View from Away: Walmart acts on gun violence

Recent mass shootings add pressure to fund research on gun violence

Research on gun violence would help fill a knowledge gap about policies that are most effective at reducing injuries and death.

Walmart to stop selling handgun ammunition, ask customers not to open carry

The announcement comes days after a mass shooting in Odessa, Texas and two other back-to-back shootings last month, one of them at a Walmart.

Neighbor: Texas gunman was ‘violent, aggressive person’

A neighbor of the gunman who killed seven people in West Texas described him as "a violent, aggressive person" who fired his guns at all hours of the night.

Texas gunman ‘was on a long spiral of going down,’ FBI says

Authorities say the gunman in a spate of violence after a routine traffic stop in West Texas had been fired from his job and called both police and the FBI before the shooting began

Maine Voices: We have created a culture of fear that needs to change

Lockdown drills won't save children from bullets any more than the 'duck and cover' drills of the 1950s would have saved them from nuclear war.

Parkland shooting survivors issue sweeping gun control plan after Trump backtracks

The proposal also calls for a national licensing and registry system centered on responsible gun ownership and a ban on assault weapons.

Truck driver threatened mass shooting at Memphis church, FBI says

Federal agents say a truck driver was arrested after saying he would commit a mass shooting.

Trump insists he and Republicans want stronger gun background checks

The president is insisting that he and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell want to "do something" but McConnell has only said he would discuss the issue.

Friend of Dayton shooter bought him body armor, weapon parts used in mass killing

Ethan Kollie, 24, of Kettering, was arrested Friday night in Beavercreek on suspicion of a firearms violation unrelated to the Oregon District shooting.