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Gun Rights
Gun-toting protesters swarmed the scene in Richmond. But despite fears, the day was peaceful.
Gun Policy
The wave of local resolutions to defy state and federal gun laws has reached more than 400 municipalities in 20 states.
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.
Last summer, as the teen survivors of the Parkland school shooting embarked on a nationwide bus tour in support of gun reform, a group of Second Amendment advocates followed them in an armored Humvee topped with a replica of…
The gun group’s latest tax filings disclose a wealth of new details, including generous executive benefits amid a growing cash crunch and mysterious payments to a former official.
A federal appeals court panel ruled this week that laws banning the open carry of firearms violate the Second Amendment. The finding in the case of Young v. State of Hawaii is surprising in that it came from judges…
The federal indictment of the accused Kremlin spy Maria Butina lays out how the 29-year-old operative infiltrated groups like the National Rifle Association in an attempt to push U.S. politics in a more Russia-friendly direction. American conservatives and Republicans, she told an…
Days after thousands of students across the country walked out in protest against gun violence, one teen activist was busy organizing another mass demonstration — this time in defense of firearms. Will Riley Will Riley, a senior at Carlsbad…
Concealed Carry
The most pro-gun lawmaker in gun-friendly Texas says Sunday’s mass shooting at a small-town church only reinforces the need to pass a bill that removes any restrictions on the carrying of firearms in the state’s public spaces. “The truth is,…
A new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll gauging American political sentiment ahead of the impending midterm elections found that only 42 percent of respondents are “bothered a great deal” or “bothered quite a bit” by attempts to tighten gun laws. That’s…
One prominent group has issued a 'stand down order,' saying it feared being associated with racist protesters.
The NRA and Me
"I have 30 emails from Wayne LaPierre that I never asked for."
Extremism
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.
An influential Second Amendment lawyer sees a Supreme Court pick primed to extend Constitutional protections to guns carried in public spaces.
Miami Republican Anitere Flores may spell doom for campus and open carry in the Sunshine State, but she voted to make it easier for self-defense shooters to avoid prosecution.
