Topic: Gun Control

A District Attorney diversion program is offering a second chance to those with no prior convictions and whose only crime was having an unlicensed gun. It aims to work around a state law that treats Philadelphians more harshly than other Pennsylvanians

In the wake of this week’s mass shooting in Southwest Philly, is it time to start regulating the sale of bullets rather than just repeating gun control rhetoric?

It's guns, the MSNBC anchor and Citizen Board member asserts, not the knowledge that gay and trans people exist

Penn physician-scientist Kit Delgado applies what he learns from treating injured patients in the ER to changing the behavior that gets us there in the first place.

Philly’s former district attorney has a three-step plan to get guns off the street — and reduce the record shootings — in Philly

State and local leaders refused to comment on the city’s district attorney to a Broad + Liberty reporter. Meanwhile, murders eclipsed the 100 mark

Last week, The Citizen’s co-founder put out a call for new ideas to stop the shootings in Philly. City Council’s public safety chair responds with some steps to consider.

Former Education Secretary Arne Duncan’s anti-violence program has helped reduce shootings in Chicago’s South Side by 33 percent—while citywide, violence has spiked. The key? Economic opportunity

An emergency room doctor on the frontline of Philly’s homicide epidemic calls for a new approach to ending gun violence: Economic opportunity

The only gun bills the state legislature will consider this year take us backwards, not forwards. Is there anything Philly can do?