How corporations are addressing guns

While Congress and the White House have resisted laws to increase restrictions on gun purchases, companies are taking the lead in curtailing sales of firearms or ammunition, or in restricting customers from openly carrying guns in their stores. Lee Cowan talks with the CEO of Dick's Sporting Goods, Ed Stack, who has pulled some guns from his stores' shelves; former NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who helped form the non-profit Everytown for Gun Safety; and with gun advocate Dianna Muller, who is against unelected corporate figures making gun policy in America.

• Oct 6, 2019
• 9:35

60 Minutes archives: Understanding the NRA

This 1977 story on the NRA is a rare inside look at the powerful gun lobby and how it has influenced gun control laws in America.

• Sep 8, 1977
• 15:32

Campaign 2012, part 1

Mitt Romney's plan to restore America to fiscal health includes less government, entitlement reform, tax cuts - and cooperation with Congress. Scott Pelley reports.

• Sep 23, 2012
• 17:09

Campaign 2012, part 3

Mitt Romney talks about the essential qualities of a leader and the lessons he's learned from history. Also, how does Romney end each day? Scott Pelley reports.

• Sep 23, 2012
• 3:39

Storming Room 135

After the shooting began, a group of officers formed an ad-hoc SWAT team to storm the gunman' room. For the first time, they describe to Bill Whitaker what they saw and heard

• Oct 8, 2017
• 13:08

Officers find shooter's body

Why law enforcement was not expecting to see someone like Stephen Paddock when they stormed the gunman's hotel room and found his body

• Oct 8, 2017
• 1:37

Recognizing concealed carry across state lines

A bill moving through Congress could make state-issued concealed carry permits recognized nationwide. Law enforcement in states with more stringent permit requirements says it's a dangerous idea.

• Feb 8, 2018
• 0:39

Shootings aren't "inevitable"

When it comes to school shootings, Stoneman Douglas students Emma Gonzalez and Jaclyn Corin say the question isn't how to prepare, but how to prevent

• Mar 18, 2018
• 0:45

"We're the mass shooting generation"

Why do these Parkland, Florida, students believe their generation will succeed in changing gun laws, including a ban on military-style rifles?

• Mar 18, 2018
• 1:41

The explosive force of AR-15 style rifles

As ballistics experts explain how an AR-15 bullet could shatter bone and destroy organs, doctors push for civilians to become first responders.

• Nov 4, 2018
• 5:39

Mom allegedly aids son's planned attack

A mother in San Antonio, Texas, was arrested and accused of providing ammunition and other equipment to her son, who authorities say was planning an attack on his middle school. Both are now facing terrorism charges. Warning, the details in this story are disturbing.

• May 15, 2025
• 1:50

Video shows kids with gun, police standoff

Drone video shows how police in New Mexico de-escalated a standoff with two boys who were in possession of a gun. CBS News' Elise Preston reports.

• May 13, 2025
• 1:48

Democrats urge Trump to boost efforts to curb gun trafficking to Mexico

The group of House and Senate Democrats say Trump's designation of Latin American cartels as foreign terrorist organizations unlocks legal tools that will help address the flow of U.S.-made guns across the border with Mexico.

• May 9, 2025

Here Comes The Sun: Gabby Giffords and more

Former Arizona Congresswoman Gabby Giffords sits down with Ben Tracy to talk about her recovery after being shot at a congressional campaign event in 2011. Giffords and her husband, Sen. Mark Kelly, also discuss the new documentary, “Gabby Giffords Won’t Back Down.” Then, Serena Altschul travels to the Philadelphia Museum of Art to learn about Sean Scully’s masterpieces. “Here Comes The Sun” is a closer look at some of the people, places and things we bring you every week on “CBS Sunday Morning.”

• Aug 2, 2022
• 22:43

Florida Senate set to block proposal lowering long-gun purchase age

Senate Rules Chairwoman Kathleen Passidomo said Monday her committee won't take up a House measure that would lower the minimum age to 18.

• Apr 21, 2025

Police dig up underground shooting range, guns buried in field

Neighbors could not hear guns going off because of the depth of the range, police said.

• Apr 17, 2025

Gun Fight Part One

In the first episode of this two-part documentary, CBS Reports explores an armed backlash to new gun laws. Mass shootings in Virginia have mobilized the fight for more regulation, but some counties won't enforce laws they say infringe on their residents' constitutional rights.

• Nov 12, 2020
• 25:36

Supreme Court upholds rules for ghost guns

The Supreme Court has ruled to uphold Biden-era regulations on unregistered firearms made with at-home kits, known as ghost guns. The 2022 rule subjects ghost guns to the same requirements as commercially available firearms. CBS News chief legal correspondent Jan Crawford has more details.

• Mar 26, 2025
• 3:42

Judge shares video disassembling guns in chambers in dissent against ruling

Judge Lawrence VanDyke released the video after a California appeals court upheld a ban on high-capacity gun magazines.

• Mar 22, 2025

More law enforcement agencies stop reselling guns to prevent use in crimes

The shift comes after an investigation by The Trace, CBS News, and Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting linked former police guns to crimes.

• Mar 19, 2025

Some police agencies stop selling used guns after probe

Several U.S. law enforcement agencies say they have stopped reselling their used guns following a joint CBS News investigation last year with nonprofit news organizations The Trace and Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting. CBS News investigative data journalist Chris Hacker, who contributed to the investigation, reports.

• Mar 19, 2025
• 3:48

Gun-violence prevention programs may be caught in federal funding crossfire

Hospital-based violence intervention programs have operated in the U.S. since the mid-1990s, but recent moves by the Trump White House are raising anxiety about the programs' future.

• Mar 10, 2025

Passengers stop teen with shotgun trying to board loaded plane at airport

Police have commended passengers on a domestic flight in Australia who overpowered a 17-year-old boy armed with a shotgun as he tried to board the plane.

• Mar 6, 2025

How American guns make it to Mexico

The Supreme Court heard arguments over American guns reaching Mexico's cartels. CBS News' Adam Yamaguchi has more on his reporting about how U.S.-made arms are being transported south beyond the U.S.-Mexico border.

• Mar 5, 2025
• 2:50

Oscar Pistorius: Shots in the Dark

Olympic hero Oscar Pistorius shot his girlfriend -- was it an accident or is he a cold-blooded murderer? His closest family friend speaks out to "48 Hours."

• Jun 16, 2014
• 43:34

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