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Concealed Carry
By requiring states to recognize one another's gun permits, the legislation would dramatically expand where gun owners can bring their weapons.
The Business of Guns
Remington has laid off more than 100 employees in the last month. One executive said the company was “expecting a different political climate.”
Politics
Here’s what we know about four pro-gun lawyers that the White House has installed at a critical federal agency.
National Rifle Association
An ad from the gun lobby mocks the newspaper's Oscar commercial.
In an ad debuting the group's new rallying cry, Wayne LaPierre accuses the president's critics of starting a war.
Criminal Justice
In his final year as U.S. Attorney, the new Justice Department boss dramatically increased firearms prosecutions. The majority of cases targeted non-violent offenders.
Trump demanded reports on immigrants and crime. Existing research shows that they are not nearly the threat the president has made them out to be.
Q & A
But a leading expert on the politics of guns still sees constraints to the group’s most radical policy goals.
Stephen Miller's dystopian vision of America sounds a lot like what the National Rifle Association's CEO described in Guns, Crime and Freedom
The Gun Lobby
The gun group and Donald Trump agree on more than just the Second Amendment.