Until we become smart enough to recognize what other civilized countries have found -- that stricter gun control saves lives -- we're destined to repeat the tragedies of Newtown, Aurora, Tucson, and Virginia Tech again and again and again.

Since the shooting at Sandy Hook School, I admit there have been moments when I've had the fleeting urge to run away and escape from the sadness and pain in my town.

HARTFORD, Conn. -- The moment Alissa Parker learned of a shooting at her daughter's school, she suddenly regretted not pointing out what she had seen ...

HARTFORD, Conn. -- Members of Connecticut's congressional delegation announced plans Thursday to try to secure federal funds to help Newtown build a n...

After morning cuddles with my Isabella, I went to San Francisco City Hall this morning to join the Healing Circle to connect with moms who have lost children to gun violence.

On this Mother's Day, it is hard not to feel inspired and hopeful by the robust and sophisticated grassroots movement building of moms across America who have organized to fight for safer gun law legislation.

As "Sandy Hook Moms," we often hear the phrase "I can't imagine what you are going through." Well, please imagine it. Imagine what it's like to lose a son or daughter to gun violence and encourage your elected officials to do the same.

NEWTOWN, Conn. — A task force of elected officials on Friday recommended tearing down the elementary school where 20 first-graders and six educa...

There is an alternative to force, blood, and suffering. It's called democracy. Yes, there is plenty of injustice, greed and sheer wickedness. But don't mourn the fact -- organize.

WASHINGTON -- A Connecticut gun lobbying group on Wednesday personally attacked the father of a Sandy Hook school massacre victim, accusing him of "pr...

The media should be ashamed of itself for not taking issue with Congress or the gun lobby and taking them to task. I wish it had conducted equally ceaseless coverage of Sandy Hook to keep the issue alive in the news, but it appears the media doesn't put equally intrinsic value on those twenty innocent children's lives.

NEWTOWN, Conn. — The six educators killed in the December massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School were honored Monday by an organization compri...

NEWTOWN, Conn. -- Newtown officials struggled Friday night to move toward a decision on what to do with the elementary school where 20 first-graders a...

While the NRA promises that the annual convention will draw more than 70,000 attendees, left unstated is the fact the vast majority of these participants aren't there to attend the organization's annual "meeting of members" but to see the products of the organization's gun industry patrons.

Senator Kelly Ayotte this week became the poster child for callousness in her confrontation with Erica Lafferty, the daughter of the slain principal of Sandy Hook.

The Republican National Committee touted the failure of a bipartisan background check amendment in a web ad released Wednesday, despite the fact that ...

By Alan Berlow and Gordon Witkin May 1, 2013 This story was originally published by The Center for Public Integrity, wh...