Q & A

Q & A

A Gun Store Manager on Why It Shouldn’t Take a Trial to Spot a Straw Purchase

Shooters Shop sits just down the road from the notorious gun seller once known as Badger Guns. Here's how it avoids repeating its neighbor's offenses.

Q & A

Texas Professor Warns That Guns in Classrooms Could Dumb Down Provocative Lessons

Lisa Moore teaches gay and lesbian studies at the University of Texas, where she is a founder of Gun-Free UT. "Shutting down dissent and free speech," she says, "is the opposite of what should happen on a college campus."

Q & A

When a Bullet Enters a Body: Gun Violence as Seen by a Trauma Surgeon

'In movies you always die quickly from a gunshot wound. But not in real life.'

Q & A

Life as a Gunshot Survivor: A Young Sociologist Sheds New Light on a Hidden Cost of Firearms Violence

Jooyoung Lee documents the very painful ways that shooting injuries transform vibrant young men.

Q & A

A Baltimore Crime Reporter on What People Don’t Understand About the City’s Gun Violence

Justin George has covered Baltimore's endless shootings from the ground. Here's what residents have told the Sun journalist could help reduce the killing.

Chicago

The Doctor Who Tries to Cure Gun Violence By Treating It Like a Contagious Disease

An innovative program by epidemiologist Gary Slutkin has helped reduce violence in some urban neighborhoods by up to 70 percent.

Q & A

A Former Cop on the Subculture That Leads to Fatal Police Shootings

Criminologist Tom Nolan blames poor discipline for the shooting deaths of unarmed men like Michael Brown.

Extremism

A Former Neo-Nazi on What Hate Groups See in Guns

Arno Michaelis saw firsthand how white supremacists like Dylann Roof are arming themselves for a race war.

Q & A

The Beef Between Western Hunters and Pro-Gun Politicians

Hunters like Randy Newberg are standing up to state lawmakers in the West as they push to gain control of public lands.