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Gun Control
June 22, 2016
Saif Alnuweiri
Ted Cruz is getting back to what he does best.
June 22, 2016
Timothy D. Lytton
How the Sandy Hook Lawsuit Could Hold Gun Makers Liable for Mass Shootings
Assault weapons are too easy to get. How do we make it harder?
June 21, 2016
Brian Beutler
Progressive Democrats are channeling their inner Dick Cheneys against Republican gun fanatics.
June 17, 2016
Phoebe Maltz Bovy
No, Gun Control Won’t Prevent Terrorism. But That’s Not the Point.
June 17, 2016
David Dayen
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?
June 16, 2016
Meaghan Murphy
What is John McCain even talking about?
June 16, 2016
Brian Beutler
Donald Trump Is Turning Wedge Issues on His Own Party
Did we mention he has lost the plot?
June 13, 2016
Brian Beutler
A mass killing in a gay club reminded Marco Rubio of his public calling to oppose gay rights and gun regulation.
June 12, 2016
Michelle Legro
Tonight’s Tony Awards will be dedicated to the victims of the Orlando shooting.
April 5, 2016
MagazineEli Gottlieb
The Guns That Won
The haphazard origins of American gun culture.
March 7, 2016
Adam Peck
The NRA is not doing Bernie Sanders any favors.
February 19, 2016
Adam Peck
Why Don’t Bernie Sanders’s Millennial Supporters Care About His Record on Guns?
January 21, 2016
Dennis Henigan
Dear Democrats, Stop Worrying About Paranoid Gun Owners
A new political strategy to reduce gun violence in America.
January 18, 2016
Rebecca Leber
Bernie Sanders just made an important change in his position on gun control.
January 15, 2016
Suzy Khimm
Marco Rubio struggles to explain how, exactly, Obama is going to take everyone’s guns away.
January 14, 2016
Alex Shephard
This clip from the undercard debate shows just how out of touch the GOP is on gun control.
January 14, 2016
Rebecca Leber
Gun Control Can Swing the 2016 Election
Democrats—so long on the defensive—should use the issue this year to rekindle the Obama coalition.
January 8, 2016
Rebecca Leber
Has President Obama Broken the Political Stalemate on Guns?
At CNN's forum, the president offered Democratic candidates a model for touting gun control—and hitting back at the NRA.
January 8, 2016
Adam Peck
Guns, guns everywhere in Donald Trump’s America.
January 8, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
Was Obama’s Times op-ed on gun control a dig at Bernie Sanders?

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