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Law Enforcement
Law enforcement leaders recommend more money for the ATF, stricter gun laws, and sharper focus on the "alarming recent trend of increasing homicides and shootings" in major U.S. cities.
Criminal Justice
His attorney general nominee pledges to increase federal firearms prosecutions — but tools for nabbing traffickers will remain lacking.
Gun Policy
The new president can't deliver on his vow to gut the Gun-Free School Zones Act on day one. But Republican lawmakers are laying the groundwork.
Cleared for ownership despite a checkered history, Edgar Welch may have broken one gun law: He lacked a license for the .38-caliber pistol found in his possession.
Data
As more states weigh relaxing gun restrictions on college campuses, one study refutes assertions that policies banning firearms invite mass shootings — and concludes that armed civilians are unlikely to stop attacks.
The Business of Guns
The holiday shopping bonanza defied expectations of a post-election slowdown.
National Rifle Association
Scott Meltzer says the group tells members they are 'crusaders’ fighting a corrupt elite class to make America great again.
Concealed Carry
If a man from Utah wanted to drive from Salt Lake City to Virginia Beach with a pistol strapped under his coat and a concealed carry permit from his state in his wallet, he could legally do so — just…
Law
Several favor ending firearms restrictions for the mentally ill, abusers, and on college campuses, but a few of the president elect's other selections have more ambiguous Second Amendment views.
The president-elect can chip away at restrictions, but he won’t possess the unilateral power he imagined as a candidate.