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Longform
It took a second for the gun to accidentally go off, weeks for Florida to pass a law to keep guns out of children’s hands, and a lifetime for Sean Smith to forgive himself.
Ghost Guns
A string of high-profile crimes involving untraceable firearms has authorities on edge. Says one federal agent: “We have no way of knowing what’s out there."
In Memoriam
Nardyne Jefferies is the unwitting pioneer of an ad-hoc movement to get lawmakers to confront the grisly consequences of gun violence.
Q & A
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.
Politics
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.
Concealed Carry
A niche fashion market has sprung up that caters to women who own firearms. But experts claim that handbag and bra holsters are hazardous, at best.
Armed With Reason
Gun rights advocates claim concealed carry is the answer to stopping criminals. The data says that's simply not possible.
