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Assault weapons ban

July 16, 2024

Ban the AR-15 Rifle

Trump thought about it. Biden should do it.

June 3, 2022

Biden Is Doing Everything He Can to Keep Hope Alive for Gun Legislation

The president is walking a fine line between pushing meaningful legislation and alienating Republican senators.

June 17, 2016

The Democrats’ Filibuster to Nowhere

Why are they rallying around a questionable policy that won’t put a dent in America’s gun-violence epidemic?

December 11, 2015

For the first time in 20 years, a majority of Americans oppose a ban on assault weapons.

February 28, 2014

Nora Caplan-Bricker

Gun Control's Next Chapter Is All About Background Checks

February 5, 2013

Hunters Have an NRA Problem

At what point does standing with the NRA become riskier than speaking out against it?

January 31, 2013

How to Build a Better Assault Weapons Ban

Or: Why the NRA's best argument is still bunk