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Politics
Mining recent voting data for an assessment of the gun lobby's current potency at turning out votes.
Strategists will look for turnout lessons in four Virginia state races.
Candidates vie to prove their gun reform bona fides as the party seizes an issue it believes it can win on.
Four things that convinced party leaders that gun reform has become a winning issue.
The Democratic presidential contender says he backed the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act to shield Vermont gun shops from crushing lawsuits. According to legal experts, there was a less noble agenda behind the bill.
Gun Policy
The new National Defense Authorization Act also affirms the value of background checks for surplus military pistols.
Hillary Clinton's gun platform would treat such high-volume sellers as "engaged in the business" — and use an executive action to make them part of the background check system.
Plus other new arguments and ideas of note as coverage of the Oregon college shooting progresses.
A state preemption statute was supposed to thwart strong local gun ordinances, but its language might just let Missoula get its way.
A very close reading of "Donald J. Trump on the Right to Keep and Bear Arms"
Even in an election cycle marked by hot-button antics, the group's positions and rhetoric are notably high-proof.
One 2016 presidential candidate has vowed to do that — and one researcher says it's possible. But only if Washington has the will to make the number drop.
The state's election commission acts on allegations of illegal political donations.
Armed With Reason
How the right kind of regulations deter criminals from getting guns.
How blaming gun violence on the unpredictable actions of the mentally ill can sidetrack a push for more meaningful policy solutions.
