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Extremism
To market their products, ammo makers and gun shops are invoking the memes and rhetoric of a disjointed anti-government ideology blamed for at least one killing spree.
The arrest of a white supremacist cell before the Richmond gun rally shows how extremist motives are colliding with easy access to ghost guns, homemade silencers, and unregulated tactical accessories.
An amendment to Washington’s red flag law aims to broaden the scope of the state's tool for civil gun seizure.
After the Pittsburgh synagogue attack this past October, Northeastern University criminologist Jack McDeavitt told me he feared it might herald more hate-fueled mass shootings. Last weekend, his fears came true when a white supremacist opened fire on a…
Why one criminologist thinks toxic online speech could motivate more white supremacists to plot gun rampages.
Analysis
Experts on the militant far-right say state laws provide options, even when openly carried guns are permitted and communities are barred from setting their own firearm restrictions.
This Saturday, a range of avowed white-nationalist groups plan to descend on the Tennessee cities of Shelbyville and Murfreesboro for “White Lives Matter” rallies many fear could turn violent like the demonstration in Charlottesville, Virginia, in August.
Police in Arkansas say nine of the 44 people arrested in a drug and weapons investigation this Wednesday were member of local white-supremacist gangs. Twenty-five pounds of methamphetamine and 69 firearms were seized in the operation, the latest of many…
Americans were shocked by more than the hate speech at a Unite the Right demonstration in the university town of Charlottesville, Virginia, this August. Also unsettling for many was the sight of the fatigue-wearing men carrying AR-15 rifles who descended…
Two gun shows in New York have come under scrutiny post-Charlottesville, due to the prospect that the events could feature Nazi memorabilia for sale alongside tables spread with rifles. The controversies are a reminder that even as gun shows…
“You can’t be anti-government if your guy has the top job,” said one expert.
Data
That's according to an analysis of 25 years of incidents.
In a jailhouse interview, the leader of the Malheur occupation tells a 'Frontline' documentary that there wouldn’t have been an insurrection if his group hadn’t been well-armed.
Commentary
Last week, President Donald Trump called on the Department of Justice to devote extra resources to prosecuting crimes against law enforcement. “It’s a shame what’s been happening to our great, truly great law enforcement officers,” Trump said as…
Duke constitutional law professor Darrell Miller explains "insurrectionist theory."