Crime is Slate’s crime blog. Like us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter @slatecrime. I write a lot about “accidental” child shooting deaths—the stories of children who kill themselves or other kids ...

INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER PAUL VAN OSDOL IS LIVE WITH MORE ON THIS PAUL WHAT’S THE PROBLEM WITH THESE LOCKS. >> A NATIONALLY RENOWNED LOCK EXPERT TELLS ME SOME OF THESE TRIGGER LOCKS CAN BE EASILY PICKED ...

EASIER ACCESS TO GUN LOCKING DEVICES, AS THE POLK COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS TEAMING UP WITH THE DES MOINES PUBLIC LIBRARY TO MAKE GUN STORAGE MORE SAFE BY HANDING OUT GUN TRIGGER LOCKS AT THE CITY’S ...

Everyone has heard about gun control–you can be for it or against it or somewhere lost in between. But what is happening all over America requires some common sense. The tragedy at Columbine High ...

I tested the IDENTILOCK trigger lock, a firearm-locking device designed to open with a touch of a fingerprint. At the end of my testing, I have a recommendation: This device should be issued with ...

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — Two children under the age of ten accidentally shot themselves in Utah Thursday. One 3-year-old in Murray, and a 9-year-old in Brigham City. Both kids are in stable condition.

During a wrenching 911 call, the mother of a Pataskala child killed in a Dec. 14 shooting told an emergency dispatcher that her child was shot by a sibling who'd found a loaded weapon. Authorities ...

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