When Protestors Carry Guns, Does It Impede Others’ Free Speech?
As open carry becomes more popular for gun rights supporters, questions swirl about First Amendment protections for unarmed demonstrators.
Olivia Li
SCOTUS Is Hearing Its First Big Gun Case in 9 Years. Here’s How It Might Play Out.
A constitutional scholar explains the challenge to a New York City gun restriction — and its potential to affect the right to bear arms more broadly.
What the SCOTUS Move Means for the Sandy Hook Lawsuit — and the Gun Industry
When the Supreme Court declined to take up the case, it allowed the legal battle to play out in Connecticut. There are potentially huge implications for the gun industry, which is currently shielded from most legal claims.
What the Sandy Hook Lawsuit Could Mean for the Gun Industry
The latest chapter in the extended legal battle could — emphasis on could — puncture the gun industry's immunity from lawsuits.
Chicago’s Criminal Offenders Arm Themselves for the Same Reason Most American Gun Owners Do
They fear for their safety.
Tim Kaine and Donald Trump Have Touted the Same Gun Violence Program. There’s No Evidence That It Works.
Project Exile was largely abandoned, but strict sentencing laws modeled after it are back in fashion.
Some of Trump’s ‘Second Amendment People’ Already Believe They Have the Right to Fight Government Tyranny with Guns
Duke constitutional law professor Darrell Miller explains "insurrectionist theory."
The ‘Mothers of the Movement’ Lost Their Children to America’s Vicious Cycle of Guns, Mistrust, and Death
A shared stage at the DNC spotlights how three forms of violence feed into one another.
The Vicious Cycle of Everyday Gun Violence and Eroding Police Relations
Years of research indicate that police abuse can contribute to the conditions that make everyday gun violence harder to stop.
Supreme Court Upholds Federal Gun Ban For ‘Reckless’ Acts of Domestic Violence
One of the petitioner’s 14 convictions was for slapping his girlfriend so hard that she hit the floor.
How A City With One Trauma Center Mobilized Care for Waves of Victims
"This is something we have been planning for over 20 years, and unfortunately it occurred," said one surgeon.
Thomas Jefferson and James Madison Didn’t Want Guns on Their College Campus
This 1824 document banned firearms for the future students of the University of Virginia.