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The Drumbeat
Nearly 50 times since 2015, American gun owners have fired at friends, family members, and emergency responders they mistook for intruders. This is the story of one self-defense shooting gone horribly wrong.
The Aftermath
Ian Pearce is a high school teacher in Arlington, Texas. Whenever a school shooting makes national headlines, he and his wife have a difficult conversation: If a gunman ever breaches one of Pearce’s classrooms, his wife has given him permission…
ATF
In the week following the Las Vegas massacre on October 1, polls showed that nearly 75 percent of registered voters in gun-owning households supported a ban on bump stocks. Yet despite the public sentiment, an analysis by The…
Gun Safety
Simtek, a new security-technology company based in Mountain View, California, recently launched a funding campaign for a compact security sensor called Duo that it says might just be able to reduce accidental child shootings. The sensor is a…
Mass Shooting
On Tuesday morning, Heather Adams was one of the dozens of frantic parents who rushed to Marshall County High School in Benton, Kentucky, after news broke that a shooter had opened fire just minutes before classes began. As…
Culture
The Civilian Marksmanship Program's signature event is a haven for self-described ‘gun nerds.‘
Law Enforcement
"You’re prepared for any situation that comes up."