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Election 2016
Why Gun Owners of America is betting on it.
Armed With Reason
The state and local level is often where the rubber meets the road when it comes to firearm policy.
Background Checks
A pair of 2013 cases highlights how the vagaries of being "engaged in the business" of selling firearms have hampered law enforcement.
The Business of Guns
Sometimes guns purchased online require a background check. Sometimes they don't. Here's how to know the difference.
Gun Policy
It's one of a few overlooked sides of the president's executive actions on guns. Here's why they may wind up having the most tangible effects.
Politics
The president's executive actions punctuate Democrats’ emboldened approach to an issue the party is now eager to run on — rather than from.
Q & A
Saul Cornell is a leading authority on the evolution of U.S. firearm regulations. Here's how he views the claim that restrictions on gun rights have racist origins.
An Armed With Reason holiday special.
For leaders of the Republican party and the NRA, there’s no clear way to advocate for no compromises on homeland security and the Second Amendment at the same time.
In this 2011 video, California-raised Adam Gadahn makes it clear that Islamic extremists are aware of America's gun sale loopholes.