Cross-country comparisons suggest that guns deter crime, and data show that accidental juvenile gun deaths are only a third as frequent as drownings of children in bathtubs. Firearms stir fear. Guns, after all, make it easier for people to commit crimes and...

In our view What are the key issues in this year's election? Iraq? Taxes? The legislative pay raise? All are on people's minds, but one issue that affects everyone, and yet has remained off the radar, is gun crime. Perhaps that's...

Police stepped up armed patrols in south London Thursday after the month's third fatal shooting of a neighborhood teenager gave rise to mounting concern about gun crime, despite statistics that showed many such crimes dropping.Billy Cox, 15, was shot dead in a public housing complex...

British Prime Minister Tony Blair announced plans Sunday to overhaul gun laws after three teenage boys were shot dead in south London this month, prompting a national debate about guns and gangs among youths.The age at which the mandatory five-year sentence for carrying a gun...

The prevalence of guns in the United States and the frequency with which they are used to commit crimes have made gun control a muchdiscussed and contentious issue. There are an estimated 200 to 250 million firearms in America, and of these, about a...

Guns and their relation to crime.