Trymaine Lee

Louisiana has the highest gun-murder rate in the country. Yet state lawmakers have pushed an aggressive campaign to loosen the state’s already lax gun laws. A coalition of Republicans and white Democrats has banded together to fight gun control efforts of a small minority of mostly black legislators. Read More

The measure would criminalize the enforcement of federal gun laws, punishing federal agents who attempt to enforce any of those laws with up to four years in prison. Read More

Nearly three weeks after Republican-led efforts stymied a bipartisan deal on new federal gun control legislation, the stalled reform could have new life in the wake of extraordinary backlash for their no-votes. Read More

With each hour that the 19-year-old suspect eludes police, the chances for a peaceful resolution diminish. Read More

"Right now my husband is fighting as a hard as he can and engaging with as many people as he can to protect our children from gun violence," Mrs. Obama said, to rising applause. "These reforms deserve a vote in Congress." Read More

The Obama administration is ratcheting up the pressure on Congress to pass comprehensive gun control legislation as cracks in a bipartisan deal begin to emerge. Read More

"I was one of the people that looked at the news and said it won’t ever happen to me. Now my daughter’s face has become the face of the fight against gun violence," said Hadiya Pendleton's father. Read More

"Gun violence is not a blue state problem or a red state problem but a national problem,” says the author of the report. Read More

Activists on both sides of the issue are gearing up for what will likely be the most serious debate over gun control in Congress in more than a decade. Read More

Roughly 2 million veterans have returned home from Iraq and Afghanistan to small towns across the country. Watertown, N.Y., is one such town where a decade of war has left it scarred by wounds, invisible or all too visible. Read More

In the second of a four-part series on Chicago gun violence, MSNBC speaks with Demetrius Harris and Joel Irizarry, two men who were on the wrong side of the law until bullets left them paralyzed--and leading new lives. Read More

In the first of a four-part series, MSNBC speaks with Ryann Brown, who was 18-years-old when a lone gunman shot her in the head. Read More

It has been a full year since Jahvaris Fulton’s little brother, Trayvon Martin, was shot and killed. Yet the loss hasn't completely registered. Read More

Visiting his violence-plagued hometown, the president talked about the importance of family and community in changing a culture. He met again with the family of Hadiya Pendleton and talked about the "ladders of opportunity" that can bring people out of the shadow of poverty. Read More

The 15-year-old was shot to death a week after performing at President Obama's inauguration after gang members confused her and a group of friends for rival members. Read More

Keeping their memories alive, gun violence victims and their families will attend the State of the Union as guests of lawmakers Read More

“Our current gun laws simply are not working, they are not strong enough," Emanuel said. "They are not deterring the gang bangers and the criminals…who know how to game the system.” Read More

A startlingly high percentage of shootings are in retaliation for a previous incident, so SOS tries to intercede before there's yet another victim, yet another motive for revenge. Read More

Hadiya Pendleton, a 15-year-old honor student in Chicago, performed with her marching band during President Barack Obama’s inaugural parade in Washington a little more than a week ago. But after classes ended on Tuesday afternoon Pendleton’s seemingly limitless light was dimmed in a manner far too frequent in Chicago. Read More

Those who need help the most - the poorest communities in America's cities - have lost the most in the last four years of budget cuts, under a President they supported by huge majorities. Read More