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  1. 2024 election
    Does Kamala Harris’s Glock Actually Appeal to Gun Owners?How women feel about her viral comments.
    By Emily Shugerman
  2. open the schools
    BIG RAPIDS, MI, AUGUST 27: Vice Presidential nominee Senator
    Did J.D. Vance Say School Shootings Are a ‘Fact of Life’?Yes, but he also said he didn’t like it.
    By Matt Stieb
  3. early and often
    Supreme Court Keeps Full Access to Widely Used Abortion Pill
    Supreme Court Backs Off on Gun-Rights AbsolutismIn an 8-1 decision, the Supreme Court grudgingly accepted a federal law prohibiting firearm possession by domestic abusers.
    By Ed Kilgore
  4. the law
    A Handgun for ChristmasWhy were James and Jennifer Crumbley found guilty for their son’s mass shooting?
    By Lisa Miller
  5. early and often
    Newsom Proposes Fantasy Constitutional Amendment on GunsThe California governor is right to push back against Second Amendment absolutism in the courts. But amending the Constitution just isn’t happening.
    By Ed Kilgore
  6. early and often
    Oregon Republicans’ Self-Destructive Culture-War WalkoutGOP state senators are disqualifying themselves from reelection to block gun restrictions, abortion rights, and gender-affirming care.
    By Ed Kilgore
  7. early and often
    House Republicans’ Assault-Weapon Pins Aren’t Just a TauntOwning the libs may be an added bonus, but Second Amendment absolutists clearly intend them as a threat against those who challenge gun rights.
    By Ed Kilgore
  8. guns
    Coming Soon to Stores: The AR-15 for KidsNext month, an assault-style rifle could wind up in the hands of children unless regulators step in.
    By Matt Stieb
  9. politics
    Want to Pack Heat in Times Square? You May Be in Luck.A federal judge ruled that New York can’t turn Times Square into a gun-free zone, though the state’s strict firearms law stands for now.
    By Benjamin Hart
  10. early and often
    Shinzo Abe, Former Prime Minister of Japan, Is AssassinatedAbe, Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, died after he was shot twice while delivering a campaign speech. A suspect has been arrested.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  11. texas school shooting
    For Trump and Other NRA Speakers, the Answer to Uvalde Was More GunsThe horror of Tuesday’s school shooting in Texas left an impression at the NRA’s annual conference, but it didn’t make a difference.
    By Ben Jacobs
  12. toys
    The Navy SEAL–ification of NerfThe lucrative evolution of toy guns that are tricked out for war.
    Photographs by Dan Winters
  13. politics
    California Turns Texas’s Vigilante Tactics on GunmakersDemocratic lawmakers are protesting the Texas abortion law by pushing a bill that incentivizes citizen lawsuits against gun manufacturers.
    By Ed Kilgore
  14. scary things
    Accidental Gunfire Caused a Panic at Atlanta’s Airport: What We KnowSaturday’s scary incident comes amid a record-breaking rise in the number of guns found during U.S. airport security screenings.
    By Paola Rosa-Aquino
  15. guns
    How the Gun Lobby RadicalizedThe NRA helped draft, but then savagely opposed, a modest bill after Sandy Hook and never turned back from extremism.
    By Ed Kilgore
  16. politics
    The Supreme Court Is Set to Wipe Out a Major Gun-Control LawConservatives armed with a new interpretation of the Second Amendment take aim at New York’s concealed-carry policy.
    By Jay Michaelson
  17. abortion
    Gun Guy Mark McCloskey Wants to Ban Abortions for Victims of Incestuous RapeThe GOP Senate hopeful who pointed guns at protesters wants to run wild with abortion policy in Missouri, the home of Todd “Legitimate Rape” Akin.
    By Ed Kilgore
  18. extremism
    Andrew Clyde Challenges MTG for Title of Most Extremist Georgian in CongressThe North Georgia mountains are a proving ground for radical right-wing populists. Gun dealer Andrew Clyde is the latest example.
    By Ed Kilgore
  19. 2021 elections
    Virginia GOP’s Gubernatorial Contest Is a Trumpian MessAn “unassembled” convention has spurred threats of a lawsuit from MAGA candidate Amanda Chase, who could also doom the whole ticket.
    By Ed Kilgore
  20. guns
    Supreme Court Accepts Case That Could Overturn State Gun LawsA New York concealed-carry licensing regulation that requires demonstration of a distinctive need for self-defense outside the home could soon fall.
    By Ed Kilgore
  21. early and often
    ‘Self-Defense Is Self-Care’: How Liberal Gun Owners See the Election“The tree can’t be harmed if the Lorax is armed.”
    By Eve Peyser
  22. politics
    QAnon Booster Marjorie Greene Continues March Toward CongressIt’s hard to be too extreme in pockets of red America like Georgia’s 14th District, where Greene just won the Republican primary.
    By Ed Kilgore
  23. nra
    New York Attorney General Sues to ‘Dissolve’ the NRAAttorney General Letitia James says self-dealing and corruption resulted in the NRA losing $64 million in just three years.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  24. politics
    Another QAnon Sympathizer Knocks Off GOP Congressman in Colorado PrimaryDespite a Trump endorsement, Scott Tipton was no match for the owner of a gun-themed restaurant called Shooters Grill who defied public-health orders.
    By Ed Kilgore
  25. coronavirus
    Are Masks Just for Liberals?As the backlash to coronavirus precautions spreads, so, too, may resistance to the most visible sign of compliance — the mask.
    By Ed Kilgore
  26. coronavirus
    The Coronavirus Ushered in Boom Times for Gun RetailersAccording to FBI data, the spike in firearm purchases caused by the pandemic surpassed sales boosts following 9/11 and the Sandy Hook shooting.
    By Matt Stieb
  27. gun control
    Virginia’s Assault Weapons Ban FailsIt was the most controversial bill in a package of gun control legislation advanced by Gov. Ralph Northam.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  28. guns
    Supreme Court Won’t Intervene to Protect Gun Manufacturer From Sandy Hook SuitFamilies of victims will have the chance to show marketing of the weapon used in the massacre violated state laws, which could set a huge precedent.
    By Ed Kilgore
  29. vision 2020
    Beto O’Rourke 2020 Has Been Worse Than UselessHe could have been a contender (in Texas). Instead, he’s run a dumb, needlessly divisive campaign.
    By Eric Levitz
  30. guns
    White House Circulating Gun Proposal That Trump May Not SupportThe NRA is already denouncing the gun background-check bill that nobody in the Trump administration will openly embrace.
    By Ed Kilgore
  31. gun control
    Trump, and Some Democrats, Blame Beto for Making Gun Legislation Less LikelyAny excuse not to act.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  32. gun control
    Senate Republicans Won’t Act on Guns Unless Trump Lets ThemMitch McConnell is ceding the Senate’s power to the White House.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  33. vision 2020
    Trump Fears Alienating His Base With Gun Reforms. That’s Irrational.The president backed off background checks for fear of displeasing his core supporters. But he can’t win reelection on their votes alone.
    By Eric Levitz
  34. the top line
    Walmart’s Gun Decision Is Less Political Than It LooksIt’s about perceptions of safety by customers and employees. But it also underlines how much gun-rights activists have overstepped.
    By Josh Barro
  35. guns
    Walmart Cancels Handgun-Ammo Sales, Backs ‘Commonsense’ Gun LegislationThe nation’s largest retailer takes some small but possibly influential steps away from the lethal-weapons business.
    By Ed Kilgore
  36. guns
    The NRA Is in Trouble, But Don’t Count It Out YetThe organization is choking on its own decadence, but the ideas that sustained it will survive.
    By Sarah Jones
  37. gun violence
    The Push to Expand Gun Background Checks: What You Need to KnowAfter the El Paso and Dayton shootings, Democrats and a handful of Republicans have renewed efforts to pass new gun laws, but they face major hurdles.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  38. guns
    Republicans’ Love of Guns May Cost Them Votes in the SuburbsBeing a slave to the NRA is not the safest position to be in heading toward a 2020 election in which suburban voters are already leaning Democratic.
    By Ed Kilgore
  39. politics
    Struggling California Town Wants to Be ‘Sanctuary City’ for GunsIt’s an effort that combines “sticking it to the liberals” with true economic desperation.
    By Ed Kilgore
  40. mass shootings
    The Push to Not Name Mass Shooters Is Catching OnAfter this week’s shooting in Colorado, Kendrick Castillo, the 18-year-old who died in an act of heroism, received more coverage than the shooter.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  41. guns
    What the World’s Biggest Machine-Gun Shoot Looks LikeDocumenting an explosion-filled celebration of firearm culture in Kentucky.
    By Nicolas Kern
  42. gun violence
    Connecticut Supreme Court Rules to Allow Sandy Hook Relatives to Sue GunmakersThe U.S. Supreme Court may step in and stop the Connecticut suit, but it could expose the strategies by which gunmakers market their deadly wares.
    By Ed Kilgore
  43. grookey
    We’re Closer Than Ever to Having a Pokémon With a GunThe nonexistent Pokémon Gun follows an internet tradition of giving the stanned firearms.
    By Brian Feldman
  44. sandy hook
    Sandy Hook Evacuated Over Bomb Threat on 6th Anniversary of Mass ShootingStudents were dismissed for the day after the threat came in.
    By Lisa Ryan
  45. gun control
    Trump to Announce Bump-Stock Ban, a Largely Meaningless GestureBanning bump stocks will do almost nothing to reduce mass-shooting casualties in the U.S.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  46. pittsburgh synagogue shooting
    Armed Guards Are Already Common in New York’s SynagoguesAfter the Pittsburgh shooting, synagogues are rethinking their security measures. But armed guards are already surprisingly common among them.
    By Nick Tabor
  47. school shootings
    School-Shooting Survivors Bare Their Scars and Bear WitnessThis year saw two of the U.S.’s worst school shootings. In the midterms, the subject is often missing. A half-century of survivors tell their stories.
    As told to Jared Soule and Amelia Schonbek
  48. mass shooting
    Four Dead, Including the Suspect, in Maryland Warehouse ShootingA 26-year-old temp at a Rite Aid warehouse gunned down three others before killing herself.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  49. guns
    Report: Betsy DeVos May Let Schools Use Federal Education Funds to Buy GunsThe Education Department has a sneaky plan to arm teachers.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  50. select all
    The Downloadable Gun Is Dead — for NowA federal judge issued a temporary nationwide ban on blueprints for untraceable 3-D-printed firearms just hours before they posted online.
    By Mack DeGeurin
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