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Kevin Johnson talked about a report by the Bureau of Justice Statistics, “Firearm Violence, 1993-2011,” which found that firearm-related homicides declined 39 percent and nonfatal firearm cr…

Local government officials, the mother of a congressional staff member killed at a 2011 Tucson mass shooting, and the superintendent of Newtown, Connecticut, schools recounted their personal…

The Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence sponsored a news conference outside the Capitol to mark the anniversaries of two deadly school shootings at Virginia Tech and Columbine High School. …

Politicians, activists, and others spoke in support of renewing the assault weapons ban. The ban, enacted in 1994, was scheduled to sunset in September 2004. Several bands entertained the cr…

Democratic members of congress spoke with reporters about their meeting with the president to discuss youth violence. They praised the Senate for passing youth violence legislation and pledg…

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives gave general floor speeches. They debated the Assault Weapons ban legislation. They would vote on the bill.

The House voted to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 479, amended, to amend the National Trails System Act to designate the California National Historic Trail and Pony Express National Histori…

The House filed a report to amend title 18, to require a waiting period before the purchase of a handgun. The House passed H.R. 1988, to authorize appropriations to NASA for research and ope…