Police tape blocks off a street where a 16-year-old was shot and killed and another 18-year-old was shot and wounded on the on April 25 in Chicago. Joshua Lott/Getty Images hide caption
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Shooting victims Patience Carter of Philadelphia (left) and Angel Santiago (right) listen as Dr. Brian Vickaryous speaks during a news conference Tuesday regarding the treatment of victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Fla. Phelan M. Ebenhack/AP hide caption
Police officers work at the scene of a fatal shooting at the University of California, Los Angeles, on Wednesday. Ringo H.W. Chiu/AP hide caption
A Los Angeles policeman and sheriff's deputies investigate a fatal shooting at UCLA on Wednesday. Ringo H.W. Chiu/AP hide caption
Police stand guard during demonstrations in reaction to a Cleveland police officer being acquitted of manslaughter charges on May 23, 2015, in Cleveland. Ricky Rhodes/Getty Images hide caption
Joel Contreras, left, an Operation Peacemaker Fellow, and Joseph McCoy, a Neighborhood Change Agent with the Office of Neighborhood Safety, in Richmond, Cali. Fellows receive counseling, social services, a job and cash if they agree to stay in contact everyday and stay out of trouble. Richard Gonzales/NPR hide caption
To Reduce Gun Violence, Potential Offenders Offered Support And Cash
A woman places flowers at a Cracker Barrel restaurant where people were gunned down in the parking lot amid an hours-long shooting spree in Kalamazoo, Mich. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images hide caption
A mugshot and rap sheet of Jason Dalton, who police say went on a shooting spree that lasted for hours in Kalamazoo, Mich., on Saturday. Kalamazoo Public Safety hide caption
New York City police Officer Peter Liang sits in court as testimony is read back for jurors during deliberations in Brooklyn Supreme Court this week. Getty Images hide caption
The area under Interstate 5 in Seattle where a shooting took place last week. Police say they've arrested three teenagers in the case. Elaine Thompson/AP hide caption
Pakistani soldiers rescue people from Bacha Khan University after an attack by militants in Charsadda on Wednesday. At least 20 people died in an armed assault on the university in northwest Pakistan. A Majeed/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Jesse Mackey, an NRA member, has taught concealed-carry classes out of his living room in Xenia, Ohio, for a decade. Lewis Wallace/WYSO hide caption
A new government report details the problems agencies face in fighting weapons trafficking. Here, thousands of guns lie on the ground before being destroyed in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, in 2012. AFP/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
"We maybe can't save everybody, but we can save some," President Obama said at the White House Tuesday, discussing his plans to reduce gun violence with tighter background checks and other measures. He was joined onstage by Vice President Biden and people whose lives have been affected by gun violence. Carolyn Kaster/AP hide caption