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March 10, 2016
Jonathan M. Metzl
Are Looser Gun Laws Changing the Social Fabric of Missouri?
How the state went from having some of the strictest gun laws in the country to having hardly any at all.
January 21, 2016
Gwyneth Kelly
Will people please stop trying to take loaded guns on planes?
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 said Hillary Clinton is being “disingenuous” about his position on guns.
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
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
President Obama doesn’t want your guns.
January 5, 2016
Elizabeth Bruenig
Conservatives claim Obama fake-cried about Sandy Hook while announcing his executive order on guns.
January 5, 2016
Emma Foehringer Merchant
Barack Obama is a lawless gun thief, says the Republican presidential field.
January 5, 2016
Suzy Khimm
Obama did his best to make his gun control measures sound less scary.
December 28, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Critics slam Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish’s misuse of a Martin Luther King Jr. quote as unrest roils in the wake of the Tamir Rice non-indictment.
December 22, 2015
Abbie Nehring
Gun Culture’s Dazzling, Dangerous Firework Display
Exploding targets cause spectacular blasts and horrifying accidents. Can anyone regulate them?
December 16, 2015
Jessica Smartt Gullion
Will Guns on Campus Lead to Grade Inflation?
December 4, 2015
Esther Breger
Ever wish the Home Shopping Network sold more firearms? You’re in luck.
December 3, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
For gun executives, mass shootings equal profits.
December 3, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
The Real Problem With Politicians’ Post-Massacre Prayers
Republican candidates responded to the San Bernardino mass shooting with "thoughts and prayers," but not for those who need it most: themselves
December 3, 2015
Rebecca Leber
The New York Daily News’s gun control activism goes back a long way.
November 30, 2015
Ryan Kearney
Yet another Texas university will remain a gun-free zone.

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