This is one distinction Ohio could do without: The Dayton Daily News analyzed U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms data for 1997 and 1998, the latest years available. The data was of guns the ATF knows were bought in one state and used in crimes in another. Only four states-Florida, Georgia, Virginia and Texas-sold more of such guns than Ohio. The ATF traced more than 3,500 questionable Ohio gun sales between 1995-'98, which represents just a fraction of the... (GunPolicy.org)

RICKREALL — For hunter and collector Larry Dole, stepping into the era of Measure 5 was relatively painless. A .22-caliber revolver caught his fancy at Saturday's Rickreall Gun Show at the Polk County Fairgrounds. The pistol was part of a private seller's collection, which until a few days ago meant that purchasing it would have been about as easy as buying groceries. But that's changed with the voter-passed measure requiring criminal background checks on all buyers... (GunPolicy.org)

Roger Gray is a tall, self-assured man with a grey moustache and blue eyes. A 54-year-old former sergeant in S019, the Metropolitan Police's Armed Response Unit, he speaks softly but firmly, and exudes competence and conviction. 'You do not know,' he says, 'you cannot know what is going on in a man's head when he is holding a firearm. Even if he tells you he is suicidal, how do you know he is telling the truth? How do you know he isn't going to kill you or the people he... (GunPolicy.org)

MT. MORRIS TOWNSHIP — Kayla Rolland stared in the mirror of her first-grade classroom watching a small, crimson spot spread across her pullover shirt. "I'm going to die," the 6-year-old told a classmate. Nearby, tucked inside a classmate's desk, was a blue steel .32-caliber handgun. It was a small, cheap gun, costing less than some kids' tennis shoes. Yet a short time after it was assembled in a California factory and bought legally near Flint, it was involved in a... (GunPolicy.org)

Ever since John Lennon was shot dead, Yoko Ono has privately advocated measures to curb the millions of guns owned by Americans. But after marking the 20th anniversary of his murder last week with a poster to spread her message, she has been asked to become a figurehead for the nation's most influential gun control campaign. Ono, 67, watched from her penthouse in New York on Friday as thousands of mourners gathered around the part of Central Park dedicated to the... (GunPolicy.org)

UTICA, New York — Most Americans agree that better enforcement of current gun laws will have a greater impact on limiting gun violence than adding more laws to the books, a Zogby poll reveals. In the Zogby American Values poll of 1,028 adults nationwide, 52% of those surveyed identified strictly prosecuting anyone that uses a gun during a crime as the single best means of cutting down on gun violence. Tied as the second most popular solution, at 15%, were banning... (GunPolicy.org)

MT. MORRIS TOWNSHIP — What began with school-yard teasing and ended in a national tragedy has produced not much more than a painful memory, as little has changed in the way America regulates guns or punishes those who abuse them. The Detroit NewsRecords released recently to The Detroit News reveal more details in the Feb. 29 shooting death of Kayla Rolland, 6, in Flint. The outrage over the shooting death of Kayla Rolland by a 6-year-old classmate at Buell... (GunPolicy.org)