President Joe Biden spoke from Wisconsin on Thursday, calling for restrictions on assault rifles after Wednesday’s mass shooting at a Georgia high school. “As a nation, we cannot continue to accept the carnage of gun violence. I’m a gun owner, I believe strongly in the [Second Amendment], but we need more than thoughts and prayers.”

Onetime Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin says The New York Times defamed her in a 2017 editorial on political gun violence.

Family members, teachers and friends of victims of gun violence took the stage to share their stories of loss and resolve at the Democratic National Convention.

Nearly every day, a child unintentionally fires a gun and injures or kills someone. It’s one of the most preventable forms of gun violence — but that doesn’t mean it’s easy to solve.

The U.S. surgeon general is declaring gun violence a public health crisis, driven by a growing number of injuries and deaths involving firearms in the country.

Has the court done a turnabout on guns? Not so fast! NBC Bay Area political analyst Larry Gerston explains.

Nearly three-quarters of Oakland residents live near the scene of a recent fatal shooting, according to a new report published in The New York Times.

Nearly three-quarters of Oakland residents live near the scene of a recent fatal shooting, according to a new report published in The New York Times. Velena Jones reports.

Oakland city leaders are looking for innovative ways to reduce violence tied to guns. Some have suggested local tracing of guns as a means to reduce the violence. Vicky Nguyen reports in a story that aired February 26, 2014.

A new plan is being formed to better tackle the city of Oakland’s massive and growing gun violence problem and that new plan involves retooling a long-running anti-violence program.