senate.

• Feb 1, 2023

Democrats push for action on gun violence

CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane joins Errol Barnett and Lana Zak to discuss House Democrats' latest push to take action on reducing gun violence on the heels of a mass shooting in Nashville. He also discusses the latest on a bill that would ban TikTok.

• Mar 29, 2023

Biden co-hosts second democracy summit

CBS News senior White House correspondent Weijia Jiang joins us to discuss the second Summit for Democracy, which is being co-hosted by President Biden. She also reflects on the president's recent statements about gun violence and his push to pass an assault weapons ban on the heels of a mass shooting in Nashville.

• Mar 29, 2023

How the U.S. might prevent school shootings

There are once again calls for action in the wake of the school shooting in Nashville, Tennessee. Sonali Rajan, an associate professor of health education at Columbia University, spoke with CBS News' Errol Barnett and Lilia Luciano about what the nation can do to try to prevent further school shootings.

• Mar 28, 2023

Senate chaplain takes aim at lawmakers

Senate Chaplain Barry C. Black delivered a pointed opening prayer on Tuesday, taking aim at lawmakers after a deadly Nashville school shooting that left six dead, including three children.

• Mar 28, 2023

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker defends state's new sweeping gun ban

Gun rights advocates have filed at least three lawsuits challenging the state law.

• Jan 24, 2023

Illinois governor signs ban on assault weapons, high-capacity magazines

The bill had been debated for years, but found renewed support following the July 4 Highland Park parade massacre last year, which left seven people dead and dozens more wounded.

• Jan 10, 2023

Key parts of New York's new gun law halted by federal judge

New York lawmakers want to restrict who can carry a handgun in public and where firearms can be brought.

• Oct 6, 2022

Texas judge: Gun-buying ban for people under felony indictment is unconstitutional

A U.S. law banning those under felony indictments from buying guns is unconstitutional, a federal judge in West Texas ruled.

• Sep 19, 2022

Ozzy Osbourne is leaving the U.S. because of gun violence

Sharon Osbourne echoed his sentiment, saying, "It isn't the United States of America at all. Nothing's united about it."

• Aug 30, 2022

Senate passes most significant gun control legislation in decades

Fifteen Republicans joined Democrats to pass the bipartisan-negotiated bill.

• Jun 24, 2022

Gov. Kathy Hochul: Supreme Court gun law ruling is "reprehensible"

In a 6-3 ruling, the Supreme Court reversed New York's 108-year-old gun law regarding who can obtain a license to carry a concealed handgun in public.

• Jun 24, 2022

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