Philly’s new gun violence response report includes a map showing the striking correlation between poverty and shootings in the city

Tweet from @JimMacMillan

This morning Philly officials released a violence prevention plan that includes steps like cleaning up vacant lots and offering grants to targeted communities

Free gun locks tomorrow at Cecil B. Moore Rec Center

Tweet from @TheScottCharles

Billy Penn in Harrisburg

This gun reform has bipartisan support in PA — and surprising opposition

It's not often the NRA and ACLU end up on the same side.

A holiday break twice as long as NYC is glaring evidence Philly lawmakers aren’t taking the violence crisis seriously, argues commentator Charles D. Ellison

Philly will try to reduce bloodshed with ‘violence interrupters’ — teams of community members who patrol the streets with friendly help

After a year that saw Philly’s murder rate spike, the police captain in charge of homicide has been transferred

A few weeks after North Philly residents protested a corner store selling toy guns, Mayor Kenney and DA Krasner spoke out against the realistic replicas.

Tweet from @philadao

The Philly office tasked with reducing gun violence spent 17 months learning the basics

Taking a public health approach and serving high-risk populations are admirable goals — but also very rudimentary.

There’s a vigil for victims of gun violence at Broad Street Ministry this morning

Tweet from @CeaseFirePA

Billy Penn in Harrisburg

Everything Harrisburg is trying to fix PA’s gun laws

We'll update this tracker on the General Assembly's gun reform efforts throughout the year.

Preliminary results show Philly’s murder rate up 7.5 percent — in contrast with national trends

Tweet from @billy_penn

Billy Penn in Harrisburg

Reference checks for gun permits? Small staffs and privacy concerns make it tough — or illegal

The auditor general is sick of waiting around for Harrisburg to make a move.

North Philly residents confronted a corner store owner who sells realistic toy guns to kids

Researchers found that improving abandoned properties, cutting weeds and fixing broken windows reduced shootings in Philly

Tweet from @HuffPost

In Philadelphia, where more than 1,250 people have been shot so far this year — up 15 percent since last year — survivors face an average of $46,632 in medical costs

Thanks to a 2014 law banning toy guns, seems like Amazon won’t ship *any* faux weaponry to a Philly address

A remembrance of Shantee Tucker, the Philly trans woman murdered in September

Krasner’s DAO

A West Philly business owner was stunned to learn the man who shot him with an AK-47 received a minimum of 3.5 years in prison

Billy Penn in Harrisburg

Will Pennsylvania gun reform get a boost after the Pittsburgh massacre?

Corralling bipartisan support for firearms control "is just hard work."