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Showing posts with label firearms. Show all posts
Showing posts with label firearms. Show all posts
Friday, May 15, 2026

Millions of children in U.S. live in a home with an unlocked and loaded firearm

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Rural residents are more likely to own firearms than their urban counterparts. (Photo by S. Bauman, Unsplash) Among the roughly 32 million c...
Friday, February 20, 2026

Tips and resources for reporting on crime data

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The CDC has an active dashboard that maps death rates across the country  by Census tract, county or state. (CDC map) Tips from a recent web...
Friday, October 10, 2025

Opinion: Rural policing writer disagrees with Wall Street Journal article about rural law enforcement violence

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Rural police officers have high rates of shootings, but they  are also more likely to get shot. (Adobe Stock photo) A Wall Street Journal st...
Tuesday, August 26, 2025

Analysis: Rural women are more likely to face domestic violence or be killed by an intimate partner

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Physical and social isolation can keep abused women from  asking for help. (Getty Images photo via Conversaiton CC) Not only are rural women...
Friday, November 08, 2024

Study looks at American gun ownership: A firearm can make owners feel safer, but it can also increase anxieties

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Owners can have complicated reactions to having their firearm nearby. (Adobe Stock photo) U.S. gun owners come with a wide variety of backst...
Tuesday, July 09, 2024

Opinion: 'Red flag' laws help prevent firearm suicides in the U.S., but they curb gun rights. It's a balancing act of risks.

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ERPOs can prevent firearm suicides, but striking a balance with gun rights is difficult to measure. (A.S. photo) Access to a firearm can mea...
Friday, May 24, 2024

Uvalde families have filed a $500 million suit against Texas state police just before anniversary of school shooting

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Front page of Uvalde Leader-News special memorial section for Robb Elementary shooting. On May 24, 2022, Salvador Ramos, 18, killed 19 stude...
Friday, May 10, 2024

Bobbie Foust, still reporting at 90, wins Al Smith Award for public service through community journalism in Kentucky

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Bobbie Foust Bobbie Foust, for decades a fixture in West Kentucky journalism, is the winner of the 2024 Al Smith Award for public service th...
Tuesday, May 07, 2024

The number of children who have lost a parent to drug overdose or firearms climbs; overdose loss is up 345%

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Nearly 100,000 children lost parents to a drug overdose or gun violence in 2020. (Adobe Stock photo) Over the past 20 years, the number of U...
Friday, April 12, 2024

New rule closes the 'gun show loophole' and will require more sellers to register as licensed firearms dealers

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The new rule will dramatically increase firearm purchase background checks. (PBS News Hour photo) To deliver on gun control policy promises,...
Friday, January 05, 2024

UPDATED: NRA's tax returns show declines in revenue, assets, member dues; longtime leader says he's quitting

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Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway, Daily Beast via Getty Despite its reputation as an organization with a powerful political reach, the Nat...
Monday, December 11, 2023

Guns 'destroyed' in community buy-back programs often have parts that are removed and resold

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A background check is usually not required to purchase a parts kit from Gunbusters. (Gunbusters photo via the Times) Community leaders and ...
Wednesday, December 06, 2023

Report: Uvalde teachers and students correctly followed their live-shooter training, but officers weren't prepared

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The 21 people who died on May 24, 2022, at Robb Elementary School. (Courtesy photos, the Families via ABC News, Reuters, AP) It was May 24, ...
Monday, October 30, 2023

Maine gun owner opinion: 'The only people capable of shifting the gun conversation are the people who buy them'

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Smith & Wesson rifles civilian versions of the AR-15 for sale at a gun show. (Photo by Luke Sharrett, The New York Times) The Second Ame...
Friday, October 27, 2023

Mass shooting survivors face physicial and mental trauma, but perhaps worst of all, their sense of security is 'shattered'

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The plaques are part of a memorial to the seven victims in Highland Park, Illinois. (Photo by Roger Schneider, AP) Mass shootings have strip...
Friday, October 20, 2023

Many rural counties are poorly equipped to deal with rising gun homicides; some of the worst rates are in the South

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From 2016 to 2020, Phillips County had the country’s highest per capita rate of gun homicides. ( Photo by Renuka Rayasam, KFF Health News )...
Friday, September 29, 2023

Don't know much about hunting season? Here's your primer.

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Bright orange gear is a safety must in the woods. (Photo by Donna Kallner, The Daily Yonder) In many rural areas, hunters anxiously await th...
Wednesday, September 20, 2023

Official guidance on gun-safety law upsets rural politicians; Democrat says bureaucrats don't understand rural America

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New gun safety law doesn't fund archery programs. (Photo by Annie Spratt, Unsplash) In a case of unintended consequences, the first gun-...

Young heavy drinkers are more likely to carry handguns

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Photo by Tom Def, Unsplash A young person in rural America who drinks heavily is 43% more likely to carry a handgun in the following year, a...
Tuesday, September 05, 2023

Opinion: America needs hunting but its popularity is falling

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Photo by Raymond McCrea Jones, Redux via The Atlantic Humans, the land and animals benefit from responsible hunting, but the practice has d...