Guns

The P-8A Poseidon, Angela Corey, and Stand Your Ground are in the headlines today.Welcome to WJCT First Read, your daily weekday morning round-up of…

TALLAHASSEE (The News Service of Florida) — As the Florida Legislature returns to Tallahassee this week, the debate over the state's controversial "stand…

The families of two teenage shooting victims whose cases have become critical in the debate over Florida's controversial "Stand Your Ground" law are in…

Police say they mistook a toy gun for a real AK-47. They shot 13-year-old Andy Lopez seven times. He died on the scene.

The National Rifle Association has helped shape Florida gun policy for a long time, most visibly by helping to craft the state's now famous Stand Your

Several Florida agencies recently gave Florida lawmakers an update on the rollout of a new law curbing the sale of guns to certain people with mental

On the 10-month anniversary of his son's shooting death, the father of slain Jacksonville teen Jordan Davis spoke out against Florida's controversial…

Kenya's Ministry of the Interior said more than 10 suspects had been arrested. At last count, the three-day siege had claimed 62 lives. An Islamist militant group from Somalia has claimed responsibility.

A prominent Russian lawmaker mocked the U.S. during the mass shooting in Washington this week. But statistics show that Russia has more killings each year than the U.S. despite a much smaller population.

An analysis of gun ownership, crime and mental illness in 27 countries found that firearms deaths were more strongly associated with how many people own guns. The rate of mental illness appeared only weakly correlated with firearms deaths.