Gun Control

The coronavirus pandemic is increasing food insecurity among young people, and a new podcast now out on NPR explores a family operation generating millions of likes, follows and dollars in the name of gun rights.

Armed protesters and vigilantes are able to operate freely in much of the country. That’s because many states have increasingly relaxed gun laws, leaving law enforcement unable or unwilling to step in, even when protesters say they are being intimidated.

Hundreds of gun-restriction advocates visited the Missouri Statehouse on Tuesday to encourage lawmakers to pass stricter gun control measures. The...

In its annual scorecard ranking the strength of state gun laws, the gun control advocacy group Giffords boosted ratings for a handful of states in the…

Missouri lawmakers are at odds on how to solve the spike in gun violence and gun deaths in urban areas across the state, discussing it this week in the…

Segment 1: Previewing 2020's public safety storiesKansas City has been staring down a violent crime problem for years and officials at both the state and…

With city leaders scrambling to combat high levels of gun violence, Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas is dusting off an old legal tactic: suing the gun…

Segment 1: Two men formed an unlikely friendship through a shared tragedy.Tariq Khamisa was a 20-year-old college student delivering a pizza in 1995 when…

Segment 1: New poll data suggests Americans don't know much when it comes to gun-related deaths. The results of the latest survey by Guns and America…

Jean Peters Baker has been the Jackson County Prosecutor since 2011, and she's often in the news, but usually talking about everything but herself. Today…

Segment 1: What Kansas City area organizations are doing to reduce gun violence In 2017, firearms killed nearly 40,000 people with 60% of those being…

Segment 1: Gun policy specialist says the gun control debate needs to shift.In his book "Gunfight: The Battle Over the Right to Bear Arms in America,"…