The U.S. could choose to follow the lead of the United Kingdom, where all arrestees suspected of serious offenses are included in a DNA database. New research shows the approach would save 415 lives per year.

The comfortable way is to blame Trayvon Martin's death on 'the system,' and 'the system' is a white thing.

The term "assault weapon" conjures up images of the weapons used by the military, but the weapons in the ban actually function the same as any semiautomatic hunting rifle.

The solution to Brazil's high murder rate seemed obvious to the Brazilian government, the media, and the United Nations: Ban guns. But almost two thirds of Brazil's voters rejected the proposal.

If you think a down economy causes crime to rise, think again. The reasons that drive crime rates are unclear.

When a publication such as the New York Times gets Baghdad's October murder rates wrong by up to a factor of 28 to 1 and no correction is issued, the consequences are significant.

The authors find annual reductions in murder rates for each additional year that a right-to-carry law is in effect.

Citizens go unarmed in Washington, D.C., while politicians are free to protect themselves.