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By RYAN J. FOLEY and DON THOMPSON

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The warnings around Nikolas Cruz seemed to flash like neon signs: expelled from school, fighting with classmates, a fascination with weapons and hurting animals, disturbing images and comments posted to social media, previous...

By LISA MARIE PANE and BRENDAN FARRINGTON

Just months after his 18th birthday, Nikolas Cruz went to a Florida gun store to buy a weapon. But there were limits on what he could purchase at his age.Cruz wasn’t old enough to buy any of the handguns at the store. But there’s no such restriction...

By LISA MARIE PANE

In the immediate aftermath of the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, there was a fevered pitch to ban bump stocks, the device that allowed the shooter’s semi-automatic rifles to mimic the rapid fire of machine guns.With that push stalled...

By STEVE PEOPLES

NEW YORK — Democratic attorneys general from 17 states are calling on Congress to abandon legislation backed by the National Rifle Association that would allow concealed-carry gun permits issued in one state to be valid in all states.The top...

By ERICA WERNERand MATTHEW DALY

WASHINGTON — A senior Democratic senator with a long history on the issue of guns is pushing for a ban on devices like the Las Vegas shooter used to effectively convert semi-automatic rifles into fully automatic weapons. Senior Republicans on Capitol...

By Michael Finnegan

Donald Trump told supporters in North Carolina on Tuesday that there might be something supporters of gun rights could do to stop Hillary Clinton from naming Supreme Court justices, prompting critics to charge that he was suggesting his rival could be...

By JACK EVANS

A sit-in staged by Democrats on the floor of the House of Representatives ended Thursday after nearly 26 hours, but Congressman. James McGovern said it does not spell the end of the fight for legislation that would tighten gun control.McGovern,...