“When will America put people before guns?” was the headline on Paula Coulahan’s column here on Jan. 19. That sounds so very compassionate but in reality twists the issue and obstructs its mitigation.

The D.C. U.S. Attorney's Office is ramping up its efforts to link suspects to illegal guns found in homes, cars and backpacks, filing search warrants for DNA and using multiple labs to get it tested.

When asked recently how often he thinks about ghost guns on the streets in Southern Nevada, and the danger they pose, Clark County Sheriff Kevin McMahill didn’t mince words. “Every day,” the sheriff ...